The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (Official Lyric Video)
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- “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Lyricists: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Associated Performers: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Merry Clayton, Nicky Hopkins, and Jimmy Miller
Lyrics:
Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coat carpet
Mad bull lost your way
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder!
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder!
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Rape, murder!
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
The flood is threat'ning
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away
Gimme Shelter Directed by: Hector Santizo
Producers: Julian Klein, Robin Klein, Mick Gochanour, Hector Santizo
(C) 2016 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
#TheRollingStones #GimmeShelter #OfficialLyricVideo - Hudba
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.
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
First time I noticed, now I will always look forward for this part
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. czcams.com/video/ChONufP0FEs/video.html
This part always gives me goosebumps and the desire war cry. Badass part.
Most definitely the climax of the song. Every time I listen I wait for that single part.
That fucking opening riff. That riff alone makes this song so memorable.
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.
Absolutely brilliant
@@davetighe agreed
Agree on the opening riff . Sadly Heaven did not inspire it!
10/4
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!!
You know things are bad when this song starts to make sense again
"War and Children, its just a shot away"
😮😢
Palestine National Theme
FREE PALESTINE
Indeed.
Gimme shelter has one of the most memorable opening riffs of any tracks in the history of rock. No doubt about it. HAUNTING!!!
A FANTASTIC CLASSIC.
True 🤗✌😎
and if you listen to it 4,536,544 times you finally figure out where the 1 is....
This and “Long Cool Woman”
Amen to that💖
Vietnam war - the only war that has its own soundtrack
Good but.... this was never played out there
@@pup1008 yea it was I was there blasting it
@@Nedserd9351
Through what?
@@pup1008 Radio, probably.
@@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!
Hands down the very best backing vocals ever laid down. Merry Clayton will forever hold that crown. What a QUEEN
Merry Clayton is the best back up vocalist of all time. And there's no debate. It's not even close
It might be my favorite vocal ever. The lead vocal.
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.
@@kmanbay6580 Just read about that recently, how sad.
@@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.
This opening riff still sends chills. Absolutely haunting
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
Ur a jewy 🍣 stop the holocaust in the Middle East ☠️
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.
❤
Wtf ...try learning English
It sticks to you and never lets go, it's legendary.
Merry Clayton's vocals are absolutely haunting on this track. Incredible performance.
fun fact when they recoreded this song she was like 8 months pregnant
Not only was Merry pregnant this session was so intense when she got home she miscarried.
That is a myth
I was going to say imho she is very underrated on this song!
Is there anything better
Merry Clayton absolutely killing it on backing vocals!
She is amazing! I hate it when they fix small imperfections and smooth things over in the studio nowadays.
finally, someone who admires Merry Clayton because of she involved.
@@siyarizol9531 I ADMIRED HER WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS IN 1972 !!!!
I KNEW THIS SONG WOULD BE GREAT !!!!!
@@gunman462 she lost her baby because of the effort.
You call it background vocals, i say mick Jagger was the backup in this case lol
I'm 70 and this means more now than it ever did.
Keep rocking on!🤘
I'll be 73 in a couple of weeks (April 8) and unlike me, this song never gets old!
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!
I'm 66 still love this song ❤️
I'm 66...same...
Song is relevant now more than ever. Kind of breaks your heart.
Ta7ia Falasteen!
🇵🇸💯🇮🇱🌈🌚🦾
@Sa7biUK @patlaw398 Don't start a war you can't win you savages
How true, time moves on, but the game never changes. People never learn. God be with you.
The intro is majestic. I'm always blown away. Wow
Best Intro of all time
My favorite part.
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...
@@mickeygoh25 then maybe...JUST MAYBE, it's in your *personal* top 10 best intros
@@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.
With all due respect to the Stones, Merry Clayton's vocals give me chills, especially when she sings the "Rape, Murder" part.
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!
Me too ❤️
@@sofiejade1579 wts the full story?
@@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.
@@apwolery alrighty
This is one of the greatest songs in rock history
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
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?
The greatest
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.
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 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 🙏🏽
I'm with you 100%. Best song intro of all time
Its sad that the back up singer merry clayton went home after singing this song and lost her baby because of it.
@@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.
The vocal at the beginning is actually Mick Jagger singing in falsetto.
@roadrunnerproductionshavas1591 how did she lose her baby?
Does anyone else get chills when Merry Clayton's voice breaks? Because I sure do.
