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The Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction 

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Just a shot away… just a kiss away… which one will we choose? This straightforward song addresses a complex real-world problem in a simple manner, which gives each of us the ability to give some shelter to those around us. And it made me ask myself - “Am I a Rolling Stones fan?”
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@bc2752
@bc2752 10 месяцев назад
Love the channel, love the song, love the review! Thank you!
@MichaelBeckman
@MichaelBeckman 10 месяцев назад
Agree on all three points! Brava!
@jasonremy1627
@jasonremy1627 10 месяцев назад
Merry Clayton's unhinged vocals on this are one of my favorite musical moments ever.
@MattJocks
@MattJocks 10 месяцев назад
If you haven't already heard it, Clayton's churchy backup on Carole King's Way Over Yonder is exceptional.
@gdon2897
@gdon2897 10 месяцев назад
Yes Mary Clayton's voice expresses the ultimate peak of emotion. Whenever I hear this song beginning to play I anticipate her vocals, like a little boy waiting to get through the candy store door. IMHO, there are few other vocals that match this one in intensity and 'feeling' in the rock world or any other world really.
@michaelregis3740
@michaelregis3740 10 месяцев назад
Yes, imperfectly perfect! It feels like she momentarily hesitates when her voice cracked, so she is just behind the beat, which makes it sound incredible
@stevehuffman1495
@stevehuffman1495 10 месяцев назад
The Stones and Pink Floyd both managed to stand back and let female vocalists grab us by the heart - thinking of Great Gig in the Sky, of course. Two historic performances.
@davidkitson635
@davidkitson635 10 месяцев назад
That moment sends chills down my spine, Mary captures the moment and elevates this awesome song to the next level.
@chris...9497
@chris...9497 10 месяцев назад
The 'creaking' sound is produced by a güiro, a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound. It can be made from wood, gourd, metal, plastic or fiberglass. The guiro is believed to have originated in Puerto Rico with the Taíno people (the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean), so it features mostly in Puerto Rican music.
@Eduardo-Ferreira1982
@Eduardo-Ferreira1982 10 месяцев назад
Over here (Portugal) it is known as reco-reco, an onomatopaic word to sound like the sound the object creates. We have a lot of that popular/ folk instrument, mostly made of wood. The ornaments people do in it makes each object a unique piece.
@toddmcclellan979
@toddmcclellan979 10 месяцев назад
My music teacher in elementary school had one, and I got to play it several times in his classes. When I heard this song, I knew instantly what that instrument was.
@daveheesen9174
@daveheesen9174 10 месяцев назад
ditto@@toddmcclellan979
@daveburns3886
@daveburns3886 10 месяцев назад
Was thinking a’washboard’ type of percussion instrument from bluegrass
@stevendye163
@stevendye163 10 месяцев назад
Some have likened the guiro part to the death rattle at the end of life ominously carried throughout the song.
@BrianLarkin-q5v
@BrianLarkin-q5v 10 месяцев назад
Simplicity is the point with The Stones. Anyone can strum along, anyone can sing the melody and they're not hard work to listen to. Their talent is subtly woven into every one of their songs which has ensured their enduring popularity. And still awesome to see live.😊
@ErikMCMLXV
@ErikMCMLXV 10 месяцев назад
That guitar sound you noticed is actually a harmonica
@juanmanuelsoteras5532
@juanmanuelsoteras5532 10 месяцев назад
Yes. Plugged in to a guitar amp i think
@duanehamman8459
@duanehamman8459 Месяц назад
Played by Mick Jagger.
@txetxuaguado7318
@txetxuaguado7318 Месяц назад
Thanks for explaining It.
@lsm.lucky92
@lsm.lucky92 Месяц назад
18 years to dyscover this, thank you
@maryvallas772
@maryvallas772 10 месяцев назад
Sadly, this song is just as relevant today as it was in 1969. Merry Clayton's vocals are so raw and emotional that it just grabs you right by the soul.
@mgman6000
@mgman6000 10 месяцев назад
Maybe even more relevant if Trump wins and puts in his 50 thousand storm troopers we will be doomed
@briangriffin5524
@briangriffin5524 10 месяцев назад
Merry.
@maryvallas772
@maryvallas772 10 месяцев назад
@briangriffin5524 Thanks, I didn't even notice! My phone just autocorrects to my name! 😂
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley 10 месяцев назад
Song is like a wake up call. Evil and violence walks this earth and is always closer than most people are willing to realize. Great dive into this beautiful piece. Thanks Virgin rock.
@bert0522
@bert0522 10 месяцев назад
And it's still as if not more violent and evil today as ever. Jim
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley 10 месяцев назад
@@bert0522 why is humanity afflicted with such perpetual horrors ?
@johnsmith-tw3ig
@johnsmith-tw3ig 7 месяцев назад
Such a poor interpretation by the reviewer. From start to finish, it's an ethereal, heavy, driving, and ghostly song about the kiss of death. Jagger's not singing about "love, sister," as some sort of romantic passion. That "love," is the love of killing people. The "love" of death and destruction. "It's just a kiss away." The grind of a imperial war machine. War, the ultimate rape of humanity. This song is one step away from Sympathy for the Devil. Penultimate horror.
