The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@ChrisFreund-rt8rf]

Merry Clayton is the female vocalist.And this is quite possibly my favorite Stones song,but there are so many great ones.

[@jollyjakelovell4787]

Merry was also very pregnant and asked to come to the studio late in the evening after having to drive through a thunderstorm to get there.

[@markchapel6694]

The female vocalist was Merry Clayton - who was four months pregnant at the time. She was called into the studio around midnight, sang about three takes and went home to bed. Earlier in her career, she was one of Ray Charles' back-up singers. She can also be heard on records with Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Neil Young, Ringo Starr and on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". In 1972, she starred as the original Acid Queen in the first London production of The Who's Tommy. She can also be heard on many movie soundtracks including Maid to Order and Dirty Dancing.

[@flerbus]

and , she had a miscarriage which she thinks was caused by the recording session

[@allengray5748]

Sadly seems 2 different stories that she miscarriaged on the way home from the recording or when she got home. 😔☯️☮️

[@stevenklyce3555]

The 2013 documentary, 20 Feet From Stardom is a mandatory music lover’s requirement to witness the impact and lives of backup vocalists in modern music. The Rock & Pop stars and all their familiar hits augmented by these “unsung” (seems like an oxymoron) singers features many of the most well known backups. Merry Clayton personally shares her experience that late night, getting the call, going to the studio in her house clothes, rollers in her hair, wearing a mink coat. She and Mick had a thing for a while. I would imagine her tell all biography would shock a few people. !

[@KawaTony1964]

I can't be sure what Mick and Keith were thinking when they wrote the lyrics for "Gimme Shelter", but in my mind, the lyrics really resonate with the time period when the war was raging in Vietnam and the USA and USSR were on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. To me, the song means "we've gotta turn this whole thing around before it's too late".

[@michaelaustin9705]

One of the most thoughtful and inteliigent reactions to this song that I've ever seen. Thank you for being you Biss!

[@JKershaw]

you can hear marys' vocals break at one point and hear mick in the background say wooaaahhh. they loved it so much they left it in.

[@princemattiey]

Merry Clayton is the woman singing on this song. It was very last minute, and she was pregnant at the time.

[@jollyjakelovell4787]

Also came late in the evening trough a thunderstorm to get to the studio.

[@allengray5748]

Also sadly on her way home from the recording she lost her child. They suspect at the moment her voice cracked. 😔☯️☮️

[@gregorykenfield3134]

Never apologize for feeling what you feel, and please don't allow some troll to shame you into hiding your natural reaction. We all journey together, but we each take our own steps. God bless!!

[@jimmywalker4884]

Please don't bash Biss, let her experience the music for the first time with pure honesty and innocence.

[@ckobo84]

You are her knight in shining armour ...coming to her emotional rescue

[@JeremyNiemczyk]

@@ckobo84 nice....

[@markdecker6190]

Yeah to the people who can't live without criticizing others in order to make themselves feel superior, it's time to get a new life, maybe interject some positivity into it, do something nice, make someone happy today.

[@BillTheScribe]

The Stone excel at writing deep, meaningful lyrics and sticking them on tunes that just make you bop around.

[@SvenGold]

One of THE best Anti-War Songs. Merry Clayton's expression in her lyrics is amazing and makes this song

[@TheRtmac]

I think a lot of people would say Mick doesn’t have a “great” voice, but it works well with their songs, bluesy, gravely voice

[@TannerHemmingsen]

What’s amazing is that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are both 81 years old, and are still touring and performing as if they’re 20. I recommend their songs “Start Me Up”, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “I Know It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)”

[@Moonlite312]

Merry Clayton’s vocals are a classic masterpiece in this performance… Great song

[@guanyin19]

This is probably the pinnacle work of The Rolling Stones. I can't think of another song of theirs that's better. Merry Clayton took Gimme Shelter to legendary status. She was simply phenomenal in her backing vocals.

[@williamschrom1584]

Appreciate your honesty and willingness to continue to try new experiences ✨️

[@BisscuteReacts]

[@dropfishboogie3869]

You can enjoy art any way it moves you. And it will do move you differently every time. Music is everything

[@henrychin4290]

Great video! That is one of my all time favorite Stones songs! Mary Clayton is the female vocalist on this song! She did an amazing job! Story has it, she was pregnant and home when the Stones engineer came calling one night and asked her to sing on this song! You can hear Mick Jagger just amazed when she is doing her third refrain and he just exclaims "whoa"! Great song, great video!

