Mick Jagger's Surprise Oscars Appearance Included A Timeless Crack About Bob Dylan

Turns out the joke about his fellow music legend had at least some truth to it.

Rock legend Mick Jagger surprised the Oscars crowd on Sunday night when he turned up to present the award for Best Original Song.

But the Rolling Stones frontman, who walked out to a standing ovation, said he wasn’t the first choice for the gig.

“The producers really wanted Bob Dylan to do this,” he said. “Bob didn’t want to do it because he said the best songs this year were obviously in the movie ‘A Complete Unknown,’” Jagger said, referring to the Dylan biopic nominated for multiple Academy Awards.

Jagger then broke out his Dylan impression.

“Bob said, ‘you should find somebody younger’,” he said. “I said ‘OK, I’m younger. I’m younger than Bob, I’ll do it’.”