I think that they were ground breaking, most rock ‘n roll music in the late 50’s and early 60’s was from the USA and rather than cover the compositions of others, The Beatles wrote their own songs, in their own style. Also, young people were finding new freedoms back then, perfect for the Beatles. Then they hit the States, the Yanks had never heard anything like it. Suddenly, the Beatles were bigger than God!

I really liked the early Beatles songs but didn’t much like their stuff from Sgt Pepper onwards. I much preferred the Stones from then on.