@11cslomk yeah i saw Gimme Shelter. I was reffering to a bbc interview with Jagger and Richards...The British Invasion, just how crazy they thought the states were.
You guys are right, this song is underrated because it sounds really cool. However, I'm not sure it *means* a lot, even though it would be nice to justify the violence. It's clear the Stones sometimes did some things intending to shock (10 year old girl? Really?) or somehow not anticipating people being shocked (Some Girls, for example). When asked what they were thinking, they respond it was a "good groove". Whatever.
This song came was a favorite of mine... a day after I fell in love with it the little baby girl next door got ran over by her mom's car when the mother was making more room in the driveway to play... so a certain genuine sadness is felt every time I hear it.
This isn't based on actual or "specific" events but I watched a documentary on the Stones. The band came from a violent europe to the states thinking paradise.....only to find a more violent, horrible place that is the US.
This tells two stories, a young man shot by police in a case of mistaken identity, and a 10-year girl who dies in an alley of a drug overdose. Neither is based on a true story, but intended to be a commentary on urban America. Chuck Findley plays trumpet on this, Billy Preston plays piano, Keith Richards plays bass and shares lead guitar duties with Mick Taylor, the horns were arranged by trumpet player Jim Price.
the cover might be far ahead of its time, where girls are covered. if that is all we have to recognize the east, then, well, cover the girls up, looks nice, even mick looks nice here
while i greatly dislike the people that mention their age and the fact that they listen to this still, i have like 50 or so stones albums and stuff on vinyl including this one and im only like 15 ... comon epic shit
Even if Berquitz had convinced a jury that this song had gave him sumblimal reasons to go out and killl lovers in New Youk City. I think he still would had to servr his sentecs maybe in a mental hospital but with liitle if any chance of perol.
@bigpoppa36801 would the killings have to be in the same year for it to have anything to do with it? maybe it took him 3 years to hear it. what are you talking about anyway i've never heard of the son of sam killings and would like to know more.
is this song about the son of sam? Piolice in Ny city he did use a 44 bull dog imported from england. he killed lovers in the park. I am no phucotherpisist but there seems too be too many similariuties from ther song to the scruall crimes !
I saw the Stones play when I was in the 7th grade. 1995, I think. I would give most anything to have the opportunity to see them play in their heyday.
I want my children to get born to this song, grow up to this song, first kiss to this song, make love to this song, get engaged to this song, get married to this song, die to this song.
@YohoLindo Yes, I too hope that my children are born, grow up, first kiss, make love, get engaged, get married, and die to a song about an innocent man getting shot by the police and a ten-year-old girl overdosing in an alley.
@YohoLindo I absolutely agree that it has a nice flow. I love the Stones, and I love this song. All I'm saying is that groovy as the tune may be, the lyrics do not strike me as the kind that I would want to accompany the great moments in a person's life. Honestly I don't know if I could pick a single song that would want for such a variety of occasions.
@YohoLindo you guys are right. Lyrics are no fun. But Mick and the boys ALWAYS wanted to show 2 sides of the medal: Love, happiness, hatred, rich people poor people [ remember gimme shelter: rape murder just a kiss away..]... she's a rainbow [1967] , stupid girl [1966] ..
One of the [many] things I admire so much about the band is that they sing about EVERYTHING that can / might happen in life. All d best from Holland
@YohoLindo I fell hte same way. I have been a Stones fan the 5th grade,Im now 30. I listen to the Stones every single day! I hope my kids one day learn of this band we know now to be THE BEST ROCK BAND EVER!! PERIOD!! Beatles who?!
"I want my children to get born to this song, grow up to this song, first kiss to this song, get engaged to this song, get married to this song, make love to this song, die to this song."
Regarding US Chart Position it peaked at # 15 according to Billboard
TheAmericanidiot9 2 days ago
fUCKIN EYE GOATS HEAD SOUP!
Kyotedog66 6 days ago
I broke up with a girl because she didn't like this song. True story.
Exilemainstreet 1 week ago 3
Best Stones song and least played on the radio, in my opinion.
maximadog 1 week ago
i love it
MrRedpickle 1 week ago
great
MrRedpickle 1 week ago
best. band. EVER.
