Classical Composer reacts to The ROLLING STONES: GIMME SHELTER

Classical Composer reacts to The ROLLING STONES: GIMME SHELTER | The Daily Doug (Episode 856)

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@colleentrygg7376 Ай бұрын

Yes , this is a masterpiece. The Stones have a few of those :) One of those is You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Studio version complete with the choir… definitely deserves to be on your masterpiece Friday .

@simontemplar3359 Ай бұрын

💯 the entire Let it Bleed Album is a masterpiece.

@colleentrygg7376 Ай бұрын

@@simontemplar3359 yup . That it is .

@T-bone1950 Ай бұрын

The way it was played during the starting scenes of "The Big Chill" was fantastic.

@colleentrygg7376 Ай бұрын

@@T-bone1950for me it’s the way they build and build then it goes off into the stratosphere… same as Midnight Rambler. Absolute magic . I’ve seen them do this live 3 or 4 times and it’s great but IMO that choir is what makes the song brilliant.

@T-bone1950 Ай бұрын

@@colleentrygg7376 👍

@coreysoderlund1376 Ай бұрын

Chills everytime I hear Merry Clayton sing that solo part.

@martynlester9869 Ай бұрын

Her cover of the song, ie with her singing lead rather than Jagger, is staggeringly good. Arguably better than the original - it's said that even KR said he considered it 'definitive'.

@glennjones2345 Ай бұрын

Love at the 7:42 when her voice breaks on Murder, you can here Jagger go "Yeah" in the mix. Apparently she was called in at the last moment and told to improvise. So cool.

@rohnnyjotten3985 Ай бұрын

Does not matter how many times I have heard this song but that part gets me every single time, shivers, goosebumps, almost tears.

@alecholmes4500 Ай бұрын

Called in last minute nine months pregnant, no less, and told to improvise. Still cool.

@nazfrde Ай бұрын

@@alecholmes4500 She had a miscarriage, too.

@alecholmes4500 Ай бұрын

@@nazfrde Yeah, that's the tragedy of it. I never wanted to minimize that, only comment on my admiration for her performance preceding that event.

@michaelberg7818 Ай бұрын

The 'some piano' you referred to is the great Nicky Hopkins. His work is literally everywhere..

@fuchsiaswing8545 Ай бұрын

Yeah, Nicky was so integral to the Stones sound from 1967 to 1974. He was more or less a defacto member. Their evolution as a band really starts with him.

@george474747 Ай бұрын

You have to wonder how much input Nicky actually had on their songs. The Stones had some wonderful piano parts credited to non-pianists.

@SuperNevile Ай бұрын

@@george474747 Ian Stewart and Jack Nietzsche were the other Stones' pianists. It was necessary for them to be non credited when you have Brian "playing the piano" on TV, for example on "Let's Spend The Night Together".

@marktubeIII Ай бұрын

Nicky was also in Jefferson Airplane (Volunteers) and Quicksilver messenger service (Shady Grove if I remember)

@jimbrentar Ай бұрын

Have you ever seen the film "Twenty Feet From Stardom"? You'd love it. Both Merry and Lisa appear in the film. It's about the unsung backup singers in the history of rock

@thekpmckay Ай бұрын

That's what I came here to say. AMAZING vocalists who, after a shot in the spotlight, decided to do their job in the shadows. Just like the studio musicians in the Wrecking Crew and Muscle Shoals.

@FanOblues51 Ай бұрын

Loved that movie; saw it on TV just a couple of years ago.

@kratino Ай бұрын

FABULOUS documentary.

@neiloliver4745 Ай бұрын

"Moonlight Mile" is a Stones classic, moody and melancholic, with Paul Buckmaster's strings building the song to pack an emotional wallop.

@seanjockel43 Ай бұрын

@neiloliver4745 moonlight has jaggers best vocal performance of his career

@wulfgold Ай бұрын

The intro to this is total gold and the there's no let up in quality. RE: the mood of it, it's like fiddling whilst Rome burns. Sometimes the situation is so wildly egregious you laugh in shock. It's like the danse of madmen.

@chriseyres9614 Ай бұрын

Its the greatest rock n roll song ever made, it will never age or sound dated

@thedave5748 Ай бұрын

As a guitarist - I can tell you Keiths intro (and beyond) is like an archetype piece of music that people are still tryin to get right. the notes are one thing but the tone and feel are something unique. In the verses he's playing 5 chords - as in chords without a 3 just 1 and 5 so I guess theyre neither major nor minor - or both.

