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"What I'm doing is a sexual thing. I dance and all dancing is a replacement for sex". - Mick Jagger

horrible song...

Lisa's my favourite member of the backing band! So extremely talented - she works with all the biggest names in the business - and so sweet, humble and loyal. She's been with the Stones for decades - and they all love her.
I'm happy to see she's going to pursue her solo career again. She has made sacrifices to work for the likes of the Stones. I believe she started doing that shortly after she won her Grammy.
I take every chance I can get to hear - and see - Lisa. A wonderful person and so extremely talented. I wish her all the best of luck!
Go GIRL! Here she is with some of her colleagues.

Not my favourite kind of music. But Lisa can still sing. And I agree with Addicted, Lisa is lovely.

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Keep On Rolling

Lisa is class, they just don't use her enough...she nails Gimme Shelter and there are other songs which she could do more on instead of just backing...Keith could do 'Make No Mistake' with her as a duet instead of some of the other songs that ceased to work live.

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Keith could do 'Make No Mistake' with her

Oh man, what a great idea. I would love that

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crumbling_mice
Keith could do 'Make No Mistake' with her

Oh man, what a great idea. I would love that

That would be so awesome...

Make No Mistake! Yes, I'd lend my ears to that duet - since they will never perform Gimme Shelter again live. Sadly.

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Addicted
Make No Mistake! Yes, I'd lend my ears to that duet - since they will never perform Gimme Shelter again live. Sadly.

Why is that Addicted?

Oh. Well. I was going to chime in with 'I hope they don't do Gimme Shelter like they have with her again'.

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Oh. Well. I was going to chime in with 'I hope they don't do Gimme Shelter like they have with her again'.

i also hope so..

LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lisa is lovely and has a great a** (SOrry girls I'm a guy) but I have grown tired or her doing Gimme Shelter and Monkey Man with Mick its gotten boring!

This is interesting. There must be a very good reason for laying "Gimme Shelter" to rest. Mick just played at MSG with U2, Fergie, and Will i. Am last November. Is it a question of Lisa not hitting the notes any more? That's the only thing I can think of. Don't tease us, Addicted.

She is a great background singer, but the song is horrible, sounds like some trash from the 80´s.

Lisa's lovely, and she is maybe the sweetest part musically and visually of the Las Vagas package (even though sometimes I discover myself thinking that the things aren't in the best possible way if I find myself paying more attention to back singer's visual "attributes" and to than to music in a Rolling Stones concert... which surely is not the fault of Lisa!).

Anyway, I also agree that better to let "Gimme Shelter" to remain retired - they have played it to death, and made the most magical rock song of all-time an tiresome show cliche (I guess the reason to not play it can't be Lisa's voice but Keith's fingers - the last versions I have heard of it tried with all Vegas-tricks to cover the lack of Keith's ability to play the famous riff). But if the new Tour (?) will have any EXILE flavor, Lisa will have lots to do.

- Doxa



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2010-09-19 11:13 by Doxa.

Hahaha Love the assgrab pic

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This is interesting. There must be a very good reason for laying "Gimme Shelter" to rest. Mick just played at MSG with U2, Fergie, and Will i. Am last November. Is it a question of Lisa not hitting the notes any more? That's the only thing I can think of. Don't tease us, Addicted.

I asked CL if they could play "Gimme Shelter" once. This was at the European Tour opening in Brussels, and he was on his way to see MJ, to discuss the set list for the opening show. (We had rooms in the same hotel corridor. Yes, Stones security looked well after us all!) He said: No, we are never going to do "Gimme Shelter" again, I'm sorry.
He did not go into details about why, but comming from the band leader, I knew he would never make that up. They're all aware how much this song means to a lot of us.

And about the pic of Lisa and Mick and his hand on her bum... Yes, it's funny. It's from the O2 in August 2007, I think. I took that photograph standing next to an Australian gentleman! Some Rockman, or something. >< I think he might have been a little envious of Jagger at that moment...

Thank you as always, Addicted.

I find it hard to accept the theory posted earlier that the opening is beyond Keith. I'm not a musician, but it doesn't strike me as more challenging than many other Stones songs for Keith. I would suspect it has to do with the notes Lisa has to hit during the song or a personal reason the band wishes to keep private.

Don't think they stop such a song because of Lisa! And personal reasons?

But "if" Keith can't play relativly simple but quintessential Stones songs like Gimme Shelter, Jumpin J. Flash, etc anymore, - why still go on?! Where's the sense of it all?
I did my life with the Stones and I'm grateful for it but that way it's getting more and more embarrassing . .

the song structure is simple, but the guitar picking in the intro is pretty tough--note that he was already playing something simpler on the '72 tour (and maybe '69... I haven't listened to that version in a while).

but the vehemence of Chuck's comment does suggest some more personal or enmotional reason...

Hey guys - Rocky Dijon, CousinC and cc. Please don't read a lot of stuff into that post of mine!
As I wrote: Chuck DID NOT GO INTO DETAIL about why they'll never play Gimme Shelter again.
And I can't understand how anyone who was not present can come up with a conclusion about what he really meant. I was there, and a Swedish pal - hi Max!, and Chuck left us puzzled.
There was no way we could figure out WHY. The speculations here are quite pointless.

I won't speculate, but is there a slight possibility that Chuck meant "not again on THAT tour"?

No - he said never.

I don't like that song so much, but I saw her live with Blondie a while ago and got to talk a bit after the show. She was just unbelievable sweet. We Austrians are rather reserved people and she really took me by surprise by giving me a big hug instead of shaking my hand or something.

a new mystery/controversy for us fans to ponder. Mr. Leavell says 'never again' regarding Gimme Shelter live. WHY??

Addicted, or BV, please ask Mr. Richards...

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Addicted
No - he said never.

And yet,mick did it with U2 at the rock & roll HOF concert. So it's clearly not him who has a problem with playing it.

But Addicted - no more Gimme Shelter!
If that isn't something to be puzzled about on a Stones forum!?

sweetcharmedlife - When I spoke with Chuck, it was about the Stones, not about what the various members could do solo - or with others in the future. CL couldn't possibly know anything about that.

duke Richardson: I'm going to meet Keith, in November, and if it comes up like a natural part of the conversation, I can ask. And if it feels right, and not out of line or inappropriate, I can post his answer, but only if he's ok with it. I would never quote online from personal conversations with anyone - and particularly not conversations with Keith. I have too much respect for the man to break the trust. I've never reported from any other conversations with him, either.

thanks for considering it, Addicted!

I'd be curious about Keith's response regarding GS ...after all, Keith wrote it

its only one of the most iconic songs ever!