discotu: You argue that they followed pop structures..this is such a red herring...The subject is rock bands and what rock band is history has not build upon what came before?
All pop songs have at their core a three chord progression, connected by complimentary chords/notes...and all rock music owes its’ basic foundation to the blues.
Other bands, Steely Dan for example, built upon both jazz and pop...but they ALL build upon basic structures...
The geniuses of music over the part 40 years credit the Beatles for having changed music, and for the timeless magic of it....as George Martin has said; “Every generation discovers the Beatles for themselves”. And becuase they were creative and their music both magic and timeless, there is a long running Cirque Du Soleil based on Beatles music.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the same for those you deem worthy.
No the subject of that exchange was uniqueness. I don’t have a problem with bands following the basic structure, 85% of my 300+ GB collection follows the basic structure of whatever the heck kind of music it is. But when you follow the basic structure one claim you surrender is uniqueness.
Actually most of whom I “deem worthy” are marked by two things: they’re highly regarded by others I like, and they’re largely dismissive of the Beatles as just another pop band that made gobs and gobs of money. And many of my “worthies” are on the list of people that INFLUENCED the Beatles (like Zappa, Richard and Cochran).