Mick knew
They thought it was fear and it was her heart breaking
Ooh yeah don’t get t just especially with the topics in the song
Best part that shit goes crazy
@Mav Jerm suiker 😍🥰
RIP Charlie Watts. When those drums kick in at 0:39. What a force.
Best opening instrumentation in the world
@@helenjeanotterstroem7240 Agree...it's hard to think of a more atmospheric instrumental. I would even say it is so evocative that it is cinematic.
Merry Clayton, what a voice. What a song. One of the greatest ever made.
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 🇮🇱🌈🌚🗑
Yes Yes Yes! Never heard a more passionate sing/scream as what Merry Clayton sang. Hard and heavy words delivered powerfully.
Up there with The Great Gig in the Sky.
Has always given me chills. What a masterpiece to confront and depict the darkness of its time and of all subsequent times.
R.I.P Charlie Watts, this world won't be the same without you.
😓
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!! 🤟🏼🤟🏼
Amen
@@callaghanbrakepads6823 oh my god that’s so many people, I just think of the bands lol
Ain’t that the truth😭
Rip Charlie. Love his drumming on this song.
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.
😢
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.
I love it too!!
He lived long, well and happy
Perhaps the greatest opening riff to any song- EVER? Outstanding.
Nicht vielleicht es ist das BESTE
Perhaps?
Nope, that would be Love Spreads by the Stone Roses. That riff will never be topped
Can u hear me knocking is a strong contender.
Ur perhaps the most inane dbmfer ever ☠️
Merry Claytons contribution is one of the finest song performances in the entire history of music
Everything about this song screams ‘Classic’, but Merry Clayton’s vocals elevate it from greatness to the level of absolute Masterpiece! Just amazing!
Well said John.
Love it.
My favorite Stones song. Perfection
2:42 ... interesting vocality...
Facts and the fact she did it while pregnant in the middle of the night
RIP Charlie Watts passed away today. True gentleman & rock legend will be missed
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
👍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!!
A true masterpiece from 1969!
At least 69 is 👌
That song and others will always stand the test of time .
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.
I can easily tolerate the cracking sound but autotune destroys the authenticity of singing
You could hear a voice screaming "OOH", After that Murder voice crack.
@@malikbenslimane2873 supposedly it's mick jagger, an audiophile site told me
@@malikbenslimane2873 I think that's Mick cheering her on in the studio.
It's fkn maddd hey
To me this is the best song the Stones ever recorded. Just an absolute masterpiece
Likewise
Word
Agreed
Ja man
Start me up
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.
So cool that you noticed this... I just made a comment as well.
Spectacular song, especially for the conflicts this world is experiencing right now. Pray for peace, people.
Peace thru strength n sometimes u gotta destroy the village in order 2 save it ☠️
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 💀
@@ildarahmetov8344 Now I understand how people felt during the Cold War…
Yeah I know I sound like a gen Z when I say that
Try working 4 a livin n ditch the black or gender studies degree 🗑
Prayers are useless and for cowards results come from hard work and critical thinking
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.
how the time passes right man
D
When you need a kick in the butt !☺️
Listening to this in school right now, funny to think someone was doing this exact same thing 50 years ago
@@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
When Merry Clayton cracks her voice on "murder" it sends chills up my spine. Every.....single......time.......I.......hear.......it.
It's the best apocalyptic warning on vinyl ever
You nailed it
she lost her baby the nex day in a miscarriage.
@@ew332 😢 I never knew that
You can hear someone yelling “whoo!” in the studio right after
Superb tune, and Merry Clayton is out of this world.
This song screams Vietnam! Best live band ever.
That vocal crack around the 3-minute mark is one of the most wonderful accidents ever recorded. It makes the song for me.
Even more when you hear they cheer the girl up afther that second crack.
There's a great interview with Merry Clayton & Mick Jagger that includes the raw recording of this. Will definitely make your hair stand up
Gives me goosebumps every damn time I hear that
Speedy recovery Merry
Listen carefully and you'll hear, "whoa", after.
The greatest background vocal in the history of rock & roll.
Roderic Reece - you mean there is also a lead vocal, I don't notice that - hey it's mick jagger!
You do have a pretty killer back up vocal if mick Jagger is your support
Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear her voice 😎
yes unfortunately she wasnt his taste physically so he toured with different ones
8ts ihust a suot way.
