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One Reason Why The Beatles Can Do No Wrong
The Beatles, as a unit, are very fortunate. Like James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy, they entered the scene as something brand-new and different and departed before getting old and cliched. Unlike the Rolling Stones, they would never be accused of sticking around forever and becoming a parody of themselves. Like the aforementioned trio of "great ones who died young," everything The Beatles did was new and unique and all of their work is still held up as the example that others try vainly to follow. Individually, well, that's another story--look at poor Paul McCartney! (He's partnering with Starbucks, now, too.) Lucky result: Without "Sgt. Pepper" there would probably be no "Pet Sounds" or "Smile."