I watched the video and was going to comment before I read your post about Gimme Shelter. I listen to music (among many other things) while I work. Today I was listening to my iTunes shuffle and that song came up. I bought a pair of Bose headphones for myself for my birthday last year that were ridiculously expensive. Hearing music on them is a whole different experience.
Anyhoo, I heard Gimme Shelter today sounding so great and was just struck by how perfect that song is. It is a masterpiece. There is simply no comparison with the excrement that is released now and that song. Just weird that you posted exactly what I was thinking that was prompted by the excellent video from the OP.
Great minds I guess Navy Vet.
More like great taste in rock n roll. Besides the intro, the bridge with Richards and Taylor exchanging riffs and then coming together on certain chords and then lead again was truly genius. Always amazed me that Mick Taylor left the Stones. He added a lot to the Jagger/Richards sound.
Interestingly, the drums are so simple in Gimme Shelter. But then that has always been Charlie Watts style. Also, think Zepplin's "Whole Lotta Love" drums as they head into another verse. Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah was nothing for a drummer, but Bonham pulled the timing off along with John Paul Jones coming in on base. Of course Bonham was one of the greatest rock drummers ever in many of their other songs. I'm probably one of the few who enjoyed their last album, "In Through The Out Door".
Another group whose drummer was under-appreciated was Ginger Baker with his duel base drums in Cream. Not sure, but believe they were the first hard rock band. Think "Sunshine of Your Love" while others were playing "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "I'm a Believer" bubblegum. Pfft. My wife loves that Flower Power crap, but gotta go with the flow and some were not so bad.
Thanks for the conversation. Disco, Rap, and Pop sucks! I'd rather listen to soft-rock like the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, or Bob Seger any time over the current blsnd stuff, even if not my favorite.
As Lynard Skynard says. "Turn It Up!"