And The Who kicked both of them up one wall and down the other. I'll put Townsend's core rock innovations against the Beatles - they, IMO, went too far down the pop music trail while The Who remained rockers.
Never liked the Who. And, for what it's worth, Pete Townshend and John Entwhistle sat through our entire set at the Troubadour in 1976 and when we finished, Townshend came up and slapped me on the back and said, "Eh, good show, wot?"
While the Beatles did not.
They brought "Art" into 'Rock & Roll' and created the genre we now call 'Rock'.
Without them, no Pink Floyd, no Steely Dan, no Moody Blues and so on.
They are like Frank Lloyd Wright. I'm sure there are plenty of architects whose buildings were better built...better suited...etc.
But who will be remembered?
And The Who kicked both of them up one wall and down the other. I'll put Townsend's core rock innovations against the Beatles - they, IMO, went too far down the pop music trail while The Who remained rockers.
Tough call, considering all three were different genres inside the rock whole. I will say though, the first band with "feedback" were the Beatles on "I Feel Fine". The Beatles were the only group that was more than a band, though. They were fed off the time, while the time fed off them.
But why on God's green earth do people keep forgeting about the Kinks?
I'd agree with you. I'm not really a big oldies fan, but my parents are, and I find the Who's songs are generally more fun to listen to than most of the Beatles' songs.