Mick Jagger’s response to the question of whether “Their Satanic Majesties Request” should sound like The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever”.
TL;DR:
- “Strawberry Fields Forever” by The Beatles predates “Their Satanic Majesties Request” by The Rolling Stones.
- Jagger said his favorite song on the album sounds awful in stereo.
- Jagger was asked if the Rolling Stones were trying to emulate one of the Beatles’ songs.
The Rolling Stones’ Your satanic majesties ask (1967) dealt more with psychedelics than with their other work. A journalist asked Mick Jagger if the album sounded like The Beatles’ Strawberry Fields Forever. Notably, Jagger said one song on the album sounded “lousy in stereo.”
Mick Jagger was asked if The Rolling Stones’ ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ was about dreaming
During an interview with Rolling Stone in 1968, Jagger spoke about the album Your satanic majesties ask (1967). The interviewer said Your satanic majesties ask seemed to revolve around sleeping and dreaming. “I’ve read elsewhere that it should be about travel, which is also weird because it’s like that when you look at it that way,” he said.
Jagger responded to the interviewer’s interpretation of the album. “What did you hear?” he said. “Dream and wake up? I don’t know, maybe it is. That’s great when you get that, that’s fantastic.”
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Mick Jagger dodged a question about The Beatles’ “Their Satanic Majesties Request” and “Strawberry Fields Forever.”
Certain words appeared and were fixed in the album’s lyrics. “I don’t know what to make of that,” Jagger said. “It’s really very strange and has nothing to do with me. It doesn’t contain any songs, all the words are very slurred, no they really aren’t. “2000 light years [From Home]’ is not. It’s my favorite, but it’s lousy in stereo.”
Jagger was then asked if Your satanic majesties ask should sound like “Strawberry Fields Forever” by The Beatles. Above all, Your satanic majesties ask and “Strawberry Fields Forever” are both examples of psychedelic music. Jagger didn’t answer the question directly. “Well, it’s a very heady album, very aloof,” he said.
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How the Rolling Stones’ “2000 Light Years from Home” and the Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” fare on the charts
“2000 Light Years from Home” did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The track’s parent album, Your satanic majesties ask, was far more popular. The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for a total of 30 weeks.
On the other hand, “Strawberry Fields Forever” became far more popular in the United States. It peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for nine weeks. The track appeared on some editions of the album Magical Mystery Tour. The album topped the Billboard 200 for eight of its 93 weeks on the chart.
Your satanic majesties ask was a hit – whether it sounds like “Strawberry Fields Forever” or not.
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