In a nutshell

Shure SM58 is a rock'n'roll scene old timer. This electrodynamic vocal microphone, worthy successor of famous SM57, also withstands shocks, sputters, whirling and fan hysteria. It has very good voice response and no proximity effect (plosives). It offers a cardioid pattern, and step by step it supersedes omnidirectional microphones for man-on-the-street interviews in noisy surrounding.