Merry Clayton's voice crack on the word "murder" at 3:00 might be the best "happy accident" ever recorded. You can hear someone else in the studio react to it with a "Whoo." They knew it was a magical music moment.

@mmoran3

5 жыл бұрын

That was Mick yelling in approval as Merrys voice cracked. Afterwards said she would do it again and hit the note, Mick was like.. NO!.. THAT IS PURE GOLD!!!!!!.. It was at night and a pregnant Mary was literally in her hair curlers in the bed when the stones rep contacted her at home to do the song. Mary originally said no she wasn't getting out of her comfy bed. It was Mary's husband that convinced her to go, as it was paying good money. It being late at night and her being tired helped to contribute to one of the best voice cracks ever recorded. It's here on you tube. 20ft from stardom

@groovemachine2025

5 жыл бұрын

First time I noticed, now I will always look forward for this part

@brianbestel4279

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mike - great comment!. I think when she cracks the top note, there's an ultra high pitch note which pierces through exactly in tune - but way up to the ceiling. Mick hears it the moment. Diamond stuff. I love the way she reminisces in this clip. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZyDsNefgJOsddY.html

@johnnyflorence219

5 жыл бұрын

This part always gives me goosebumps and the desire war cry. Badass part.

@Duocity

5 жыл бұрын

Most definitely the climax of the song. Every time I listen I wait for that single part.

Vietnam war - the only war that has its own soundtrack

@pup1008

4 жыл бұрын

Good but.... this was never played out there

@Nedserd9351

4 жыл бұрын

@@pup1008 yea it was I was there blasting it

@pup1008

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nedserd9351 Through what?

@akshatprakash871

4 жыл бұрын

@@pup1008 Radio, probably.

@pup1008

4 жыл бұрын

@@akshatprakash871 It was never really played out there "Rainbow," "Paint it Black," "Under my Thumb," "Jumping Jack Flash" yes, but this was then an obscure album track. It wasn't really until the 80's when it was used in films & adverts that the band even included it on set lists at concerts. So no. I don't think the guy or the 26 year old in his avatar did have it "blasting out" there!

You know things are bad when this song starts to make sense again

@blashblash62

7 ай бұрын

"War and Children, its just a shot away"

@user-sj3cg2vr7k

7 ай бұрын

😮😢

@ravagex8725

7 ай бұрын

Palestine National Theme

@amyjohnson4449

7 ай бұрын

FREE PALESTINE

@christopherpetroff9882

7 ай бұрын

Indeed.

I'm 70 and this means more now than it ever did.

@redhood4747

2 ай бұрын

Keep rocking on!🤘

@Hobart39

2 ай бұрын

I'll be 73 in a couple of weeks (April 8) and unlike me, this song never gets old!

@stephenevans596

2 ай бұрын

I'm soon to be 77 & try walking with this song at 0600 hrs with headphones on & then going to the gym - its a GREAT way to start one's day - Airborne!

@jeanettestefanisko5301

2 ай бұрын

I'm 66 still love this song ❤️

@berenicehickey9755

2 ай бұрын

I'm 66...same...

That fucking opening riff. That riff alone makes this song so memorable.

@davetighe

2 жыл бұрын

Played this on the beach with my mates in Cornwall in 1969, one of the guys had brought a portable battery driven record deck. Utterly amazing, still the best intro to any song ever in the history of intro's.

@siddheshmisale3904

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant

@sameerhafeez7029

2 жыл бұрын

@@davetighe agreed

@jimlarkin7859

2 жыл бұрын

Agree on the opening riff . Sadly Heaven did not inspire it!

@Mike7478F

2 жыл бұрын

10/4

Gimme shelter has one of the most memorable opening riffs of any tracks in the history of rock. No doubt about it. HAUNTING!!!

@andymatthews7617

2 жыл бұрын

A FANTASTIC CLASSIC.

@wynditurner2826

2 жыл бұрын

True 🤗✌😎

@mcmanustony

2 жыл бұрын

and if you listen to it 4,536,544 times you finally figure out where the 1 is....

@vitesse_arnhem

2 жыл бұрын

This and “Long Cool Woman”

@lvelazquez5595

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that💖

I was 13, when this song 1st came out.I will soon be 68, & I can STILL dance my ass off to this righteous song!! Sing, Mary Clayton, sing!!

@paulg.celentano5739

2 күн бұрын

I'm about your age and this is the first time I've ever read the lyrics... I never knew. Ironically, it autoplayed while I was editing my pictures from a trip I took to Viet Nam last year.

This opening riff still sends chills. Absolutely haunting

@theone8173

7 ай бұрын

Thought it was just me,this song hit so different as of today October of 23. Wars out upon us,and Children our hurt/dying smh. We need change

@patlaw398

7 ай бұрын

Ur a jewy 🍣 stop the holocaust in the Middle East ☠️

@gianniscossa3548

7 ай бұрын

La base ritmica, evidente all' inizio e che perdura durante tutto il pezzo, mi pare un 2 + 3 caraibico, tipo guaguancò cubano : decisamente originale per un brano rock. Di per sè è già stupenda ma quando poi entra la cantante tocca delle vette inarrivabili in quanto a potenza espressiva, ogni volta mi fa accapponare la pelle ! Un ' ottima versione live, secondo me, è stata eseguita nello storico concerto a La Habana, sono riusciti a rendere onore a questa incisione pressochè perfetta ! Assolutamente inquietante, la mia canzone preferita degli Stones. ❤

@patlaw398

6 ай бұрын

Wtf ...try learning English

@myk1_sp

5 ай бұрын

It sticks to you and never lets go, it's legendary.

Rip Charlie. Love his drumming on this song.

@sdabestani

2 жыл бұрын

I suck at rhythm when i played musical instruments (all my life) but his drumming on this unlocked something in my head in my teens and I never had that problem again. Hell it made me a better dancer. Charlie helped me find my beat.