@mariewaters9346 Ай бұрын

One of my most favourite tunes ever!!

@toddbyrnes2199 Ай бұрын

The Stones started in 1962. They are still rocking 62 years later

@rebauer2000 6 күн бұрын

started when I was 3!

@toddbyrnes2199 5 күн бұрын

@rebauer2000 I was born in 63. Been a fan since I can remember hearing Satisfaction when I was 4

@richarddefortuna2252 Ай бұрын

Keith uses an open tuning on many of the Stones songs beginning in this era, primarily open G, but he has used open E, which i believe is what he uses on this tune. That allows him to be able to appear "casual" with his fingerings, while integrating a ton of interesting "complexity" into the figures that he plays.

@KurtGAndersen Ай бұрын

Open E it is….👌

@RobertPérusse Ай бұрын

This is an iconic song! I still get chills every time I hear it.😮

@billowens8051 Ай бұрын

Same here. Just an amazing concept and the musician ship is haunting and perfect. A r & r masterpiece.

@eggman7527 Ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to cover this too. I'd voted for this one. Tremendous song!

@davidgagne3569 Ай бұрын

What an amazing recording.Young American men were being shipped out to die in Vietnam. What an amazing intro to this song. The guitar looks simple because Keith is playing a guitar tat is tuned to an open chord. This song makes me wanna STRUT.

@marcusfox2443 Ай бұрын

young Australians too

@stetomlinson3146 Ай бұрын

One of, if not my favourite Stones song. Just class! If this song doesn't give you a shot of adrenaline, too late my friend , you're already dead!

@TheNosferatu666 10 күн бұрын

AWESMOME Performance, of Lisa & the Stones! But I also ADORE, the Live Preformance of Mick, Ron, Keith together with the Muddy Wasters, in Chicago!

@captpicard100 Ай бұрын

This and Sympathy for the Devil my two all time favorite Stones tracks. 1968-72 they were at their absolute peak of creativity.

@One_Proud_Papa Ай бұрын

My favorite Stones song ever.

@mrwomby5007 Ай бұрын

Agreed! I’ve got it as the ringtone on my phone.

@billowens8051 Ай бұрын

You might find “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” from Sticky Fingers in ‘71. It starts with a savage riff from Keith and ends in a Latin inspired jazz improvisational journey. It’s one of the most amazing songs from the rick n roll era. Thanks for the great assessment and breakdown of maybe my favorite Stones song - Gimme Shelter.

@billowens8051 Ай бұрын

I meant “rock n roll “ obviously.

@glenncanale9225 Ай бұрын

Yes They are the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World

@mc-lb9dk Ай бұрын

When I saw Lisa for the first time, before we had KZbin, less than 6 feet in front of me I was mesmerised by her presence and her voice. Still my fav singer . EVER!

@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Ай бұрын

As an undergrad in Canada when this song came out, it surprised me that a British band was so outspoken during the Vietnam War. After all, the UK was not involved, and it was Canada that was the refuge for Americans avoiding the draft. Then, a friend from Wales explained that British antipathy towards American involvement in SE Asia was based on the hypocrisy that the US was campaigning against British colonialism while boosting its own imperialist aims in Vietnam.

@danjmcs Ай бұрын

Chanel Haynes kills it with Mick on this track on the current 2024 tour, such a great song but what an absolutely amazing performance by Merry Clayton on the original studio recording.

@wardka Ай бұрын

I like simplicity like this, but I also like complexity in all kinds of music. The Stones make simple music, Yes makes complex music. There's room for both, just as there's room for both Bach and complex counterpoint and the simpler (by comparison) style galante and classic era that came later. I like it all. I used to think more complex music is better, more cerebral, but as I matured I've come to realize simpler doesn't mean easier.

@fuchsiaswing8545 Ай бұрын

Well said! Despite its simplicity, I do find there's a different type of complexity at play here, namely the recording process. Like many Stones songs in the Jimmy Miller era, there are tons of intricate layering and effects (here Keef uses the tremolo effect brilliantly) to achieve a distinct sound that isn't even replicable live

@billowens8051 Ай бұрын

And Keith’s genius also lies in how he lets the spacing and timing create beautiful music in all styles - from hard rocking songs to gentle heartbreaking ballads. No one else sounds like him.

@dennismason3740 Ай бұрын

The giro (quiro) is the ratchet-sounding gourd played by scraping a stick across the ridges carved into the gourd. It's quite popular in Latin music.

