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Its a wonder Macca doesnt get someone
like Bernard to help him out on live/studio vocals

The drummer sings on most songs. Guess Paul is too cheap is to pay for both.

He only sings on a few. His other guitarist and keyboard player sing backup.

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Its a wonder Macca doesnt get someone
like Bernard to help him out on live/studio vocals

The drummer sings on most songs. Guess Paul is too cheap is to pay for both.

I feel sorry for McCartney, even more so for his fans. There comes a time to just give it up.

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Its a wonder Macca doesnt get someone
like Bernard to help him out on live/studio vocals

The drummer sings on most songs. Guess Paul is too cheap is to pay for both.

I feel sorry for McCartney, even more so for his fans. There comes a time to just give it up.

Fortunately for you you don't have or need to spend money on someone that you think should give it up or that you feel sorry for. Which clearly states you miss the entire point of why they're still going but whatever, happy judgement in your world. Look at McCarntey's statistics for his tours and it's clear no one feels sorry. He's not Sinatra. He can still sling it.

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Its a wonder Macca doesnt get someone
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It's time for Kanye whatever his name is/was to join Macca on stage.
Lovely duets, to get Macca through.

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~"Love is Strong"~



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Mick has been babying his voice for decades, so it is still strong. He must do lots of voice exercises too.

I suppose if you like a nasal, cracked voice skipping between syllables, singing as sparse as possible, his voice is very good. Perhaps better than ever? Like the setlists and their last tour.

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Mick has been babying his voice for decades, so it is still strong. He must do lots of voice exercises too.

That's the trick exercise, I think it's a daily routine for him

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I suppose if you like a nasal, cracked voice skipping between syllables, singing as sparse as possible, his voice is very good. Perhaps better than ever? Like the setlists and their last tour.

That might be an apt description if we discuss, say, the 00's Jagger (especially live the Licks and A Bigger Bang tours). But he has changed his singing technique in the last 10 years or so. Not that much nasal any longer.

- Doxa

Mick is a consummate pro who certainly knows how to care for his instrument (voice) I will also add that IMHO his voice does have highs and lows as far as qualities go (sometimes better than other times )

Keith made an interesting observation once on how Mick's singing changed once he started playing guitar more. He said his voice bounces and floats aground the melody more, like Aretha Franklin. Can't remember if it was in an interview or if it was in LIFE. I think Imagination from '81 is a good example of this.



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Keith made an interesting observation once on how Mick's singing changed once he started playing guitar more. He said his voice bounced aground the melody more, like Aretha Franklin. Can't remember if it was in an interview or if it was in LIFE. I think Imagination from '81 is a good example of this.

I agree and I never thought of this before but it is true .

It is normal that Mick's voice has changed over time, but it is wrong to compare a studio recording with a live one, because in the studio Mick often records more than one voice, which are superimposed in this way it becomes much more snarling.
However Mick still has a fantastic voice and at his age it's rare.

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I suppose if you like a nasal, cracked voice skipping between syllables, singing as sparse as possible, his voice is very good. Perhaps better than ever? Like the setlists and their last tour.

Believe it or not but what you call nasal is actually really good voice technique. In classical singing that is called singing "into the mask" and means using a lot of the resonance areas in your face to naturally amplify the overtones. That means your voice is louder and easier to get through the instruments without straining the vocal folds.



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I like Mick's voice much better when he sings rather than shouts. On tapes I heard from the last tour some shows were much better than others in that regard.



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I suppose if you like a nasal, cracked voice skipping between syllables, singing as sparse as possible, his voice is very good. Perhaps better than ever? Like the setlists and their last tour.

Believe it or not but what you call nasal is actually really good voice technique. In classical singing that is called singing "into the mask" and means using a lot of the resonance areas in your face to naturally amplify the overtones. That means your voice is louder and easier to get through the instruments without straining the vocal folds.

Sure, if you believe that. Whatever keeps your glass half full.

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I suppose if you like a nasal, cracked voice skipping between syllables, singing as sparse as possible, his voice is very good. Perhaps better than ever? Like the setlists and their last tour.

Believe it or not but what you call nasal is actually really good voice technique. In classical singing that is called singing "into the mask" and means using a lot of the resonance areas in your face to naturally amplify the overtones. That means your voice is louder and easier to get through the instruments without straining the vocal folds.

Sure, if you believe that. Whatever keeps your glass half full.

I had a lot of vocal lessons in my life to know this. Here's a video that shows it and demonstrates the effect: [youtu.be]

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I suppose if you like a nasal, cracked voice skipping between syllables, singing as sparse as possible, his voice is very good. Perhaps better than ever? Like the setlists and their last tour.

Believe it or not but what you call nasal is actually really good voice technique. In classical singing that is called singing "into the mask" and means using a lot of the resonance areas in your face to naturally amplify the overtones. That means your voice is louder and easier to get through the instruments without straining the vocal folds.

Sure, if you believe that. Whatever keeps your glass half full.

I had a lot of vocal lessons in my life to know this. Here's a video that shows it and demonstrates the effect: [youtu.be]

Well, you can both be right here clearly. Mick probably used this for awhile and then adapted it. I agree when he was strictly nasal it didn't sound good but he's modified it and now whatever the hell he's doing he's singing better than any of his contemporaries.