@dimegobt
@dimegobt 10 месяцев назад
The cracking of Mary Clayton's voice is accompanied by a Wooohhh from Mick Jagger who couldn't contain himself in the recording booth when he heard that. It's a really good touch and witness of how organic this piece of music was
@TheRealDCF
@TheRealDCF 10 месяцев назад
She was worried she blew the take when her voice cracked. Jagger’s shout was his excitement at what he had just heard. Obviously, he loved it and she didn’t do another take.
@dougellis8904
@dougellis8904 8 месяцев назад
That is Mary singing "yeaah" . Where did people get Mick involved with her lines.
@RideAcrossTheRiver
@RideAcrossTheRiver 7 месяцев назад
@@dougellis8904 You can hear a "Woooo!" in the background.
@rachelpsmith3129
@rachelpsmith3129 10 месяцев назад
It is a harmonica and Jagger was playing it. They might have run the signal through a guitar Amp. That was often done at the time. All the guitars were played by Keith Richards. The two to this day are the greatest rock partnership of all time. For a fan like me the words of Keith are a bedrock of truth: "There's the sun, there's the moon, and there's the Rolling Stones."
@marrrtin
@marrrtin 10 месяцев назад
Also in the sonic mix is Nicky Hopkins' piano and some unusual percussion.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley 10 месяцев назад
@@marrrtinNicky just nails this groove. He always does. Nicky is the glue that holds the thing together
@stevenseul361
@stevenseul361 10 месяцев назад
Sorry greatest rock partnership was John and Paul
@szeleddie
@szeleddie 9 месяцев назад
​@@stevenseul361NO!!! SAME LEVEL!!!
@stevenseul361
@stevenseul361 9 месяцев назад
@@szeleddieWhy are you yelling calm down. I Disagree Stones had 8 number one songs and 12 number one albums. Beatles had 20 number one songs and 11 number one albums out of 12 recorded albums. Paul and John are the best working musical collaborators and you could throw in Elton John and Bernie Taupin. You're a Stones fan and that's great but please acknowledge that others were as good or even better than them.
@peterhughes8699
@peterhughes8699 10 месяцев назад
The beauty of Gimme Shelter is "The Groove". It chugs, it drives forward, its relentless, it's infestious... it's Rolling Stones and it's great imo :)
@josephregester7780
@josephregester7780 9 месяцев назад
Charlie Watts drumming is a big part of the groove. It really demonstrates his reputation of tasteful drumming. It drives such a groove without being flashy.
@mikemcelroy3204
@mikemcelroy3204 10 месяцев назад
I've always loved the swampy atmosphere of the begiinning of the song. And when I realized it was an anti-war song I connected the swampy atmosphere to the fighting in the swamps of Vietnam. And told from the point of view of the frightened Vietnamese non-combants. Especially Mary Clayton's screams of horror. A mesmerizing classic.
@muriel2267
@muriel2267 10 месяцев назад
The first time I’ve ever heard someone call the opening of this song cheerful 😅
@skidancin
@skidancin 5 месяцев назад
Cheerful. It's absolutely true, and I am sure many listeners feel that, but at the same time, melancholy
@encoreunefois1X
@encoreunefois1X 5 месяцев назад
You and me both. I always found it haunting and foreboding.
@michaelchristopher3845
@michaelchristopher3845 4 месяца назад
Haunting I think is the word she should have used?
@PictWarrior
@PictWarrior Месяц назад
⁠@@encoreunefois1XTotally agree with you. Cheerful?? That’s what she thinks? Interesting.
@angelahendry6394
@angelahendry6394 10 месяцев назад
I love the way you eloquently describe what the music portrays in your mind. Did anyone else think 'I can't wait until she hears War Pigs?'
@kurtboyer299
@kurtboyer299 10 месяцев назад
The best part is that she will listen to War Pigs without that stupid, ubiquitous George Orwell remake vid that causes reactors to read the lyrics wrong.
@sierrasix2003
@sierrasix2003 9 месяцев назад
Or masters of war by Dylan
@Elangeni1
@Elangeni1 8 месяцев назад
Machine Gun by Jimi Hendrix would be really interesting.
@risteardohaodha23
@risteardohaodha23 7 месяцев назад
Yes she definitely needs to hear War Pigs and Machine Gun.
@EddieReischl
@EddieReischl 10 месяцев назад
This is a favorite of a lot of people who are Stones fans. It's probably the best song a person can pick to describe what the Stones are about, very rooted in American blues and a touch of gospel singing in this particular one.
@coastalson
@coastalson 10 месяцев назад
I had tears in my eyes watching you unwrap this powerful song. It’s just a kiss away.
@DavidPChristian2
@DavidPChristian2 10 месяцев назад
it has a harmonica feel because it is a harmonica played electric blues style cupped close to a microphone. And Jagger is a somewhat underrated student of the blues harp masters.
@moorec1053
@moorec1053 10 месяцев назад
I think she is the ONLY Person i know of, after hearing this for the first time, that did not talk for 5 Minutes about how amazing Merry Clayton's vocal solo was..!!! She hardly mentioned it. I thought her jaw would drop while she listened to that
@randomname4726
@randomname4726 10 месяцев назад
I find she's more about the instruments than the singing. That's why I also like to watch vocal coaches reacting to my favourite artists.
@marvinc9994
@marvinc9994 10 месяцев назад
_Gimme Shelter_ is one of those songs you simply have to play a few times before it gets under your skin. But when it does...
