Those bands have all been insulted here in other pages plenty of times though.
On the bright side, punk rock lives.
On the not-so-bright side, an appreciation for fine arrangement, real songs, and actual music suffers.
Of course, The Beatles were fairly punk at times themselves. And even when their music didn't sound heavy, the lyrics or song conceptions are pretty darn punky. As anyone should know, some of their compositions are also very avant-garde.
As an important note, it certainly
wasn't safe for The Beatles to be so foward-thinking, but thanks to their efforts, it was a
lot safer for other future artists to truly follow their muse if the effort bended, blended or even destroyed genres and created new ones.
Look up the wiki listing for Rubber Soul which CHOUT espoused as his favorite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_Soul
This is The Beatles album where Dylan's influence is beginning to be really felt strongly.
George Martin's production for Rubber Soul provided the first of many blueprints to come for the "psychedelic" music of the sixties.
'Norwegian Wood' first used the sitar and provided the germ for world music. (The Kinks helped there too, truth be told). 'Michelle' is gorgeous postmodern ditty. 'In My Life'...genius lyrics, glorious vocal...R&B meets baroque. 'Drive My Car' is a women's rights anthem. The corollary is 'Run for Your Life' which is the most devil-may-care genuinely violent jealous lover's ode this side of Robert Johnson. Alas, for love and suffering are, in many cases, bound together. The record explores the majesty of love in the philosophical sense with 'The Word,' but many other songs explore the many facets and nuances of human relationships.