@nickramirez6488

2 жыл бұрын

😢

@jellobiafra2810

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)! *Oh Man! Say it ain't so!* Not just the loss of a great Rock 'n Roll 'pocket-groove' drummer with a jazz background. *THE END OF THE ROLLING STONES!* 😭 *Say it ain't so!* RIP Charlie. - Dave B.

@Jingle123a

2 жыл бұрын

I love it too!!

@LetMyPeopleG0

2 жыл бұрын

He lived long, well and happy

Merry Clayton's vocals are absolutely haunting on this track. Incredible performance.

@funnynameforme4091

2 жыл бұрын

fun fact when they recoreded this song she was like 8 months pregnant

@jackwhealen8138

2 жыл бұрын

Not only was Merry pregnant this session was so intense when she got home she miscarried.

@michealbrophy2226

2 жыл бұрын

That is a myth

@triryche3

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say imho she is very underrated on this song!

@joanhilton5286

2 жыл бұрын

Is there anything better

Hands down the very best backing vocals ever laid down. Merry Clayton will forever hold that crown. What a QUEEN

@cathybasinger9071

23 күн бұрын

Merry Clayton is the best back up vocalist of all time. And there's no debate. It's not even close

@balto20002

20 күн бұрын

It might be my favorite vocal ever. The lead vocal.

@kmanbay6580

14 күн бұрын

The song would be a really good song without her voice. Her voice MADE this song great and cemented it in history. Especially when she gets tired during the all night recording session and her voice is breaking. It gives the song more depth and feeling. Classic! Unfortunately Merry soon lost her baby, as she was pregnant at the time of this recording.

@rodgerarne1437

11 күн бұрын

@@kmanbay6580 Just read about that recently, how sad.

@rodgerarne1437

11 күн бұрын

@@kmanbay6580 The only other one that comes close is the lady that does the vocals in Pink Floyd's great gig in the sky, always gives me goose bumps.

I can never get enough of that dark multi-layered guitar riff intro by Keith Richards echoing around Merry Clayton’s soaring vocal. It never grows old, I’ve loved it since I heard it as child in the early 70s. It’s the greatest intro I’ve ever heard in a rock song, it will never be bettered 🙏🏽

@P.Convenience

5 ай бұрын

I'm with you 100%. Best song intro of all time

@roadrunnerproductionshavas1591

5 ай бұрын

Its sad that the back up singer merry clayton went home after singing this song and lost her baby because of it.

@Pulsonar

5 ай бұрын

@@roadrunnerproductionshavas1591 I heard about that, Merry is an unusually resilient woman with a formidable reputation for working relentlessly. She put tremendous effort into recording sessions with the Stones for Gimme Shelter, during her pregnancy. The Stones were reeling from Brian Jones death in summer 1969 and not in a great financial situation at the time, and the deadly Altamont concert disaster nearly destroyed them as a band later that year. But I would like to think that they gave Merry their support in some way after she suffered that huge baby miscarriage trauma. She made Gimme Shelter a huge hit for the Stones, and it came with a great sacrifice on her part. She survived a serious car accident in her mid 60s which left her a double leg amputee, but she’s still busy in the music industry as if the accident (2014) was just a blip, at 75 years of age! This is a woman of great character who deserves so much more.

@Marcus280898

5 ай бұрын

The vocal at the beginning is actually Mick Jagger singing in falsetto.

@jamesbrice6619

5 ай бұрын

​@roadrunnerproductionshavas1591 how did she lose her baby?

Merry Clayton absolutely killing it on backing vocals!

@gunman462

2 жыл бұрын

She is amazing! I hate it when they fix small imperfections and smooth things over in the studio nowadays.

@siyarizol9531

2 жыл бұрын

finally, someone who admires Merry Clayton because of she involved.

@josephagnello9335

2 жыл бұрын

@@siyarizol9531 I ADMIRED HER WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS IN 1972 !!!! I KNEW THIS SONG WOULD BE GREAT !!!!!

@karendalsadik7119

2 жыл бұрын

@@gunman462 she lost her baby because of the effort.

@gunman462

2 жыл бұрын

You call it background vocals, i say mick Jagger was the backup in this case lol

Does anyone else get chills when Merry Clayton's voice breaks? Because I sure do.

@shaunwier8532

Жыл бұрын

Mick knew

@KitaKatt1988

Жыл бұрын

They thought it was fear and it was her heart breaking

@alpscarlett8897

Жыл бұрын

Ooh yeah don’t get t just especially with the topics in the song

@artvandelay48

Жыл бұрын

Best part that shit goes crazy

@KitaKatt1988

Жыл бұрын

@Mav Jerm suiker 😍🥰

Merry Clayton, what a voice. What a song. One of the greatest ever made.

@patlaw398

Ай бұрын

How’s the Occupation of Palestine workin out 4 y’all…just wondering if u figured out that everyone knows u a greedy thief n it always b bout the Benjamin’s 🇮🇱🌈🌚🗑

@rezedent9104

Ай бұрын

Yes Yes Yes! Never heard a more passionate sing/scream as what Merry Clayton sang. Hard and heavy words delivered powerfully.

@mariopalos9238

29 күн бұрын

Up there with The Great Gig in the Sky.

This is one of the greatest songs in rock history

@danielhoran8416

2 ай бұрын

So true. And it’s thanks to Rolling Stones longtime mentor and teacher and father figure , Klaus Nomi. Mick Jagger had said “ we only achieved success because of the guidance and teaching and writing of Klaus Nomi .” In fact this song is modeled after Klaus Nomis hit , Total Eclipse, as a Stones tribute to the man who made them . Klaus Nomi had such an impact on the world through all the bands he mentored and made not only the Stones but. Journey, Queen. Even newer stuff like Guns n Roses. Klaus Nomi deserves all the credit

@SkeeterHowitzer

2 ай бұрын

What are the others? I know that one was the number one rock and roll song in 1958 De De Dinah by Frankie Avalon. What are the others, Josh?

