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Originally Posted by Anteater
Influence-wise, I'd give more props to The Velvet Underground, The Residents and Captain Beefheart than Zappa on the avant-garde side of things. But then again, If I had to stretch my arm out broadly, I'd say Jimi Hendrix (his whole damn career), King Crimson (20th Century Schizoid Man and the titular In the Court of the Crimson King were both landmark tracks) and Pink Floyd had more influence on rock than The Beatles by a landslide.
Actually, why even mention The Beatles at all in a thread like this?
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Um...because more artists actually
listened to the Beatles than to any other act? Because in terms of melodic sensibilities, any band subsequent to the Beatles who made melody and harmony their music's main focus were most probably influenced by the Beatles? Or the point that their mere existence and stardom inspired many of the cutting edge acts of the 60s to become bands in the first place? Any seem like good reasons to me.
In terms of
influence, there can be no denial of the Beatles' role. If you're talking innovation, wild experimentation and the cutting-edge, then of course many other 60s acts completely dwarf the Beatles...but this isn't about groundbreaking ideas and cutting-edge musical adventures, it's about mere influence.