@joescott8877 Ай бұрын

Sympathy fo r the devil, cant you hear me knockin, she's a rainbow, angie, let it bleed, jumpin jack flash, honky tonk women, rip this joint, there are SOoooo many great Stones tunes!

@melissayost4888 Ай бұрын

I learned the Pentatonic scales cuz I was learning to play the Blues on guitar & Harmonica. Story goes since Blues guitarist back in the day were wanderers, they drop in anywhere, say C & everyone knew what to play in & solo in. It works. So damn easy to solo on those scales. They’re circular & you don’t need much theory.

@mrwomby5007 Ай бұрын

There’s some great singing from Merry Clayton on the soundtrack to the movie Performance. The arrangements were supervised by Jack Nitzsche and there are contributions from Mick Jagger (who also starred in the film), Ry Cooder, Randy Newman and several others.

@StillAliveAndWell499 Ай бұрын

Nice review! I recommend listening to the album “Exile on Main Street” in its entirety. Twenty years ago I listened to the whole thing and I was in tears by the end; it was beautiful. Although i knew some of the songs, I was sad not to have heard the entire album years before.

@hadz8671 Ай бұрын

fun fact: Merry Clayton got her name because she was born on Christmas Day.

@StevenMichals0812 Ай бұрын

The Stones had some great albums, the ones I always liked best are: Begger's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street. And then a few after that: Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock and Roll, Black and Blue, Some Girls. Those are all top notch albums. I think probably my favorite is Exile on Main Street, because they seem to be reaching out beyond the boundaries on that one.

@alexsandrosantin3289 Ай бұрын

Her singing is fantastic!

@dommonte3507 Ай бұрын

Best days with Mick Taylor playing the AX

@fuchsiaswing8545 Ай бұрын

Mick Taylor did not play on or have anything to do with “Gimme Shelter,” but the live versions with him on the 1972-73 Tours are phenomenal.

@Goddzi Ай бұрын

There’s a charity album from the 80s(?) called Gimme Shelter (for the charity Shelter, a homeless charity organisation) where several bands all covered this song in their own way. My personal favourite is the version by The Sisters of Mercy which was originally released as one of the b-side tracks on one of their early ep’s

@bobsteele9581 Ай бұрын

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" would be my choice for your next one. One of the Stones most iconic songs.

@donwest5387 Ай бұрын

Johnny Winter does it the best

@stephenfisch Ай бұрын

I would recommend Midnight Rambler, particularly the live version from Get Yer Ya Yas Out. That song also has a very interesting story behind it. but I love it most because of the great blues jamming on it and the theatrics that go with it.

@marymargaretmoore9034 Ай бұрын

With Merry Clayton on vocals. Lisa Fisher in the live video. I've been a fan since 1964.

@jackolson8775 Ай бұрын

That's impressive. I am fans of many bands that I was there "in the beginning", but for 10, 15 years. Not 60! 👏🏼 Did you ever have any of their early singles?

@marymargaretmoore9034 Ай бұрын

@@jackolson8775 Not 45's that I recall, although I misplaced my collection. I've been a fan since '64 but didn't see them live until '72 and many times since..

@aaztx Ай бұрын

as Frank Zappa said "music is the only religion that delivers the goods"

@ththejackjumper Ай бұрын

There's a version of Midnight Rambler from 1971 at the Marquee club you should check out because of how they play with time. Not something you really get in classical music

@NoCats-on-Guitars Ай бұрын

Listen to "Midnight Rambler" live in Havana 2016.

@heartfulofsoul Ай бұрын

one of the most entrancing openings you'll ever listen and Merry Clayton's godly vocals make this song so iconic!

@nick28476 Ай бұрын

That live video is from ‘97 on the bridges to Babylon tour… the stones are now 62 years young in existence. 😉

@stephenduffett8340 Ай бұрын

I always believed Charlie Watts was the backbone of this band. Very underrated drummer, rip Charlie

@rickknight1810 Ай бұрын

About those thirds -- that's the essence of the Blue Note -- maybe it's minor 3rd, maybe major, maybe you bend it up and down. Blues!

