justin4kick
(The Netherlands) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 14:04 | |
jackiewelsh wrote:I'm saving my '10' for Merry Clayton's version. she is the female backup vocalist on this. didn't think it could ever get better than this version...it's mind blowing.
You're absolutely right. Saw a video of a live performance of Mick Jagger and Fergie (Black Eyed Peas). She didn't even come close. |
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jackiewelsh
(ATX) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 14:01 | |
I'm saving my '10' for Merry Clayton's version. she is the female backup vocalist on this. didn't think it could ever get better than this version...it's mind blowing.
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justin4kick
(The Netherlands) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 14:00 | |
Absolutely brilliant. Has lost none of it's power in 44 years time!
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ck12345
| | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 13:58 | |
One of the 10 best ever recorded
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oneyet
| | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 02:03 | |
I really like the cover, but the music..........
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 20:00 | |
Everybody in my church loves this classic...
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 15:13 | |
stratmen wrote:This is one of the Stones' best songs. Demonstrates why they're the best rock and roll band ever! Demonstrates why they were the best rock and roll band ever when they were making rock and roll like this, not their post-1980 schlock and tripe. |
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stratmen
| | Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 14:38 | |
This is one of the Stones' best songs. Demonstrates why they're the best rock and roll band ever!
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MilSF1
(Arkadelphia, AR) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 07:29 | |
Pedro1874 wrote:that she had a miscarriage after recording GS, "some hypothesize this was due to the strain associated with reaching such high notes whilst singing". Ug, this is why I hate Wikipedia at times. Sorry, but anyone who thinks that knows nothing about singing or anatomy. |
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DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 07:28 | |
skipperadam wrote:Amazing how relevent a 40 year old protest song can be. Yes it is. Solid TEN Rocking at 13 and 56. . Sounds like an anthem then and now. War, children, it's just a shot away |
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mauguima
(sewers) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 07:25 | |
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skipperadam
| | Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 11:56 | |
Amazing how relevent a 40 year old protest song can be.
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capandjudy
(Huntington, WV) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 14:40 | |
martinc wrote:1969 was a rocking year!
That it was. This song is intense. |
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Desimia
(Buenvenidos a Me-ah-mi) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 14:16 | |
JHZ wrote:Two unquestionable 10 in a row (Marvin Gay - Inner City Blues, before this one)!!!! Right on! |
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JHZ
(between Clark and Hilldale) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 14:15 | |
Two unquestionable 10 in a row (Marvin Gay - Inner City Blues, before this one)!!!!
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Pedro1874
(Newton-le-Willows, England) | | Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 03:38 | |
A 10 for me ever since the moment I first heard it on its release. I was always fascinated with Merry Clayton and managed to get a front row table at Rainbow and Stars in NYC, (for a $20 tip!), when I was visiting in 1996. She was singing with Marianne Faithfull and Darlene Love in a wonderful tribute to Pop music. She really enjoyed herself in the show and was quoted as saying ""I love that room," she said of Rainbow and Stars, "because you can see people's faces, and you can see if they're loving it or if they're hating it or if they're not sure. I make a mental note of everybody who's sitting in front of me and to the side of me at every show, and I remember their faces. I love that intimacy." Wow! Just checking MC on Wiki and found that her brother is Sam Clayton of Little Feat and that she had a miscarriage after recording GS, "some hypothesize this was due to the strain associated with reaching such high notes whilst singing".
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Stingray
| | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 06:04 | |
dongus wrote:
don't see any anti-war in here - though rated 10
Any rock song is anti-war! |
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lawman
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 06:02 | |
"Dedicated to the Eastern seaboard of the United States of America." ?
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Stingray
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On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 18:41 | |
romeotuma wrote:We be dancing... love it...
Romeo, seriously, this is really nauseating. We gotta look at the plum-smuggler every time you like a song?  If it's gotta be a shirtless dude, howzabout someone more representative of rock & roll? . . . |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 18:31 | |
We be dancing... love it...
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midreaming
| | Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 18:43 | |
smokin backup vocals. this song shreds every time
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gypsyman
(just passing through....) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 06:15 | |
This was the very first LP I ever owned. Got it and Abbey Road for my birthday from my aunt. Needless to say, they got played a LOT.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 20:24 | |
ScottN wrote:We miss you, Ann. Yeah, man... I miss her so much... |
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jools
(Brighton UK) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 07:12 | |
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martinc
(Ottawa Canada) | | Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 10:08 | |
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MsJudi
(Houston, TX) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 15:39 | |
ScottN wrote:We miss you, Ann.
What Scott said.  |
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ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | | Posted: May 24, 2012 - 13:58 | |
Cynaera wrote:
Pulling this out of the everywhere and into the here, because the story about Merry Clayton is just priceless. Somehow, the Stones just get better with age. I'm pretty sure Keith has embalming fluid in his veins and a really bad makeup person doing his hair and face, but still... I love this band. I first heard "Gimme Shelter" in a radio station in Elko, Nevada. I was a freshman in high school (or so), and a music-groupie. I called the station to request an Elton John song, and the DJ actually played it and mentioned my name. So - I had to go meet the guy. His name was Tim Blissenbach, and as I sat on the floor in the studio where he was broadcasting, he lit candles and a fattie, and proceeded to drop the needle on "Gimme Shelter" with the volume turned up. It was absolutely cosmic. And after I got home, I promised myself I'd buy that album, and I did. I still have it. The grooves are white, but the vinyl's playable. "Gimme Shelter" will always be one of my favorite songs by the Stones.
We miss you, Ann. |
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gillespp
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: May 24, 2012 - 13:56 | |
arcs_n_sparks wrote:Still the best song ever recorded. I think you just may be right. |
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arcs_n_sparks
| | Posted: May 12, 2012 - 20:36 | |
Still the best song ever recorded.
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