Uploaded by MusicMiniz on Feb 10, 2011
This clip is taken from the FULL DVD "Rolling Stones - Under Review 1967-1969". Like most artists at the time, the Stones were affected by the black people struggle for freedom and equal rights. "Gimme Shelter" tells about this fight, accompanied by the beautiful, powerful voice of Merry Clayton.
- The Stones were the 1st rock and roll band I know of to record with gospel singers.Lord,what a perfect fit.Merry Clayton's vocal on this song makes the hairs on your neck stand up.The Blackberries{Merry,Clydie King,and Veneta Fields} are all over Sticky Fingers,Let It Bleed,and Exile on Main Street--the best of the Stones.
- @stardate1804 Right there with ya bro. One of the finest recorded moments in Rock-n-Roll. so cool to hear the raw tack.
- stardate, i already do
- @stardate1804 Someone was saying on Merry Clayton's solo version of this, that Mick told her to really get into it so at 2:51 her voice cracks and you can hear Mick say, "Whoo!" in response to that. They left it on the album version. I think this is the Stones' crowning achievement song - it's just perfect - and even without all the instruments in this you'd have thought this is a major hit for the ages.
- @vootie99 Yeah, I saw that video with the Stone's mouth and the isolated vocal track. Went to show someone and it was gone. Too bad it was removed, where else would I have seen it? They don't make all the DVDs they can that people would be interested in, i.e. how the songs were made in the studio. So I'm wondering where this one came from. It's cool, and Merry helped make this song even greater. Her solo rendition of it is fanatastic.
- This is incredible. Wow. I have goosebumps.
- This track was posted a few months ago with a couple of other tracks, stripped apart... this is the original recording with drums and other stuff removed... the other tracks I heard: one was just keith's added solo overdubs... another just bass and drums... but they were all removed from the web for copyright blab blah blah... fascinating to hear and to dissect the song production that way...vootie99 4 months ago 2
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