@MrStoitchkov8

2 ай бұрын

The greatest

@danielhoran8416

2 ай бұрын

I would think Josh is referring to other great songs like paint it black, and of course Led Zeppelin’s stairway to heaven, , there’s a few . Journey, the Beatles, and many other bands. The common denominator is of course, The Stone’s, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd up to even Guns & Roses and Metallica all credit their success to all of their longtime mentor and teacher and father figure Klaus Nomi. All the greatest are his creations . They all give Klaus Nomi credit for their success. If you listen to Klaus Nomis hit “ Total Eclipse “ you will clearly see where the Stones got their style and method.

@SkeeterHowitzer

2 ай бұрын

How do we measure greatness? It should be easy to prove which songs are the greatest, once we realize how to measure greatness. @@danielhoran8416

I don't listen to this song often But when I do So do my neighbors.

@joeysahouria5058

5 жыл бұрын

Roses are red Violets are blue When I listen to the Stones My neighbors do too

@harryhaynes2402

5 жыл бұрын

Rock and roll!

@sad_vegan507

5 жыл бұрын

NOICE!

@dadisi09

5 жыл бұрын

God bless you.

@rumples2698

5 жыл бұрын

if the windows don,t shake its not loud enough ! and when it,s finished your ears are going - PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!

The intro is majestic. I'm always blown away. Wow

@firedawg2240

4 жыл бұрын

Best Intro of all time

@lynnprince7725

4 жыл бұрын

My favorite part.

@mickeygoh25

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say one of the top 10... I don't like The Rolling Stones as much as I like other legendary bands like Zeppelin, Floyd, The Beatles, The Who...

@caprice459

4 жыл бұрын

@@mickeygoh25 then maybe...JUST MAYBE, it's in your *personal* top 10 best intros

@mickeygoh25

4 жыл бұрын

@@caprice459 Isn't music taste or preference naturally personal? You made this emphasis as if I was so definite in saying Gimme Shelter is ONE OF THE PUBLICLY RECOGNISED TOP 10 ELECTRIC GUITAR INTROS OF ALL TIME? Well, maybe I didn't make it clear. Or, maybe it's YOU BEING PARANOID.

Song is relevant now more than ever. Kind of breaks your heart.

@Sa7biUK

Ай бұрын

Ta7ia Falasteen!

@patlaw398

27 күн бұрын

🇵🇸💯🇮🇱🌈🌚🦾

@EITY10

18 күн бұрын

​ @Sa7biUK ​ @patlaw398 Don't start a war you can't win you savages

@jeffreybaier5312

18 күн бұрын

How true, time moves on, but the game never changes. People never learn. God be with you.

Perhaps the greatest opening riff to any song- EVER? Outstanding.

@user-qo9jn6ni4l

6 ай бұрын

Nicht vielleicht es ist das BESTE

@psychedpanda3333

4 ай бұрын

Perhaps?

@cius96

3 ай бұрын

Nope, that would be Love Spreads by the Stone Roses. That riff will never be topped

@dapawaz8310

3 ай бұрын

Can u hear me knocking is a strong contender.

@patlaw398

3 ай бұрын

Ur perhaps the most inane dbmfer ever ☠️

2:43 - 3:10 gives me goosebumps every time. They way Merry Clayton’s voice cracks as she’s singing takes it to another level. Masterpiece. I also really enjoy her version of the song.

@rohan_3128

Жыл бұрын

I can easily tolerate the cracking sound but autotune destroys the authenticity of singing

@malikbenslimane2873

Жыл бұрын

You could hear a voice screaming "OOH", After that Murder voice crack.

@borisborisov500

Жыл бұрын

@@malikbenslimane2873 supposedly it's mick jagger, an audiophile site told me

@RCAvhstape

Жыл бұрын

@@malikbenslimane2873 I think that's Mick cheering her on in the studio.

@allisonhayes9529

Жыл бұрын

It's fkn maddd hey

With all due respect to the Stones, Merry Clayton's vocals give me chills, especially when she sings the "Rape, Murder" part.

@sofiejade1579

3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard the story behind it? My high school teacher told us about it (I’m in tenth grade, it’s a like, life skills jobs corse). It’s awesome to hear!

@dellataberes3865

3 жыл бұрын

Me too ❤️

@chrisawesome3091

3 жыл бұрын

@@sofiejade1579 wts the full story?

@apwolery

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisawesome3091 pick up the book A Little Devil in America. There’s a wonderful chapter, “I Would Like to Give Merry Clayton Her Roses” that talks about it. Also, it’s a great book.

@chrisawesome3091

3 жыл бұрын

@@apwolery alrighty

Who’s here May 2024? ❤

@panagiotiseleftheropoulos1609

Ай бұрын

Me

@JavierAlvarezRemirez

Ай бұрын

Me at May ❤

@Dreamstalker8002

Ай бұрын

🙋‍♂️

@paraloidb72

Ай бұрын

It's Mayday Mayday

@BarbaraArbo-fr1vo

Ай бұрын

🧑‍🦳🌷🎶

The back up vocals make this song what it is... gives me chills

@patlaw398

8 ай бұрын

The 1st 50 seconds mark this tune...the rest is fluff 2 get it past 3 minutes

@HariNandanSingh-pu4hs

6 ай бұрын

The backing vocals make the song more than what it is. The music is a masterpiece in itself, from intro to outro.

@lewisner

5 ай бұрын

Check out "Isn't it time" by the Babys. Great backing vocals.

@TheNecropolis20

4 ай бұрын

me to gives me chills

@LiverPools-ib5fv

2 ай бұрын

Lol stop it. It would of still made hits globally. Stop tit

The Gimme Shelter intro is the best intro to a song ever

@evelangdon3086

3 жыл бұрын

Adding Merry Clapton to this song really put the cherry on top! The Rolling Stones knew how to push people to perform onto the next level! Check out Kaz Bielinski’s single “Love Never Dies” where he pushes his music to a whole new next level! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKqj1cyfqaW-erA.html

@johnmac91

3 жыл бұрын

One of my two favorite intros, the other being the intro to Layla.

