{"id":68523,"date":"2026-07-15T03:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/mick-jagger-regrets-taking-john-lennons-advice-to-not-to-meet-elvis\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T03:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:01:27","slug":"mick-jagger-regrets-taking-john-lennons-advice-to-not-to-meet-elvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/mick-jagger-regrets-taking-john-lennons-advice-to-not-to-meet-elvis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Jagger Regrets Taking John Lennon&#8217;s Advice to Not to Meet Elvis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mick-jagger\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mick-jagger\" data-tag=\"mick-jagger\">Mick Jagger<\/a> had a missed connection with the King. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a recent interview on the podcast <em>Conan O\u2019Brien Needs a Friend<\/em>, the Rolling Stones frontman recalled heeding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-lennon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-lennon\" data-tag=\"john-lennon\">John Lennon<\/a>\u2018s advice to not meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/elvis-presley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_elvis-presley\" data-tag=\"elvis-presley\">Elvis Presley<\/a>. \u201cI remember John telling me, \u2018Yeah, you should never meet your heroes,\u2019\u201d Jagger, 82, said. \u201cSo, I didn\u2019t. I took John\u2019s advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLooking back, Jagger admitted that it \u201cwas really stupid of me\u201d because he would \u201chave loved to have met Elvis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe rocker said that Lennon would often tell him the story of the time the Beatles met Elvis at his mansion in Bel Air, Los Angeles. O\u2019Brien, who helped add in a few details from the visit that took place during the Beatles\u2019 1965 tour of North America, suggested that Lennon was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the encounter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI wanted to keep my Elvis to myself, my version of Elvis,\u201d Jagger said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want my version of Elvis shattered like John\u2019s was. But maybe my Elvis version would have been different.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mick Jagger (Full Episode) | Conan O&amp;apos;Brien Needs A Friend\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2HLGcRpw1hc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAccording to Tony Barrow, the Beatles\u2019 press officer in the 1960s, the band\u2019s encounter with Presley was underwhelming. \u201cJohn asked what had happened to the old rock \u2019n\u2019 roll Elvis, who at that point was mainly singing the soundtracks to his films,\u201d Barrow\u00a0told <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2011\/oct\/04\/beatles-met-elvis-liverpool-exhibition\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a><\/em>. \u201cHe was half-joking, but he meant it.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLuckily, things got better after Presley brought out guitars and everyone began jamming. \u201cThat is when the party took off,\u201d Barrow said. \u201cWith words, they didn\u2019t have much to say. But as soon as they got into the music, the conversation began to spark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tStill, afterwards, \u201cJohn said it had been about as exciting as meeting Engelbert Humperdinck.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mick-jagger-john-lennon-advice-meet-elvis-presley-1235593791\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mick Jagger had a missed connection with the King. 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