If you listen close ... right after her voice cracks....Mick yells out....in approval! He loved it.

@@elisaabolafia9542 yup! They played off each other's energy. I love when they decide to leave those odds and ends sounds in a song. Gives the music a sense of humanity. Not sterile and programmed like today.

This track would have been long forgotten without her, She literally made this song what it is today with her "backing" vocals.

@@Claythargic I totally agree

I get chills too!!! Her voice chokes me up!! 💕

It shimmers perfectly.

Yes, absolutely

Haunted

Vietnam

@@waynej.sutherland4359 I can't hear this intro without envisioning Hueys coming into a hot LZ.

She was so powerful she had a miscarriage

Abso-fucking-lutely. This song, and that part in particular, hits me directly in the feels. I'm like Pavlovs dog when she starts letting loose her soul; guaranteed hair standing up on the back of my neck, tears in the eyes stuff.

The phrase where her voice cracks, oh my.

Her singing makes this song, in my opinion. I get goosebumps. Every. Single. Time.

Yeah, that's a great story! Mary Clayton tells the story on 'The Queen Latifah Show': kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oN6TYNGn0NS0lqM.html And the clip from the documentary '20 Feet From Stardom' with her isolated vocals: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ec5_gdiXtZaqdac.html

Isnt her brother a musician?

@@victorsixtythree her name is actually spelled Merry like Merry Christmas, not as Mary like the virgin Mary. 😏❤️😎

@@christinegelabert1651 Dang - I actually knew that but still spelled it wrong. I'm gonna blame it on auto correct.

Absolutely every time!

that might have been the moment she impacted her body enough to make the miscarriage she had. 8 Months pregnant and then have a miscarriage through singing, crazy

@@CyberVenomAenima wait what?! Really? Omg it's the first time I hear about this..

Thats when you hear Mick go ‘wooo’ when she put so much power into it

It's been said before, so I'll repeat it: If that song were recorded today you just know some engineer/producer would "clean up that crack" through electronic computer means. Which would ruin the character and uniqueness of this song completely. Once you've heard Mary Clayton sing it, no one else is the same. Some good singers no doubt but she was the one for this session.

Still rings true to this day.

Partly that but mostly about Stones sad reaction to a free outdoor concert they held in LA near the freeway (wanted to do their version of Woodstock). But unfortunately -- and unlike Woodstock's which was remembered for its love & peace -- Stones concert was remembered for the unnecessary murder of a young black fan who brought his white girlfriend there to see them perform. The innocent black man got killed but the Stones' security team who were drunk off their asses because the Stones foolishly paid them in beers. Oh, and who were these professionals the Stones mistakenly hired you may ask... The Hell's Angels' Motorcycle Gang/Chapter of LA who showed up on their hogs in droves in a caravan line long enough to make truckers on a highway look in shock and have LAPD intimidated. When the Brotha' and his Caucasian woman tried to make their way closer to the stage to get a better look/spot, Hells Angel members noticed them and began harassing them (interracial relationships where still taboo at that time especially to a bunch of redneck trailer park trash racist bikers who were the "Children of those that served in war;" WWII Babyboomers Mic Jagger was referring to in this song.) Making a long story short...after Hells Angels words didn't sway the young hip-looking interracial couple from leaving, they quickly resorted to violence and attempted to hit him. The Brotha' pulled out a gun he's was carrying for protection and waved it around hoping that would get them to lay off him, instead it riled Hells Angel members up more who immediately proceed to surround him, feign as if to punch him in the face, which distracted him long enough for another member to stab him with a knife in the back. It was all caught on someone's video recorder there to film concert, made the news, and had everyone wondering why in the heck would they hire them to do concert security plus pay them with free cases of beer in advance? It also has the Stones head messed up after seeing the footage of the stabbing to the point Jagger & Richard quickly wrote this song as a dedication to his African American fan who died a senseless death just wanting to rock & roll with his chick to their favorite group. A storm was brewing (after he brought a hot white chick with him), the brotha' tried to look for some quick shelter (knowing that he was quickly surrounded by hundreds of drunk obnoxious biker gang members doing security there), but unfortunately wasn't able to get help from anyone and got faded away in front of his woman & scared concert goers who encircled couple and wouldn't let them leave Info provided from "Give Me Shelter" documentary.

@@ascotthumphrey looking at every other source though, shows that it was about The Vietnam War and War in general.

@@leagueofdead569 I sited my sources mainly the live-documentary for that concert with Mick Jagger & Keith Richard's watching the filmed killing of said individual in shock. You should watch that documentary as it's quite enlightening.

Nailed it. Still as brilliant and relevant in 2022 as it's ever been.

