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There are many exceptional things about the Beatles but the most defining thing was the time in which they lived.
It was the real dawn of the commercial electronics age. Television was reaching its stride. Portable radios were becoming available. Record players, particularly 45 RPM's, were highly popular and available.
Add to that, the large group of post-war children that were reaching their teen years. Commercial consumerism was driven by the electronic media. Economic prosperity was at an unprecidented level due to post-war growth in manufacturing.
And of course they were some highly talented, diverse musicians who grew with their audience. The same girls in bobby socks they played to in the 60s, were the same girls with flowers in their hair they played to in the 70s. Listen to the growth and the change in their music from one year to the next. They defined the aging of a generation.
Who would believe the same band that performed Love Me Do would play Revolution or Helter Skelter?
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"The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others. " - Theodore Roosevelt
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