Mick Jagger caught mocking Paul McCartney's accent during Rolling Stones session

16 December 2023 , 19:32

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'Come on, Paul' Mick Jagger said (Image: Hogan Media/REX/Shutterstock)

If imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery then Paul McCartney should be chuffed to bits after cutting a track with the Stones.

Cheeky Sir Mick Jagger can be heard taking the mick out of Beatle Sir Paul’s accent on Bite My Head Off, from the Stones’ album Hackney Diamonds. Producer Andrew Watt said: “Paul hit the switch during his bass solo and Mick literally goes, in a Liverpool accent, ‘Come on, Paul, let’s hear something’. You can’t make it up. It was the Stones and the Beatles. And the smile on Paul’s face kept getting bigger and bigger.”

Andrew told Rolling Stone magazine: “It wasn’t heavy for them, it was a blast. We did three or four takes. Everyone was on fire. We did another tune because we were having so much fun. When I was walking Paul out, he literally was like, ‘I just played bass with the Stones – and I’m a Beatle’. These guys were like they were 18 again and you can hear it in the recording. It’s ferocious.”

Paul and Mick (Penske Media via Getty Images)

Paul in 2021 (WireImage)

The rivalry between the groups is legendary and has lasted since the 60s. But Macca, 81, and Jagger, 80, have mellowed over the years. Macca once described the Stones as “a blues cover band” while guitarist Keith Richards called the classic Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band a “mishmash of rubbish”.

With Hackney Diamonds, the Stones became the first band to have a number one album in six different decades. It is their 14th UK album chart topper, two behind the record-holding Beatles.

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