@bigscaryman7421

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmac91 intro to money for nothing as well

@rokpodlogar6062

3 жыл бұрын

i beg to differ. dire straits - money for nothing has one of the best intro build ups in rock history.

@melisazachouliti9389

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but the intro guitar of all along the watchtower by Jimmy Hendrix is as good or even better for me.

The greatest background vocal in the history of rock & roll.

@j_freed

4 жыл бұрын

Roderic Reece - you mean there is also a lead vocal, I don't notice that - hey it's mick jagger!

@codysmith5602

4 жыл бұрын

You do have a pretty killer back up vocal if mick Jagger is your support

@seang8420

4 жыл бұрын

Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear her voice 😎

@ambersisco7828

4 жыл бұрын

yes unfortunately she wasnt his taste physically so he toured with different ones

@gabrielquintero2581

4 жыл бұрын

8ts ihust a suot way.

Merry Claytons contribution is one of the finest song performances in the entire history of music

The part where merry’s voice cracks is beautiful. So happy they kept that, as well as mick’s “whoooo”. That’s heart. Something you don’t see in new music.

@user-ty2on3lo1e

3 ай бұрын

So cool that you noticed this... I just made a comment as well.

To me this is the best song the Stones ever recorded. Just an absolute masterpiece

@johansterk354

5 жыл бұрын

Likewise

@angriff3626

5 жыл бұрын

Word

@monique33469

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@sonoyta5386

5 жыл бұрын

Ja man

@ravarstullius6397

4 жыл бұрын

Start me up

Everything about this song screams ‘Classic’, but Merry Clayton’s vocals elevate it from greatness to the level of absolute Masterpiece! Just amazing!

@TheBob3759

Жыл бұрын

Well said John.

@pussycat387

Жыл бұрын

Love it.

@melissamahoney6090

Жыл бұрын

My favorite Stones song. Perfection

@TheWiseMonkey8888

Жыл бұрын

2:42 ... interesting vocality...

@sistamaryclarence

Жыл бұрын

Facts and the fact she did it while pregnant in the middle of the night

If a person doesn't get the chills from 2:43-3:10 of this song there's something wrong with you. Hits me every time

@opinyinatedhomeydonpladat3212

11 күн бұрын

👍First time I ever heard it like that...I love it when that happens. Those little things, that can at times escape our (immediate) attention always find a way to make themselves more visible at the exact moment they were/🅰️re needed. Chilling! I absolutely love how the guy in the background responded to, by highlighting(superbly), that EPIC MOMENT!! 👏👏 ENCORE! BR🅰️VA!! ENC🛑RE!!

Spectacular song, especially for the conflicts this world is experiencing right now. Pray for peace, people.

@patlaw398

7 ай бұрын

Peace thru strength n sometimes u gotta destroy the village in order 2 save it ☠️

@patlaw398

7 ай бұрын

This isn’t some college campus overflowing with privileged leftists...it’s called reality n with ur mindset we’d all b dead or wishing we were 💀

@agent_sus3273

7 ай бұрын

@@ildarahmetov8344 Now I understand how people felt during the Cold War… Yeah I know I sound like a gen Z when I say that

@patlaw398

6 ай бұрын

Try working 4 a livin n ditch the black or gender studies degree 🗑

@xxlionroarxxxxxxxx4438

6 ай бұрын

Prayers are useless and for cowards results come from hard work and critical thinking

When Merry Clayton cracks her voice on "murder" it sends chills up my spine. Every.....single......time.......I.......hear.......it.

@torreador1972

2 жыл бұрын

It's the best apocalyptic warning on vinyl ever

@scotw1949

2 жыл бұрын

You nailed it

@ew332

2 жыл бұрын

she lost her baby the nex day in a miscarriage.

@torreador1972

2 жыл бұрын

@@ew332 😢 I never knew that

@elon_bust

2 жыл бұрын

You can hear someone yelling “whoo!” in the studio right after

R.I.P Charlie Watts, this world won't be the same without you.

@LadyTeePrinceLover

2 жыл бұрын

😓

@callaghanbrakepads6823

2 жыл бұрын

There are so many great drummers in heaven.(maybe) 🤟🏼Buddy Rich, Kieth moon, Jon Bonham, Neil Peart, Jimmy Sullivan( The Rev), Vinnie Abbott, Joey Jordison, and now Charlie Watts. I know there's so many more but those to me are legends and legends never die!! 🤟🏼🤟🏼

@craigbalderson9145

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@Da_FB

2 жыл бұрын

@@callaghanbrakepads6823 oh my god that’s so many people, I just think of the bands lol

@haumea420

2 жыл бұрын

Ain’t that the truth😭

Humanity can’t continue to be at war with itself forever

2024 and here we go again

@cb9996

25 күн бұрын

Gotta love the war hungry democrats

@patlaw398

7 күн бұрын

cheney/bush r war criminals 2 🇮🇱🌈

@patlaw398

2 күн бұрын

🇵🇸💯🇮🇱🌈⁉️

No joke, that voice crack at "Rape, Murder" is one of the most important things in music. You can even hear someone saying "Woah" in the background because they knew they were making rock history. Not that I blame them, I would've done the same. Like if you would've done that too. Also have a great day!

@TimmyTickle

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently it was Mick saying “woah”... he then insisted it be left in the final product

@braydenkatcher

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimmyTickle cool i didnt know that

@MiTmite9

3 жыл бұрын

Except that person was saying "Whoa," not woah.

@Lucy-qt1jl

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently Merry Clayton on vocals had a miscarriage after recording this.

@braydenkatcher

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiTmite9 well its the same thing really

Nobody: Martin Scorcese: This must be in everything I ever do

@elultimosonador3958

3 жыл бұрын

its so true

@mr.blister4856

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao he plays it in every movie

@danielkoren4969

3 жыл бұрын

lol, wolf of wall street doesnt have this song, besides this song is amazing what do you want him to put bad music? enjoy it mate

@Hank..