11cslomk 2 weeks ago
@11cslomk yeah i saw Gimme Shelter. I was reffering to a bbc interview with Jagger and Richards...The British Invasion, just how crazy they thought the states were.
piecebypieceful 2 weeks ago
@piecebypieceful ill look into that one
11cslomk 1 week ago
billy preston giving some... wah wah there.. on the clavinet..
Ezwider109 2 weeks ago
You guys are right, this song is underrated because it sounds really cool. However, I'm not sure it *means* a lot, even though it would be nice to justify the violence. It's clear the Stones sometimes did some things intending to shock (10 year old girl? Really?) or somehow not anticipating people being shocked (Some Girls, for example). When asked what they were thinking, they respond it was a "good groove". Whatever.
theluckyfr0g 3 weeks ago
This song came was a favorite of mine... a day after I fell in love with it the little baby girl next door got ran over by her mom's car when the mother was making more room in the driveway to play... so a certain genuine sadness is felt every time I hear it.
misfitsfiend69 1 month ago
@misfitsfiend69
keep that story to yourself from now on please
alexgannon53 3 weeks ago
@misfitsfiend69 whoa.
bassplayeroceanside 1 week ago
This is an excellent, kick-ass and sorely underrated song in the Stones repertoire.
Bolinbabe 1 month ago
This isn't based on actual or "specific" events but I watched a documentary on the Stones. The band came from a violent europe to the states thinking paradise.....only to find a more violent, horrible place that is the US.
piecebypieceful 1 month ago
@piecebypieceful actually i think the first lines(the 44. and chasin the kid) are true,some kid was shot by cop i think,not quite sure though
nebulag34 4 weeks ago
@piecebypieceful was that "gimmie shelter"? if not you should see that one too.
11cslomk 2 weeks ago
This tells two stories, a young man shot by police in a case of mistaken identity, and a 10-year girl who dies in an alley of a drug overdose. Neither is based on a true story, but intended to be a commentary on urban America. Chuck Findley plays trumpet on this, Billy Preston plays piano, Keith Richards plays bass and shares lead guitar duties with Mick Taylor, the horns were arranged by trumpet player Jim Price.
RoboSlater 1 month ago
: " Heartbreaker with your 44 I want to tear your world apart " They should of included this in the movie, " Summer of Sam " !!!
frank02111 1 month ago
I love this song and I have this c.d. Unfortunately this particular track skips like hell -.-
Yellow4494 1 month ago
Love the wah peddle .....
bretoff 1 month ago
the cover might be far ahead of its time, where girls are covered. if that is all we have to recognize the east, then, well, cover the girls up, looks nice, even mick looks nice here
windriaanspailboat 1 month ago
The last truly badass Rolling Stones song.... it was all downhill from here
Dempsey2626 2 months ago
@Dempsey2626 Fake Stones fan.
EvilAnticsLive 1 month ago 6
@EvilAnticsLive Thank you.
Yellow4494 1 month ago
while i greatly dislike the people that mention their age and the fact that they listen to this still, i have like 50 or so stones albums and stuff on vinyl including this one and im only like 15 ... comon epic shit
xXGam3r4L1feXx 2 months ago
MY FAV STONES TUNE BRITS GOT THE BEST LICKS.
adam88356 2 months ago
Solid!!
TheJedgeworth 3 months ago
live it love it...
727chitown 3 months ago in playlist Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup
Best keyboard intro ever
LLB61959 3 months ago 10
@LLB61959 Billy Preston at his finest!
jag15301 3 months ago
Good Nigger album this
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what the fuck are you talking about
eesyskankin29 3 months ago
@TheKenfig what the fuck?!
jahrastapack 3 months ago
fuck...these guys are GODS!!!
jimmythecreep 3 months ago 7
DID ANYONE COVER THIS? IF SO WHO?
c2daj2dat 3 months ago
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pillowsquish18 3 months ago
Mick Taylor was such a great asset to this band. What a genius
TheKhaibear 3 months ago 6
Found this album on LP at my house... SOOOO GOING PLAY IT! :D
Gl0nK 3 months ago
i really love this song, especially the chorus... (refräng)
CaptainDuck01 4 months ago
@CaptainDuck01 Did you really have to write chorus in Swedish? (Svenska)
Gl0nK 3 months ago
best guitar riff EVER
TheWeswrzesinski 4 months ago in playlist stones and others
Is any one else a little freaked out by the album cover?
