ESPN's coverage of the College Football Playoff National Championship between Alabama and Clemson kicked off Monday night with a couple minutes of "Gimme Shelter". The accompanying video choreographed cheerleaders blowing kisses and players kissing the championship trophy with "it's just a kiss away", and play-by-play man Chris Fowler referred to "Gimme Shelter" (in the context of protecting the quarterbacks, if I recall correctly) as the "theme of the night". The song was used a number of times during the broadcast to lead into or return from commercial, including to open the second half with the on-screen graphic "'Gimme Shelter' The Rolling Stones".

Related trivia: The live version of "Gimme Shelter" released in 1993 (on a cassette-single for charity) and several of the tracks on Flashpoint (1991 live album) were recorded in Clemson's football stadium (Death Valley) in 1989.

Loved it!!

I have not seen many real AmFootball fans posting on here, but I sure am one
and I sure was watching and thoroughly enjoyed hearing those awesome Stones sounds.

It was kind of funny as I was watching that great game and the broadcast played that cut several times I was glad to know probably no one here would be watching, other wise the usual suspects would be instantly on here whining their usual things like... "the broadcast needed to mix it up more" or "Why was it always the same cut" or "whyne only play Gimme Shelter?" "whine didn't they play deep cuts instead?"

I was delighted....
It was a unexpected great cut from a great tune played during a great game.

I thought it was really pretty cool when I heard Shelter at halftime and then throughout the second half of the game. I had missed the opening and didn't realize that it was part of a theme. My thoughts were not whiney at all, more on curiosity end. As in: Who came up with this idea? Was it the Stones? Was it the NCAA? Was it ESPN? Although it was fun for me to hear, stepping away from my position as a Stones fan, I was really surprised that, whomever picked the theme, the song, etc., chose something so old. A song from the 60's at a game played by kids born in the mid to late 90's made me start thinking "was there not a song more contemporary that they could have used?" Don't get me wrong... I wasn't complaining, just had a somewhat judgmental (also vindicated) analysis going on in my head.

End of the day: I'm with HankM: "I was delighted....
It was a unexpected great cut from a great tune played during a great game."

Peace
Mr DJA

Thanks to Gimme Shelter, Hot Rocks re-entered the US chart at #189 this week and it will go up next week for sure, more than 300,000 streams in the last 24 hours for Gimme Shelter in the US.

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I thought it was really pretty cool when I heard Shelter at halftime and then throughout the second half of the game. I had missed the opening and didn't realize that it was part of a theme. My thoughts were not whiney at all, more on curiosity end. As in: Who came up with this idea? Was it the Stones? Was it the NCAA? Was it ESPN? Although it was fun for me to hear, stepping away from my position as a Stones fan, I was really surprised that, whomever picked the theme, the song, etc., chose something so old. A song from the 60's at a game played by kids born in the mid to late 90's made me start thinking "was there not a song more contemporary that they could have used?" Don't get me wrong... I wasn't complaining, just had a somewhat judgmental (also vindicated) analysis going on in my head.

End of the day: I'm with HankM: "I was delighted....
It was a unexpected great cut from a great tune played during a great game."

Peace
Mr DJA

Right on Mr DJA

It hypnotizes me... every time
Those layered tracks vocals guitars starting that song.... like magic.
One of the best mixes of all time of any genre of any music...
I am happy to hear it at every Stones show I go to...

I noticed that too. (Great game, by the way. I'm glad Clemson knocked of the SEC team. I'm thoroughly tired of being told how superior SEC football is.)

I wonder if the Rolling Stones get compensated for something like this. Does the TV network have to buy permission to use the song?

Nick Saban is a huge Stones as strange as that seems. Saw it on an ESPN "follow him around" show a few years ago. Roll Tide.

Yep My Coach Saban, jams to the Stones, that actual song in his drive to and from practice I have heard.. I plan on giving him some good Stones boots if I can ever get to one of his talk shows during the season. RTR!!

Almost 50 year old song still better than anything else they could have selected for the game.

One of the greatest rock songs done by anyone, ever.

'Almost 50 year old song still better than anything else they could have selected for the game. One of the greatest rock songs done by anyone, ever'.

Of course, Jimmy. That's the huge difference between great music and transient hits. Who the hell will remind of one Bieber's song 50 years from now? Who reminds New Kids on the Block or Backstreet Boys today? Very few, I guess...


PS Gimme Shelter during a game, it reminds me of "the fun" film soundrack...

I am not sure who is in charge of allowing its use...
but as a rule of thumb they seem to have done a pretty good job...

I mean typically when you hear Gimme Shelters bells start ringing the shit is getting good... what ever it is...

The rolling somebodies want ya to sing... said wat?

uhm hmm... Im gonna do another one... gonna blow em out of this room


Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-01-11 14:27 by HankM.

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Pietro
I noticed that too. (Great game, by the way. I'm glad Clemson knocked of the SEC team. I'm thoroughly tired of being told how superior SEC football is.)

I wonder if the Rolling Stones get compensated for something like this. Does the TV network have to buy permission to use the song?

dunno re the song part.

i'm sort of an SEC guy myself, and i agree the SEC football media-hype mantra gets old.

but you do know that Dabo Sweeney played at Alabama?

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Pietro
I noticed that too. (Great game, by the way. I'm glad Clemson knocked of the SEC team. I'm thoroughly tired of being told how superior SEC football is.)

I wonder if the Rolling Stones get compensated for something like this. Does the TV network have to buy permission to use the song?

dunno re the song part.

i'm sort of an SEC guy myself, and i agree the SEC football media-hype mantra gets old.

but you do know that Dabo Sweeney played at Alabama?

USC fan here, and yes, I know where Sweeny played. I respect and enjoy Alabama football, always have, even before the butt-whipping they administered on my team this year. I was watching TV when Sam Cunningham ran wild over the segregated Bama team in 1971. Bama almost always plays great football, and that is to be admired. I just got tired of the SEC winning all the time.

Yes is made a great game even more enjoyable !!

Congrats CLEMSON !!