“It’s just a stupid epithet. It just seems too Barnum and Bailey to me – like it’s some sort of circus act,” he said.
He added: “The first time we heard it said was to introduce us every night. So I used to say, ‘Will you please not use that as your announcement? It’s so embarrassing. And what does that mean? Does it mean the best, the biggest, the most long-lasting.'” (Faroutmagazine)
Mick Jagger had also put down rumours that The Rolling Stones‘ upcoming UK tour could well be their last.
“I haven’t really thought about this set of gigs being our last tour, to be honest,” Jagger told The Sunday Post.
“There is going to come a point when we don’t want to do it any more, for whatever reason – but I’m not thinking about that this summer not yet but soon.”
“We play quite a long show – sometimes two hours and 15 minutes – so you’ve gotta conserve some sort of energy.“It’s like sport. You don’t go 100% all the time. It may appear you are, but you’re not.“At the end, you feel OK, you’re not gonna lie flat on your back, that wouldn’t be a good ending.(Sundaypost)
Keith Richards shared the same stance and rebuffed the suggestion during an interview. “ On any given night, it’s a different band that’s the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world,” he added.
The world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band will differ from person to person, depending on individual taste. While many metrics would suggest The Stones are the best to do it, when did we ever let statistics rule the roost over the heart? Besides, the Rolling Stones already have enough achievements; they don’t need a meaningless title.
In a recent interview, Paul McCartney referred to the Rolling Stones as a "blues cover band" Jagger Hits Back at McCartney In Concert: 'He's Going to Join Us in a Blues Cover'
Now The Who frontman Roger Daltrey described the Rolling Stones as a "mediocre pub band" in a recent interview.
His comments follow those of Paul McCartney, who reignited the Beatles-vs.-Stones argument when he called Mick Jagger's group a "covers band" — leading to a lighthearted response from Jagger during a concert.
In conversation with the Coda Collection, Daltrey offered his own views, saying: "Mick Jagger, you've got to take your hat off to him. He's the number one rock 'n' roll performer." He continued with a laugh: "But as a band, if you were outside a pub and you heard that music coming out of a pub some night, you'd think, 'Well, that's a mediocre pub band!'"
The longstanding rivalry between the Beatles and the Stones had a new chapter. (People)
At the Rolling Stones concert at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday night, Mick Jagger called out fellow music legend Paul McCartney after the Beatles star referred to his band as a "blues cover band."
