Quote Originally Posted by eternal essence
Don't think that I have the Image of rock in my head being more 'musicians' than necessary running around in masks playing loud. I classify many things as rock and you're right about the style thing. But The beatles had no real rock sound, no stage presence, and led zeppelin were formed in the 60's. I just think that beatles classify under pop....influencial pop yes, but merely pop, and influence shouldn't be enough to classify them over musicians with actual talent.

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EE
Have you even heard any of their songs? Most of them were very gifted composers, not everyone has the straight technical skill. Ever hear "Yesterday", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", or "Imagine"?