Deconstructing 'Gimmie Shelter'

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  • High Life Man
    Commando
    • Jan 2004
    • 1286

    Deconstructing 'Gimmie Shelter'

    A very cool breakdown.

  • FORD
    ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

    • Jan 2004
    • 59658

    #2
    Great stuff there, from the greatest goddamn band in the history of rock n roll.
    Eat Us And Smile

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    • chefcraig
      DIAMOND STATUS
      • Apr 2004
      • 12172

      #3
      Originally posted by FORD
      Great stuff there, from the greatest goddamn band in the history of rock n roll.
      No, that would be The Who.










      “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
      ― Stephen Hawking

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      • ThrillsNSpills
        ROTH ARMY ELITE
        • Jan 2004
        • 6627

        #4
        It sounds great even when Merry Clayton's voice cracks.
        You can't discount astounding performances.
        Stones make you feel every note.
        How do they isolate the tracks?

        Should we isolate the vocals off van hagar tracks and send them to Dave to finish properly?

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        • Satan
          ROTH ARMY ELITE
          • Jan 2004
          • 6664

          #5
          ABKCO has pulled the goddamn tracks off the net. If y'all will excuse me, I've got to give the "pineapple treatment" to Allen Klein.

          If you saw that movie where Adam Sandler played my son, you know what I mean.....
          Eternally Under the Authority of Satan

          Originally posted by Sockfucker
          I've been in several mental institutions but not in Bakersfield.

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          • chefcraig
            DIAMOND STATUS
            • Apr 2004
            • 12172

            #6
            I have my doubts that is Wyman on bass. The playing is clumsy as hell, and sounds more like a guitar player's bass. In his book Life, Keith mentions playing bass on several Stones tracks, and I'm pretty sure he said something about this one. And that Jimmy Miller played drums on more than the one or two tracks that he is credited with.
            Last edited by chefcraig; 12-02-2010, 08:25 PM.









            “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
            ― Stephen Hawking

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            • Kristy
              DIAMOND STATUS
              • Aug 2004
              • 16752

              #7
              What makes that song so unique is Richard's amp reverb. Sounds as if he's playing more in a open room then relying upon the amp effect itself even Taylor's slide efforts become drowned in the booming riff. Jagger's singing is horrendous but it somehow fits perfectly with the song's message of one's own personal crisis and desperation to that of the world's. Even when the song builds like a oncoming cosmic orgasm when Merry Clayton gospel-like pulpit warning that brings the message back home Richards' guitar remains constant but slightly more intense as if the song shifted from anxiety to panic if humanity as a whole is crying out for a shelter of the oncoming apocalypse.

              And to imagine they went from doing this to recording shit like 'Harlem Shuffle'

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              • Satan
                ROTH ARMY ELITE
                • Jan 2004
                • 6664

                #8
                Actually, Mick Taylor didn't play on that track at all. Both the guitar parts are Keef.
                Eternally Under the Authority of Satan

                Originally posted by Sockfucker
                I've been in several mental institutions but not in Bakersfield.

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                • Kristy
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 16752

                  #9
                  I'll argue that. Keith rarely, if at all, played slide.

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                  • ThrillsNSpills
                    ROTH ARMY ELITE
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 6627

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Kristy
                    I'll argue that. Keith rarely, if at all, played slide.
                    Now now, have some courtesy, have some sympathy, and some taste.

                    (sorry, couldn't resist)

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                    • chefcraig
                      DIAMOND STATUS
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 12172

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Kristy
                      I'll argue that. Keith rarely, if at all, played slide.
                      It was Keith. At this point, Brian Jones was still in the band, but was so out of it that Richards wound up doing all of the guitar parts. The song was recorded early in 1969, and Mick Taylor would not join the band until the summer of that year.









                      “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
                      ― Stephen Hawking

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                      • ThrillsNSpills
                        ROTH ARMY ELITE
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 6627

                        #12
                        Mick Taylor played on 2 tracks on that album. So did Brian . Brian didn't play guitar it was autoharp on You got the Silver and percussion on Midnight Rambler. (but I haven't read Keith's autobiography yet)
                        And there's no slide on GS. He's just over bending the G string that gives that effect.
                        How great is the album cover!!
                        I'd bet he's using a Fender amp. Damn now I have to find out.

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                        • ThrillsNSpills
                          ROTH ARMY ELITE
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 6627

                          #13
                          It's a shame those performances were removed. I never noticed there was another vocal part other than Mick and Merry C.
                          Those vocals were powerful.

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                          • Kristy
                            DIAMOND STATUS
                            • Aug 2004
                            • 16752

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ThrillsNSpills
                            Mick Taylor played on 2 tracks on that album.
                            So he was there on those sessions.

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                            • ThrillsNSpills
                              ROTH ARMY ELITE
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 6627

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Kristy
                              So he was there on those sessions.
                              Live with Me and Country Honk, but not as an official member.
                              But you can't always count on album notes, since Taylor wasn't credited as writing Sway or Moonlight Mile, and the choir on You Can't always get what you want didn't want to be credited supposedly from Jagger's lyrics on Live with Me.

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