Mick Jagger feels ‘really stupid’ taking John Lennon’s advice on Elvis meeting | Music | Entertainment

Mick Jagger relished the idea, but it turns out that John Lennon persuaded him not to meet the King. The Rolling Stones frontman made the reveal in a new interview with Conan O’Brien.

The 82-year-old told Conan: “I remember John telling me, ‘You should never meet your heroes. I would never meet Elvis, Mick, if I were you.’” The King had been Lennon’s rock n’ roll hero growing up and the Beatles were pretty nervous when meeting him. Literally speechless in front of their icon, Elvis joked he’d have to go to bed if they didn’t start a conversation. In the end, they all jammed together (imagine witnessing that!), but were ultimately left disappointed.

According to Peter Guralnick’s Elvis biography, “Their response to Elvis was a prickly mix of anger and disillusion.” Following the one-off meeting between the five stars, The Beatles’ press officer Tony Barrow said candidly: “To be honest, I’d describe Elvis on that showing as a boring old fart. But I do know Ringo enjoyed his game of pool.”

Nevertheless, Jagger added: “It was really stupid of me, really. I’d love to have met Elvis… Maybe my Elvis version would have been different…”