[@BisscuteReacts]

Thank you, glad you loved the reaction

[@stornowayscotland]

Thank you beautiful for the reaction sending you big hugs 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@BisscuteReacts]

Thank you, glad you loved the reaction

[@CRabbit42]

The female vocalist's name is Merry Clayton. She absolutely nailed her part!

[@nickface55]

She was called into the studio with no idea what she was going to do. She was also pregnant at the time but man she belted it out!

[@robertjewell9727]

Both in Zombie and this song it was clear to me from the outset that you were appreciating the music on all its levels. 🎶💕

[@Eve_Of_Hearts]

Great song! Be blessed always, Bisscute! Much love

[@somersetcace1]

I think most of us get that, because we smile when we listen to this song too! 🙂 "Make love, not war!!"

[@72philgood]

thank you. always loved that song. keep them coming

[@BisscuteReacts]

[@Roegwon]

3:59 guitar face is high praise 💜🍪

[@rachelpsmith3129]

The Stones are, like, Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

[@Beejay950]

Proberly one of the best intros to a song, if not the best. in my opinion.

[@thomashiggins9320]

This is one of the greatest, and maybe *the* greatest, anti-war anthem ever written. 😎🤘 Merry Clayton, the backup vocalist, just slayed. She blew away the band, when she got the call in the middle of the night (her hair in curlers) to come and sing this at the studio recording session. That said, this is one of the most recognizable guitar riffs ever recorded, as well. This song just has everything.

[@trevalarose8155]

I was never a huge Stones fan but they came to the Kansas City football stadium with the band Living Colour opening who I love so i went with a friend. The Stones ( & Living Colour) were amazing. Their live show converted me.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I love that you're doing music reactions now. The lyrics reflect themes of impending disaster and the need for shelter from the storm, interpreted both literally and metaphorically-representing the tumultuous social climate of the 60s. "Gimme Shelter" has been featured in several films, most notably in the 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter," which chronicles the infamous Altamont Free Concert and the violence that occurred there.

[@LearnToRefine]

You expressed ypurself Very well ! Most of us agree. I love the emotion in their voices

[@brianboye8025]

Thanks for the expression of your deep appreciation of the beauty and shear artistry of this music. Zombie - Wow! This song - Wow!

[@jeffthompson1685]

I'm in agreement, the guitar sets the tone and weaves through the song like a gorgeous tapestry. The female vocal takes it home emotionally with a punch to the heart. ❤❤❤

[@j_muller]

Songs like 'Gimme Shelter' never bore. .....and neither do you.

[@fugazi225]

thanks for reaction

[@johnniekight1879]

You paused just before the greatest scream in Rock history???? It was Merry Clayton BTW on vocals.

[@shspurs1342]

There is a great live version of this from the Bridges to Babylon tour. VHS/DVD released 1998, from a 1997 concert in San Louis, Missouri, USA.

[@MattSwain1]

Anyone who criticises your genuine reactions needs to learn that we don’t all see the world through the same lens. I have plenty of songs in my collection with very dark lyrics but the music moves me so I’ll sing along or dance along to it (I mean dance in a very loose sense of the word). This doesn’t mean I don’t get the song, or that bad things make me happy or any such thing. Keep being authentically you and let the haters live in their joyless worlds

[@KingReese9k]

Great video Bisscute I enjoyed it👏😊

[@Marcus-p5i5s]

Anti-Vietnam war song. On the radio all the time back then as our children were being killed by the score every day in the war

[@chrismonroe8582]

Monumental song through and through. Another total banger of a road tune is "All Down the Line" from their Exile On Main Street album. You shouldn't have to apologize for appreciating someone putting out this great music (the Cranberries too)

[@kennywilkus1632]

By far my favorite Stones song! Ms. c Clayton’s vocals are chilling! Mick’s vocals aren’t for everyone but I will say that when you really listen to a lot of their songs, the lyrics are very powerful and dramatic. I couldn’t think of any other way to sing them. Great reaction Biss! As far as the people Bashing you, fk em! We love ya and understand where you’re coming from.

