...goes a long way in explaining your analysis.
Dock of the Bay
In the winter of 1967, Redding again recorded at Stax. One new song was "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", which was written with Cropper while they were staying with their friend, Earl "Speedo" Sims, on a houseboat in Sausalito.[54] Redding was inspired by the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and tried to create a similar sound against the label's wishes. His wife Zelma disliked its atypical melody. However, Redding wanted to expand his musical style...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding
When it comes to "feel" and soulful R&B... you can't get much better than Otis. Whatever Jagger does, it can't be confused with genuine R&B.
Actually not. It was a simple sidebar to another poster about how bad Jagger is as a singer. I simply agreed and tried to show him another mediocre musician (Watts) although sometimes does things right. You mistook my reply for being percussion centric. I actually do know something about music than just pounding on drums. I'm also a rhythm guitar player - I know notes, chords and pitch. What I didn't know is the below, and have trouble believing it.
"Dock of the Bay In the winter of 1967, Redding again recorded at Stax. One new song was "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", which was written with Cropper while they were staying with their friend, Earl "Speedo" Sims, on a houseboat in Sausalito.[54] Redding was inspired by the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and tried to create a similar sound against the label's wishes. His wife Zelma disliked its atypical melody. However, Redding wanted to expand his musical style. When it comes to "feel" and soulful R&B... you can't get much better than Otis."
"Whatever Jagger does, it can't be confused with genuine R&B."
Agreed. Redding, Pickett, Gaye, Wilson, Cooke are the originals. My point was that the Stones stayed closer to those roots in their early recordings than the Beatles, who always claimed that was their roots but recorded bubble gum.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand". Please, not even close - reminds me of Bobby Sherman. Love it if you will...it made me want to kick my car radio two lanes over.