English singers: shock, courage, isolation, freedom

Paradoxically, the English, who are regarded as models of restraint and conservatism, do not adhere to absolutely any rules in music. English singers are always outrageous in their pure form, which first looks too bold in the eyes of the public, and then becomes an icon of generations. Kings, who blew up the world with their sound, rebels, who were forbidden and who could not be ignored, are all English singers, whose list is headed by the Liverpool Four of The Beatles.

It all started with "Beetles"

Today, only one of the musicians is engaged in creativity - 74-year-old Paul McCartney. In the early 1960s, the garage group played at small town concerts, but very soon it became clear that the collective could show the public something other than covers. Paul McCartney is the author of most hits from the first two albums of the band The Beatles. In 1963, after performing in the Royal Variety, these English singers woke up famous. Classical rock, art and pop rock bands have won a vast niche in world music, and McCartney was not only the author of the immortal Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine and Yesterday (world leader in covers), but also a performer of various musical parts from bass to block-flute .

King of shocking - Mick Jagger

English rock singers should sing loudly - so once in childhood Michael decided. The enthusiastic teenager tried so hard to sing like a star that once bit off the tip of his tongue during the song.

The legendary band The Rolling Stones was founded in 1962. English singers Jagger and Richards met teenagers on the playground. Later, the group that had already been played accepted Brian Jones. For the next 20 years, Jagger held himself as the front-men of the group. The audience noted the breadth of the musical range, and an unusual voice, and its clockwork energetic and fearlessly sexual movements. Jagger's dances have become a legend along with his songs, they demonstrate the versatility of the image of this musician - an eternal child, to whom childhood seems permanent.

David Bowie is more than an artist

The artistic career of this hero is 50 years of impeccable style. Bowie's music was inseparably connected with the external component. Smooth voice, intellectual puzzle songs, experimentation on stage, scandalous androgynous images. Many English singers say that it was Bowie that influenced their style. Composition Space Oddity, released in 1969, became the singer's calling card. The songs Let's Dance and Modern Love were included in the list of 500 greatest compositions of the world, and the musician was placed on the 23rd place in the hundred of the greatest singers of the world all time. Without ceasing to create, Bowie died in 2016 at the age of 69 years from cancer.

Heavy rock of the alpha male: Lemmy

Many English singers paid much attention to their own style, but Ian Kilmister is not one of them. Kilmister is a classic example of an alpha male on stage in heavy music. English singer, composer, widely known by the nickname Lemmy, was born in 1945. He played a bunch of genres from classic rock'n'roll to punk and psychedelic. Lemmy Kilmister devoted half a life to the groups of Motörhead and Hawkwind.

Brutality, heavy vocals and the equally thunderous sound of Lemmy's bass made him a cult figure in heavy rock and decorated the career of a dozen collectives who were fortunate enough to work with him. Career musician started in 1965. Wild, rampant, uncontrollable, Lemmy was the headache of the Hawkwind musicians. Despite the fruitfulness of cooperation, he was expelled from the team because of his addiction to drugs. However, in 1975, Lemmy proves that it's too early to put an end to a bassist drug addict - he founded his own band Motörhead, which is gaining the status of the main British hard rock band and is a member of the gold fund of the British hard-n-heavy.

He threw lovers and children, wandered around the world, despised material values - in general, as often happens, was for loved ones a real monster, and for the whole world - an idol. This man died like a boy playing a video game. As it turned out, he had a progressive cancer, which Lemmy ignored.

This is a very mysterious person. Let's name some curious facts about this person. The music industry paid tribute to Kilmister, creating an unusual documentary film called Lemmy. He spent 3 years in Hollywood at the musician's house. Also, the work went on tours in all corners of the world.