[@Rocketfua21]

Mick is an entertainer, after all.

[@citizenkane4831]

Lead guitarist on this is Keith Richards. And together with Mick Jagger they wrote Gimmi shelter

[@olaspaz3079]

You're spot on. Great guitar playing is about music, it's not a speed contest. ❤

[@americanmutt9089]

My favorite parts of this song are Merry Clayton's backup/solo vocals and Charlie Watts banging this one out of the park on the drums.

[@willchristopher1899]

The female vocalist is Merry Clayton and her story on this session is a story in itself. She is featured in a documentary "20 Feet from Stardom" which focuses on the lives of the female backup singers including Merry Clayton, Darlene Love, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, Jo Lawry, Claudia Lennear, and Tata Vega. A very nice reaction and another job well done. Did you really say "Holy-Moly Macaroni"? I'm going to start using that phrase.

[@Rocketfua21]

No need to apologize. You do you, haters can leave.

[@vincentvancraig]

This song has been featured in just about every single Martin Scorsese film since 1989……if u know, u know……quite epic/climactic

[@mynameispaul0530]

Mick is definitely a showman.

[@richiecabral3602]

Yeah, a while back, like maybe 10 or more years ago, they released these lyrics videos of some of their classic songs, because I think they, or at least someone in their organization is not stupid. A lot of people think they're the greatest Rock band of all time. It used to be between them and The Beatles, but they've definitely been around the longest by now. They're literally one of the original British Invasion bands from the early 60s era, haven't stopped doing it since, and are still doing it! I mean, they are very old men now, and they lost their drummer Charlie Watts a few years ago, but they're still doing it, and say what you want about Mick Jagger, but he's 81 years old, and he works very hard to stay in shape to still be able to get up on stage and move around the way he does, and he's always been a very smart business man. Instead of just resting on the fact that they're already so iconic, they still try to keep up with what's going on, and stay relevant. Around the same time, they were shooting footage of them on tour and releasing it on line. A friend of mine worked on that, and I think the lyrics videos were the same kind of thing. Someone saw that was a thing going on, so instead of just ignoring it and feeling like their too good for it, and don't have to bother, they figured they'd get in on it, and make some of their own that would be good quality that people would like, and would help expose younger generations to their music. I know there was this one, "Paint It Black", which you saw, and at least "Sympathy For The Devil", which should probably be the next one you check out. Or maybe "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Or if you don't want to do the lyrics version of "Sympathy For The Devil", there's a live video that people react to that looks like maybe an old television appearance from back in the day? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKjXqqFjgZJlnbMsi=ffacKDwBqxpYDdBl

[@CollideFan1]

Not really a Stones fan but they have some great songs and this is one of my favorites

[@navagate1900]

Your facial expressions are fine everyone does it with Paint it Black too. Great reaction/

[@BisscuteReacts]

Thank you, glad you loved the reaction

[@neiloliver4745]

If you want to hear more of the great Merry Clayton, she has a few tracks on the soundtrack of the infamous Mick Jagger film "Performance", and sings two songs on the "Dylan's Gospel" album credited to "The Brothers and Sisters", great versions of "The Times They Are A-Changing" and "The Mighty Quinn".

[@woeshaling6421]

It's such a classic. So much so that Martin Scorcese has used it in 3 of his movies

[@rickjames4434]

one of their best of many of their great songs - I hope you do the live version it is much better

[@charliepeterson7168]

see if you like the song "Dead Flowers" by the stones on the sticky fingers album

[@BisscuteReacts]

I will add it to the list

[@jayperez955]

I knew you would enjoy this dong , it's been in their live set since it was first released

[@evets6691]

❤❤❤Loved your reaction!! Haters are going to hate on you for any stupid reason. You gave an honest reaction to an awesome song, so they can piss off. There's a lot of people here who have your back. Keep on doing what you're doing!! 👍👍

[@KenPassey-hd2mc]

Why would anyone want to bash Bis. Lovely young lady giving her viewpoint. What's wrong with that? I like people that have a point of view!!!!!

