Arnoldlayne
Junior Member
The Beatles were amongst the first, but they were not the first and their influence on the genre is minimal. Pink Floyd was up and making progressive psychedelic music well before The Beatles put anything of the sort on record.
Nellinator that was your words. The Beatles were making progressive psychedelic records on Revolver. Songs like Tomorrow Never Knows, Love You To and She Said She Said with it quirky time signatures were recorded when Pink Floyd were still not a recording group and really goes far above the Yardbirds and Byrds debatable psychedelic records Shapes of Things and Eight Miles High. John Cale said She Said She Said was a big influence on him. Don't minimize Revolver influence on the Byrds Younger Than Yesterday and Revolver and Strawberry Fields Forever influence on Pink Floyd.
Another influential song was Eleanor Rigby how many rock groups were doing tunes with classical influence, no rock instruments with just vocals and strings. Rain was also innovative with it's backward vocal fade out and upfront unusual drum and bass pattern. What is the connection these songs were recorded in 1966 before the Doors and 13th Floor Elevator first records were out. You really are underestimating the Beatles originality and influence on both psychedelic and progressive rock. The Beatles were already flirting with psychedelic music on The Word listen to the trippy harmonium fills and the psychedelic pop of Nowhere Man in 1965.