Since its founding in the early 1960s, the Beatles They positioned themselves as a revolutionary band and a reference for many young groups that were beginning their artistic path. One of these bands was none other than The Rolling Stoneswith whom they would end up establishing a relationship of friendship and a fictitious rivalry for the media.
The Fab Four helped the Stones develop early in their career. Proof of this was when he was allowed to record and publish the song “I Wanna Be Your Man” earlier, written by John Lennon and Paul MCCARTNEY and that they would later release on their album With the Beatles.
The group led by Mick jagger and Keith Richards He always had a great admiration for the Beatles, since if it weren’t for them they might never have been able to take their first steps as a rock and roll band. Besides, Both Jagger and Richards were fans of the Liverpool quartet’s music..
As the aforementioned medium details, in the documentary My Life as a Rolling StoneJagger even revealed which was the first Beatles song that captivated him: “We were playing in the clubs in London and the Beatles had just had a hit, ‘Love Me Do’, and we said, ‘Wow, bro, what a good song!’“.
The singer added: “The Beatles changed everything. Keith used to play the Beatles all the time. He drove me absolutely crazy! And the reason he listened to them was because he wanted to learn how to write these pop songs, since we were undeniably a blues band… and we knew we had to be a pop band.”
While Jagger claims to have been impressed with “Love Me Do,” Richards always expressed his affection for the Beatles’ second release: “Please Please Me.”, which also appeared on their self-titled debut album. On one occasion she declared: “I always said it to McCartney: ‘Please Please Me.’ I love the chords, she was there when she came out and she was beautiful. Of course, there are many others, but if I have to choose one, I’ll choose ‘Please Please Me.'”
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