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gotdablouse
Took me a while to get it (first heard it as a kid on Rolled Gold) but yeah it's got it all even now, so when it first came out and rock'n'roll still "meant" something...
As a side note it's great to see Keith playing it well again these days after the shambolic versions of 2012/2013 and even 2014. Not at the level of 97 of course but as close as we'll get and we don't take it for granted anymore that he can nail it with his eyes closed.
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Rokyfan
I agree with you that Gimme Shelter is the Stones'greatest work and the greatest single rock song in history, however subjective that is.
The legend is that the guitar work was created by Keith, layer by layer, in the studio as Mick filmed Performance, which included making love to Anita (in the film). The song was Keith's way of letting off steam.
Mick must have done the lyrics, though, no?
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Lipsgogreen
I do know. I would say it sounds an awful lot like heroin addiction.
Mad bull done lost its way. Its just a shot away.
WAR CHILDREN.
I don't recommend heroin/opiate addiction to anyone. That being said Keith understands completely.
Thanks.
Tim
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Lipsgogreen
I do know. I would say it sounds an awful lot like heroin addiction.
Mad bull done lost its way. Its just a shot away.
WAR CHILDREN.
I don't recommend heroin/opiate addiction to anyone. That being said Keith understands completely.
Thanks.
Tim
thankyou
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TooTough
It IS the best song. Ever. By anyone.
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Lipsgogreen
I do know. I would say it sounds an awful lot like heroin addiction.
Mad bull done lost its way. Its just a shot away.
WAR CHILDREN.
I don't recommend heroin/opiate addiction to anyone. That being said Keith understands completely.
Thanks.
Tim
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Lipsgogreen
I do know. I would say it sounds an awful lot like heroin addiction.
Mad bull done lost its way. Its just a shot away.
WAR CHILDREN.
I don't recommend heroin/opiate addiction to anyone. That being said Keith understands completely.
Thanks.
Tim
It's about heroin, an actual London storm and of course the storm in Keiths mind and heart. He had to be on smack to survive a betrayal. I can also easily imagine how he heard I don't know why by Wonder and felt like the title of the song.
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Lipsgogreen
I do know. I would say it sounds an awful lot like heroin addiction.
Mad bull done lost its way. Its just a shot away.
WAR CHILDREN.
I don't recommend heroin/opiate addiction to anyone. That being said Keith understands completely.
Thanks.
Tim
It's about heroin, an actual London storm and of course the storm in Keiths mind and heart. He had to be on smack to survive a betrayal. I can also easily imagine how he heard I don't know why by Wonder and felt like the title of the song.
I completely understand Gimme Shelter from the addict's point of view. Unless you have been there, you have no idea how incredibly on Keith is about smack. We know this sh-t deep in the soul.
I"M A MONKEE MAN!!!
any addicts on here. i recently quite drinking after basically getting pissed too often for 34 years. its good to be back. but god i'm going to miss it..
Thanks.
Tim
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Lipsgogreen
I do know. I would say it sounds an awful lot like heroin addiction.
Mad bull done lost its way. Its just a shot away.
WAR CHILDREN.
I don't recommend heroin/opiate addiction to anyone. That being said Keith understands completely.
Thanks.
Tim
It's about heroin, an actual London storm and of course the storm in Keiths mind and heart. He had to be on smack to survive a betrayal. I can also easily imagine how he heard I don't know why by Wonder and felt like the title of the song.
I completely understand Gimme Shelter from the addict's point of view. Unless you have been there, you have no idea how incredibly on Keith is about smack. We know this sh-t deep in the soul.
I"M A MONKEE MAN!!!
any addicts on here. i recently quit drinking after basically getting pissed too often for 34 years. its good to be back. but god i'm going to miss it..
Thanks.
Tim
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Lipsgogreen
I do know. I would say it sounds an awful lot like heroin addiction.
Mad bull done lost its way. Its just a shot away.
WAR CHILDREN.
I don't recommend heroin/opiate addiction to anyone. That being said Keith understands completely.
Thanks.
Tim
It's about heroin, an actual London storm and of course the storm in Keiths mind and heart. He had to be on smack to survive a betrayal. I can also easily imagine how he heard I don't know why by Wonder and felt like the title of the song.
I completely understand Gimme Shelter from the addict's point of view. Unless you have been there, you have no idea how incredibly on Keith is about smack. We know this sh-t deep in the soul.
I"M A MONKEE MAN!!!
any addicts on here. i recently quit drinking after basically getting pissed too often for 34 years. its good to be back. but god i'm going to miss it..
Thanks.
Tim
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keefriffhards
its my fav stones song. its my fav song in the world..
it was written at his peak of his powers. i cant go a day without listening to it on various live shows.
its my desert Island disk. what's yours ??
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dcba
Don't laugh but the Grand Funk Railroad played excellent version of GS in concert...
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Naturalust
No doubt Keith was probably high on heroin when he wrote GS, he was in Robert Frasers apt. after all....but was the song about heroin? I seriously don't think so. At that point in his use of the drug it was a harmless warm blanket not a mad bull or any of the other dark sentiments expressed in the song.
Keith talks about writing the song and specifically says "My thought was storms on other people's minds, not mine. It just happened to hit the moment." He describes watching people struggling with an actual weather storm. Other elements like the Vietnam war crept into it too.
Yeah the Stones have a few drug songs but this isn't one of them. People who are into drugs tend to find drug references in just about everything.
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Naturalust
No doubt Keith was probably high on heroin when he wrote GS, he was in Robert Frasers apt. after all....but was the song about heroin? I seriously don't think so. At that point in his use of the drug it was a harmless warm blanket not a mad bull or any of the other dark sentiments expressed in the song.
Keith talks about writing the song and specifically says "My thought was storms on other people's minds, not mine. It just happened to hit the moment." He describes watching people struggling with an actual weather storm. Other elements like the Vietnam war crept into it too.
Yeah the Stones have a few drug songs but this isn't one of them. People who are into drugs tend to find drug references in just about everything.
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Rstonesfan81
Hello everyone been reading on here many years first time posting anything just want to say i have always loved this one for me personally has to be my number one there isnt any other like by anyone it is beautiful and haunting i have to play it loud but i have many others favorites from every decade from the 60s til now i love the older and the newer songs
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Lipsgogreen
Everything is cool Mr. Riffhards. I get it. You quit drinking and you feel like you lost a friend. Maybe you should start a "Waiting on A Friend" thread. That way you can stay on topic.
Don't go looking for no virgin priest.
Thanks.
Tim