Back in my younger days when I thought the Beatles were overpraised I developed a major thing for the Who. But since then my opinion has done a huge 360 and I believe without a shadow of a doubt that they were the greatest rock band of all time. Also if one agrees (and there's really no reason not to) that punk was really just Chuck Berry plus feedback, then they came pretty damn close to inventing punk too. Now while I believe there are dozens of reasons why the Beatles are the greatest band of all time, I'll choose just one. Take a look at the type of crap that went to number one the week before they came to save us:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1891
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