4stringcurly 4 months ago 39
@4stringcurly weirdest stones cover they've ever published lol
freedumnevafree 2 months ago
@4stringcurly yeap lmao :)
wendie82 2 months ago
@4stringcurly I can't tell if thats mick jagger
Kr4v3rd 1 month ago
I remember this song from the eighties. Heard it on 'Made in the Shade.'
Ilfordloser92 4 months ago
@Ilfordloser92 that's where i heard it too... last summer.
LolaLavonda 4 months ago
Goat 2011 Soup
love charlie watt's use of tic and hi-hat openess
SuperMegaUberGenius 4 months ago
Even if Berquitz had convinced a jury that this song had gave him sumblimal reasons to go out and killl lovers in New Youk City. I think he still would had to servr his sentecs maybe in a mental hospital but with liitle if any chance of perol.
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frank02111 4 months ago
my favourite part of this song is from 0:00--3:28
TheKhaibear 4 months ago
@TheKhaibear mine too
dale6118 4 months ago
If this album was released in 1973 then this song has nothing to do with the son of sam killings. All of that took place between 1976-1978
bigpoppa36801 4 months ago
@bigpoppa36801 would the killings have to be in the same year for it to have anything to do with it? maybe it took him 3 years to hear it. what are you talking about anyway i've never heard of the son of sam killings and would like to know more.
OutlawRepresent 4 months ago
@bigpoppa36801 oh wait you mean the album cover. yeah... disregard that last post plox
OutlawRepresent 4 months ago
The Stones lost out when Mick Taylor left I'm sure this has been said a 1000 times
TheKhaibear 4 months ago in playlist TheKhaibear's favorites
is this song about the son of sam? Piolice in Ny city he did use a 44 bull dog imported from england. he killed lovers in the park. I am no phucotherpisist but there seems too be too many similariuties from ther song to the scruall crimes !
frank02111 5 months ago
@frank02111 I can follow your train of logic, but this song was actually four years BEFORE Son of Sam, but an interesting observation...
SpikeMichaels 5 months ago
@frank02111 Well considering that this album was released in 73 and son of sam did his thing in 78 i would think it highly unlikely.
ChristianSchock 4 months ago
bent it, broke it, stole it, lived it.
CrashoftheConchords 5 months ago
Okay the cover of this album freaked me out so much that I changed the artwork on my ipod...
pfootball43 5 months ago
@pfootball43 Why does it freak you out? :3
ZeppelinClassics 5 months ago
@ZeppelinClassics Lol that lady has a really disturbing expression.
pfootball43 5 months ago
@pfootball43 For the record, I'm pretty sure that "lady" is, in fact, Mick Jagger.
LennonMoonPlant 5 months ago
Just killer!
poeboyjackson 5 months ago
I saw this LP at a record shop near my house. I would have gotten it for my record player, but I had no money on me. >.< Never again.
ZeppelinClassics 5 months ago
best song i know called heartbreaker, and thats actually good because i know a lot of them
W0R3FUL 5 months ago
This is such good serious STONES
TheKhaibear 5 months ago
I saw the Stones play when I was in the 7th grade. 1995, I think. I would give most anything to have the opportunity to see them play in their heyday.
sp1derborland 5 months ago
timeless quality,check the brass section
bangform 5 months ago
im 20 years old, wish i was born 30 years earlier!
paterkroepoek 5 months ago
I think the guitar solo in this is one of the best rolling stones guitar solo. Played by the virtuous Mick taylor of course.
noblesiner 6 months ago
greatest rock and roll band ever
jasonptify 6 months ago
I am not a huge drum guy, but this is what I like best about this song. Drum playing is awesome.
1gunther1 6 months ago
@1gunther1
That's what I like best about Gimme Shelter.
