# Exactly when did the Beatles begin to revolutionize rock?

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**Created:** [July 26, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-when-did-the-beatles-begin-to-revolutionize-rock/629419 "2012-07-26T04:41:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-when-did-the-beatles-begin-to-revolutionize-rock/629419/53 "2012-07-27T13:23:52Z")

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> [@Getcha Pilgrim Name Right Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getcha-pilgrim-name-right-here/77375/24):
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> People like Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, and Ned Rorem praised their music very early on, and it was unheard of for classical composers of that stature to say anything good about rock music.

Yeah, the idea that they were “musically unremarkable” just flabbergasts me. I can’t think of a single artist who contributed _more_ to the development of pop music and form than the Beatles.

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