Re: Their best song: Gimme Shelter
Date: June 15, 2007 14:50
LA FORUM Wrote:
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> sjs12 Wrote:
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> > Changes all the time but for me I reckon HTW.
> It
> > seems to sum up everything about the stones in
> one
> > song (country, blues, rock n roll, open g,
> sleazy)
> > and has a great sing along chorus. I just love
> > that first tom tom fill in the intro - a stroke
> of
> > genius. So simple but so so powerful!
>
>
> Yes, but i beg to differ. It's a nice choice but
> to me that's like picking Start me up. Standard
> formula and a bit too much pastiche. I'm sorry,
> but Gimme Shelter has to be No 1. Ever. All
> groups/artists counted.
"bit too much pastiche" - you need to rethink that comment my dear LA Forum! And it's not like picking Start Me Up. In a way, you could argue that start me uses the same formula as HTW and BS etc, but HTW is the song that wrote the formula! When they release HTW, no-one had heard anything like it. The same could be argued about Gimme Shelter and JJF of course so I guess it comes down to personal taste - indeed, I might argue for Gimme Shelter or BS on another day depending on how I feel.
I still think that the original studio GS is by far the best version. Live versions with Taylor were excellent but the original song is just perfect.