Merry's vocals put this over the top, into the stratosphere.

@carolostrandeer4107

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect description !

@BigMacCoyle

3 жыл бұрын

Miscarriage =/

@begonapelayo1533

3 жыл бұрын

R, faxx

Merry Clayton's VOICE though!! I get the chills everytime I hear her verse in Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter".

@stavrossp9157

10 жыл бұрын

love your comment! Exact the same feeling! Greatings from Greece!

@tessaqg589

10 жыл бұрын

Stavros Sp Hello there! Greetings from Oregon, USA. :D

@lukedonn

9 жыл бұрын

I feel you, wow, the power of her voice just, it touch me

@joeflip2993

9 жыл бұрын

I own many live bootlegs and official versions on this song,as well as seeing the preform this song live many times,but the original is by far the best

@dlboy2008

9 жыл бұрын

Me too i luve this song always makes me almost cry

They've done some good live versions, but none of them can touch this studio version with Merry Claytons awesome vocals.

This scene gave me chills. Hearing Merry's voice singled out goes right through you. No way to describe it.

@sasasaa9488

9 ай бұрын

Add Clare Torry in the great gig in the sky to it too😎

Lisa Fischer may be good, but Merry Clayton gives the song that raw edge that sends chills running up and down your spine when you hear her singing.

@carolostrandeer4107

4 жыл бұрын

Brett Verdell You are soooo right!

@carolostrandeer4107

4 жыл бұрын

Brett Verdell Holy Hannah!!! Blew my doors off!!!

@carolostrandeer4107

4 жыл бұрын

Brett Verdell holy wow!

@carolostrandeer4107

4 жыл бұрын

Brett Verdell She has more passion in her voice than anyone I’ve ever heard in my 59 years of life!

@colonelanderson2761

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree on your take about Merry, the bar she set for the song and what she added but would change one thing because they are both amazing talents -- "Lisa Fischer is an outstanding stage talent but Merry Clayton..."

Love it when after Merry Claytons vocals, Jagger yells, "WOO!" Its amazing! Best version EVER.

one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded !

My Favorite Rolling Stones song, cause of her vocals

They called her at midnight to come in to the studio and do some backing vocals with Mick...she then stole the fucking show, and was home again by 4am. Voice from heaven.

@Diamond88keyz

8 жыл бұрын

lov the way u wrote this.

@erikacalissi5729

4 жыл бұрын

A story tells that she was pregnant and had a miscarriage that night, due to the singing effort

@user-ds6jv1om7n

15 күн бұрын

All while pregnant. Who’s the real rock star?

The pride in her eyes while listening to her dry vocals. It was her life's greatest work.

@lcwinablackdress

2 жыл бұрын

It cost her a child. A girl. She miscarried the day after.

Merry haunts you with these vocals. She was no joke. Love Mick too!!

I love how Merry Clayton is talking about how she went to record this in her curlers, a mink coat, and pregnant.

@babaluey

10 жыл бұрын

Yea they called her around midnight to ask if she could come in and do it, the original woman they had selected wasn't available. Sadly, she miscarried later that night. She said she couldn't even listen to the song for years after that.

@carmenfortesr.4512

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, late one night she was awaken by a call that she needed to come to a recording studio to sing with a new band called "The Rolling something's". She came in her pajamas, curlers in her hair and very pregnant. She sang one take, and the band loved her. She agreed to a second take but only alone in the booth. That's the take that was used for the famous song. The rest is history. Later she miscarriaged her baby. She attributes her losing the baby to how she stressed during the song. Look in her eyes when she remembers with Mick the event. There's a special bond between them. Now you know the rest of the story.

The best version, Mery at her best chills up and down my spine..........Raw voice power......

I was enjoying the documentary and then when they showed her in that studio and the intro to the song started I sat up at attention. I've always wanted to know who this women was since I was a little boy. Like Darlene Love she gave the performance of her life on somebody else's record. I always felt from her vocals that this song was extremely personal for her; just a testament to how powerful the singing is. I'm a singer (in some ways in a very similar position to the women in the movie , albeit to a much lesser degree) and vocally I think this is one of the two or three greatest moments in the recorded history of rock music.

@daver5120

10 жыл бұрын

Right on, exactly right.

@seanslavko1472

4 жыл бұрын

Well said. Could not of said it any better

@piratemousie

2 жыл бұрын

She actually lost her child due to this song, it was a deeply sad time. She was called out in the middle of the night to perform, she was like 5 months pregnant, had a cold and it was freezing. They, and I'm sure she herself, kept pushing for the perfect take, until her voice started cracking like this and they loved it. She eventually went home at dawn and miscarried. Shes an amazing woman. What documentary are these clips from?.

