Prince's falsetto in "Kiss" vs Mick Jagger's falsetto in "Emotional Rescue"

This is a great question. I was just talking with a friend yesterday about Prince's falsetto.

I prefer Emotional Rescue in this instance, but that's me.

Prince's muppet scream-singing towards the end of 'Kiss' ftw

This is great. I haven't heard Emotional Rescue in a long, long time. Thanks ILM.

Jagger, of course.

Jagger's vocal is camper and raunchier in this case so I'm voting for "Emotional Rescue".

p.s. In future please don't start polls unless you use the word POLL at least twice in the title.

Prince's muppet scream-singing towards the end of 'Kiss' ftw

Yeah, this.

Both horrible, but "Kiss" works better because at least it's at least a thing he does (too) often.

There'll always be an ILM. Prince.

Jagger, but if this poll had included Kurt Wagner's falsetto on "I've Been Lonely For So Long," that would have gotten the vote.

I don't mind saying that "Emotional Rescue" is the worst Stones single ever on one of their most underrated records. "Kiss" is overrated, but it wins by miles.

shit subtract one vote from jagger's total cuz i mistakenly thought i was voting for "miss you"...in this case it's "kiss" no question

I think at this point Emotional Rescue is my favorite Stones track.

Kiss could be improved by a long monologue at the end about being a knight in shining armour, coming to your emotional rescue.

knight in shining armour, coming to your emotional rescue.

Jagger's greatest line deliver ever. Me and a friend spent an hour rewinding the cassette to that part. It's just so damn, damn sleazy. Better than his falsetto. So Prince. If it were a poll about the songs as a whole, not sure I could make a choice.

I don't mind saying that "Emotional Rescue" is the worst Stones single ever on one of their most underrated records.

OTM. It took ages for me to want to check out that album because of that single, but when I did it proved to be quite good indeed, and obviously one of their better post "Sticky Fingers" efforts.

everything about the stones song is lol, i think i hated it at the time but a few years ago i heard it on the radio or something and the spoken word part is so ridiculous, i love it. also, important visual document of the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZNssMDf4g&feature=related

I heard/saw Beck doing "I wanna get next to you and yr sister" live, and realised he does falsetto better than Prince!

Both great. Jagger's taking the piss, and it's funny, but Prince is sincere, which is more subversive, so he wins.

in strictly technical terms Prince's walks all over Jagger's but "Emotional Rescue" is just so weird & I have more affection for it despite remembering really well just how blown away I was by "Kiss" when it was new. I think the fact that Jagger's falsetto isn't as good makes the song more complicated. yes I am indie rock why do you ask.

threads like this really make me despair for ILM

hey h3g3l50n, does jagger even do a falsetto on "miss you"??

hi dere your faith might be somewhat restored by the actual results of this poll!

I know, it's just... depressing conversation; I feel like I'm in junior high again.

Since I can't vote for Prince's falsetto in "I Wanna Be Your Lover," I'll go with "Kiss"

prince wins. i don't hate that stones song, though.

was prince doing the vari-sped 'camille' voice around the same time as KISS or only after? because the sped up tracks are all amazing aren't they?
it's as if he realised that, that was better than the high voice or something.

I think he only started after, in any event, his voice is unaltered on "Kiss"

Oh, I guess he'd done "Erotic City" a couple years earlier, which played around with tape speeds, but he didn't introduce the "Camille" character until the Crystal Ball sessions later in 1986, if I have my facts correct.

I feel like Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up" somehow inspired both of these songs.

I think I like "Emotional Rescue" better as a song, but vocal-wise, Prince rules here

everything about the stones song is lol

I kinda agree, this song is total fun

I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.

Once again, Japan does it best of all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZNwFM6gu74

hey h3g3l50n, does jagger even do a falsetto on "miss you"??

hi dere your faith might be somewhat restored by the actual results of this poll!

― Tracer Hand, Monday, June 22, 2009 1:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha not really actually! i just have miss u on the brane

I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.
I think Prince based his vocal for "Kiss" on "Emotional Rescue." They are too similar for it to be otherwise.

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