[Skooz]

Yep. I read Keith Richards' account of the song.

Seems that Richards and Jagger were at a restaraunt with Lennoin and McCartney. Either Jagger or Richards asked how the Beatles wrote songs, and expressed that they would like to be able to write their own, but didn't know how.

Lennon and McCartney excused themsleves for a minute and came back with "I Wanna Be Your Man." Richards and Jagger looked at each other and said, "Man, they just whipped this up in a few minutes. We can do that."

That was when the Stones started writing their own songs and began to drift away from their blues roots and more into the rock n roll mainstream. That alienated Brian Jones, but that's another story.

[eddie willers]

That was when the Stones started writing their own songs

And became quite good at it. LOL

[Mr. Mojo]

That was when the Stones started writing their own songs and began to drift away from their blues roots and more into the rock n roll mainstream.

The Stones came into their own with Beggars' Banquet (1968). Their previous release (Her Satanic Majesty's Request) was an attempt to copy the feel and style of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper, but failed miserably ...and embarrassingly. But Beggars' was pure Stones, and set off a run of incredible albums that were the essence of R&R --- Let it Bleed, Get Your Ya Ya's Out, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main St. They've never come close to re-capturing the magic from that ('68 - '72) era.