Originally posted by Led Zeppelin
"The beatles were really to poppy for me to see how they influenced a rock band like G&R. I would credit that to an early rockstar, not a pop band. I think it was more people like Beck and Clapton and Hendrix which influenced these bands."

Guns N' Roses were/are a pop band too, just with a hard rock core, if you like. Its evolution, you dont have to sound like the music your influenced by, Led Zeppelin were influenced mainly by old blues artists, but they(some say) invented heavy metal, you get it?

At the end of the day, my opinion is, the Beatles wrote better songs than everyone else and thats why theyve been so successful.

Firstly, not that this is on topic at all, but I can sure hear blues in Led Zepelin's music. They sound nothing like metal to me.
Second, Guns and Roses dont sound like pop, I'm curious as to how you came to this conclusion, especially when they are compared to the other bands of their day that were considered pop.
Finally, its my opinion that the Beatles were big because they had good business heads on their sholders. Every successful band has to, or at least hire someone who does. I still dont think of them as rock at all, and I dont really like their songs. I'm just not a pop fan.