Beatles will always be the most important rock band ever....their cavern club perfomances and early live shows were full of pure rock, etc......
Songs like ticket to ride, day tripper, rain, helter skelter, yer blues, et al, were as good a rock tune(s) you’ll hear, and their classix like she loves , saw her standing there, i wanna hold your hand, were rock and pop mixed....if you wanna deny that fine, but it doesnt make it any less true.
Thanks for making my point. Not an ounce of soul in the bunch - bubble gum music. And yes, their early Cavern days were cool, but covers of Berry, Richard, and Bill Haley and the Comets. The Stones did the same thing on their first album and took it to the next level on their second. The Beatles were still doing Partidge Family pop until later. Again, kudos for their later arrangements, but not rock n roll. And bad on the Stones for His Majestie's mess.
Even the Police did a simple blues progression on, "Every Breath You Take", which is arguably their biggest hit.
All's fair in love, war, and rock n roll. But find me a classic rock radio station that plays the Beatles in constant rotation.
"Imagine All The People (being bored to tears while We Hold our Hands).