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CJFP
Am I crazy, or is this a little cryptic?
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erad
Either a tour announcement or single release tomorrow??
I took it as something is happening at midnight, but who knows?Quote
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erad
Either a tour announcement or single release tomorrow??
Probably just advertising for Midnight Rambler (twelve o'clock, 12:00am).
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erad
I took it as something is happening at midnight, but who knows?
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treaclefingers
2 minutes to Eastern time.
I'm not waiting up for Pacific time.
JUST TELL US ALREADY!
And it better not be a lyric video. I already know all the words and I don't want to be told we're "Talkin' bout the Midnight Wrangler!"
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Stoneage
Sure Treacles - if you consider his age he's doing well. I can't help to notice the increasing nasality though. And I don't know if that is an age thing really. It kind of started in the mid nineties and developed from there.
I'm fine with the fact that most people are not bothered with that. It's just a personal observation.
Stoneage, I agree with you on that observation, and noticed he started doing that at the same time and I believe it had to do with 'vocal training' or something I read some time ago. Maybe to help preserve his voice?
I recall when the cuts to Alfie came out they were a bit hard to take. I thought more recent things like Doom and Gloom and Easy Sleazy sounded in very good form though.
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Stoneage
Sure Treacles - if you consider his age he's doing well. I can't help to notice the increasing nasality though. And I don't know if that is an age thing really. It kind of started in the mid nineties and developed from there.
I'm fine with the fact that most people are not bothered with that. It's just a personal observation.
Stoneage, I agree with you on that observation, and noticed he started doing that at the same time and I believe it had to do with 'vocal training' or something I read some time ago. Maybe to help preserve his voice?
I recall when the cuts to Alfie came out they were a bit hard to take. I thought more recent things like Doom and Gloom and Easy Sleazy sounded in very good form though.
Yeah, the peak of nasal period was ALFIE. Since then Mick, thankfully, has cooled down. For example, BLUE & LONESOME showed us a total different Mick, singing 'straighter' and without much of those typical cliches and tricks he, I think, overdid previously. Sounding like trusting more on the power of his voice. In "Gotta Get A Grip" he did the same (I always thought that the nasal and over-pronouncing was a way to hide losing the strength of his voice, so I was surprised by the change). The same goes for the 'new' TATTOO YOU material from last year (especially "Slow Walking" is an incredible performance from him). Then again, the nasal technique and over-pronouncing is very much present in "Strange Game", but I think that belongs very much to the character of the song Mick acts there (well, as a singer, Mick is always an actor).
I'd like to think that the reissue project, starting with EXILE and SOME GIRLS, might have affected Mick's approach in singing. Like hearing younger version of himself and then being forced to imitate that (and like concluding that 'hmmm... to sound good, I don' t need all those technical tricks I am so used to')
Anyway, what goes for nasal, it sometimes works brilliantly. Damn, listen the studio version of "Waiting On A Friend": Mick sings straight from a nose (and sounds terrific)! Other masterful uses of it, but not so obvious, can be heard on things like "Winter", "Rocks Off" and "Evening Gown". There his use of it is so natural that one cannot almost notice it. That's acting at its best.
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....(well, as a singer, Mick is always an actor). ...
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sf37
So what became of that so-called midnight tweet? Much ado about nothing, I assume?
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Stoneage
Okay, just to clarify: Jagger's ever growing nasality is not just "an act" as some propose - it's an actual physical phenomena. Just listen to how his talking voice have changed through the decades and you'll understand.
Of course he's trying to handle this on stage but it's still there.