The back up vocals make this song what it is... gives me chills
The 1st 50 seconds mark this tune...the rest is fluff 2 get it past 3 minutes
The backing vocals make the song more than what it is. The music is a masterpiece in itself, from intro to outro.
Check out "Isn't it time" by the Babys. Great backing vocals.
me to gives me chills
Lol stop it. It would of still made hits globally. Stop tit
This is the Stones' best song amongst a compendium of nearly 200 great, listenable songs. So, so good. Richard 🥰
This song has aged like fine wine. And I mean a *VERY* fine wine.
Like REALLY fine wine.
It still rocks even today
Yeah...in the sense that it sounds always better... year after year !
Well, I fine you a good wine then.
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!
3:02 Just after the vocalist's awesome voice break you can hear someone approvingly yelling "WHOO!".
That would be Mick
I like that voice break though. It adds character and style. :)
She must have hurt herself that day.
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.
Kalena Dobbs Really?? That's fucked up...
Proud of you vet's that served in this unexplained war
🇺🇸👌
Amen, that, friend. Well said.
For me, possibly the very best Stones' track - just sublime.
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).
God bless you Sir and thank you for your service to the country.
this song came out in '69 though.
@@LFSPharaoh it just reminds him
@@ppg4667 I am a 170 year old man and this song reminds me of when I was defending Fort Sumter in the Civil War.
@@ayyblyat9450
how many blues belly invaders did you take?
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!
Apparently it was Mick saying “woah”... he then insisted it be left in the final product
@@TimmyTickle cool i didnt know that
Except that person was saying "Whoa," not woah.
Apparently Merry Clayton on vocals had a miscarriage after recording this.
@@MiTmite9 well its the same thing really
Who’s here May 2024? ❤
Me
Me at May ❤
🙋♂️
It's Mayday Mayday
🧑🦳🌷🎶
This song is nothing without her voice. Simply incredible!
At best after 50 seconds the rest is just fluff 🇮🇱🌈
Stop it 😂
Nah, still a good song without her, but with her it's one of the best r&r songs ever.
She later covered this song without the stones.
The Gimme Shelter intro is the best intro to a song ever
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! czcams.com/video/2vosjfyBXJM/video.html
One of my two favorite intros, the other being the intro to Layla.
@@johnmac91 intro to money for nothing as well
i beg to differ. dire straits - money for nothing has one of the best intro build ups in rock history.
Yes but the intro guitar of all along the watchtower by Jimmy Hendrix is as good or even better for me.
Children we are fading away. Mile marker when Stone's drummer dies.
The hole album is a masterpiece! No doubt the one for the lonley island.
"Hole". ...SADNESS.
100 years from now, this tune will still send shivers down the spines who listen to it with Mary Clayton's powerful voice! 🎶❤🎶.✌️
She lost her baby ,while recording this tune
WHAT
@@Ringer139 pardon?
@M.B.Bosazzi How sad I had no idea!🙏 😓
Powerful voice that lady has..
Rest in peace Charlie you are quiet man no gossip
Charlie is up in Heaven playing with all the greats
100 years from now this song will still send shivers down my spine.
100 years from now you'll more than likely be dead...Get them bones rattlin!
@@SiggyCloud Rattling them old bones already
Hey, if god has a great music taste than maybe.. just saying
You’ll be trading the Stones for bones by then, sunshine.
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?
Love this song favorite song ever keep making more music please! anyone here in 2025? No fake stuff this is pure tunes. I love the rolling stones and also the falling boulders. I also wish to be given shelter as it seems very safe and also you wouldn't get rained on and also you would be safe from bandit attacks and also you would be safe from hail yea that's it.
no way 3 mins ago!
@@allisonwang9100 no way u r here in 2025
@@CharlesTaft-rs7mz Don't forget me!
War is hell; you do NOT want to know.
hello person reading the comments, you have a GREAT taste in music and i hope you have an amazing day
Aww, thanks!
You too my friend :)
;)
Hope you have an amazing day to mate
Thank you and the same to you
I don't listen to this song often
But when I do
So do my neighbors.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
When I listen to the Stones
My neighbors do too
Rock and roll!
NOICE!
God bless you.
if the windows don,t shake its not loud enough ! and when it,s finished your ears are going - PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!
I believe this is one of the best Rock songs I have ever had the pleasure of listening to!
