mick jagger's worst vocal performances

the shit-kickin' country voice is tops in "Dead Flowers."

I mean the sort of thing Jackson goes for is done better and sounds more like emoting with guys like Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson and Russel Thompkins. Jackson misses something here and I can't quite put my finger on it. Confidence maybe? He always sounds like he's singing to impress or prove something to someone. He's more like an indie drag queen than a genuine soul man. Only way less self conscious and hence weird.

I agree with Alfred but "tops" is pretty relative here

and there's "Tops."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UWJN01xvdQ

Yes, country is Keith's thing (through Gram) and Jagger never really bought it. He remained r'n'b all along.

Jagger has said repeatedly in interviews that he loves George Jones and Haggard though.

Of course he did

Worst vocal performance imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYDhjuq08Fg

^ Ugh, so so wrong on every level.

Another great Jagger's country style is "Let it Bleed"

I have real mixed feelings about Jagger in general but man don't talk shit about "Dead Flowers" around me

i think faraway eyes is great -- both a hilarious send-up and oddly effective as a country song

I do too but it's broader than "Dead Flowers."

I love everything about "Dead Flowers" except the vocal. I can't stand the golly gee whiz gulping frog accent Jagger tries to pull in the open lines. he's more affecting on the chorus, but the verses remain ghastly.

jagger reminds me of nigel tufnel there

"Jackson is a freak who can't emote to save his life."

what about human nature? liberian girl? people always wheel out shes out of my life in these discussions. MJ might not be able to emote like marvin gaye but hes not some broadway ham.

I love "Dead Flowers" and "Dear Doctor," so I enjoy Mick's fake country voice sometimes, but the vocal on "Far Away Eyes" feels too self-consciously parodic while also seeming lazy ... it's the spoken lines that ruin it for me; it's like he can't be bothered to maintain a consistent fake country accent for the duration of the song

now that I think about it, I hate the fake reggae vocal on "Cherry Oh Baby" even more

I love 'the way you make me feel' by Jackson. Opening lines are about him working a job 9 to 5 as if he ever had a normal day job in his life.

why are we talking about fucking Michael Jackson on this thread

uh no one here is attracted to him.

Because Jackson said Jagger was a limited singer.

I'm assuming Jagger had a relatively normal childhood, he learned how to be emphatic to others, he has bandmates, he's social, so social he fucked half the people he met in his twenties. He acts emotion on his performances either through experience or emphaty.

Jackson didn't have too much experience with the real world, he never left the spotlight. The only way he knew how to connect to people was thru performance, there's no genuine experience or emphaty on what he sings but he does get emotional when performing.

That's true. xxxp Human Nature is a beautiful song but not because of Michael. He seems to be baffled by this human nature. Guys like D'Angelo and Hayden Thorpe can pull of the sort of threatening falsetto that would make those "apple, let me take a bite" lines land way better. Michael doesn't have it in him.

i wouldnt really use their backgrounds/backstories to justify an opinion on their apparent deficiencies as emoters. but im happy to leave it there as this is about the great vocalist that is sir mick.

I love 'the way you make me feel' by Jackson. Opening lines are about him working a job 9 to 5 as if he ever had a normal day job in his life.

i believe we had this same conversation about "raspberry beret"

pop music is all about making the inauthentic feel/sound authentic

projection will get you everywhere

I don't remember having that conversation, Brad, but it's also my favorite Prince song. Prince feels more tongue in cheek with the theme though

StillAdvance it won't if it doesn't. Michael can't act like a sexual being and Mick can't be a good ol' boy. The best actors are those that have a certain range of roles they are comfortable in. Fuck that method actor versatility imo.

I don't mind Jagger's fake country voice, at the very least I find it laugh-out-loud hilarious, particularly on 'Far Away Eyes' and 'Let It Bleed' ("we awl need... somewown... we can llllean own!") - it's usually his falsetto that really rubs me up the wrong way, particularly on 'Emotional Rescue' (although I don't mind it on 'Heaven')

I'm not a fan of Emotional Rescue but his falsetto is brilliant on Miss You and I Just Want To See His Face and I'm sure I'm forgetting something major.

I love "Heaven.

"fool to cry" -- i kinda like that one, even though it is a little embarrassing

I love "Heaven.

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It's one of the most underrated Stones tracks ever, IMO.

and it's barely a Stones track: Wyman on synth and bass, Charlie, Jagger on guitar.

Yeah. Although there's shitloads of Stones tracks that have different combinations of personnel or someone playing an instrument in place of the "usual" band member (Keith playing bass on some tracks, Jimmy Miller playing drums etc.) - the Stones never really were a group where all members were present at all times on every track in the studio.

'Play With Fire', for example... Phil Spector plays bass on it!

"Too Much Blood" is Jagger w/Sly & Robbie and Jim Barber, Keef's guitar tech who was instructed to "play like Andy Summers...".

'orrible wasn't it

"...burying the bones..."

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