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Originally Posted by Music Man
Your reasoning is fallacious, and some of your facts incorrect.
No, the Stones weren't always a rock band. They've released a lot of pop tunes (and crappy pop at that), and even stooped so low as to record disco-style songs.
The Beatles were immensely popular because of the sheer greatness of their music, not because it was their goal to write popular songs. Songs like "Helter Skelter", "I am the Walrus" and "Revolution #9"--as well most of their other songs--certainly weren't written with "popularity" in mind.
AC/DC has always played ear-splitting hard rock, and they've done it so well that their music has become popular with many people. But that doesn't mean their music belongs in the "pop" music genre. Pop music is Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and other "fluff stuff".
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Pop music isn't just britney spears and backstreet boys (crap in other words). A lot of really great music, innovative music, and influential music, such as the beatles can be described as pop. Don't get me wrong, the beatles are one of my all time favortie bands, and I consider their lyrics to be some of the best ever written, but I also thing that just because the stones made some crap songs, it doesnt diminish the fact that they made some really amazing, innovative, and influential music as well. I just have a different way of looking at it than you do, it doesnt make it wrong.