“Catchy and radio friendly” is what I think too. They also played well on MTV (remember that? I don’t think anyone watches it any more).
I wasn’t much of a Stones fan until 20 or more years after they started. By then they had accumulated a huge library of music and now I crank up most of their tunes when I hear them on my classic rock radio station. Surprisingly, I seldom hear Beatles tunes any more...but I’ve only been listening to music when I’m on the road...which isn’t very often these days.
The first Cars’ album, Side One was the AM side, and Side Two was the FM side.
The Beatles didn’t age well musically.
I can only take so much of it.
You have to put up with some ads but I think there's an ad-free option with a monthly payment of about $12. The ads don't bother me all that much though.
Anyway, all those MTV-era videos (and millions more) are on YouTube in all their glory.