Mick Jagger turns 79: the validity of the voice of the Rolling Stones or Mr. Rock and roll

The most attractive figure in rock, Mick Jagger, voice of the Rolling Stones, turns 79 this Tuesday, July 26, in the middle of a European tour in which he shows in every concert that his artistic flame continues to shine.

Without a doubt, it is not the only one of the living myths that rock still has, however, none better than Jagger to embody all that social change who had the music of the sixties.

Mick Jagger, far from that anti-hero that his figure exhibited in the early years, thad the intelligence and talent to develop a style that was copied, but which no one has achieved with the perfection of this incomparable artist.

His way of dancing, his gestures, his slightly nasal voice and the intensity he transmits are the hallmark of the longest-running band in rock history. Keith Richards said that Jagger could dance that way because at first they played on stages that had no more floor space than two bar tables. “It was in those small spaces that he learned to dance; That’s why he moves that way. “

change singer

At first, the Stones appeared at the BBC in London to audition and one of the station’s “brains” joined with Brian Jones and Keith Richards to tell him that they sounded good “but change singer”.

His originality in singing, which was influenced by black singers, it was not in tune with what a good portion of the art establishment wanted. Regarding his influences, Jagger would have had his stuff, but he was sincere in terms of music and said, “I copied black singers to death.”

His stay on stage amazes not only for the strength and energy, but also for the refusal to retire that he has with Richard and Ron Wood.

We talk about his diet, his training, his drug abstinence, his prudence in drinking and also of his spirituality, which undoubtedly has it, all aspects that should be important in his today.

However, none of this is enough to explain his motivation in every show to give voice to all those emblematic songs that continue to move the hearts of the audience as The man of street fights (with which they open every show of this tour), the soul of Tumbling says or the eternal Jumping Jack Flash Y Satisfaction. Singing them with the same conviction for 55 years has merit.

A 79-year-old man

Mick Jagger’s actuality is very different from that, from excesses. Business trips with special attention choosing the right repertoires for weeks and discuss with Richards which themes to keep and which to revive from the past and surprise those who know the Rolling Stones career and try them with great care. Nothing is left to improvisation. They are great people.

Those around this rock star support him the biggest fear is running out of enough air to sustain the energy the band exhibits every night. Although he has a choir accompanying him from time to time, with historian Bernard Fowler, Jagger remains the center of attention on stage.

That sacred fire of this artist, born on July 26, 1943 in Dartford, and who met her inseparable friend Keith Richards in elementary school and then found herself as a teenager at the train station in her city, recovered in 2019 from a heart operation and weeks ago a Covid, which forced him to suspend two concerts.

But was ready for the free one they did in Hyde Parkwhere from time to time they play again, as they did in July 1969, when they introduced Mick Taylor to society, replacing the irreplaceable Brian Jones.

Sixty years later, Jagger feels fulfilled on stage, where every night he transmits that energy that only a few select artists can keep. Rumor has it this would be the last tour since, without the wonderful missing drummer Charlie Watts, it’s not the same, but as they said on their wildest stage “if you can walk you can play”.

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