I believe this is one of the most inane posts I’ve ever had the displeasure of reading 💀
@@patlaw398dickhead
I'm 76 and have loved Stones since I was 22 in 1969
One of the greatest songs ever written
As appropriate now as it was in 1969
gimme shelter no.
gimme vaccine. yep
1969.....nice...
Relevant, as opposed to appropriate.
@@redefined4657 ram your vaccine 😁
That’s not a good thing
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.
To me it is one of the greatest.
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
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
stairway to heaven or november rain
@@noahwessel1303 November rain 😂? You gotta be kidding
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.
The next musical revolution would happen in the 1980's.✌
A Timeless Masterpiece. As relevant today as when it was released in 1969. I still get chills listening to it.
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.
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
Indeed.
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 👏
GOODFELLAS CASINO & THE DEPARTED BROUGHT ME HERE RIP RAY LIOTTA!
Nobody:
Martin Scorcese: This must be in everything I ever do
its so true
Lmfao he plays it in every movie
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
@@danielkoren4969 relax my guy, I'm just joking around
@@danielkoren4969 lol he uses it a lot but it is an amazing song
In my opinion, this is the best Stones song ever. I was 16 and this album got played to death. Great album.❤
Some stones songs are timeless, this one in particular has a life all of its own !
Nate Diaz coming out to this song is just perfect, so legendary and the song to his intro made it unforgettable!!!💯🤟🏽
Same what a tune for your final walk out 👌🏻
Nate Diaz is gay?
@@eggreedgious5194 funny. 😐
@@eggreedgious5194 I don’t think so
@@eggreedgious5194 your gay?
To think this song was released OVER 50 YEARS ago and it still slaps and gives off a vibe like nothing else is insane 🔥
It's the Stones, Baby! The GOAT
yeah man.. they glowed up that song proper.. whole snacked
i got chills just reading that comment , thats how much this rocks
And it's the fact that the times feel this dangerous, again.
Makes me turn it up louder!
God bless our wounded warriors I thank each and every one of the Soldiers that fought for our freedom.Even the fallen that yet draw breath
🇺🇸💜
Best Stones song ever ..... Bar none .
Merry’s voice crack is insane. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Same here.
They rang her in the middle of the night and said " come do a session " ( she was a session vocalist ). Maybe she hit that joint a few times.
The whole song is intense, because of her vocals. She makes the song.
shes a babydoll mmmmm
_"Yeah!"_
Eric Clapton once said when this song was released it was like a bomb dropping it leveled everything in rock music.
My wife and I are babysitting her grandkids this Sunday. You guessed it, the parents will be at the Stones concert on Sunday! I was 10 years old listening to these guys! How time flies.
@@hectormartinez9657 Man that is a fact the older you get the faster it goes.
Yeah, because Clapton sucks ass and Mick can play a guitar
The Intro is mezmarizing 😎✌The Vietnam war going on,to much murder and blood shed for what?😓😓😓
@@brendansudol6418
Wtf
U know nothing
war children its just a shot away 2024 timeless masterpiece
wow a truly brilliant song,sang with emotion and brings a tear to my eyes,cant stop playing it
Gimme Shelter is the anthem for the apocalyptic ending of the 60's, the decade which can never end.
I absolutely agree with you my friend.
I still dress like this, was born in 85?
Paul Dud
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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'' !
@@pauldudakadanielthomson8890 Soooo.... you're a neo-nazi?
Well ahead of everything going
Still applies today
RIP Charlie Watts. Faithful to his wife for 57 years. You can probably only count on one hand how many rock stars are able to say that
That was good of him😂,classic song✌️
One hand? One finger!
He did manage to develope a drug habit late in life which must have taken some doing!
@@pup1008 lol, that's funny.
Mick can't.
❤️🙏
This was the # 1 Song played when I was in Viet Nam ..... We played the shit out of it !!!!!
San Francisco ain’t nam dude…tho it’s gettin there
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.