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielkoren4969 relax my guy, I'm just joking around

@mr.blister4856

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielkoren4969 lol he uses it a lot but it is an amazing song

For me, possibly the very best Stones' track - just sublime.

Has always given me chills. What a masterpiece to confront and depict the darkness of its time and of all subsequent times.

RIP Charlie Watts passed away today. True gentleman & rock legend will be missed

I am over 90 years old and I still listen to the Stones. This song reminds me of when I was in the Korean War (1950-53).

@alexisarrizon6799

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you Sir and thank you for your service to the country.

@LFSPharaoh

2 жыл бұрын

this song came out in '69 though.

@Packerman1468

2 жыл бұрын

@@LFSPharaoh it just reminds him

@ayyblyat9450

2 жыл бұрын

@@ppg4667 I am a 170 year old man and this song reminds me of when I was defending Fort Sumter in the Civil War.

@joebenson528

2 жыл бұрын

@@ayyblyat9450 how many blues belly invaders did you take?

A true masterpiece from 1969!

@patlaw398

27 күн бұрын

At least 69 is 👌

@michaelhallas6450

8 күн бұрын

That song and others will always stand the test of time .

Proud of you vet's that served in this unexplained war

@patlaw398

2 ай бұрын

🇺🇸👌

@MissBoop-iq2it

16 күн бұрын

Amen, that, friend. Well said.

100 years from now this song will still send shivers down my spine.

@SiggyCloud

2 жыл бұрын

100 years from now you'll more than likely be dead...Get them bones rattlin!

@jjackomin

2 жыл бұрын

@@SiggyCloud Rattling them old bones already

@jasonlewis4440

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, if god has a great music taste than maybe.. just saying

@titteryenot4524

2 жыл бұрын

You’ll be trading the Stones for bones by then, sunshine.

@jjackomin

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that might be the case, but I will take every opportunity to transfer my consciousness into something a little more permanent. If I manage that I will be certain to come and lay flowers on your grave, worm fodder. Any preference of flower type or color?

This song has aged like fine wine. And I mean a *VERY* fine wine.

@tootygroody6026

3 жыл бұрын

Like REALLY fine wine.

@etam8099

3 жыл бұрын

It still rocks even today

@giuliogrifi7739

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...in the sense that it sounds always better... year after year !

@yavuz6661

3 жыл бұрын

Well, I fine you a good wine then.

@murdaface6606

3 жыл бұрын

For sure! When I listen to this song everyone in a 1.5 mile radius also listens to this song with me! Whether they like it or not, they’ll learn to love it if not!

This song screams Vietnam! Best live band ever.

Superb tune, and Merry Clayton is out of this world.

hello person reading the comments, you have a GREAT taste in music and i hope you have an amazing day

@kittehfaux7159

4 жыл бұрын

Aww, thanks!

@franciscofrias4627

4 жыл бұрын

You too my friend :)

@nacho3997

4 жыл бұрын

;)

@jetski3067

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you have an amazing day to mate

@windsofwaste

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and the same to you

I used to sit in my car in my high school parking lot and listen to this song full blast before starting school every morning. I'm now 68 years old and I still listen to it for motivation. It's one of the most moving songs of all time.

@Fake_DeadRat

Жыл бұрын

how the time passes right man

@danielgarza-sh5bz

Жыл бұрын

D

@tonyhernandez9988

Жыл бұрын

When you need a kick in the butt !☺️

@JaJaBi

Жыл бұрын

Listening to this in school right now, funny to think someone was doing this exact same thing 50 years ago

@dinomander3603

Жыл бұрын

​​@@JaJaBi that's what I do too, got to carry out good traditions but not I'm a car since Im only 14, but I listen to it while riding my bike to school

This is the Stones' best song amongst a compendium of nearly 200 great, listenable songs. So, so good. Richard 🥰

100 years from now, this tune will still send shivers down the spines who listen to it with Mary Clayton's powerful voice! 🎶❤🎶.✌️

@M.B.Bosazzi

5 ай бұрын

She lost her baby ,while recording this tune

@Ringer139

5 ай бұрын

WHAT

@ArthriticBabe

5 ай бұрын

@@Ringer139 pardon?

@ArthriticBabe

5 ай бұрын

@M.B.Bosazzi How sad I had no idea!🙏 😓 Powerful voice that lady has..

To think this song was released OVER 50 YEARS ago and it still slaps and gives off a vibe like nothing else is insane 🔥

@alkholos

Жыл бұрын

It's the Stones, Baby! The GOAT

@hvanmegen

Жыл бұрын

yeah man.. they glowed up that song proper.. whole snacked

@anthony342

Жыл бұрын

i got chills just reading that comment , thats how much this rocks

@lindajohnson4204

Жыл бұрын

And it's the fact that the times feel this dangerous, again.

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

Makes me turn it up louder!

Gimme Shelter is the anthem for the apocalyptic ending of the 60's, the decade which can never end.

@peteedafotocactus_f5.613

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with you my friend.

@slyfox8631

4 жыл бұрын

I still dress like this, was born in 85?

@pauldudakadanielthomson8890

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Dud 6 minutes ago (edited) I always, thought this was one of Mick Jagger's sarcastic pro-drug addict's songs. I never could hear the lyric clearly, like in many Rolling Stones songs. Instead it is a slam song to the 19 year olds that were drafted into Vietnam war and the ones that survived and alive today must hate this song. I think our U.S.A. should have let Germany kick England's ass during WW ll , then helped them afterward. Had the Jagger's survived , then Mick Jagger might have had more respect for Veterans. I always heard ''Whoa children it's just a shot away'' and not ''War children'' !

@pyroshell5652

4 жыл бұрын

@@pauldudakadanielthomson8890 Soooo.... you're a neo-nazi?

