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Ptommydski:
Yeah, like I said in the first line under that quote, it doesn't really make any difference regardless. You like it or you don't.
Scandanavian War Machine:
ti-i-i-ime is on my side (jarringly short pause) YES IT IS
that's pretty much the only Stone's song I really care about, and only then because of the movie Fallen.
De_El:
I like Wes Anderson movies more than I really care about the Stones, but I've grown pretty fond of the songs of theirs that appeared in his films.
I do also like Gimme Shelter though. It's really fucking good. Viscerally affecting.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 02 Mar 2010, 14:50 ---The opening song on the album is 'Gimme Shelter', which I'd argue is one of the best rock songs ever committed to tape.
--- End quote ---
Gimme Shelter is kind of a microcosm of the Stones in general, really. On the one hand, in a round about way, it sort of lends superficial credence to the idea that the Stones pillaged a legacy of black music like a pack of drug addled idiot savants.* After all, featuring a black woman on the track wasn't actually in the master plan when they headed into the studio, so I suppose you could argue that once again they used African Americans as a stepping stone to a higher place more or less by chance and a good producer. But you know what? I don't really give a shit about how the Rolling Stones or even music history in general came to that particular place in time. They still had an edge to their sound that was unique to them and all involved absolutely killed it on that track. Like Tommy, I firmly believe it is one of the best things committed to vinyl. I'm not a big Stones fan in general, but Gimme Shelter makes me admit that those guys are in the rock pantheon and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
*I don't really ascribe to this mindset. I dislike how many people dismiss the Stones as rip off artists and give so many other musicians a pass in regards to the subject of cribbing from blues and gospel influences. I'll grant you that their early career featured a ton of covers, and that they did indeed wallow in a lot of ugly misogynistic stereotypes, particularly in the latter days. They're hardly admirable guys in a lot of ways. But I can't honestly believe they never gave a shit about the music. Jagger shouting "Woo!" after Merry Clayton's voice cracks at 3:02 of Gimme Shelter is too strong of an argument to the contrary.
David_Dovey:
Christ fucking shit yes. I care very little about anything else that The Stones have done but I could probably listen to Gimme Shelter end to end, all day.
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