@aBeatleFan4ever
@aBeatleFan4ever 10 месяцев назад
30:00 "To look at this song and recognize who is calling to whom? Gimme shelter. Who is asking to give me shelter? A storm is threatening my very life today. If I don't get some shelter - I'm going to fade away. I'm going to get lost in this... in this hell... in this war. I'm going to... the fire is going to sweep through... It's in our streets. It's going to destroy me as well... unless somebody gives me shelter. Who is this calling to..? And it's calling to all of us... anyone who has some kind of shelter to offer - for whatever kind of conflict there is... that they can aid those within it. And I guess this is the um... message that I find in this song that appeals to me." Amy - You nailed the message of the song so eloquently. Loved the way you absorbed so many things from this song - and spoke about them wonderfully. Thanks for sharing your take on the song with us. It was a joy to watch.
@yinoveryang4246
@yinoveryang4246 10 месяцев назад
This song you really need a couple of listens to fully appreciate it. It came about when everything seemed on the brink of collapse for the band, as it often was for them, frankly. This is possibly really what motivates the song. Strangely enough, they managed to hold their career together, strokes of fortune coupled with hard work. The production is undoubtedly what saves it; I'd say it contributes a solid 60% to its musical success. That, along with the session singer's performance. Some of the musicianship especially the guitar is very "loose" and jumbled, and rambling, Until it locks together, giving a powerful feeling of relief. This is another factor that people can maybe pick up,
@jamesparkinmusic
@jamesparkinmusic 10 месяцев назад
Probably my favorite backing vocal ever. When her voice cracks... Unbelievable passion.
@martin.baldock9719
@martin.baldock9719 9 месяцев назад
The singer was deep into pregnancy and in pain
@47imagine
@47imagine 7 месяцев назад
yes we get it. thanks for stating the obvious
@martin.baldock9719
@martin.baldock9719 7 месяцев назад
@@47imagine stop being an ignorant and smug arse, you comment does you no favours
@cuebj
@cuebj 6 месяцев назад
@@martin.baldock9719 Not 'in pain' but it was late at night and she was certainly uncomfortable.
@philosopher0076
@philosopher0076 10 месяцев назад
Miss, that was NOT a guitar. It was indeed a HARMONICA.
@gdubaz
@gdubaz 7 месяцев назад
To those that came of age during the Vietnam War, and especially those that faced the prospect of something almost unimaginable today (Military Draft Conscription), there is a connection to the overall “feel” of this song that just can’t be easily explained, it’s one of those “you had to be there” scenarios. There’s a reason the phrase “Oh, Children” is used in this song . . . teenagers and children on both sides were forcibly thrown into warfare and violence that had absolutely nothing to do with them. The sense of tension and foreboding in the opening part of the song still brings back powerful emotions after almost 60 years. In other words . . . they NAILED it.
@tomt5745
@tomt5745 17 дней назад
no no, not NAILED it; N A I L E D it 🤓
@WiserInTime
@WiserInTime 10 месяцев назад
Favorite part of the song (about at 19:09 in this video) is when that woman's voice cracks as she is belting out all that soul and if you listen closely you can hear someone in the studio exclaim, "Wooo!"
@fractaljack210
@fractaljack210 10 месяцев назад
Wonderful reaction. I think you'd like, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." My favourite Stones song.
@patmcgroin6916
@patmcgroin6916 10 месяцев назад
The Rolling Stones have a way of burrowing in under your skin. Strange genius there. "Can't Always Get What You Want" next please... Another great reaction!
@altair8598
@altair8598 10 месяцев назад
Mick is speaking for everyman/everywoman when he asks 'gimme shelter'. As Maslow has theorised, shelter is the absolute most basic human need. And the shelter that could be called for may be physical, from bullets, or mental - note that there is so much bad news in the media currently that some people are trying to avoid hearing about it, others becoming very depressed by it. As you said at the beginning, it does not start with anger, but rather gradually increases in tension and desperation. Another great analysis Amy, teaching me to appreciate these songs in more depth.
@jeffdietz630
@jeffdietz630 10 месяцев назад
Merry Clayton background vocals are amazing. I recommend watching the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom for all the amazing vocalists. Props to Lisa Fisher who continued the tradition for many tours.
@hansemannluchter643
@hansemannluchter643 10 месяцев назад
"Let it Bleed" is an all-time classic album.. You get what you need here!!
@redpine8665
@redpine8665 10 месяцев назад
That guitar sound that has a harmonica-ish sound is Mick Jagger on harmonica. I don't know what they used to get the distortion on it.
@JacoWium
@JacoWium Месяц назад
They used a harp mic plugged into a guitar amp (often a Fender). Several bluesmen & bands popularised that technique in the early days of electric music to create that raw bluesy sound. There are more sophisticated tools nowadays - harp amps, directional mics and such.
@billjones8503
@billjones8503 10 месяцев назад
That high, sort of screeching, voice is not Jagger in falsetto mode, but gospel & soul singer Merry Clayton. Gives a great sonic boost halfway to the end, into the song!
@danielschaeffer1294
@danielschaeffer1294 10 месяцев назад
The most quietly scary song ever. The Stones looked into the abyss, and the abyss stared back.
@tomt5745
@tomt5745 17 дней назад
Brutal in its calm skin it hides behind
@timmiller661
@timmiller661 10 месяцев назад
That moment where Merry Clayton's voice cracked because she's pushing it too hard, followed with Mick's approving "woo!" Pure magic.
