{"id":520607,"date":"2026-07-01T22:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520607\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:17:12","slug":"he-said-no-no-no-paul-can-do-that-and-he-did-it-he-did-exactly-what-was-needed-in-like-10-minutes-mick-jagger-says-he-had-to-check-with-andrew-watt-that-pau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520607\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe said, \u2018No, no, no. Paul can do that,\u2019 and he did it. He did exactly what was needed in like, 10 minutes\u201d: Mick Jagger says he had to check with Andrew Watt that Paul McCartney’s bass playing was “punk” enough for new Rolling Stones song Covered In You"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we approach the release of Foreign Tongues<\/a>, the new album by the Rolling Stones<\/a>, frontman Mick Jagger has been discussing Paul McCartney<\/a>\u2019s contribution to it.<\/p>\n

Macca plays bass on an as yet unheard song called Covered In You, and Jagger has told the NME<\/a> that he recorded his part in the same session that yielded Bite My Head Off, from the Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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However, in the case of Covered In You, he says that he had to seek assurances from producer Andrew Watt, who would go on to work with McCartney on his recent album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane<\/a>, that the former Beatle was the right fit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cObviously, I’ve known Paul for ages \u2013 he\u2019s not a stranger \u2013 but I mean, he\u2019d never played bass with us before,\u201d says Jagger. \u201cIt’s a different thing, you know? I\u2019d sung with him before, done harmonies and stuff. But you were thinking, well, it’s a punk tune.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said to Andy, \u2018Is he into this?\u2019 Because it’s really a punk tune, and it’s going to go really fast, and I want it to do that, and it’s going to be\u2026 I want overdriven bass. It’s gonna be simple. No mucking about, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re guessing that means hammering away on the root note rather than taking the bassline \u2018for a walk\u2019, so to speak, but Jagger says that Watt set his mind at rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said \u2018No, no, no. Paul can do that,\u2019 and he did it,\u201d he remembers. \u201cHe did exactly what was needed in like, 10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Also speaking to the NME recently, McCartney shared his own memories of that Stones studio experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really exciting, because I normally don\u2019t play as a session guy,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it’s really nice to just show up at a studio with your bass and say ‘Right, where do you want me? Where do I plug in?\u2019 And you start playing and they show you the song and I start thinking, \u2018I\u2019m playing with the Stones.\u2019 And I\u2019m well chuffed, you know? You could be a bit blas\u00e9 and go, \u2018Yeah, OK, so what?\u2019 But for me, it wasn\u2019t \u2013 it went the other way. It was like, \u2018Wow, there\u2019s Mick! Ooh, there\u2019s Keith! Woah, there\u2019s Ronnie!\u2019 It was exciting. It was really good. And the great thing is all I had to do was play bass and not make mistakes, so it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foreign Tongues is released on 10 July.<\/p>\n

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