The Beatles are still the best musically in the world.

1st off the sex pistols are not fake they did something the Beatles never did endless touring sleeping on flours with actual emotion in there music. Starting a revolution and a genre that has had effects on elections and people and changes in the world they started punk. But that took emotion. One thing I think is very much lacking from the Beatles music is emotion. They wrote songs trying to write a hit not for the purpose of the music. There fan base was also as I shood have mentioned earlier was heightened because of the use of implanted girls in the 60s to make people thing they were big and that made tons of people jump on the band wagon. Not that they were the only band to have this with tv shows and stuff but this helped a lot. And you talk of them as musical geniuses,they did have a couple breakthroughs in the studio but that was because of the work of George Martin a studio genius that made them what they are they had a great producer that made them big, other bands right songs that make them big and popular and then get a great producer to help them. He was the goodness LOL behind there overdubbing, reverse tracks and special sound effects. Here are some things the producer (not part of the band) did for the Beatles, "Not only did he do most of the orchestral arrangements on the Beatles' records, he also wrote the orchestral score for A Hard Days Night and Yellow Submarine, and used his musical expertise and technological savvy to guide the Beatles raw talent into the music giants they would become. George Martin was in his early 30s and already an accomplished producer and musician by the time he met the Beatles. He had at least two instruments under his belt""the piano and oboe""and had studied composition, conducting, orchestration and music theory at the Guidhall School of Music. He joined Parlophone Records as a music assistant in 1950 and spent the next six years learning the ins and outs of the recording process, music industry and its ever evolving technological advances. When Martin's boss retired in 1955, he took over for him, becoming the youngest manager of an EMI label at the age of 29. Martin's previous experience layering musical effects and creating backward tapes gave the Beatles music its depth, and encouraged them to experiment more. Martin's assistance was especially important in creating the mood and sound the Beatles wanted for Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band. Martin's finely tuned touched was especially apparent in two of John's best songs, "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "A Day in the Life." Martin combined the two versions John had created of Strawberry Fields into the version we know today. He is also responsible for the amazing orchestral windup in "A Day In The Life."[1] this I got from beatlesnumbernine.com and these are just a few of the ways he basically made the Beatles Also they did not create pop music all pop means is popular music hence micheal Jackson being the king of pop. But there were many hugely popular groups and artists before the Beatles ala Les Paul, Roy Orbison, Frank Sinatra ect... And I was referring to the affect pink Floyd had on culture like in the 70s they led the stoner revolution and the ways of the seventies. And my last point they did not care about there music or the fans enough to tour and stick it out like so many other great bands they becomes famous in the u.s in about 1964 and by the time of their last show it was 1966 at Shea stadium, the show didn't go over very well either selling only about 25,000 of about 40 thousand it was a financial loss for the promoter.[2] They are good musicians but not the best musicians. Sources [1] http://beatlesnumber9.com... [2] http://www.beatlesbible.com...