@andrewpidlnypyj639

4 жыл бұрын

Well ahead of everything going Still applies today

I've always felt like this song was foreshadowing of things to come.

@user-ey1rw8nj2b

21 күн бұрын

We all got it coming brothers and sisters!

@sweeneytodd011

2 күн бұрын

It's just a shot away

@mysticaltyger2009

2 күн бұрын

@@user-ey1rw8nj2b Yeah, unfortunately, we do.

@patlaw398

2 күн бұрын

That right 🌚🦾

Those vocals... Those lyrics hit so hard. Her energy is unmatched. This song has feels for decades.

If this isn't the greatest rock and roll song in all of human history, you'll have to tell me what is. May Charlie Watts be resting in eternal peace.

@nenisguevaragomez8122

2 жыл бұрын

To me it is one of the greatest.

@KidFresh71

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the greatest- maybe Stairway to Heaven (Zep) or Brick in the Wall (Floyd) or Revolution (Beatles) or Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) could be considered… heck, Emotional Rescue is my favorite Stones song so that’s up there too

@exclamationpointman3852

2 жыл бұрын

I just came from a cover version, i wanted to hear the parts in a live setting: man the drummer MESSED THE SONG UP!!!! He was going all over the place and it sounded like a DIFFERENT SONG!!! I was about to rip that drummer but I hate talking bad and discouraging people do I kept quiet; but man - RIP to Watts - AND thankful to him that he knew the importance of >>> KEEPING TEMPO

@noahwessel1303

2 жыл бұрын

stairway to heaven or november rain

@massimomoratti9491

2 жыл бұрын

@@noahwessel1303 November rain 😂? You gotta be kidding

My father passed away May 19, 2021. He was 73. We bonded so much over classic rock and he seemed to be really into The Rolling Stones the last year of his life. What an era of music. Hendrix, The Who, Neil Young, Beatles….. our conversations never got old. Miss him.

@CarlJohnson-wk3rv

2 жыл бұрын

It’s good you miss him. It shows how much you care about him and he cared about you. Hope you’re doing okay brother 🤙

@househead95

2 жыл бұрын

My dad is similar age. Has the most amazing vinyl collection. Full of similar stuff. I was brought up on it. What an era. Never to be repeated. Sorry for your loss x

@richardyoung7415

Жыл бұрын

Magnolia HBR, I,M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS MY FRIEND, YOUR FATHER HAD A GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC AND HE,S PAST THAT ON TO SO REMEMBER EVERY TIME YOU PLAY A STONES RECORD HE,S THERE WITH YOU IN YOUR HEART, MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU MY FRIEND. ✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@allamaraine8066

Жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace to your pop, man. Keep your chin up, brother. I feel you. 🍻

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

Value those. My son is 25, just asked me about a Bad Co. song on the radio. Then he said sounds like the guy from the Firm 😂 that’s my boy.

This song is nothing without her voice. Simply incredible!

@patlaw398

2 ай бұрын

At best after 50 seconds the rest is just fluff 🇮🇱🌈

@LiverPools-ib5fv

2 ай бұрын

Stop it 😂

@robertcooney1938

2 ай бұрын

Nah, still a good song without her, but with her it's one of the best r&r songs ever.

@theblindmancometh

Ай бұрын

She later covered this song without the stones.

War is hell; you do NOT want to know.

This song has always sounded apocalyptic to me, almost like the end of days, set to music...

@Deaf_Notes

4 жыл бұрын

Idk why but I felt like this song would go well in one of the borderlands games

@what3424

4 жыл бұрын

NAM

@Mr.Meeseeks024

4 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of; war, rape, and murder? They are all hand in hand, welcome to reality.

@Staszu13

4 жыл бұрын

It is

@Staszu13

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Meeseeks024 That's a Scorsese line if ever I heard one.

A Timeless Masterpiece. As relevant today as when it was released in 1969. I still get chills listening to it.

@drawyournameshow6400

2 жыл бұрын

Lol my mom and me tell people all the time that this bands way better than the Beatles. This band put it on ! These guys forever have became a defining roll in rock culture and music. This is where is set the bar. If they ain’t the stones they ain’t worth it. Lol I really like the stones CCR , gotta get ya some Marshall Tucker band in there , some Jim Croce in there and gotta have my Led Zeppelin and of corse the greatful dead. I throw on some Sly and the family Stone once in awhile , I also like Al Green , way before he became a Christian enthusiast- I do enjoy some love making music man… you know what I mean , gotta love the music my mom grew up to. The music of the greatest generation that ever lived.

@drawyournameshow6400

2 жыл бұрын

World won’t ever be as peaceful as it was in the 1970s. Ain’t never gonna be like that ever again. It’s just dust in the wind brother

@AnnaLVajda

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@JB-ud2fr

2 жыл бұрын

Im 39 years old and I only just heard this song 2 years ago. To say it was released in 1969 amazes me its such a brilliant timeless track 👏

@lewisjones4130

2 жыл бұрын

GOODFELLAS CASINO & THE DEPARTED BROUGHT ME HERE RIP RAY LIOTTA!

Some stones songs are timeless, this one in particular has a life all of its own !

This song makes me feel like I`m in a Martin Scorsese movie

@Cale_Roy_Wusere

25 күн бұрын

I don't know about that, but I keep hearing a helicopter in the background.

@patlaw398

2 күн бұрын

Y that wop always b makin movies bout snitchin …just sayin 🌈🦾

RIP Charlie Watts. When those drums kick in at 0:39. What a force.

@helenjeanotterstroem7240

2 жыл бұрын

Best opening instrumentation in the world

@1060michaelg

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenjeanotterstroem7240 Agree...it's hard to think of a more atmospheric instrumental. I would even say it is so evocative that it is cinematic.

Rest in peace Charlie you are quiet man no gossip

@joanbear4785

2 жыл бұрын

Charlie is up in Heaven playing with all the greats

Mick did a nice job as a backup singer for Merry Clayton on this song.

