soundsofmyuniverse:“The impact of the Beatles — not only on rock & roll but on
soundsofmyuniverse: “The impact of the Beatles — not only on rock & roll but on all of Western culture — is simply incalculable. And as personalities, they defined and incarnated ’60s style: smart, idealistic, playful, irreverent, eclectic. Although many of their sales and attendance records have since been surpassed, no group has so radically transformed the sound and significance of rock & roll. As musicians, the Beatles proved that rock & roll could embrace a limitless variety of harmonies, structures, and sounds; virtually every rock experiment has some precedent on Beatles records.” - The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (2001) -- source link