Yeah, they are only the most commercially AND critically popular band in the history of recorded music, what a bunch of goofs!
Well, look at the thread’s video, and Magical Mystery Tour. Certainly goofy.
Yes they made a lot of money, and some critics loved them. They did a lot of great work.
As for “the history of recorded music”, water has continued to flow in that river, and the hand of time writes on. At that time the Beatles were the most different, most fresh, most popular. Hands down.
Ellie Greenwich even wrote a song complaining, basically, about how popular the Beatles were and how much they changed everything in pop music (for the better, mostly).