Davide888 5 months ago
Current song obsession
Unenthusiasticly 6 months ago 22
@Unenthusiasticly Right?? I keep hitting replay myself.
TheKhaibear 5 months ago
@Unenthusiasticly Yeah, I've been hearing it all over the radio too. Could do worse than this.
boronx 1 month ago
remember blasting this in my 2011 challenger, nothing like great rock and american muscle car balls
thincow12 7 months ago
Remember leaving my girlfriend's house when I was 18 with this song blasting in my '63 Impala!
walrustusks1 7 months ago 14
Los Angeles County Police, Wis. Judges, da's, courts. Heartbreakers!
MultiWebweaver 7 months ago
So damn funky. God, I love the Rolling Stones.
KurtRileyOfficial 7 months ago
Stones & Aerosmith are the only rock bands that can make brass rock
Taydude411 8 months ago 16
this is by far one of the best songs ever recorded its perfect
josh16462 8 months ago
goats head soup is super underrated it's too good
awhiteman1986 8 months ago 12
@luffynatsuharu iam drunk as hell to this song right now ! Max volume !
YohoLindo 8 months ago
I want my children to get born to this song, grow up to this song, first kiss to this song, make love to this song, get engaged to this song, get married to this song, die to this song.
YohoLindo 8 months ago 81
@YohoLindo Yes, I too hope that my children are born, grow up, first kiss, make love, get engaged, get married, and die to a song about an innocent man getting shot by the police and a ten-year-old girl overdosing in an alley.
RenegadeSalmon 7 months ago 3
@RenegadeSalmon me too
psadpoiafsdf 7 months ago
@RenegadeSalmon Dont be a hater bro. I know exactly what this song is about. But you gotta admit that it has a nice flow to it ! Doo doo doo doo !
YohoLindo 7 months ago
@YohoLindo I absolutely agree that it has a nice flow. I love the Stones, and I love this song. All I'm saying is that groovy as the tune may be, the lyrics do not strike me as the kind that I would want to accompany the great moments in a person's life. Honestly I don't know if I could pick a single song that would want for such a variety of occasions.
Ddotsattack 7 months ago
@Ddotsattack Good answer man. I totally agree that the lyrics are a lil bit harsh but the song in whole is amazing.
YohoLindo 7 months ago
@YohoLindo you guys are right. Lyrics are no fun. But Mick and the boys ALWAYS wanted to show 2 sides of the medal: Love, happiness, hatred, rich people poor people [ remember gimme shelter: rape murder just a kiss away..]... she's a rainbow [1967] , stupid girl [1966] ..
One of the [many] things I admire so much about the band is that they sing about EVERYTHING that can / might happen in life. All d best from Holland
coratris 7 months ago 10
@YohoLindo Accidentally posted that on my friend's account, Ddotsattack. I didn't notice that he hadn't logged out.
RenegadeSalmon 7 months ago
@RenegadeSalmon I guessed it was you :D no problem bro
YohoLindo 7 months ago
@YohoLindo That's kind weird.
caseyjonas86 7 months ago
@YohoLindo I fell hte same way. I have been a Stones fan the 5th grade,Im now 30. I listen to the Stones every single day! I hope my kids one day learn of this band we know now to be THE BEST ROCK BAND EVER!! PERIOD!! Beatles who?!
MrPAEMT 2 months ago
@MrPAEMT hell yeah man, the stones kick the beatles ass god bless and UP THE IRONS FROM LOUISIANA
TATELANDDOG 2 months ago
@TATELANDDOG i agree tatelanddog
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Maybe this way it will be better:
"I want my children to get born to this song, grow up to this song, first kiss to this song, get engaged to this song, get married to this song, make love to this song, die to this song."
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1951GORT 9 months ago
Beast of a song.
Scar182UK 9 months ago
What a strange picture.
VanHalenMan5 9 months ago
The Stones hit #15 in Billboard, 2-23-74. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 9 months ago
Perfect example of how brass can work in rock! Love it!
62burnley 11 months ago 46
@62burnley I cant agree more. i only wish that more rock bands could see the potential of horns in they're set : )
deltaomegaable 4 months ago
great song,amazing album!
cfmagal 1 year ago 10