@LeeKennison
@LeeKennison 10 месяцев назад
I'm so glad you returned to the Stones, particularly since this is probably my favorite song of theirs, although tough competition. I am glad you had the lyrics handy since Jagger is known for not fully articulating the words. Don't feel out of place not liking Jagger's voice, many do not. He doesn't necessarily have a great singing voice, but he has a great Rolling Stones voice since it is so characteristic of their sound. He is probably the most famous front man in rock history, due in part to his on stage persona and energy, which is still present to this day for a man in his 80s. Even though the melodic structure is repetitive, the variety of musical textures, slight variations, and dynamics from the various instruments keeps it interesting. They exemplify the essence of the rock sound the most amongst the top iconic bands, which by nature has a repetitive structures. As with most Stones songs I am a huge fan of Keith Richards guitar. The guitar that sounds like a harmonica, is in fact actually a harmonica.😉 Great commentary and message by you Amy, particularly at the end.
@Hartlor_Tayley
@Hartlor_Tayley 10 месяцев назад
Vlad perhaps you might consider “Rock Lobster” by B52s. Very fun Rock and roll song. Very popular to this day.
@glynjones7158
@glynjones7158 10 месяцев назад
Oh honey, that's a blues harp! Keith Richards, the guitarist here, arranged and assembled this entire song. It is a masterpiece. Mick wrote the incredible lyrics. Mary Clayton brought the gospel vocals. Perfect!
@briangriffin5524
@briangriffin5524 10 месяцев назад
It's Merry.
@natmanprime4295
@natmanprime4295 10 месяцев назад
"i dont remember who's singing" "mick jagger" i love that!!!!
@88wildcat
@88wildcat 10 месяцев назад
Knowing Jagger he would be more offended by someone not knowing it was him singing then he would be by their not liking the way he sings.
@TheMarkEH
@TheMarkEH 10 месяцев назад
A fabulously mesmerizing, hypnotic, song.
@davidemmet7343
@davidemmet7343 10 месяцев назад
The effect on the guitar that is very noticeable at the beginning of the song is a tremelo. The tremelo effect along with the interplay of the different guitars and the creaking sound of the Guiro (A Latin percussion instrument) further emphasizes the syncopated rhythm, (There is also a jerky, staccato rythm guitar phrase at the end of each verse). All of this combined produces music that might seem peaceful on the surface but the tension builds in a similar way to the theme song in the movie "The Exorcist." There is something slightly unsettling about it, almost like a children's nursery rhyme in a horror film. In contrast to the guitars, the vocals by the backup singers repeat a simple haunting melody. As the song reaches it's crescendo the female vocalist screams out "war" and "r*pe!" Although the song is beautiful, I have always found it to be disturbingI "Sympathy For The Devil " might be taken as a clever attempt by the Devil at subtle persuasion as he takes credit for wars and assassinations while demanding sympathy and respect and in the end blames humans. But this song isn't gently instructive or reassuring at all, it is a warning! This song was part of the set during the Stone's Altamont concert in 1969 where someone pulled a knife and was shot by Hell's Angels who were hired as security. This event along with: the Tet offensive in Vietnam, the Tate murders by Manson, the assassination of Robert Kennedy and MLK marked the end of the so called "Summer of Love" period of the Hippie movement and began a darker phase. Let it Bleed is the Stone's best album in my opinion, this dark song contrasts well with the warmer songs "Love In Vain" and "You Can't Always Get What you Want" which are also excellent. I would like to see the "'You Can't Always Get What You Want"reviewed soon while "Gimme Shelter" is still fresh in the mind.
@letsgomets002
@letsgomets002 10 месяцев назад
Wow ...write a book already😂
@noother964
@noother964 10 месяцев назад
This distinct sound you mention is indeed a harmonica, played in that characteristically bluesy, distorted, way, by Mick Jagger.
@davidgilbert9335
@davidgilbert9335 10 месяцев назад
It’s a harmonica, jagger is a real good harp player
@paulmartinson875
@paulmartinson875 10 месяцев назад
I was 16 when this album came out this song in particular had a great effect on me. The reverb on the guitar.....saw them live in Chicago that year along with Chuck Berry. Great memories
@javisupersonic
@javisupersonic 10 месяцев назад
Is Mick playing harmonica of course. He's a master on that.
@CharlyDS
@CharlyDS 10 месяцев назад
This song is in my First Aid Kit for difficult moments. It's a mantra, a thing of empathy and intensity underlined by the once-in-a-lifetime delivery by Merry Clayton. And yes that's an harmonica - and yes it matches Jaggers's voice, as he's playing it. You nailed it at the end, it's not just about a War zone specifically, it's about the conflict in our everyday lives, the psychological violence, the hopelessness, the constant fight for the legal tender (as Jackson Browne says). God where would I be without the weekly therapy brought by this tune. Eternal. Thanks for the great review.
@PartTimeJedi
@PartTimeJedi 10 месяцев назад
Mary Clayton 7 months pregnant and halfway across the world called in late one night to record her legendary backing track.. haunting. moving.. unforgettable
@slackthompson9231
@slackthompson9231 10 месяцев назад
It’s Merry Clayton, and she was 4 months pregnant.