I'd love to see you guys do a Patreon reaction to the movie "20 Feet From Stardom" some time. Merry Clayton's story, and this song in particular is featured.

Trolls lol

Hey..look who’s here!

It’s good to see content creators supporting each other.

Yo look who it is. Keep up the great videos guys.

thanks, never heard it before until now

She was heavilly pregnant during the recording and upon returning home, Clayton suffered a miscarriage, attributed by some sources to her exertions during the recording.

Man...Micks "yeah"....I've loved that part for decades and decades. There is no one better than Mick Jagger with little exclamations like that, their catalogue is full of them.

Mick & Keith wrote this in 1968. It was recorded on 23 February 1969 and 2 November 1969 ..... before Altamont concert. The album this song was on was released on December 5 1969. Altamont concert was on 6 December 1969.

who's Merry Clayton?

@@johnmimeault3467 the female backing singer, TBF she's a co singer rather than backing...

@@swfcocs1 It should be illegal to sing rape/murder that pretty.

She had a miscarriage after the recording of this track.

I had the biggest crush on that lady growing up. And still do!

but they did...

They wrote Yellow Submarine 😂 boy band

This is a typical Keith' song. Besides, it couldn't have been written by another band. But man, you must admit that "a day in a life" is a wonderful song from the Beatles as amazing as gimme shelter.

Day in the Life is easily on this tier.

I have the intro as my ringtone. Haunting. Beautiful.

@@TANTRUMGASM I think you're missing a lot of details there. Is it a song 100% about the Vietnam War? No, not really. However, seeing as Jagger sought out Merry Clayton to sing the "Rape, Murder" lines, they were obviously writing about a bit more than what you claim. You have to remember that this song was written around the time of the suppression of the Prague Spring, the MLK Jr. assassination, Tet Offensive, etc... You don't need to be directly related to these events to be saddened by them.

They’ve peaked?

@@kjmorley long time ago

This song was written by guitarist Keith Richards during a dark time in his life on a very gloomy day. This is NOT a song about the Vietnam war as there were far bigger threats like Soviet Nukes on hair trigger alert where death was just a “shot” away.

Oh and the woman doing the amazing backup vocals, Merry Clayton was something close to 9 months pregnant when she recorded this. She ended up miscarrying her first child the next day which makes the lyrics all the more haunting.

Merry Clayton was also 8 months pregnant at the time and asleep in her bed when she got the wake up call in come down to the studio and sing the backup on the song. After she finished singing she apologized for her voice cracking and wanted to know if they wanted to do another take. They laughed and said “Are you kidding ? You nailed it on the first take,”

However, the song's creation also had a traumatic impact on her life. Her vocal performance was so strenuous, it caused her to suffer a miscarriage after she went home.

Brad wouldn't understand.

@@1perfectpitch ROTFLMAO

Studio version please

Nah. Too many hoo hoo hoo's.

From get Yer ya-ya's out

I got in my time machine and travelled 50 yrs. into the future, and Keith Richards tried to bum a cigarette from me.

Until the death of Charlie Watts, I assumed the Stones would just keep going. I mean, they’ve just always been there.

LOL

Keith will outlive us all

@@arnoldcox9128 I can't help but think back when he was addicted and doing coke and heroine it was always freebased with Formaldehyde?

I think her voice cracking just adds character to the song.... A sign of her giving it her all !

That's Merry, not Mary, but yeah, The Stones loved what she brought. This is her talking about it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oN6TYNGn0NS0lqM.html

Sia Furler does that often... it adds a sense of power I believe.

I always thought it was sexy as hell. Which is weird in a song about war, but life is full of contradictions and strange juxtapositions.

@@MrDiddyDee Mary Clayton is how she is credited by the Stones. Merry Clayton being her real name. Not sure where the mistake happened but its history now.

Totally agree, probably from their best album too.

Sympathy for the devil

Agreed, it's got that killer Sax.

Yeah, I probably agree, but.. The Stones had so many. My prosthetic personal favorite is FINGERPRINT FILE.

One of the sickest tones ever on that track.

Getting to the point of oversaturation. Used to be sort of "oh, they balance one another pretty well" - well, nope, the balance is off. It is becoming increasingly difficult to watch these because of Brad for me. 😢

​@@MoCarcass I feel the exact same way. It's not balance to watch someone who's not into music at all. Yet Lex and her beautiful personality still keep me coming back sometimes.

​@@TANTRUMGASM Agreed. It's odd that someone who's not into music has a music reaction channel. And saying "odd" is me being very nice.

Statesboro blues -Allman Brothers too !

Oh yes, please listen to "Roadhouse Blues" !!

