The Beatles John Lennon once called out Mick Jagger for imitating the band amid their rivalry.
Lennon and Paul McCartney's partnership helped The Beatles reach the peak of their career; even other bands sought their help to create chart-topping hits. Among those bands was The Rolling Stones, but it led Lennon to call out the frontman after a long collaboration.
Why John Lennon Thought Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones Copied The Beatles
The Fab Four member once sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone magazine (via Express), during which he called out The Rolling Stones frontman for allegedly imitating The Beatles' work.
"I would like to just list what we did and what the Stones did two months after on every f****ng album," he said. "Every f****ng thing we did, Mick does exactly the same - he imitates us."
Apart from Lennon, another The Beatles member was said to have noticed the growing similarities between the bands.
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George Harrison, who earned the nickname "Quiet Beatle," once broke his silence about Jagger's unending presence during The Beatles music-making. He recalled seeing him around as he "lurked in the background" to know what was happening to them.
According to Harrison, Jagger always wanted to know what they were doing.
The Rolling Stones Publicly Copied The Beatles?
The Fab Four noticed the similarities when The Rolling Stones dropped their 1967 project, "Their Satanic Majesties Request" which paralleled The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
After The Rolling Stones released the album months after The Beatles dropped theirs, Lennon criticized the band and Jagger for copying his band despite being respectful of the frontman.
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" served as The Beatles' eighth studio album, released years before their unexpected split. They recorded their final album, "Let It Be" in 1969, which bombarded several charts and websites, including AllMusic, Billboard, and Sputnikmusic.
Although the band was a success, Lennon eventually suggested disbanding the group since they "could not work it out" any longer. There were still talks that the band might reunite after the 1970 split, and some of the members approved of it.
However, Lennon was already determined to move on to focus on their individual endeavors.
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