@bloop6013
@bloop6013 10 месяцев назад
and allegedly because of this she had a miscarriage... quite a tragic story actually
@Sandy-dd4le
@Sandy-dd4le 10 месяцев назад
Some of the story is recounted in the documentary, Twenty Feet From Stardom. Well worth a look.
@reevepar
@reevepar 10 месяцев назад
Yeah hard to fathom how incredible that performance is for being pregnant and woken up in the middle of the night to sing a background track. Love the fact Jaggers Whoa when she wails away stayed in the track. Good video of her talking about it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ChONufP0FEs.html
@jeffdelaney8934
@jeffdelaney8934 10 месяцев назад
I have heard tell the story more than once and she has never said she called it in. She was in the studio.
@robertweaver2960
@robertweaver2960 10 месяцев назад
**** They voice you are talking about is Merry Clayton, (one of the all time great background singers of the age). She also sang on Neil Young's self titled album on (The Old Laughing Lady).
@ericwilliams1031
@ericwilliams1031 10 месяцев назад
It's a bluesy harmonica you're hearing. This came out during Vietnam and the song offers an alternative to war (Love) is just a kiss away.
@davidgilbert9335
@davidgilbert9335 10 месяцев назад
It’s a scary song, at least to me, but melodic
@satorimystic
@satorimystic 10 месяцев назад
I can't wait for Amy to realize that it was a harmonica, all along ... and it sounded like Mick's vocals, because it was his mouth, and those famous lips! :) * * Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica Keith Richards - backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars Bill Wyman - bass Charlie Watts - drums Additional personnel Merry Clayton - lead and backing vocals Nicky Hopkins - piano Jimmy Miller - güiro, maracas * (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
@Coolrockndad
@Coolrockndad 7 месяцев назад
You must react to "You Can't Always get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones. You'll love the classic french horns in it.
@rachelpsmith3129
@rachelpsmith3129 10 месяцев назад
Just wanted to say I love your videos. I'm old so I love classic rock and the Stones have been my favorite band since I first really started paying attention to music when I was about fourteen. Keep up the good work and please, please never change.
@GAIS414
@GAIS414 9 месяцев назад
The rocking chair sound is a Guiro, Latin American rhythm instrument. The harmonica sounding guitar is actually a harmonica miked and ran through an electric guitar amplifier, which gives it the classic distorted blues harmonica sound.
@ericolson326
@ericolson326 10 месяцев назад
Thanks to movies in general and Martin Scorsese in particular, this song is coded in my brain as what impending danger sounds like. 😄 I'm not old enough to have heard it prior to use in other media, so I'll always wonder about the chicken/egg of it all. (What emotions would it have triggered on its own, divorced of any cinematic associations?)
@ceebee491
@ceebee491 10 месяцев назад
Good question! I think it may have been adopted by the anti Vietnam war protesters? But they didn't even have boom boxes back then!!!
@88wildcat
@88wildcat 10 месяцев назад
I always think of the ominous tone of the song as a foreshadowing of Altamont seeing how that happened about six months after this was released.
@unfilthy
@unfilthy 10 месяцев назад
I love this song, and I love the Sisters of Mercy cover even more for some reason.
@fractaljack210
@fractaljack210 10 месяцев назад
Great cover by a band most people don't know exists.
@DavidF-y4t
@DavidF-y4t 10 месяцев назад
Not as good as their cover of Jolene...
@rachelpsmith3129
@rachelpsmith3129 10 месяцев назад
She's a Rainbow is a gorgeous song from the Stones. Wild Horses, Moonlight Mile, You Can't Always Get What You Want all sound just lovely as well. It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) is a funny song but weirdly deep in my opinion. Their catalog is huge, but most fans and casual admirers would agree with me about the ones I've mentioned I reckon. Much love. Your comments have pointed out to me the extreme relevance of Gimme Shelter in 2023. Thank you.
@88wildcat
@88wildcat 10 месяцев назад
Those are all good but my favorite Stones ballad is Memory Motel.
@victormarian7889
@victormarian7889 10 месяцев назад
Great list, I would like to ad ,,Anybody 've seen my babe" ?!
@jollyjakelovell4787
@jollyjakelovell4787 10 месяцев назад
That first understated piano chord is the first hint at something ominous, like a peel of distant but quickly approaching thunder p,s, Merry Clayton was very, very pregnant and called into the studio at night during a thunderstorm, and as she explains you can hear the nature of her mood. Tragically not long after she miscarried.
@DMKali
@DMKali 10 месяцев назад
You need to do “The Rain Song” by Led Zeppelin very soon! Please & Thank You!!
@Robomatic
@Robomatic 10 месяцев назад
It is a harmonica you are hearing. You will be amused ed to know blues people call harmonicas “harps” . To get the sound it is probably from an old crystal microphone like a JT-32. Into an amplifier for sure.
@realmikegarner
@realmikegarner 10 месяцев назад
It doesb't just sound like a harmonica, it is a harmonica. There is also a good live version with Lady Gaga guesting
@peterolbrisch8970
@peterolbrisch8970 10 месяцев назад
Or the r and r hall of fame performance with Tina Turner.
@nellgwenn
@nellgwenn 10 месяцев назад
I like Lisa Fischer better on this than Lady Gaga.
@peterolbrisch8970
@peterolbrisch8970 10 месяцев назад
@@nellgwenn Check out the r and r hall of fame performance with Tina Turner.
