The Rolling Stones – Gimmie Shelter

The Rolling Stones – Gimmie Shelter | Society Of Rock Videos

Rolling Stone magazine at the time of its release, said of it, “The Stones have never done anything better”.

Its  December, 1969 and The Rolling Stones just released their EIGTH studio album by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States.

Mostly written by The Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards, using worn out Triumph amplifiers to get a distinctive sound, Jagger sings about needing shelter from this “storm”, and the social and political hardships faced during the time. “There was the war in Vietnam, race riots, and Charles Manson.”

Keith Richards goes on to say; “I wrote ‘Gimmie Shelter’ on a stormy day, sitting in an apartment on Mount Street. Anita (Pallenberg) was shooting Performance at the time, not far away… It was just a terrible f–king day. Looking at all these people with their umbrellas being blown out of their grasp and running like hell- the idea came to me… My thought was storms on other people’s minds, not mine…”

The song has become a staple in the bands catalog. Covered by the Goo Goo DollsGrand Funk Railroad, and the Sisters of Mercy, the song has also been used by Martin Scorsese in major motion films like GoodfellasCasino, and The Departed

There are no signs of the Rolling Stones stopping any time soon, and I can’t WAIT to see them this summer when they hit their national tour!

+Gimmie Shelter lyrics below+

Oh, a storm is threat’ning
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away
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

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin’
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way

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

Rape, murder!
It’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away

Rape, murder!
It’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away

Rape, murder!
It’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away

The floods is threat’ning
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I’m gonna fade away

War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
I tell you love, sister, it’s just a kiss away
It’s just a kiss away

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