@docpangasinan Ай бұрын

Once again: "Beggars Banquet", "Let It Bleed", "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Main St" are 4 essential albums in a row (1968-1972), not only for the Stones, but also in Rock history. There's a lot more great stuff, but this phase was the peak. As of your reactions, only my opinion, sometimes a little less talking during the song would help yourself to not miss important moments (in this case, e.g., that the lyrics change from "war is just a shot away" to "love is just a kiss away". I think it would be better to figure out whether it's major or minor (or at least talk about it) after the song has ended. Just my opinion, always enjoying your videos. The Rolling Stones have been around for MORE than 60 years. The song that started after the live version is "Tumbling Dice" from "Exile on Main St" - it may very well be one for you to analyse!

@alexshkoditch4593 Ай бұрын

Factoid: this was originally going to be a Keith lead vocal, and there are bootlegs of this completed backing track with Keith on lead with Merry (ref bootleg "Beggars Breakfast"). Mick wanted the lead vocal, and Keith gave it to him. Keith will do anything for the betterment of the song and knew that Jagger could deliver a better performance than him (he also gave the song Angie to Mick, which was solely written by Keith). Mick was originally going to sing lead on You've Got the Silver and they swapped songs to give Keith his lead vocal on the Let It Bleed album.

@darkogregec7503 Ай бұрын

The best RS song on the best RS album. And they have a lot of great albums and songs.

@richardhorky9749 Ай бұрын

Grand Funk Railroad did a great version of this on their Survival album.

@billcoonley319 Ай бұрын

Great reaction to a great song. For an album, I'd vote for "Sticky Fingers", or for a song, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", a straight rocker with a Latin-jazzy end jam.

@jeffreynorman9180 Ай бұрын

Oh Doug...as much I enjoy your analysis of what's going on in the song, sometimes when you don't stop the music when doing so, you overlook key things that are actually happening IN the music. While you were sitting at the piano trying to figure out the harmonies, you apparently barely heard Merry Clayton's incredible vocal solo...one of the best vocal moments on any rock record ever. Go back and listen to that part again! The part where her voice cracks is just...beyond words.

@faithhofeldt2283 Ай бұрын

Sisters of Mercy do an amazing cover of this. Deeper voice and darker tone.

@tomt5745 Ай бұрын

It is gruesome, and beautiful

@rb9628 Ай бұрын

Hey Doug, great reaction. "Gimme Shelter" is the Stones at their peak. It might be better if you stuck to their hits rather than an entire album. And you may want to start chronologically to experience their musical progression. You could look at their early success when they started writing their own songs like "Satisfaction" or "Get Off of My Cloud." Then dip into their psychedelic period with songs like "Ruby Tuesday" and "2000 Light Years From Home." But it's their peak years, from 1968 to 1972 that they scaled Olympian heights with songs like "Street Fighting Man" and "Sympathy for the Devil" that captured the zeitgeist of the times .

@vizzini589 Ай бұрын

One of the great guitar intros of all time.

@Silber7 Ай бұрын

The tremolo guitars, piano and fuzzy overdrive of the original recording make for a uncomparable uneasy atmosphere nearly impossible to reproduce But what they do live with it (for decades!) reaches an at least similar effect

@mjp3186 24 күн бұрын

One of my guilty pleasures is If you really want to be My Friend from Its Only Rock and Roll. Thanks for your nice reaction.

@asingardenof Ай бұрын

Merry Clayton was a last minute addition to the sing after they decided they needed a female vocal on it. They called her out in the middle of the night and she came down in her rollers and dressing gown, four months pregnant, and she absolutely nailed it. She put so much into her performance she believes it contributed to her having a miscarriage only days later. I can recommend the cover by Stone Sour featuring Lzzy Hale.

@danielparsons2859 Ай бұрын

The early seventies live performances are by far the rawest and best. Pittsburgh 1972 or Philladelphia 1972.

@kevinwattswork6526 Ай бұрын

The best rock and roll song ever...according to me. Drumming by my distant cousin Charlie.

@swine74 Ай бұрын

for song....do Fingerprint File. It was sped up to fit on the vinyl so you can compare both. Original (bootleg) is on youtube.

@KennyCamaro2364 Ай бұрын

Alright Doug!!! Alltime great Stones song. Mary is phenomenal!!!

@michaelr4063 Ай бұрын

“Midnight Rambler” (the studio version from the same album ‘Let It Bleed’) MUST be considered. A Keith Richards MASTERPIECE. Dirty, greasy, bluesy, haunting, scary atmospheric. Keith once described it as (paraphrasing) ‘A nice little 3 part blues opera about r@pe and murder’. Simple Keith blues, capo 7, pure genius.