@StonefieldJim4
@StonefieldJim4 9 месяцев назад
I've heard it a 1000 times, but I'm always startled by it, every time, from start to finish.
@procrastinator9
@procrastinator9 10 месяцев назад
Far and away my all time favorite Stones song. Thank you for analyzing it.
@Vargol
@Vargol 10 месяцев назад
"Just a shot away… just a kiss away… which one will we choose?" Interestingly the Sisters of Mercy sing a cover of Gimme Shelter with those lines swapped around to great effect.
@dastiffmeisterman
@dastiffmeisterman 10 месяцев назад
When the bass drops and Micks voice kicks in it takes you back to the 60s. True rock and roll. You can just picture American G.I.'s sitting there in a bunker smoking, listening to this on a radio.
@RideAcrossTheRiver
@RideAcrossTheRiver 7 месяцев назад
And it's about war in the streets.
@georgehopper4843
@georgehopper4843 10 месяцев назад
First the opening guitar riffs are not happy, it is ominous and dark. Gimme Shelter is apocalyptic. It describes many things going on at the time such as Viet Nam etc. It is still relevant today because of all the shit happening in the world constantly. Just because we have never had a war in this country we've had Viet Nam spill into our homes every night through tv. This is one of the greatest songs ever recorded in my opinion. It will always be relevant because the world is always in turmoil. That's why we need shelter. I don't think she really gets it especially the Love sister is just a kiss away is showing all the turmoil could be avoided with love.
@isanewday
@isanewday 10 месяцев назад
Could be an an åntį wår song as well. Specially now days.
@claymmore
@claymmore 10 месяцев назад
Most rock music isn't directed at the brain, it's directed at the gut. To really love it, you have to feel it inside and let it build.
@thundernels
@thundernels 10 месяцев назад
It’s still constructive to consult the brain to analyze how the music so effectively created a gut reaction.
@claymmore
@claymmore 10 месяцев назад
Absolutely. that lets you appreciate it but it doesn't make you feel it.@@thundernels
@JacoWium
@JacoWium Месяц назад
100% true. The cerebral element in rock lyrics is often underappreciated, though. But yes, the power of a good rock song is first felt in the gut. Generally, I get the feel of a piece of music before paying attention to the finer details (after a few listens). Professional musicians are bound to have a different approach, which makes their opinions interesting and opens my ears to aspects I might have missed.
@leoneo4068
@leoneo4068 10 месяцев назад
Maybe you try to listen band "The Stooges"? Especially Gimme Danger.
@monindy
@monindy 10 месяцев назад
It's also the way Mick says or sings the words that make his vocal style unique
@NebulousWhisp
@NebulousWhisp 10 месяцев назад
Check out the song Italian Leather Sofa by CAKE. You can listen while sitting on your Italian leather sofa
@natmanprime4295
@natmanprime4295 10 месяцев назад
well, thats the most original ad i've ever seen! (of course, youre not getting paid, which makes it even more original!) 😁 ps great song and reaction as always
@wpl8275
@wpl8275 10 месяцев назад
This is actually two songs combined in that you have the beginning of the song talk about an impending storm coming. Keith Richards said this: “I had been sitting by the window of my friend Robert Fraser’s apartment on Mount Street in London with an acoustic guitar when suddenly the sky went completely black and an incredible monsoon came down. It was just people running about looking for shelter" But then it turns to represent the Vietnam War with Mick Jagger saying this: "“Well, it’s a very rough, very violent era. The Vietnam War. Violence on the screens, pillage and burning." Storms are natural and something humans have no control over while wars are unnatural and something humans control. Same for things like rape and murder, all human driven not natural disasters. Finally the song talks about love which is again something humans have some control over. All the terrible things are so close to us: storms, war, rape and murder. So close to us. And so is love. Some things we have control over and some things we don't.
@JacoWium
@JacoWium Месяц назад
Great post. "...just a shot away" versus "...just a kiss away" perfectly illustrates how easily life can veer this way or that way depending on the choices made either by others or ourselves. For many people, the middle road is nothing but a tightrope. Rock lyrics often contain wisdom that isn't always recognised.
@fidge54
@fidge54 10 месяцев назад
I hope you always have the lyrics in front of you when you do the Stones. If not, you'll be lost
@brianelliott9861
@brianelliott9861 10 месяцев назад
Gimme Shelter is a timeless classic. The opening guitar riff is genius in its simplicity and very haunting. The backing vocals are another touch of genius as well . The best Stones compositions never date. You have covereed ' Angie ' - may I suggest ' Moonlight Mile' , ' Sister Morphine ' , ' Time waits for no-one ' , ' Beast of Burden ' and even perhaps the extended ' Miss You ' or ' Finger Print File '
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 10 месяцев назад
I suggest "Mother's Little Helper" 😂😄
@djknox2
@djknox2 10 месяцев назад
Probably their greatest tune. At least top 5 for sure. It has a sort of foreboding that really connects.
@rogueleader4181
@rogueleader4181 10 месяцев назад
One of my fav songs ever. Merry Clayton? Raw power!
@digitalblues01
@digitalblues01 10 месяцев назад
I have to say you totally miss the TWO guitars playing off each other let alone how the whole band interacting with their instruments. You also read way too much without actually hearing the whole song. Love what your doing but you have a long way to go in understanding Rock.
