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Adam Levine and James Valentine recalled paying homage to The Beatles with the presence of none other than the icons Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr themselves—and the reaction was unexpected.
In their appearance on the April 11 episode of The Howard Stern Show, the Maroon 5 frontman and guitarist recounted the band’s performance at The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles, a star-studded tribute marking the Fab Four’s 50th anniversary on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Maroon 5 kicked off the tribute, setting the tone with their own spin on the beloved Beatles classics, “All My Loving” and “Ticket To Ride.”
“They [Ed Sullivan Show] came to us and said, ‘We want you guys to play ‘All My Loving,’ we’re gonna roll the footage of them playing on Ed Sullivan [Show], and the you guys are gonna pick up from halfway through, and then The Beatles, the living legends themselves, are gonna be there watching you.’”
But as Levine retold the story, Valentine could be heard chiming in:
“I was scared sh**less.”
Levine continued, saying that he’s been scared a lot of times in his life, and that experience—performing The Beatles’ songs before The Beatles themselves—was one of them.
“I was like, ‘Holy s***.’ I’m sorry man, but it’s just like, you can be too cool, but not always. It’s Ringo Star and Paul McCartney. F*** off if you’re gonna try and be cool about that.”
Apart from Maroon 5, artists Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, and more also performed at the televised 2014 event, all delivering their own renditions of The Beatles’ hits.
“We did it better”: Adam Levine recalls interaction with Paul McCartney post-performance
The “She Will Be Loved” hitmaker also revealed their interaction with the two luminaries post-performance, adding that he recalled laughing at McCartney’s remark on their renditions.
“Afterwards, I see Paul, and Paul kind of took me in close, and he goes, ‘You know, we did it better.’ “I thought it was so funny. And I cracked up, and I’m like, ‘Yeah, no s***, you’re Paul McCartney, you’re The Beatles.’”
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It would be months later when the Maroon 5 vocalist would see the “All You Need Is Love” crooner, where the legendary artist would come up to him at a party to apologize for his comment.
“He’s like, ‘Hey man, I just wanted to let you know, if that bothered you, I’ve been thinking about this, I didn’t want to insult you or anything. It was something like that. Like, ‘If I insulted you, I apologize.’”
But for Levine, there was no bad blood, although the exchange made him realize that “he’s [McCartney] a human being with a beating heart.”
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The “Maps” artist went on to praise The Beatles’ lead singer, saying:
"He’s a “really beautiful soul who actually was thoughtful enough to even take into account that maybe for some reason my feelings might have been hurt, but of course they were not.”
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