Mick Jagger said The Rolling Stones would never record a song like The Beatles’ “Please Please Me.” In addition, he revealed what he and Keith Richards thought of the Fab Four. Some of his comments don’t make sense.
Mick Jagger called The Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ an ‘adolescent love song’
According to the book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of The Rolling Stones, Jagger contrasted his band with The Beatles in 1977. “We were not The Beatles,” he said. “The Beatles were a pop band … and, though we liked them … you know … I mean … Keith and Brian sort of liked them, but I didn’t really.”
He said The Beatles made music that was poppier than The Rolling Stones’. “I mean they were sweet and all that, but we were a blues band,” he said. “We played blues and we played in clubs and we didn’t...
Mick Jagger called The Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ an ‘adolescent love song’
According to the book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of The Rolling Stones, Jagger contrasted his band with The Beatles in 1977. “We were not The Beatles,” he said. “The Beatles were a pop band … and, though we liked them … you know … I mean … Keith and Brian sort of liked them, but I didn’t really.”
He said The Beatles made music that was poppier than The Rolling Stones’. “I mean they were sweet and all that, but we were a blues band,” he said. “We played blues and we played in clubs and we didn’t...
- 6/18/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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