As much as I like the Stones...Upon Further Review. I am thinking that Joe Strummer could be the King of The Frontman ????



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Mick Jagger has proven himself over and over... and is still doing it.

Mick Jagger is the greatest rock and roll Frontman ever. Period.

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Leonioid
Mick Jagger has proven himself over and over... and is still doing it.

Mick Jagger is the greatest rock and roll Frontman ever. Period.

Your Opinion...Were all entitled to one...But the energy that Strummer had from 76-83 could not be duplicated in a lifetime by anyone, Plus his vocals were like a jack-hammer...And without the Clash kicking the Stones in the Ass...Who knows ???

Joe Strummer was good and all... but the poor guy only made it 50 years.

Elvis was good too, but he only made it 40 years.

My cousin Bobby was one the greatest front men of all time... but only did 5 shows... and a guys gotta last a long time and keep doing it to prove themself the Greatest, otherwise it is just right time/right place/right sound and got lucky... like the beatles.

Now that James Brown and Prince are gone Mick Jagger is the king. After all those years, after thousands of shows, he has never fell down once physically and figuratively. Mick is the ONE.
Rockandroll,
Mops

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Leonioid
Joe Strummer was good and all... but the poor guy only made it 50 years.

Elvis was good too, but he only made it 40 years.

My cousin Bobby was one the greatest front men of all time... but only did 5 shows... and a guys gotta last a long time and keep doing it to prove themself the Greatest, otherwise it is just right time/right place/right sound and got lucky... like the beatles.

Checking Out of this lifetime does not change the ranking
Jagger is great but both in their prime.....Strummer Blows them all away !!!!

Strummer wouldn't make top ten.

1- Jagger
2- Mick Jagger
3- Mick
4- MJ
5_ ...

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Now that James Brown and Prince are gone Mick Jagger is the king. After all those years, after thousands of shows, he has never fell down once physically and figuratively. Mick is the ONE.
Rockandroll,
Mops

I've meant to ask this before but it seemed an odd question...

Has ANYONE ever seen Mick even so much as stumble or trip himself up in over 50 years of performing? I can't recall ever seeing it in any live footage.

As much as I love the Clash, I've never really considered Joe Strummer a 'frontman' in the traditional sense.
Mick Jones and Paul Simonon were just as important to their appearance on stage, and Mick Jones even sang lead on a number of their greatest tunes as well as writing them.

Long story short - Mick Jagger is the greatest - no question about it.

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Now that James Brown and Prince are gone Mick Jagger is the king. After all those years, after thousands of shows, he has never fell down once physically and figuratively. Mick is the ONE.
Rockandroll,
Mops

I've meant to ask this before but it seemed an odd question...

Has ANYONE ever seen Mick even so much as stumble or trip himself up in over 50 years of performing? I can't recall ever seeing it in any live footage.

Not that I have seen.
Mick Jagger is somewhat astounding. He appears to be more dedicated to appearing effortless at being so great at what he does than anyone I have ever seen or heard of. It is no accident he is still this good at 50-60-70 what ever age he is... he works his ass off.

Mick is "the natural"... He is a natural born great who also trains harder and works harder than anyone, and it makes him untouchable.


Dang it...
Making me gush a like some teeny booper, blathering on and on...
I am too damned old and curmudgeonly to be doing this... yet... here I am


We are so lucky to have him and the band.


STONES!!!


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I think the clinching factor is how funny Jagger is. He has it all, he does it all... and HE IS FUNNY! I have seen him live so many times and on streams etc etc and etc, and at every live show he says something funny... not obvious slapstick funny... but Jagger dry wry sense of humor funny. It is priceless.


plus add in.... that he never gets preachy. Live Stones shows are about fun! I have never been to (or seen) a Stones show where Mick didn't ask "IS EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME!!!???"



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I hate sounding like a megaphone for my favorite bands, but I'm sorry, no one touches Jagger, especially living these days. There are some good ones, some great ones, and then there's Mick Jagger. He's just that good. Mick Jagger is unequivoically the frontman everyone has been trying to be for 50 years. You can question every other element about the Rolling Stones today but one thing you can't is that Mick Jagger hasn't lost a step.

I saw the Clash live twice and they were totally charisma free. The closest to Jagger I've seen live is actually a woman, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (that I saw at the Fonda Theatre, of Stones DVD fame).

KING.

in his prime I think DLR was maybe the best

i think Bon Scott was the best i've seen. honorable mention to brian johnson & freddie mercury.

I think even if you polled this one amongst music fans are aren't specifically Stones followers, Mick would come out on top.

FRONTMAN = A Frontman From A BAND


1. Mick Jagger
2. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
3. Tina Turner (Ike & Tina Turner Review)
4. Rod Stewart (Faces)
5. Freddy Mercury (Queen)
6. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
7. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
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1. Mick Jagger
2. Liam Gallagher
3. Bruce Springsteen (YES I know, but so much energy and joy)
4. Robert Plant
5. Tina Turner
6. John Lydon
7. James Brown
8. Iggy Pop
9. Solomon Burke
10. Little Richard

Elvis, Bon Scott, Steven Tyler, Axl, Lemmy and Daltrey comin' in close....

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1. Mick Jagger
2. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
3. Tina Turner (Ike & Tina Turner Review)
4. Rod Stewart (Faces)
5. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)

I've seen ozzy 4 times since 1995 both solo and in Sabbath. same old schitck every time

Loved the Clash but they only had a 5 year run. Jagger far outdistanced Strummer



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Iggy Pop dusts them all!

As a frontman?

From whatever angle you want to view it, it can be only Mick Jagger!

His position in the history of rock music is unique. There's no one who could reach him.

No doubt: It's him!

And, not to forget, he's an outstanding singer-songwriter as well.

Keith to Scotty Moore: 'well, my lead singer is still alive'
Moore: 'what's his name?'
Keith: 'Can't remember!'

There's really nothing that's compares to Jagger. Iggy Pop is good as well but he can't carry a 3 hour show. Axl Rose was fantastic in the '80s.

Mathijs

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Keith to Scotty Moore: 'well, my lead singer is still alive'
Moore: 'what's his name?'
Keith: 'Can't remember!'

There's really nothing that's compares to Jagger. Iggy Pop is good as well but he can't carry a 3 hour show. Axl Rose was fantastic in the '80s.

Mathijs

when have the stones ever done a 3 hour show? mick jagger is usually on stage now max 80 minutes of the concert

Michael Monroe is most energetic frontman I've seen, but Mick Jagger is the best.

James Brown was phenomenal.

....its good when these comedy threads turn up on IORR ....



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Come On

Thunders was a frontman, too

The most charismatic, i.e. best frontmen IMO are :

Mick Jagger
James Brown
Freddie Mercury
Johnny Hallyday
Prince
Bruce Springsteen

There are many other people doing great on stage but still, they don't reach the power of these ones.

Never saw Elvis or Jimi or Jim Morisson, but they definitely deserve a spot in the top 10.

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Come On

Thunders was a frontman, too

We must not forget Johnny...

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