@sumi7579

2 жыл бұрын

@@piratemousie Sadly she did have a miscarriage the following day but they only did two takes.

@WeeWoo93

2 жыл бұрын

what documentary? i'd love to see it

I love her voice struggle, so natural so real. Great voice on that woman

@clevelandeskridge9926

Жыл бұрын

No struggle her vocals reached over the top

that guy going "YEAH!" in the background of her solo is part of the original recording. when she was recording her solo, the guy in the mixing room couldn't help but yell "YEAH!" cause it was so awesome :D

@lynnhislop8739

9 жыл бұрын

Alex DC I read somewhere that the voice in the background was Mick.

@mikans1k

9 жыл бұрын

Lynn Hislop It is Mick...They left it on the track on purpose.

@caravaggio31

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex DC That guy is called Mick Jagger.

@SeanP7195

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex DC They said Mick was walking away when she was doing it and couldn't believe his ears and turned around and said...."WOO"

@glassineheart

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex DC it's mick. :)

In my opinion it's the Greatest Rock song of all time,just incredible 🙌

Merry Clayton featuring The Rolling Stones..

@heavenwasfool

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@beachem1

Ай бұрын

Yesss! 😊

That moment in the doc when Merry & Mick are both listening to her wail "Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away" is utterly electric. When I saw it in the theater, the audience spontaneously burst into applause. Amazing.

@KleWdSide

10 жыл бұрын

Only morons clap in movie theaters.

@kevin71127

10 жыл бұрын

KleWdSide i lol'd hard.

That scene in the film was insane.

@robertprice26

10 жыл бұрын

It's powerful for lots of reasons. I'm so glad this won so these great performers get more recognition. They deserve more.

@daver5120

10 жыл бұрын

***** That's right, they sure do. What amazing musical talents, just a joy to listen to.

Dear Lord. Seriously. Words cannot describe in all honesty.

Hearing that will NEVER get old!!

Merry Clayton is the genuine article and there will never come another like her. She made Sweet Home Alabama incredible , she was a Raelette and of course, she made this track absolutely bone chilling.

Merry Clayton just makes the song so good.

One of the greatest songs of all time. Merry's voice makes it, you can feel it deep in your soul.

Just an amazing song.. Made from a good song to a truly great song by the great Merry Clayton's vocal power, talent and passion. Great great singer. We love you Merry!!

Love Mics smile of Approval!❤️

...chilling....goosebumps....I can't even find the words to express what I'm feeling when I hear this....my god.....

@Diamond88keyz

8 жыл бұрын

good stuff

Gave me chills and made me tear up *-*...

Best version ever. What a beautiful, metallic voice.

lov it when mickey laughs in pure adorement of that hard push she gave. he looks 60 yes younger at that point. he went back in time. bittersweet

Merry's voice is so powerful! it just sends chills to the core and makes you cry, it truly embodies the time the pain of everything happening. Truly iconic and easily one of the greatest rocks songs ever written.

Primera vez que veo a Merry Clayton. Siempre admire esa gran voz femenina. Su entrega y rabiosa voz es sin igual ❤❤

This is one of my top five RS songs.No one can ever sing backup vocals like Merry did on this track. She has such a powerful voice!! It gives me chills. Another great song too, written by Keith.

Gimme Chills .... Need some shelter . Love you Merry Clayton . Beautiful lady

Pretty amazing one person could be a part of not one, but two, iconic songs..........sang background on "Sweet Home Alabama" as well.

I don't think a better video exists anywhere on the tube. It's that good. The beginning and end with Mary and Mick reliving this is as well done as anything ever produced.

@cockeyedoptimista

Жыл бұрын

Merry's smile reminds me of Loretta Lynn! When Loretta was getting older. The same quiet but happy/proud.. And similarities in structure..

fabuleux morceau ! un chef d'oeuvre du rock ! Un des meilleurs enregistrement du groupe ! Classé Parmi les meilleurs morceaux du magazine "Rolling Stone

they may get others to do it but this one! Will always be the best one. it came from another time. it came from her pain, sacrifices, loss, experience no other singer knew. Then to be swept into the night to make history with TRS!

@claussnedevind4202

7 жыл бұрын

That they are brilliant and her God like voice helps

That voice!!!

Merry Clayton MADE the song.