In my opinion, this is the best Stones song ever. I was 16 and this album got played to death. Great album.❤

This was my husbands favourite song of all time. We played it at his funeral. His little 11 year old granddaughter sang it out loud and proud. They sang it together all the time. Beautiful memories 😢😢😢 The last concert he was at was the stones in Dublin with his daughters and eldest grandson. This was the song he wanted all night. Thank you for playing it. ❤❤

@MrStrat01

Жыл бұрын

😍❤

@williamgallucci9913

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful story god bless

@kingvexthefirst

Жыл бұрын

She felt comfortable screaming "Rape, Murder"? Damn she's brave

@JohnSmith-jj9jl

Жыл бұрын

​@@kingvexthefirst For her they changed the lyrics to "grape, burger"

@T3SLA69

Жыл бұрын

My Condolences!

One of the greatest songs ever written As appropriate now as it was in 1969

@redefined4657

3 жыл бұрын

gimme shelter no. gimme vaccine. yep

@kazthehero5053

3 жыл бұрын

1969.....nice...

@hanajinks1044

3 жыл бұрын

Relevant, as opposed to appropriate.

@stephencollins9062

3 жыл бұрын

@@redefined4657 ram your vaccine 😁

@bananaman1397

3 жыл бұрын

That’s not a good thing

The hole album is a masterpiece! No doubt the one for the lonley island.

@anytimeanywhere7859

22 күн бұрын

"Hole". ...SADNESS.

The 60s changed the culture and the music of Western Christian civilization. A complete transformation and upheaval of the very foundation of the West. Still recovering from it. The artists created during this time were legendary, I.E. Mick and Jim Morrison and Stevie and Janice Joplin,Jimi Hendrix, the list goes on and on. Truly the golden age of music.

@gregoryhagen8801

4 ай бұрын

The next musical revolution would happen in the 1980's.✌

3:02 Just after the vocalist's awesome voice break you can hear someone approvingly yelling "WHOO!".

@marksockwell5500

7 жыл бұрын

That would be Mick

@dudeinadoughboy4327

7 жыл бұрын

I like that voice break though. It adds character and style. :)

@HiVizCamo

7 жыл бұрын

She must have hurt herself that day.

@Dobbskl

7 жыл бұрын

She actually did hurt herself that day. Supposedly it was late into the night when they were recording, she actually got out of bed to meet them in the studio. She ended up having a miscarriage hours later, and said that the song was hard to listen to even years later.

@h31212

7 жыл бұрын

Kalena Dobbs Really?? That's fucked up...

I'm a 19 year old listening to this for the first time, and I just can't believe how absolutely amazing it is. I'm so glad about the fact that although people don't make this kind of music anymore, we can still listen to it!

@SweetandFitting

2 жыл бұрын

Back when music was about something bigger than itself.

@Dylan_O89

2 жыл бұрын

People definitely still make this kind of music you just have to look for it

@themudpit621

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dylan_O89 absolutely they do, seek it out.

@johntweedly8170

2 жыл бұрын

Great taste in music I congratulate you

@kennedyhlychho2885

2 жыл бұрын

u on the right track...brother....n theres lots more

Everything about this song works. Micks snarling vocals totally in command from start to finish. Bills bass the pulsating heartbeat of the record. Charlie’s precision drums adding raw power. And of course Keith’s haunting guitar, the ethereal spirit of the track hovering over all of it from its haunting start to sublime fade out. Just a band at the top of its game untouched. I could listen to this a million times and still get something new from it.

Someday 1000 years from now a guy will enter a club and hear that magical opening riff and feel the same way as I still do ( with goosebumps).

When I first heard Gimme Shelter, back in the day, it was the best song I ever heard, years later nothing has changed, it stands alone. Absolutely brilliant

@tracyhennings7589

Жыл бұрын

You bet! It's been my favorite too!

@BoycottChinaa

Жыл бұрын

I always tell people it's the greatest song recorded if they ask..

@Camille_Anderson

Жыл бұрын

agrer with you 💯👏 it reinterpreted what i felt about the Stones brilliance, i didn't think they could elevate their status any more until i heard this at 17yrs old. Decades later it's still my favourite.

@jeffwatts1126

Жыл бұрын

Im a major Stones fan, seen them 60 times. There is no other song ever written, by them or by others, that can touch Gimme Shelter. The impending doom of the time, the impending doom of today, forever relevant, this song

@JA-qi1fb

Жыл бұрын

It has been my ringtone & heard daily 😊

Rest in Peace , Charlie ...

@aonlyandonlytheonlythatonl4247

2 жыл бұрын

I still can't believe that he passed away, I feel so sad.

One of the greatest rock songs of all time!

I'm a Vietnam War veteran all I can say is this song is an icon and a a legend of what that war was about in this song will never ever be forgotten for years to come

@robertfranklin2907

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@humandroid53

3 жыл бұрын

Never knew it was about war as you cant hear that lyric properly. Now I do. 😏

@YassirLucaLike

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@ronmbiad9552

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertfranklin2907 thank you God bless

@ronmbiad9552

3 жыл бұрын

@@drsteerforth we shared some hell and thru God's blessing we made back

Children we are fading away. Mile marker when Stone's drummer dies.

As far as I'm concerned, this is the greatest song the Stones ever recorded. Ever.

@leenorthrop3860

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!!

@user-mw4ip9yt1y

4 ай бұрын

Mine 2!

I never knew the words until seeing this yesterday. I thought it was "woah children" and "just a shout away"

@isiso.speenie5994

4 ай бұрын

I thought it was " More Children, it's just a Shout away" because it came across that way really bummed me out even though I liked the voodoo hypnotic guitars and timing !😢

That vocal crack around the 3-minute mark is one of the most wonderful accidents ever recorded. It makes the song for me.

@dawur222

3 жыл бұрын

Even more when you hear they cheer the girl up afther that second crack.

