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- Originally released in 1969 as the first track on the Rolling Stones ' Let It Bleed, "Gimme Shelter" is a haunting, layered, remarkable piece of music. It was described fittingly by co-writer Mick Jagger as "an end of the world song," and it's easy to see why.
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Mar 30, 2022 · “[‘Gimme Shelter’ is] a kind of end-of-the-world song, really. It’s apocalypse; the whole record’s like that,” Jagger confirmed. The female vocals and vocalist.
The 1970 documentary film Gimme Shelter, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, [47] chronicling the last weeks of the Stones' 1969 US tour and culminating in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert, took its name from the song.
Aug 30, 2024 · What goes up must come down, and the optimism of the 1960s came down with a violent crash. The Rolling Stones wrote an anthem for the dark end of an era.
Jun 9, 2019 · With the war in Vietnam escalating and the threat of nuclear annihilation from the Soviet Union unremitting, hopes for the future had evaporated by the decade’s close. “It’s a kind of...
Dec 5, 2023 · Brilliantly written and recorded, ‘Gimme Shelter’ perfectly captures the sounds of the ’60’s utopian dreams violently crashing to an end.
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Dec 5, 2023 · How the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter represented the death of the 1960s spirit. By Mick Wall. ( Classic Rock ) published 5 December 2023. Written by Keith Richards as he brooded over Anita Pallenberg's dalliance with Mick Jagger, Gimme Shelter represented something truly dark.
Jul 7, 2020 · Originally released in 1969 as the first track on the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed, "Gimme Shelter" is a haunting, layered, remarkable piece of music. It was described fittingly by co-writer Mick Jagger as "an end of the world song," and it's easy to see why.
