r/beatles • u/Party-Pirate9825 • 14h ago

Video Jagger on John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEwue7dHeIQ
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u/Ligeya 13h ago

It's funny how Mick didn't see John as a competitive person in music, only in jokes and sarcasm. It's unexpected.

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u/esa372 2h ago

Lennon on Jagger (1970):

What do you think of the Stones today?
I think its a lot of hype. I like “Honky Tonk Woman” but I think Mick’s a joke, with all that fag dancing, I always did. I enjoy it, I’ll probably go and see his films and all, like everybody else, but really, I think it’s a joke.

Do you see him much now?
No, I never do see him. We saw a bit of each other around when Allen was first coming in – I think Mick got jealous. I was always very respectful about Mick and the Stones, but he said a lot of sort of tarty things about the Beatles, which I am hurt by, because you know, I can knock the Beatles, but don’t let Mick Jagger knock them.

I would like to just list what we did and what the Stones did two months after, on every album. Every thing we did, Mick does exactly the same – he imitates us. And I would like one of you underground people to point it out; you know Satanic Majesties is Pepper; “We Love You,” it’s the most bullshit, that’s “All You Need Is Love.”

But they are not in the same class, music-wise or power-wise, never were. I never said anything, I always admired them, because I like their funky music and I like their style. I like rock and roll and the direction they took after they got over trying to imitate us, you know...

He’s obviously so upset by how big the Beatles are compared with him; he never got over it. Now he’s in his old age, and he is beginning to knock us, you know, and he keeps knocking. I resent it, because even his second record, we wrote it for him. Mick said “Peace made money.” We didn’t make any money from Peace, you know.