Why Mick Jagger Didn't Like The Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine'
One of Mick Jagger's girlfriends revealed what the frontman thought of The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." John Lennon also had plenty to say about The Rolling Stones.
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones will be compared to each other until the planet Earth is destroyed and any extraterrestrial life will have no chance of knowing that rock ‘n’ roll ever existed. One of Mick Jagger’s girlfriends revealed what the frontman thought of The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.” John Lennon also had plenty to say about The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger felt The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ was ‘silly.’
Marianne Faithfull was Jagger’s girlfriend and muse in the 1960s. She’s most known for her solo ballad “As Tears Go By,” which Jagger co-wrote with Keith Richards. In her 2008 book Memories, Dreams & Reflections, Faithfull recalled the way that Jagger reacted to some of The Beatles’ songs.
“Mick might, very occasionally, put The Beatles down for their provincialism, which, if you’re from London and they’re from Liverpool, is a very natural reaction,” he said. “But he’d never put their music down. Well, of ‘Yellow Submarine’ or those whimsical Beatle songs he might say, ‘Now that is a bit silly.’ I never thought so; I loved it, still do. Also something like ‘With a Little Help from My Friends,’ but these are obviously not the sort of things the Stones would be into.”
The Rolling Stones released a whimsical, psychedelic single called “We Love You.” That wannabe Beatles song is completely awful and the public swiftly forgot about it. It’s as silly as “Yellow Submarine,” however, it doesn’t have the juvenile appeal that “Yellow Submarine” has.
Marianne Faithfull felt the Fab Four were more than ‘Yellow Submarine’
Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com