Oh yeah!

Anything Bon Scott era AC/DC.

It's about one of the most disgusting wars of the last 100 years - and that's important - but it is imparted not just by the words but by the music.

I agree.

Truth!

God bless Ms. Darlene Love. #WereNotWorthy

@@hbg99x Darlene Love is a great singer, but it is Merry Clayton who sings on Gimme Shelter.

HA! You right!

Correct.

Brad's confused frown is timeless too, in its own way.

I’m burnt out on the music reaction channels. I stumbled on this channel today and must have watched a dozen videos. They are perfect. Brad’s quick insights into the lyrics is fascinating. I’m more like Lex and concentrate on the music. She does have a killer smile but so does he.

@@elbruces He's narrow but he's deep.

My favorite part of this channel. The dichotomy between the two.

agree agree! something about these two .im always watching out for whats next

Led Zeppelin, especially anything off of I.

how does it feel to be so full of shit?

@@davisworth5114 what do you mean?

I feel like this song is more about the conflict within human beings between good/bad, war/love.

@@davisworth5114 I have know idea? Please fill us in gomer .

That one little break in her voice sends a little shiver up my spine every single time i hear it.

@@rohnnyjotten3985 Absolutely 💯

@@rohnnyjotten3985 you can hear Mick Jagger shout in appreciation if you listen

It even suprised Mick. If you listen, you can hear him go Whoa!. Merry's vocals were phenomenal on this track!

I agree. The best thing about this song is the sublime guitar work. The opening of this song may be my favourite opening of any song.

Hmm

Underrated comment. Plus they respect the instrumental parts!!

Right?!

Seems to look completely confused all the time to me. Lex gets right into it,which is the whole point of music isn’t it?

Listening to rap literally his whole childhood will do that to ya. Rap is all about the words. I grew up listening to both so I understand where he comes from.

I come from a classically trained pianist and natural lover of progressive rock...so I think in landscapes and colors and abstract concepts...completely different. Music is an unending expression of the soul. I have no patience or interest in literal 3D “music”. I do like Brad though...AND he scored big time with Lex 😊

My thoughts exactly 😂

... and it's situations like that which is the reason they don't allow us guns! 😂

Not really. The movie most would probably associate with Gimme Shelter is Casino.

@@ericsierra-franco7802 you're genuinely incorrect on this one. Then again you're probably 20 so you've never watched a Vietnam War movie

Check out the documentary “20 Feet From Stardom” she is featured in it!!

*Merry Clayton

Yeah, she did many backup parts during this time, among them, Sweet Home Alabama

Simple.

word

Aspergers?

Mostly Scorsese movies, you are guaranteed atleast one Stones song in every movie.

@@snowfan0521 agree but there's other movies, "Flight" comes to mind, and there are others

She also was 9+ months pregnant and lost the baby. They belive she strained so hard while singing that it caused the miscarriage. I believe it was due to placenta-previa ...but not 100% on that. For obvious reasons, she couldn't listen to the song for years. Side note: listen closely during the part where her voice cracks a bit (2nd chorus I think) ... you can hear Jagger go "Woo" in the background which they left in the final recording. 😉

Her name was Merry Clayton. Great gospel and soul singer.

Yes ... absolutely has a GREAT voice!

Her vocals give me goosebumps every time I hear this song.

Check out the movie “20 Feet From Stardom” if you haven’t seen it. This performance by Merry Clayton is featured.

One of my favorites. Loving Cup is one I really like that never gets airplay.

I love this song! The Beatles parodied the Beach Boys with “Back in the USSR”. I always hear this song as a parody of the Beatles, and other psychedelic groups of the day.

Of tons and tons of songs produced by this band to mention just this one - "She's A Rainbow", maybe least representative - I found this somewhat hilarious.

@@ijontichy994 I've heard those tons, and tons so often... Which I love them all in their own right, but "She's A Rainbow" is truly one that you wouldn't even really know about unless you were looking for it haha.

​@@butchplz916 Come on, often you can hear "Angie", "Paint It Black" or "Satisfaction". But I never listen to "Dead Flowers" or "Little T&A", or "Melody" on the radio - and I only listen to rock radio stations. "She's A Rainbow" was created only because of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" - kind of responce to that. Only after that boys started to think for themselves and recorded four of their best albums.

Merry Clayton, not Howard. Her brother, Sam, is the percussionist for Little Feat

@@Macilmoyle Thank you. Fixed.

Keith Richards wrote the song in a lidded off state as his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg was in a movie with Mick Jagger called Performance. In the movie they had a sex scene. Keith would wait in the car during filming and wrote much of this song during that time.