Buried my old man to this piece of beautiful genius... 🇬🇧. What a fucking gem
I’m 50 years old and still get good bumps while listening to this song. It brings up so many memories of me growing up in west-Berlin hearing my parents play the stones day in day out. Under my thumb, paint it black, street fighting man, she’s a rainbow and so many more classics that will never loose their magic. The Rolling Stones at their very best. Time flies
Reminds me of Germany too... at a Kaserne north east of Frankfurt on Fulda Gap flying choppers after reunification and into Balkan missions and then 9/11/2001 and spearheading Iraq War in 2003 while having just left Germany after years and getting into 101st Airborne Division. I was in Kentucky/Tennessee at ft Campbell for two weeks and flew back to Germany that I had just left, refueled and ended up in Kuwait right on iraq border 28feb2003... by march17th of that year, every second of every day became "just a shot away"... things get finicky and strange in War, but hell, when can one have so much adrenaline legal by ones own government? We were bullet magnets in the air those first few weeks, but by may, we were victorious... whatever that means...
@@justonpearson935 glad you made it back safe brother. the Middle East was no joke during the 80's- 2000's
I really loved reading this. Peace.
"Good bumps?" 😃
Time is fleeting..
Those vocals... Those lyrics hit so hard. Her energy is unmatched. This song has feels for decades.
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).
The opening riff contains everything the universe has to offer.
Well put! The majestic yet haunting riff is absolutely the best Stones song opening ever, and one of the best in rock history.
Goosebumps every time. And I've seen them live 5 times. Its unreal
Totally agree 🤝
No discussion about damn facts!
At least you remember what it has to offer
R.I.P. Charlie. A quiet man who let his drums speak for him. My condolences to his family
Yes a real heartbreak
I never knew the words until seeing this yesterday. I thought it was "woah children" and "just a shout away"
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 !😢
2024 and here we go again
Gotta love the war hungry democrats
cheney/bush r war criminals 2 🇮🇱🌈
This song is such a masterpiece and will never get old.
Got that right !!!
Got that right
"Good music doesn't age"
IT WAS GOOD THEN AND IT'S STILL GOOD NOW, A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. ✌️😎🏴
My husband loved this record, they played it at his funeral this week.
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
So sorry for your loss. Great tune.
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. ❤️
Omg .xx hope you're ok .
@@RuthlessDJs wow just wow..captured every emotion..bless you....xxx
Song is still so relevant today . Haunting and telling for sure. Made over 50 years ago and still timeless
60 anos depois.
Mesmo PRAZER de ouvir essa Banda.
Até as músicas ruins são boas. 😊
This song has always sounded apocalyptic to me, almost like the end of days, set to music...
Idk why but I felt like this song would go well in one of the borderlands games
NAM
Have you heard of; war, rape, and murder? They are all hand in hand, welcome to reality.
It is
@@Mr.Meeseeks024 That's a Scorsese line if ever I heard one.
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. ❤❤
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Beautiful story god bless
She felt comfortable screaming "Rape, Murder"? Damn she's brave
@@kingvexthefirst For her they changed the lyrics to "grape, burger"
My Condolences!
Merry Clayton's vocals are, in my opinion, the best of ANY stones record. That's a hard fought title too.
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.
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 🤙
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
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. ✌️😎🏴
Rest In Peace to your pop, man. Keep your chin up, brother. I feel you. 🍻
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.
When a song from the 60s still goes hard now, you know it’s good
@Mr TATTAGLIA the pusher man, recording on the song began in February 1969. The vocals were added In October/November.
Mr TATTAGLIA the pusher man it still counts as 69
@@michaelhaddad4163 Nice
@Travis Booth
SO COOL I finally know what the words are, after 50 years!
I’ve been saying “It’s just a shadow way”, all this time...
Spot on
Shockingly relevant
🇮🇱🌈🇵🇸💯🌚🦾❌🌺💚🌸🙏
Haunting.. it's happening right now and I'm 74 My world is in my prayers 💖🙏
one of their best. that woman doing back up vocals is incredible.
Merry Clayton. Was awaken at midnight by friend and great producer, Jack Nitzsche, to come down to the studio and sing. She was pregnant, did it anyway, and had a miscarriage on her return home. This song has a lot of weird stories attached to it.
@@IggyPelman if this is true.. God damn!
Only reason i listen to this song is that southern gospel vibe vocals 💘
Omg yes merry Clayton my favorite aunt was named after her. AMAYYYYYZING!
That's Merry Clayton. You can find a video here on CZcams about how she did that in one take in the middle of the night. She blew the boys away.
Merry Clayton brings the backing vocals. She KILLS IT!
cooper jackson 🤪🤪
You're damn right she does
@@mikaelaltairbruneau474 Her son is a friend of mine
@@dmarshall34 that's awesome
as in the baby she was pregnant with when she sings this? she lost the child. phrasing man