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Mick's greatest vocal performances
Jul 15^th, 2024 at 7:35am

Which are Mick's most amazing vocal performances in your opinion? On record and/or live?

Some that immediately come to mind are Let it Loose and Laugh, I Nearly Died, which sadly never have been played live :/ I also like Worried About You a lot and Almost Hear You Sigh (tho that one hasn't always been done so great live)

And the ones I personally saw live were Fool To Cry in Berlin and SSOH in Foxboro

I'm still not over his performance here and it's been almost 2 years:

Also of his solo songs I think his overall vocal range and various styles he is using on Sweet Thing are pretty impressive

But those are just those I can come up with on the spot, I'm pretty sure there are loads of others^^

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Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances
Reply #3 - Jul 16^th, 2024 at 12:48am

Tbh I think just the opposite of Jiving Sister Fanny Grin

Mick's vocals are good but not outstanding cause he is too low in the mix anyway (or maybe that's just my headphones idk) and if you removed them from the track, you'd still have a fun instrumental groovy beat lol

Also I don't even know I Think I'm Going Mad but I will totlly check it out rn
Edit: I LOVE it, cannot believe I have never listened to this before, thanks for making me aware of this song!

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Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances
Reply #4 - Jul 16^th, 2024 at 1:36am

There also is a version with Keith on vocals but you gotta fast forwars to about 9 minutes to hear him sing^^ it's crazy how Keith singing it gives the song an entirely different feel from Mick singing it

This kinda reminds me of Keith's outtake of Almost Hear Me Sigh that he never put on Talk is Cheap and his lyrics were entirely different...then he showed the song to Mick while they were on Barbados for Steel Wheels and Mick loved it but changed the lyrics and made them 1000 times soppier (obviously xD)

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Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances
Reply #5 - Jul 16^th, 2024 at 12:40pm

ronnie-woody wrote on Jul 16^th, 2024 at 12:48am:

Tbh I think just the opposite of Jiving Sister Fanny Grin

Mick's vocals are good but not outstanding cause he is too low in the mix anyway (or maybe that's just my headphones idk) and if you removed them from the track, you'd still have a fun instrumental groovy beat lol

Also I don't even know I Think I'm Going Mad but I will totlly check it out rn
Edit: I LOVE it, cannot believe I have never listened to this before, thanks for making me aware of this song!

Isn't it amazing ????? Vocals & music there is also 2-3 outtakes of ITIGM

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ronnie-woody Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,056 Gender:	Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances Reply #6 - Jul 16^th, 2024 at 1:35pm Yes it's incredible, thanks for mentioning it, I totally added it to my playlist with my fave slow Stones songs
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Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances
Reply #9 - Jul 17^th, 2024 at 1:01am

I never actually listened to that one before tbh, only read about it and that it's probably about Mick, would be hilarious if it was and he sang those lyrics Grin

(well it's not like he wouldn't deserve it lol) but anyway, you're right, I basically also can only hear his vocals when he starts to sing, tho I wonder whether that's actually cause his voice is better than hers or because he's louder in the mix Grin

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Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances
Reply #11 - Jul 17^th, 2024 at 7:27am

ronnie-woody wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 1:01am:

only read about it and that it's probably about Mick

It's not. Carley has already stated its not...Its about 3 guys, but mostly ONE...She dropped a few hints, but has never said it publicly...
She told Howard Stern who it was...also told a charity auction winner.

David Geffin, Warren Beatty, JT, others...

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34866406

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ronnie-woody Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,056 Gender:	Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances Reply #13 - Jul 17^th, 2024 at 7:59am That's interesting to know, thanks, I never actually looked it up because I didn't really care much (unlike other Stones stuff that I totally will research for hours if need be lol) and just read what people were saying about it online^^
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Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances
Reply #19 - Jul 18^th, 2024 at 12:14am

So hard to pick. Things like You Gotta Move have such an authentic feel, and for a kid from Dartford, that's pretty damn impressive. Then there are others like For Your Precious Love that is so incredibly soulful or I Got the Blues. An obvious one is Gimme Shelter. Too hard to pick even 10 because he is such an interesting vocalist with so many different styles and inflections.

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Re: Mick's greatest vocal performances
Reply #20 - Jul 18^th, 2024 at 1:34am

The Wick wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 12:14am:

because he is such an interesting vocalist with so many different styles and inflections.

Totally! This is what I always say! I cannot think of any other singer who can pull off so many different styles, I mean he can do blues and rock'n'roll obviously, he can do country, he can do gospel, he even can do convincing rap style and still, even at 80 years old, has an incredible vocal range, the way he pulled off the falsetto in Emotional Rescue this tour was outstanding...

People who say they don't like his voice have not a single clue about what good music is and are brainwashed by the same old same old always equal, nice and polished sounding radio pop

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Reply #24 - Aug 4^th, 2024 at 8:01pm

ronnie-woody wrote on Aug 4^th, 2024 at 12:21pm:

Goo wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2024 at 8:16am:

The Storm is good

I didn't even know this song excisted until yesterday when I heard it on Spotify, it's indeed very good! I also love the harmony between Mick and Keith <3

There is a 12 minute or so outtake version that is cool too

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