[@jeffstevens4262]

Merry Clayton did a fantastic job of backing Mick on this original which was released back in the days of the Vietnam war. Lisa Fischer also did an amazing job supplying the female vocals for the band in their live shows in later years. I invite anyone to check her contribution out too on You Tube.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΠαπακωνσταντίνου-φ7μ]

The best rock song in history

[@robertnichol3669]

only 3 Stones song I like...this one and "Jumping Jack Flash" normally vying for my number one Stones pick....just the build up and the epic backgrounds...that lady sang her fucking heart out in the background and even Mick was shocked by her in studio

[@jakedee4117]

Sympathy for the Devil?

[@gork8468]

I'm not a particularly large Stones fan, myself - but Gimme Shelter is the amazing exception.

[@luciomenin9104]

Nice you started to enjoy Stones, i recommend You can't always get what you want and Wild Horses

[@newbluemoon4903]

Biscute, I enjoy your honest reactions to songs that, many of which for you, come from a different world. Some songs are merely simple chords and simple lyrics. That’s fine. Sometimes, simple is all that’s necessary. Other times, the music is intricate with or without ‘deep’ lyrics. A song can be many things at once, drawing different emotions from the listener. Rock is unique in this sense. It has the ability to combine a vast array of simultaneous emotions into one work. Those who criticize reactions they deem insensitive are merely virtual signaling to the world that they understand the serious nature of the subject matter. Sadly, they deny themselves to be touched by everything the piece has to give them.

[@Cashcrop54]

It's your channel Bisscute. No need to apologize for anything and especially to trolls. Every reactor gets those comments. I react to this song just as you did and I'm 70 and heard it a thousand times.

[@AW11-e4h]

Greatest Rock n Roll band ever ✌️

[@hackermusic3355]

We danced and had fun to the beat of this song many times even though the lyrics are dark and sad.

[@EdA1]

Biss, you should react any way you want that’s what makes it genuine and this is genuinely an amazing sounding song and an all-time classic with fantastic music and vocals! And I’ll tell you something. I’ve heard this song 1000 times going back to the 1960s and back then we didn’t have lyric videos. We didn’t have any videos! I had no idea what the hell they were even saying, and didn’t even know the word rape was being used until these modern reaction channels… But I can promise you I was smiling and grooving to this song just as much as you, and although the words are very profound, lyrics is not the total package when it comes to a great song!

[@Big_BadaBom]

Its hard not to smile when hearing Dolores oriordans voice.

[@robinfoster7597]

Hey Biss, always good to see you. Great reaction, thanks, :)

[@BisscuteReacts]

Thank you, glad you loved the reaction

[@richardgoddard37]

I only like a handful of Stones songs, but that handful are simply brilliant.

[@justsmashing4628]

Dire Straits Telegraph Road live alchemy please 😊

[@Rocketfua21]

Great song, great message.

[@wombatwilly1002]

Satisfaction,Start Me Up,Honky Tonk Women,Jumping Jack Flash,19th Nervous Breakdown,Get Off Of My Cloud,Miss Amanda Jones.Good luck there's about 350.

[@Rocketfua21]

Keith Richards 5 string guitar magical.

[@glenndailey9801]

I listen to music first letting lyrics slide (sometimes for years) before worrying about the lyrics: poetry, message etc. sometimes being very surprised when I look into what is lyrics are saying.

[@EstebanAdrian27]

Bisscute, greetings from Uruguay! 🤟😎🎸🇺🇾🎶

[@МихаилШалаев-ы3з]

Хорошо! Артистам Браво 👏 ! Ведущей Спасибо 🙏 ! И удачи ей в делах!❤

[@allengray5748]

Bisscute!! I'm afraid explaining to ignorance is a losing battle and losing the ignorance is no great Lost!! You KEEP BEING YOU ❣️ Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼

[@vincentvancraig]

Mick gave really hilarious, charismatic interviews……if u ever get a chance to see one, u might get his whole vibe a bit better…he’s quite a funny, charming dude……these last years on tour, he also does things like goes to little bars in the smaller towns the stones are on tour, slightly disguised in a baseball cap & casual street clothes, & he’ll take a photo, people in the back ground & off to the side of him totally unaware it’s him, & he’s not posing or anything, he’s just almost documenting a chill little, modest bar/pub….mick is funny. .lastly, john lennon’s secret nickname for jagger was “mick f@ggot”, ….mick was/is definitely flamboyant…..idk, bob dylan once said “to be able to hold people’s attention onstage, u have to be a bit of a freak”

[@jeromedeparis]

The Rolling Stones look good on you, Bisscute.