@docsmellyfella Ай бұрын

Tumbling Dice is another Stones track with awesome backing vocals.

@elevown Ай бұрын

Im REALLY looking forward to you hitting up Sympathy for the devil :) I think its structurally pretty different to most of their songs.

@tonbridgeman Ай бұрын

The gods convened when they made this song.

@keilarsbraegrower1581 Ай бұрын

Little Red Rooster is a must

@CaptainZed Ай бұрын

Keith's guitar is tuned in G .. 5 strings which i now see others mentioned

@cameronfowler7361 7 күн бұрын

Saw the stones back in ‘94. Lisa Fischer was with them then. It is one of the top 5 greatest music experiences of my life

@tomt5745 Ай бұрын

Paint it Black, Gimmie Shelter, Sympathy for the devil, and 19th Nervous breakdown. That is it.

@OldDavo1950 Ай бұрын

The live version on the Bridges to Babylon tour with Lisa is just mind blowing.

@Winjoe69 Ай бұрын

This is so great! Some Girls and Let It Bleed would be lovely subjects!

@stoppropaganda2573 Ай бұрын

Check out all albums with Mick Taylor on guitar. He put a shot of genius in the Stones and a lot of radio airplay ...

@carolynrieger1431 Ай бұрын

Excellent!

@andrewwallace7775 Ай бұрын

If you haven't see "20 Feet from Stardom", you really ought to. It includes the story of this recording.

@DRRwine Ай бұрын

This is undoubtably one of the all-time greats in Rock. That said, I'll be honest, I'm not a Stones fan, per se. But they have several great songs, and this... this one is transcendent. It's powerful, and it's socially aware and relevant. The other one that is undeniable from the Stones? Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker). Please do that one too! Great choice, Daily Doug fans!

@badgamergate565 Ай бұрын

Agree. "Paint it black" a close second in my opinion.

@steveford8999 Ай бұрын

TOM TOM TOM CRASH!!!! Love it.

@djknox2 Ай бұрын

This has always been my favourite Stone's tune. My favourite cover of it was at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame performance with U2, Mick J and Fergie. a very special performance. Check it out if you don't know it.

@seudosmart5278 Ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this one…. possibly my favorite Stones piece… 🔥🤘

@Pawel142 Ай бұрын

Stone Sour did pretty amazing cover of this great song. Love it!

@alicesims3706 Ай бұрын

This is the stones at their best and lisa makes it perfect

@angeloagra Ай бұрын

When I saw Doug reacted to Gimme Shelter, I thought: “I never understood if this is a major or minor key, but now Doug will clarify for me.”. Doug: 6:07

@melthebell33 Ай бұрын

where to go next with the Stones, i reckon you should do one of their really early blues covers like Come on, album wise theyve done so so many, personally i'd leave the first few, they are just albums of covers, start with Aftermath (1966) thats their first which features mostly their own songs, maybe then jump to Exile on main street, then do one of the late 70s, early 80s ones like emotional rescue or Tattoo you.

@manonthemoog Ай бұрын

An interesting thing about Charlie Watts is that he had no problems working with Jimmy Miller's ideas to the point that Jimmy is the drummer on a number of tracks. The Stones used to experiment by playing songs in varying grooves to fibd out sounds best. If Charlie was ever at a loss for ideas sometimes Jimmy would get on the kit to show Charlie how to play it. As often as not Charlie would let Jimmy record the drum part he came up with.

@richarddefortuna2252 Ай бұрын

If you want to hear a truly interesting, compelling, and powerful version of this tune, check out Keith Richards' own version with the Xpensive Winos, from the 1994 tour. THAT is epic!

@dennismason3740 Ай бұрын

Minor, down a step, major, down a step, major, back up the ladder. Suspended 4s thrown in on the major chords.

@PsyberDude69 Ай бұрын

Another early Stones hit is (I can't get no) Satisfaction - that will be a good one to review!!

@dennismason3740 Ай бұрын

I lived on Maui for three years, 1976 -1979. On my last day I was at Kaanapali Airport Bar and I was invited to perform. Guess which song I did and yes, I howled Mary Clayton's part.

@stevesugitani1003 Ай бұрын

This album is absolutely their best!

@joshlovesskillet Ай бұрын

They were relatively unknown in main stream music until the song "Monster" which was from the Awake album released in 2003. That got them some major airplay on secular radio channels and the rest is history. Other great songs are Saviour, Comatose, Hero, Rise and Reach just to name a few.