How influential were the Beatles, musically?

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[QUOTE=Argent Towers]
And the Beatles also incorporated a lot of traditional British dancehall, classical and brass band music (The White Album and Sgt. Peppers show a lot of this influence.)
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Oh yeah. “When I’m 64” is practically 100% pure dancehall.

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[QUOTE=Mark Ryle]
My nephew, Michael, mentions:
One that comes to mind right away that I heard in the car was a song by the Foo Fighters song called “Big Me”. It sounds like the Beatles circa 65’. Specifically, the singer uses a McCartney vocal style, the guitar amps have that distinctive Vox tone and the melody could be right off of Help!
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Another recent song that sounds like the Beatles is “We’re Going to Be Friends” by the White Stripes. I first heard it when a friend was listening and I asked him if that was Paul McCartney singing.

I have no cite, but I have heard that the Beatles were what made Bob Dylan decide to go electric. Maybe someone can confirm or debunk this.