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The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Reaction Compilation

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@JoeDooper 10 months ago

Arguably one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time.

@mikelangford7763 11 months ago (edited)

To all of the other 70+ yr old folks here, isn't it fantastic seeing all of these younger people hearing, what was essentially the soundtrack of our own youth,, and I suspect, not just hearing it, but feeling it the way we did,, pretty freaking cool,, ❤❤❤ (and they're just scratching the surface 😂😂)

@johningham2718 11 months ago

Arguably the Rolling Stones finest work. The woman's name singing is Mary Clayton who was home, pregnant and about to go to bed when the phone rings and is told a English rock band would like to have her come over to the recording studio and sing something. She puts a long coat over her pajamas(because it'smidnight), and goes to the studio and in 2 takes nails it and is out of there. Unreal❤

@AbeFlNESSE 1 year ago

That part when Merry Clayton's voice cracks during her solo always gives me chills because it not only shows the energy she put into her performance, but to me it really conveys the heartbreaking anguish people felt in the tumultuous years of Vietnam.

@jameskrul8733 11 months ago

75-year-old here. I consider this is the definitive Rock and Roll tune. Others come close, but don't have the raw forward drive it has. Thank you. Love seeing the young'ns get into the songs of my turbulent youth.

@raoulduke3417 1 year ago

Featuring soul and gospel singer Merry Clayton!

@mikecoleman4628 5 months ago

I've listened to this song for 50+ and it never fails to give me chills. For my money the greatest rock song ever recorded.

@Tewhill357 1 year ago

Clayton steals the show.

@MrBode5997 10 months ago

Remember children no computers were used in the making of any of these fantastic tunes.

@jebuff 10 months ago

The female vocalist was studio musician Merry Clayton. The Stones producer called her in the middle of the night, got her out of bed to sing the part. She was pregnant and showed up in curlers, silk pajamas, and a mink coat and blew the doors off. Mick loved her so much he later let her record the song on her own album without royalties. She's on YouTube.

@welshrabbit5 1 year ago (edited)

Let It Bleed is an incredible Album. Shout out as well to Merry Clayton the female vocalist here as well as the late Charlie Watts for amazing drum work.

@myfavoritedream2149 11 months ago

A great Stones song sadly even more relevant today. Hey children, it's a warning.

@Marty-j1y 1 year ago

Such a dichotomy life was in '69. Mick and Keith wrote a masterpiece. The horribly unthinkable and beautiful redemption are separated by very little. Powerful capture of the times.

@blueyzblue6391 1 year ago (edited)

Gimme Shelter... a main staple of the soundtrack of the Vietnam War...

@jonathonleifer4817 11 months ago

The female singer was Merry Clayton and the story of how she got on this song is a saga in itself. There is an interview with her about it. It’s on YouTube and deserves a listen. One of the great songs of all time and, in my opinion, Clayton’s vocals pushed it into the stratosphere

@billmitchell8473 11 months ago

Greatest voice crack in Rock and Roll history!

@smokiebob 1 year ago

Just think, Mick walked away from finishing his degree in economics at the London School of Economics, to become a professional musician.

@DaveBeard24 1 year ago

We who lived in this life time knows our music saved us made us aware of the world this one a Gem

@BG1984a 6 months ago

if someone asked me what rock and roll is, to explain the essence, I would play him this song. this song has all the elements to explain everything in 4 minutes

@GaD-o1n 10 months ago

65 year old Scotsman here in the U.S.
When I was young and the Vietnam war was broadcast on the B.B.C., my mum would change the t.v.channel to shield us from the war.
Then I heard this song on the school bus on the radio. It impacted me then, and still does.
I'm fortunate to hear the art and soul of our generation telling the truth.