@davidmckenzie420
@davidmckenzie420 10 месяцев назад
Probably my favorite Stones song (along with Can't You Hear Me Knockin).
@smhollanshead
@smhollanshead 4 месяца назад
Song begins at 4:45.
@andymccabe6712
@andymccabe6712 10 месяцев назад
Well.... I think we've managed to establish..... after about 200 of the SAME comment......that the guitar is, indeed... a harmonica!!!! ..... glad we've sorted that out.......
@Chamomileable
@Chamomileable 10 месяцев назад
The creaking is a guiro, a latin percussion instrument. And yeah, this song is maybe one of the most striking anti-war songs ever. That huge duality in the lyrics. Yes, we're always just a shot away from war and rape and murder, but at the same time we're always so close to love and harmony and it rests on us to wake up and make that decision. Also, the strange "guitar sound" you were hearing WAS a harmonica haha. It's a harmonica run through a vintage microphone to add distortion.
@MrAse67
@MrAse67 10 месяцев назад
you need to make paint it black also with rolling stones a lot of people love that song
@rbraxley
@rbraxley 7 месяцев назад
I've always thought the sound you describe as a rocking chair was somebody using a ratchet wrench to loosen the bolts holding civilization together. It's all right on the edge of coming apart. In the context of the times (Vietnam, assassinations, protests, civil rights actions, etc.), it probably seemed that way to a lot of folks. I've also always thought the sparse opening sounds ominous. I consider this part of the Stones' apocalypse trilogy: Gimmie, Sympathy, and Street Fighting Man. Probably their best song (and that's saying something).
@mackb909
@mackb909 10 месяцев назад
Personnel: Mick Jagger, lead vocal, harmonica; Keith Richards, all guitars; Bill Wyman, bass; Charlie Watts, drums; Merry Clayton, vocal; Nicky Hopkins (the band's go-to studio keyboardist from 1966 into the 1970s), piano; Jimmy Miller (the album's producer), additional percussion. "Let It Bleed" was the band's last studio album recorded in the 1960s, released in December 1969 as the decade was coming to a cataclysmic end, with the murders committed by the Manson family in Los Angeles and The Stones' own disastrous free concert at Altamont concluding their 1969 American tour, both events emblematic of the senseless and terrifying violence shattering the peace-and-love ethos of the '60s counterculture. It was their last studio album for their old label, Decca (in the U.K.; London Records in the U.S.); after that they would start their own eponymous label, Rolling Stones Records. The band itself was in transition, shedding founding member Brian Jones in June (he died tragically by drowning less than a month later) and hiring a new guitarist to take his place, 20-year-old Mick Taylor. The transition was occurring during the recording of the album and, as a result, the band, normally a quintet, was effectively a quartet for most of the making of "Let It Bleed." Brian Jones received just two performance credits on the album, both barely audible; Mick Taylor also received two credits as the incoming member. But Keith Richards, as the only full-time guitarist, was thus compelled to record most of the guitar parts on the album in what was normally a two-guitar band by overdubbing. He is responsible for both the quavery, tremolo-saturated (as if riven by fear) descending rhythm guitar pattern that plays through the entirety of the song as well as the piercing, angry lead guitar part and the solo (he also played the distinctive bass part on another song on the album, "Live With Me" in lieu of the band's regular bassist, Bill Wyman, who was absent when the instrumental track for the album was recorded). The Stones' 1969 U.S. tour was their first in over three years, since summer 1966, when Brian Jones was still an integral band member, and the social/cultural atmosphere of America, including the rock and roll scene, had changed dramatically in that time. Both the band and the larger culture transitioned, often with a good deal of anxiety and unrest, from the seemingly more innocent mid-'60s to the more cynical and jaded end-of-decade and on into the 1970s. No major rock and roll album of the era, to my mind, and this includes The Beatles' contemporaneous "Abbey Road," better represented these jarring and shattering disruptions than "Let It Bleed."
@deandavidson1375
@deandavidson1375 7 месяцев назад
Mick is playing harmonica when he's not singing the guitars and harmonica weave together along with the voices the piano bass and drums do their own weave countering to create a mesmerizing sound and rhythm. One of my favorites by my favorite band. Your takes and reactions take me back to when this brand new . I was 17. I will always tune into your show 👍
@DavidLindes
@DavidLindes 10 месяцев назад
16:05 - well, then. May I humbly request "I've known no war", by The Who, as your next (or at least, a future) first listen and reaction? Indeed, I think you've only done one Who song?? (Granted, one of my favorites.) This seems like a vast unexplored territory that might be worth some attention. :)
@TedTedness-wu4vb
@TedTedness-wu4vb 10 месяцев назад
Please do a video on The Liliac Band. "We are the Children" "Chain Of Thorns" or their cover of Dio " The Last In Line" The BEST cover of this song ever made. Wendy Dio would only let Liliac play it, at Ronny's cancer fund event.
@splitimage137.
