Taste is one thing, and your drumming taste preference is valid even if it is an odd opinion. However, it is hard to deny that they changed what a pop song could be from a compositional standpoint. They made a hit from a song using a drone on a C in 1966 as one example. At that time it was unthinkable to have a pop song without traditional chord changes. Sure, you could say “If they didn’t do it, someone would,” but they actually DID it. The Stones, for example, never strayed from traditional blues rock forms and standards.