Mick Jagger says The Beatles were “just a blues cover band when they started out”
nme.comMick Jagger has responded yet again to Paul McCartney‘s comment that The Beatles were a superior band to The Rolling Stones.McCartney made the comments in an interview with Howard Stern in 2020, when he agreed with the host’s assertion that his band were better.“[The Stones] are rooted in the blues.
When they are writing stuff, it has to do with the blues. We had a little more influences,” McCartney said. “There’s a lot of differences, and I love the Stones, but I’m with you.
The Beatles were better.”When asked for his response at the time to Zane Lowe, Jagger said: “That’s so funny. He’s a sweetheart.
There’s obviously no competition.“The big difference, though, is and sort of slightly seriously, is that The Rolling Stones is a big concert band in other decades and other areas when The Beatles never even did an arena tour, Madison Square Garden with a decent sound system.
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