Jagger weighed in for the second time on comments Paul McCartney made several years ago in which he said that The Beatles were a better band than The Rolling Stones and called The Stones a “blues cover band.” This time around, Jagger told The Times in an interview published Saturday that he thinks the two bands had similar beginnings and ended up thanking the former Beatles vocalist/bassist for what he said.
“(McCartney) said The Beatles were better than The Stones because The Stones were really just a blues cover band,” Jagger reiterated. “Well, The Beatles were also really just a blues cover band when they started out. Every band is a cover band at the beginning, because that’s how it goes.”
Jagger continued to make that point in his recent interview, explaining how he turned the back-and-forth into an on-stage bit that he’s used on tour. “When we’re on tour I like to say that someone is in the audience when they’re actually not, to create a big moment, so I said one time, ‘Paul McCartney is here tonight. He’s going to come up on stage and play some of our blues cover tunes,’” he told the outlet, referring to a show at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium in October 2021.
He joked, “I texted Paul to say thank you for his comment because it has given me a lot of comic material.”
The Rolling Stones will release their new album 'Hackney Diamonds,' which includes a Paul McCartney feature, on Oct. 20
There’s ultimately no real beef between the two music legends: Paul appears as a feature on The Stones’ upcoming, new album Hackney Diamonds. He joined them on the bass for the soon-to-be-released track “Bite My Head Off.”
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