@splitimage137. 10 месяцев назад
Amy - that "creaking sound" at the beginning. Are you talking about: The güiro is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound. Jagger was playing a "blues harp," which helps explain why it has the same phrasing as his voice. Many, like John Lennon, distinguish between a harmonica (which "has a button" to allow for a chromatic scale of 12 notes) and a blues harp (a diatonic instrument, using a so-called natural scale of 7 notes). These blues harps are usually available in a few basic keys and the notes are much easier to pitch bend into specifically microtonal blue notes, those found between between the standard notes on a piano. As for the "relatively calm" nature of this song, I think you are not considering that this was released on commercial radio in 1969 - so in comparison to "Baby Love" or "Cherish," this song WAS pretty intense. The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Love/Hate is similar to Genius/Insanity and Heads/Tails - two sides of the same coin. As for being a fan of the Rolling Stones, "the band," I HIGHLY recommend you withhold your final judgment. Unlike most bands (excepting Beatles, Led Zep, Floyd, etc.), the Stones have a very WIDE RANGE of styles, even though they are most basically a R&B based band. You still need to hear some Brian Jones (their founder and first lead guitarist who died in 1969 and was replaced by Mick Taylor until 1973 and was replaced by Ron Wood) era Stones where they explore different sounds like Lady Jane and Ruby Tuesday. That's what I think, anyway.
@gchampi2
@gchampi2 10 месяцев назад
That "interesting guitar tone" isn't a guitar, it's a harmonica, played through a Shure "Bullet" mic, amplified by a small valve amplifier, with the result being recorded to tape. Lots of midrange, a fair bit of distortion, and a closed in "boxy" sound from a small combo amp being pushed to it's limits. It's a classic Blues harp tone, as heard on many Chicago Blues records.
@kenhutchingame2606
@kenhutchingame2606 10 месяцев назад
Ths song has one of the best intros of any rock song. Kind of glad she repeated it several times to digest it properly.. it is the perfect setup for, what I consider, to be the violence of the coming storm that this song is. Charlie Watts drumming, Keith Richards guitar, Mick's vocal (and distorted harmonica) and Merry Clayton's backup vocal is perfection in every way.
@williamtillack2456
@williamtillack2456 9 месяцев назад
The best intro of any song ever !!😂
@JacoWium
@JacoWium Месяц назад
Yep. The Stones were masters at creating openings where you felt, there's menace just around the corner.
@sammygoodnight
@sammygoodnight 10 месяцев назад
I really liked the Rolling Stones when I was younger, but I have to admit, the older I get, the more dated, off-key, and uninteresting they sound. 50 years from now I can't imagine that anyone other than specialists will even know that a band called the Rolling Stones ever existed.
@billdomitilli8125
@billdomitilli8125 10 месяцев назад
I consider this THE rock song of the 20th Century. Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton's vocal, Keith Richard's guitar, Charlie Watt's drums, Nicky Hopkins' piano, Bill Wyman's bass, all are perfectly on point to me. Try 'Wild Horses' next, it will surprise you.
@aBeatleFan4ever
@aBeatleFan4ever 10 месяцев назад
23:59 "This guitar sound - is catching my ear because it's different from a lot of the guitar sound that I hear. It almost has a bit of a harmonica twang to it. And, in fact, it balances with this voice. It balances with Mick Jagger's voice It's as if... it is his voice without the words." You brilliantly discovered, with your ears and mind, what was actually going on in the song. Mick Jagger is playing a harmonica (when not singing) and the fact that you described how it sounds like "his voice without words"... is one of the best descriptions of what is taking place in this track - that I have ever heard. Bravo, Amy! Bravo!
@jamesmartello2218
@jamesmartello2218 10 месяцев назад
Love your analysis but Keith Richards got the inspiration for this song staying at a friends flat in London when a thunderstorm with lightning blew through which is rare for London. Also Anita Pallenburg his live in girl friend was filming a scene that day with Mick that had them naked together in the scene which Keith vehemently opposed to. The film was called Performance. Other people interpreted the lyrics Keith wrote as an ode to the Vietnam War but it had nothing to do with war as Keith explained in his book life. Also the song was used in several movies about the Vietnam War. It’s funny how this musician interpreted the lyrics as about war but the war had nothing to do with the lyrics or the music of Gimme Shelter.
@garryiglesias4074
@garryiglesias4074 10 месяцев назад
With this channel name, I hope that at one point you'll do "Anarchy in the UK", or "God save the Queen", from the Sex Pistols.
@sturgeonslawyer
@sturgeonslawyer 9 месяцев назад
Yes, it's about war -- and the Vietnam war was a huge topic at the time -- but it's also about the war in the streets, the riots and protests and the brutal police (and occasionally military) respone to them that defined the late 1960s, especially in the great USan cities.
@NebulizerChi
@NebulizerChi 10 месяцев назад
Whereas "Paint It, Black" is evocative of hunting Charlie on the trail, this here is Agent Orange and napalm from out of the sky
@Sandy-dd4le
@Sandy-dd4le 10 месяцев назад
Keith wrote the initial track one afternoon during a thunderstorm over London, and also during a difficult point in the band's history, it's a really important song for him personally.
@johngeddes7894
@johngeddes7894 10 месяцев назад
That is the harmonica that you thought was like a harmonica. They overfrove the mic for some mild distortion, not unlike many guitsr parts.
@AndyMcmahon-r5w
@AndyMcmahon-r5w 10 месяцев назад
This was the most requested song by soldiers in Vietnam.
@allisonal
@allisonal 10 месяцев назад
31:30 Oh it grabs my emotions! To me, they really did manage to bottle something during recording that gets uncorked every time I listen to it. The rawness of the sound really lends itself to the effect.
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