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JordyLicks96
Mick Jagger may not have the greatest singing voice in the world, but he sure as hell is the finest damn rock and roll singer and frontman in the history of rock music. What do you think was his finest moment as a singer? I think EXILE ON MAIN STREET was his best album and the songs "Moonlight Mile" and "Let It Loose" are in my opinion his finest vocal achievements.
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JordyLicks96
Mick Jagger may not have the greatest singing voice in the world, but he sure as hell is the finest damn rock and roll singer and frontman in the history of rock music. What do you think was his finest moment as a singer? I think EXILE ON MAIN STREET was his best album and the songs "Moonlight Mile" and "Let It Loose" are in my opinion his finest vocal achievements.
"Rocks Off," "Let it Loose," and "I Don't Know Why" come to mind for me. I, like some other posters, like Mick's vocals most when he is closest to the edge, teetering and cracking like a true soul singer, rather than holding back and just being fey and cool and decadent.
You can make a GREAT case for MPJ as the finest "frontman in the history of rock and roll." But, IMHO, "finest damn rock and roll singer" is a bit more of a stretch. It's all personal preference, of course. I'd suggest any of the following are better singers (not in a technical sense, necessarily, but more in the emotive power of their instruments) than Mick ... and I wonder if he'd even disagree?
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
Van Morrison
Marvin Gaye
Jerry Lee Lewis
Brian and Carl Wilson
Chuck Berry
Ray Charles
Stevie Winwood
David Bowie
Janis Joplin
Rod Stewart
Tina Turner
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Joe Cocker
Otis Redding
and, last but not least, because he changed the entire notion of "singing" in popular music ...
Bob Dylan
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Nikkei
Can anyone relate to the sensation of singing along to Exile songs and feeling really good about the harmonies and then when it's not playing you're hardly able to hit any of the notes? It can be really frustrating. Try singing "judge and jury walk out hand in hand"
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Elmo Lewis
I 'm sure I'm in the minority, but I love the falsetto - "Fool To Cry", "Worried About You", "Emotional Rescue", etc.
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Ket
His singing on Sympathy is so compelling. The way it gradually moves in intensity with each verse is just magnificent one of the greatest rock vocals ever recorded in my opinion.
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JordyLicks96
Mick Jagger may not have the greatest singing voice in the world, but he sure as hell is the finest damn rock and roll singer and frontman in the history of rock music. What do you think was his finest moment as a singer? I think EXILE ON MAIN STREET was his best album and the songs "Moonlight Mile" and "Let It Loose" are in my opinion his finest vocal achievements.
"Rocks Off," "Let it Loose," and "I Don't Know Why" come to mind for me. I, like some other posters, like Mick's vocals most when he is closest to the edge, teetering and cracking like a true soul singer, rather than holding back and just being fey and cool and decadent.
You can make a GREAT case for MPJ as the finest "frontman in the history of rock and roll." But, IMHO, "finest damn rock and roll singer" is a bit more of a stretch. It's all personal preference, of course. I'd suggest any of the following are better singers (not in a technical sense, necessarily, but more in the emotive power of their instruments) than Mick ... and I wonder if he'd even disagree?
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
Van Morrison
Marvin Gaye
Jerry Lee Lewis
Brian and Carl Wilson
Chuck Berry
Ray Charles
Stevie Winwood
David Bowie
Janis Joplin
Rod Stewart
Tina Turner
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Joe Cocker
Otis Redding
and, last but not least, because he changed the entire notion of "singing" in popular music ...
Bob Dylan
Well, I should have been more specific in that I think he's a top rock and roll singer. Everyone you listed are some the GREATEST voices in the history of music, but I think, Mick Jagger would go in my #1 spot for the perfect voice for rock and roll. Of course he was inspired by the voices of Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters and all of the blues singers who inspired The Rolling Stones.
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Nikkei
Can anyone relate to the sensation of singing along to Exile songs and feeling really good about the harmonies and then when it's not playing you're hardly able to hit any of the notes? It can be really frustrating. Try singing "judge and jury walk out hand in hand"
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Hairball
No Use in Crying