Are the Beatles classic rock or pop?

I look at it this way:

The Rolling Stones = Rock

The Beatles = Pop

Classic Rock

They are a rock band--it is prevalent from their first album till the last. I don't know why people call them pop. It's a typical misconception (thanks to stupid bands like backstreet boys) that if 3/4 lads team up together and sing something, that must be pop.

In my, and many other people's informed opinion, Beatles is a classic rock band.

As the answers show, there's no consensus. I would say pop rather than rock. Certainly for a good few years they were definitely a pop band. There were, of course, several of their songs that could be called rock.

I think they get way too much credit for being a rock band. All their music was pure pop! If anybody were to release songs like...

yesterday

she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

love, love me do

I want to hold your hand

and I love her

can't buy me love

yellow submarine

all you need is love

Do you think it would get played on one of the rock stations or a pop station? If it were to get ANY airplay at all?

I just hate how their fans think they were the best thing ever, while they snub their noses at todays pop music. In reality, they were just the first boy band. And don't get me wrong, I hate the Jonas Brothers as much as I hate The Beatles but.....the Jonas Brothers write their own music, lyrics, and play their own instruments, and The Jonas Brothers songs rock just as much as any Beatles songs do. Just say'n!

If you disagree, ask yourself this question.........If "love, love me do", "can't buy me love" or "I want to hold your hand" were released today, by a brand new band named The Beatles (I know, I know.....lame name, but let's just say that's the best they came up with). Where would that music get played? Do you think it would get played on one of the rock stations or a pop station? If you're honest with yourself you would be able to admit that they would get played on a Top 40 POP station, If it were to get ANY airplay at all?

I think at the time, they were considered Pop rock.

They are definitely classic rock now.

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Classic pop rock.

Overall, classic pop would be a better genre than classic rock, because not all of their songs are rock music.

I'll like to call them classic rock

The Beatles are classic rock. They were a rock band back in the 60's. You need to remember there was no hard rock or heavy metal back then to compare them to. Back then it was called Rock and Roll music.