@-darrell

3 жыл бұрын

There's a great interview with Merry Clayton & Mick Jagger that includes the raw recording of this. Will definitely make your hair stand up

@gracetalbott3656

3 жыл бұрын

Gives me goosebumps every damn time I hear that

@johnstairs

3 жыл бұрын

Speedy recovery Merry

@jonathanmichaelsmith9012

2 жыл бұрын

Listen carefully and you'll hear, "whoa", after.

Man I get goosebumps when Merry Clayton's voice cracks.

@WedgePee

4 жыл бұрын

Not surprised.

@bryangrubb3426

4 жыл бұрын

I get them almost throughout the entire song!

@crypastesomemore8348

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Pettinari you and everyone else who heard the song buddy lol

@bornrich1402

4 жыл бұрын

Meee too

@elizabethluv2947

4 жыл бұрын

I get goosebumps too

Shockingly relevant

@patlaw398

27 күн бұрын

🇮🇱🌈🇵🇸💯🌚🦾❌🌺💚🌸🙏

wow a truly brilliant song,sang with emotion and brings a tear to my eyes,cant stop playing it

This used to be my dad’s favorite song, we always listened to the Stones until his death last month. Rest in peace dad❤️

@jeangalsworthy6869

2 жыл бұрын

Your Dad had excellent taste in music. I'm sure you've inherited it if you listen to tracks like this. May he rest in peace and may you have many happy memories.

@James-nz2tk

2 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace your dad. Love from Australia.❤️

@jaycampbell9144

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss, God bless!

@markjaeckel8839

2 жыл бұрын

I löst my dad in 2003. It still hurts. And I still miss him. So sorry for your loss.

@eduardoarredondo1674

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss.

This song is a masterpiece.

@namkeren7297

5 жыл бұрын

Departed's theme song and thats why i am here

@caseybest9711

5 жыл бұрын

im dirty dan

@6120mcghee

5 жыл бұрын

You said it!!

@4338peace

5 жыл бұрын

Rolling stones

@1994g0

5 жыл бұрын

Amen.

Haunting.. it's happening right now and I'm 74 My world is in my prayers 💖🙏

THEY ALL CONTRIBUTED A JEM OF A PERFORMANCE...MASTERPIECE!

“I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.” -Jack Nicholson (The Departed)

@barkeeper7887

3 жыл бұрын

this comment really made me think for a moment

@harryfeeney9249

3 жыл бұрын

I only watched the departed last friday, pretty neat i must say

@stevealferenc3554

3 жыл бұрын

That's such a selfish thing to say :/

@robertfranklin2907

3 жыл бұрын

Almost Shakespearean.

@shanerose7204

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevealferenc3554 Selfish for me to say or Nicholson to say?

This song is such a masterpiece and will never get old.

@markusaurelius777

5 ай бұрын

Got that right !!!

@jddr555

5 ай бұрын

Got that right

@carloolivari1072

5 ай бұрын

"Good music doesn't age"

@richardyoung7415

5 ай бұрын

IT WAS GOOD THEN AND IT'S STILL GOOD NOW, A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. ✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

war children its just a shot away 2024 timeless masterpiece

I'm 76 and have loved Stones since I was 22 in 1969

That intro... That intro.. i can't..

@216trixie

5 жыл бұрын

You cant what?

@valeriomarelli2313

5 жыл бұрын

He cannot. Stop. That's already enough.

@namkeren7297

5 жыл бұрын

Departed's intro this is real broo

@Super_tramp142

5 жыл бұрын

Makes me feel as though I’m sat in a huey on the way to a hill that doesn’t need taking because LBJ wants a body count.

@atuelanzorena4600

5 жыл бұрын

AYUWOKI

My husband loved this record, they played it at his funeral this week.

@katiieeardley

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss- I hope that you'll be able to listen to The Rolling Stones, watch his favorite films and simply member all of the beautiful memories you have together with a smile. After all, grief is only so painful because we were lucky enough to have loved somebody so fantastic in the first place. Take care, I'm pouring a glass of wine and toasting to your husband as I'm listening to this song

@elizabethmcleod246

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss. Great tune.

@RuthlessDJs

4 жыл бұрын

Sending condolences from a stranger to another, I too have a deep connection to this song, my parents used to play all their music when I was younger and the stones being one of their favourite bands(mothers) I was always looking into my fathers record collection, it was when I was 16/17yrs if she my mother knocked upon my bedroom door to give me the sad news my grandfather (her father) had passed away, I remember closing the door pressing play on my tape deck and this is the song that came on, I hope you carry great memories into tomorrow and keep those cherished moments forever. ❤️

@debbierigby6304

4 жыл бұрын

Omg .xx hope you're ok .

@debbierigby6304

4 жыл бұрын

@@RuthlessDJs wow just wow..captured every emotion..bless you....xxx

Phenomenal work of art.

Gimme Shelter - you know, that song in every Martin Scorsese movie ever except for that one documentary he made about the Rolling Stones.

@ameg6432

3 жыл бұрын

I thought I heard it in more than 1 gangster film- ah Martin you dirty dog. must be a stones fan lol

@emanuelmorales9297

3 жыл бұрын

Lol The Departed

@selim1287

3 жыл бұрын

This is what comment i looking for😏

@Skurtz901

3 жыл бұрын

The departed and goodfellas. My two favorite movies :)

@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, trolling at its finest

Whenever Martin Scorsese passes away, I guarantee you that this song’s popularity will re-emerge in memory of his films Goodfellas, Casino and The Departed.

@missunderstood6862

3 жыл бұрын

Legend....

@martymartin9186

3 жыл бұрын

Nripesh Dhungana Same...but we all gotta go one day 😔

@orangemonsoon1883

3 жыл бұрын

Good call bro

@t.hussain921

3 жыл бұрын

Come on, he has 8 more years in him.

@ttmp22

3 жыл бұрын

@Nripesh Dhungana It won’t. Legends never die.