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Gimme Shelter
Rolling Stones, Genius ^ | 12/5/69 | Rolling Stones

Posted on 07/19/2024 5:56:37 PM PDT by DallasBiff

[Intro: Merry Clayton]

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh, a storm is threatening

My very life today

If I don't get some shelter

Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

[Chorus: Mick Jagger & Merry Clayton]

War, children

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

War, children It's just a shot away It's just a shot away, yeah

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KEYWORDS: gimmeshelter; gimmieshelter; rollingstones; trump
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Jagger would go ape sh!t, if Trump used this song at a rally.

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1 posted on 07/19/2024 5:56:37 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Merry Clayton makes this song all that it is.


2 posted on 07/19/2024 5:58:43 PM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” -)
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To: CaptainK

You got that right.


3 posted on 07/19/2024 6:01:34 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: CaptainK

You do know what happened to her as a result of singing on it. Sad story.


4 posted on 07/19/2024 6:02:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

Merry Clayton, as awesome as she was, couldn’t hold a candle to Janis.


5 posted on 07/19/2024 6:04:17 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: dfwgator

She had a miscarriage, correct?


6 posted on 07/19/2024 6:05:33 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: DallasBiff

next stanza down “rape, murder”.it’s just a shot away, rape, murder, it’s just a shot away.


7 posted on 07/19/2024 6:16:14 PM PDT by ozarker
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To: DallasBiff
Yeah, it would be controversial. Rape, murder, it's just a shot away. Adequately describes Biden's invasion force.

As for the song itself, I like it!

8 posted on 07/19/2024 6:16:41 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: DallasBiff

Yep.


9 posted on 07/19/2024 6:18:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CaptainK

Lisa Fischer, who has performed this song excellently for years on Stones tours, has said every time she sings it is her tribute to Merry Clayton.


10 posted on 07/19/2024 6:19:44 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: DallasBiff

Christian singer Ashley Cleveland does a knockout version of “Gimme Shelter.” It’s on YouTube. As Jerry Lee Lewis suggests, she “just stands in one spot and wiggles around just a little bit.” Sexier than any of our half-naked twerking divas.


11 posted on 07/19/2024 6:25:15 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: dfwgator

Yes I do.


12 posted on 07/19/2024 6:26:40 PM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” -)
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To: DallasBiff

This song means a lot to me.


13 posted on 07/19/2024 6:30:09 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: DallasBiff
A shot was not referring to a bullet. Mick got away with a lot, I have no envy for him or his music.
14 posted on 07/19/2024 6:33:52 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: DallasBiff

One of my favorite Stones song. My very favorite is Time Waits for No One.


15 posted on 07/19/2024 6:38:15 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: DallasBiff

To me, this song perfectly captures the chaos and destruction that came with the cultural revolution.


16 posted on 07/19/2024 6:40:56 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: DallasBiff

The official lyrics video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os


17 posted on 07/19/2024 6:47:53 PM PDT by xp38
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To: DallasBiff

Some days I think this is the Stones best song, other days it’s #2 right behind ‘Rocks Off’.


18 posted on 07/19/2024 7:06:07 PM PDT by Roadrunner383
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To: CaptainK

Yes indeed! This is just an average track without her power. So much so you even hear Mick let out a “WOOOO!” at one point when she’s pushing really hard.

There’s a great interview with her, and when the opening notes play you can see it hit her. There are LOTS of feelings attached to this song for her.

Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChONufP0FEs


19 posted on 07/19/2024 7:08:34 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: DallasBiff

Saban listened to this after ever win.


20 posted on 07/19/2024 7:53:24 PM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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