[@geneaikenii1092]

LOVE YOU Miss Biss. Liking your style. Keep 'em coming. See ya on the next. Shoutout from your guy high up in the mountains of a little resort town called Gatlinburg, TN. That's in East Tennessee. U.S.A. Do some more Poison, please, oh please, ma'am. Much Peace and lots of love, Fam. Later, y'all. P.S. I like your smiles, no matter what is going on in the song. Like it when you smile. Period. Joke 'em if they can't take a f*ck....

[@StephenDouthart]

I'm only at the start here but I sense this song will change your opinion on the Rolling Stones 😆

[@cruesome2]

It's just a song. Enjoy it. No one is going to judge you for enjoying a song with a beat.🤘

[@EricAnderson888]

Try "Sympathy for the Devil", another banger with great music and lyrics.

[@BisscuteReacts]

Maybe in the future

[@bombasticbushkin8643]

God I love this song!!!!!

[@jasontrebilcock6496]

And, time to throw out a couple Stones recommendations...from a slightly more recent Stones album, "Steel Wheels", released in 1989: "Rock And A Hard Place" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/baG8c4SdadacnLc "Mixed Emotions" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqCxlqxpo5uoq6c

[@kevincaulder96]

Ok, Bisscute. Your reactions are fine. We don't all love every single song we hear. ALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY is a song by Gilbert O 'Sullivan. It is well-written, thoughtful, and tragic. But it is an artful expression of loss. Also, the Rolling Stones have a catalog covering the music landscape since 1962. You are bound to find some music you like, and some you don't. As for Mick Jagger, performance is part of his vocal style and stage presence. Take it or leave it. Next up, the lyric video for SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL. Or IT'S ONLY ROCK-N-ROLL, BUT I LIKE IT. Keep going and enjoy the music.

[@geraldarsenault275]

all the official lyric videos are like that exploding colors

[@craigreipold3931]

Nobody knows what a song is about the first time they hear it. There have been songs I had heard on the radio for years before it clicked in my head what I was hearing, and what it was actually about. I think everyone has had that experience at least once in their lives. People who attack music reactors for enjoying a song as they hear it for the first time, are probably the type of person who is offended by everything everyone else does, no matter what, but somehow is perfect themselves…

[@alejandromartinez1766]

Miss Bisscute this song live in concert it's great. The performance is unique you should react to any version of that. You should watch the performance with lady ga ga.

[@roberormonde]

This is a well made song the gitar was great all the way through one of there best songs love your reation biss you nailed it ❤😊

[@BisscuteReacts]

Thank you, glad you loved the reaction

[@LordEriolTolkien]

I too am not a fan of the Stones. That is not to say i dislike them, just that they are not the first band I would choose to listen to

[@unity1015]

An interesting cover is done by the Sisters of Mercy, might be worth a listen since they changed the lyrics a bit, made it a bit darker.

[@baz0348]

Great reaction as always biss rolling stones are not for everyone people have different tastes it doesn't mean there opinion is wrong, It's there opinion and intitled to it. People getting angry and start throwing there toys out the pram because someone doesn't agree with them or share there taste in music just shows how childish they are.

[@BisscuteReacts]

Thank you, glad you loved the reaction

[@DuHase-Actual]

Not a Rolling Stones fan, but here for the funzies and support of Bisscute and that is enough for me. 😊

[@emiliojosegomez6872]

❤❤❤ ciro😢 y los persas estdio ferro. Antes y después. Abrazo. Muy buena banda gracias abrazo 😊😅

[@thecreepypastapoet3673]

Hi Biss, You sure look lovely this morning. Any song you react to becomes a sexy song because of you my friend. I don't care much for Mick, but I do like the Stones as a group if that makes sense. Thanks Biss,

[@irishroverinflorida5822]

No need to apologize or explain hun! Just remember this, no matter what you say or do, someone will complain!