@Diamond88keyz

8 жыл бұрын

yep

@vannimc

7 жыл бұрын

calm down

@claussnedevind4202

7 жыл бұрын

I have listed to that song for more than 25 years, the hair on my arms still go woup when she sings

@carolostrandeer4107

4 жыл бұрын

Annette Saylor Amen to that!

Now this is a proper tribute and respect for the voice I thought was the soul of this song. Bravo! 👏🥂

Chills man, chills. Love this part of the song.

Incredible vocals. Very powerful!

Wow what a voice Mic has!

Merry Clayton made this song hers in her terrific vocals performance.

50 years...what a fuckin' band.......rock n roll.

i get goose bumps just watching the beginning everytime... how can u not love this..

Unquestionably the best Stones song I ever heard. Nobody sounded better with the haunting background vocal than Merry Clayton. An absolute Rock Classic.

Wow. The voice. And she is beautiful.

its so sad how we dont see Merry in this video but this is a time when words speaks loder than action

MERRY CLAYTON all the time so raw

Beautiful!!

AMAZING .this is all .

EPIC performance ❤️

Wonderful. Thoughts are with Merry Clayton at this time.

Amazing and powerful song, and bone chilling vocals by Merry!!!!!

She is my all time favorite female vocalist ❤️STELLAR!

Yes! I have raved about this woman for years! Amazing

I love that song so much! 🥰

so beautiful!!!

Her voice is out of this world! Love this song!

I appreciate this tune and this version with Merry's vocals more now than I did when I was a kid way back when. Truly a classic tune of the era - a tune who's meaning and power has stood the test of time.

Merry Clayton IS this song, yes Keith and Mick made it happen.......Dear Miss Clayton made this song the classic it is, because without her perfect vocals, I'm afraid it wouldn't have as much pizzazz. She supplied the oooompa. Takes it over the top into the Hall of Fame where it belongs...... Lisa rocks this song as well.....but none can touch Miss Clayton.

First song that ever gave me goosebumps and chills. Still has that effect. Timeless

So amazing, I get goosebumps every time I hear her sing.

The greatest rock song ever in my humble opinion. Sounds...lyrics...everything...perfection.

Great Merry! You're the best ever! I love you, gorgeous! ❤

In this Stones video (above) for Top of the Pops 1969, Jagger sings an amazing 'live vocal' over the backing track (the band are miming) with Merry's vocal not yet added/recorded to the song, Jagger sings all of Merry's part and has to catch his breath after it. Love Merry's vocal on the finished track though. Always make the hairs stand for me every time.

That’s pretty hard to beat. Great vocals a driving beat. And guitar riff’s and then floating in with a Haunting sound again pretty hard to beat

Merry made a stunning all-in contribution to this amazing song.

Holy wow 😳

you cannot dissociate this song (one of their best) from the Vietnam War .... the fact that the overwhelming emotion is carried by Merry Clayton is really fitting here ... a disproportionate number of African Americans ended up conscripted and shipped out there ; she carries that here so beautifully

This is a great song and production but Merry 's vocals most certainly take it way over the top!

Merry is the BEST! This is my ringtone(her version)& just bought the CD @that sells used CDs,books etc. This so.g is in .y top 5 favs of all tìme!

You did it the best

Merry Clayton with R.S FOREVER.💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

Un truc comme ça ne pas disparaître ! Something like this just can't disappear!

How cool!

So applies to our time right now....

Wow!

Fantastic.. Keef make the guitar work alone in this song.

WHAT.A.VOICE.

Best version....

Merry Clayton the very best! 🌹🌹🌹

@:32 sec memories come back to her

***** so cool

CHILL'S - In a awesome way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

una voz imsuperable en su tiempo, merry clayton esta cantante fue un huracan de fuego en la cancion gimme shelter de los rolling stones.

Todos los comentarios están dirigidos a Merry CLAYTON con toda la razon del mundo nunca oi una voz femenina tan potente y bella, pero sin esa musicalizacion de TODOS los otros Rollings no sería lo que GIMME SHELTER es. Espectacular!!!!!

Great Vocals From The Rolling Stone's & Merry Clayton The Meaning Of The Song Is Deep but I understand it 🤔

I always thought Grace Slick would have been great in this song as well but I guess that's why I am not producing records....Clearly the right choice was made!

Merry Clayton, great voice…great woman…!

What an absolutely gorgeous humble woman.

Merry was absolutely awesome !! Great song

he is awesome up there with clapton and hendrix

Just decided….my favorite stones song.

So good and then I especially mean Merry Clayton

00:16 what everyone wants to hear

this is fuckn amazing