Classical Composer reacts to The ROLLING STONES: GIMME SHELTER | The Daily Doug (Episode 856)

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In this #masterpiecefriday edition of #thedailydoug, I'm making a quick return to the Rolling Stones. It was just a few weeks ago that I reacted to their music for the first time, and I wanted to get back to their music today. So, we're listening to the original studio release of Gimme Shelter as well as a live performance of the song from 2012. It's a great track with timely (and timeless) lyrics. I hope you enjoy!

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[colleentrygg]

Yes, this is a masterpiece. The Stones have a few of those :) One of those is You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Studio version complete with the choir… definitely deserves to be on your masterpiece Friday .

[coreysoderlund]

Chills everytime I hear Merry Clayton sing that solo part.

[michaelberg]

The 'some piano' you referred to is the great Nicky Hopkins. His work is literally everywhere..

[neiloliver]

"Moonlight Mile" is a Stones classic, moody and melancholic, with Paul Buckmaster's strings building the song to pack an emotional wallop.

[wulfgold]

The intro to this is total gold and the there's no let up in quality.
RE: the mood of it, it's like fiddling whilst Rome burns. Sometimes the situation is so wildly egregious you laugh in shock. It's like the danse of madmen.

[myfavoritedream]

I've never seen anyone talk over Merry Clayton giving one of the best vocal performances on record.

[glennjones]

Love at the 7:42 when her voice breaks on Murder, you can here Jagger go "Yeah" in the mix. Apparently she was called in at the last moment and told to improvise. So cool.

[jimbrentar]

Have you ever seen the film "Twenty Feet From Stardom"? You'd love it. Both Merry and Lisa appear in the film. It's about the unsung backup singers in the history of rock

[aaztx]

as Frank Zappa said "music is the only religion that delivers the goods"

[chriseyres]

Its the greatest rock n roll song ever made, it will never age or sound dated

[thedave]

As a guitarist - I can tell you Keiths intro (and beyond) is like an archetype piece of music that people are still tryin to get right. the notes are one thing but the tone and feel are something unique. In the verses he's playing 5 chords - as in chords without a 3 just 1 and 5 so I guess theyre neither major nor minor - or both.

[richarddefortuna]

Keith uses an open tuning on many of the Stones songs beginning in this era, primarily open G, but he has used open E, which i believe is what he uses on this tune. That allows him to be able to appear "casual" with his fingerings, while integrating a ton of interesting "complexity" into the figures that he plays.

[eggman]

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to cover this too. I'd voted for this one. Tremendous song!

[davidgagne]

What an amazing recording.Young American men were being shipped out to die in Vietnam. What an amazing intro to this song. The guitar looks simple because Keith is playing a guitar tat is tuned to an open chord. This song makes me wanna STRUT.

[toddbyrnes]

The Stones started in 1962. They are still rocking 62 years later

[t.a.k.palfrey]

As an undergrad in Canada when this song came out, it surprised me that a British band was so outspoken during the Vietnam War. After all, the UK was not involved, and it was Canada that was the refuge for Americans avoiding the draft. Then, a friend from Wales explained that British antipathy towards American involvement in SE Asia was based on the hypocrisy that the US was campaigning against British colonialism while boosting its own imperialist aims in Vietnam.

[glenncanale]

Yes They are the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World

[RobertPérusse]

This is an iconic song! I still get chills every time I hear it.😮

[mc-lbdk]

When I saw Lisa for the first time, before we had YouTube, less than 6 feet in front of me I was mesmerised by her presence and her voice. Still my fav singer . EVER!

[captpicard]

This and Sympathy for the Devil my two all time favorite Stones tracks. 1968-72 they were at their absolute peak of creativity.