Need some other ears to listen to Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)

[billymach4 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close billymach4]

I have a video clip with audio from Merry Clayton. Merry was the backup singer for Mick on this 1969 hit. I am sure you all have heard this song dozens of times if not hundreds over the years.

I have discovered that in her vocals of this hit her voice actually cracks while she is belting out the lyrics " Rape, Murder its just a shot away" . Despite having heard this song over the years I have never realized that there was this slight defect in this song, and yet it was cut and released as is in only 2 takes.

In this video the Merry's voice track is striped out of the surrounding music to reveal what I would say is her 'screaming' voice. It is absolutely amazing to think that this slight defect was woven into the background to make this marvelous hit recording. It is something I never detected, and would not have if not for the vocal track in the video.

I have also listened to the song at least 4 times now with the other supporting tracks and can now hear the defect.

Take listen and let me know what you all think?

Vocal track Starts at 1:50


http://youtu.be/ChONufP0FEs?t=1m50s

Full track starts at 2:45

http://youtu.be/n_a0zOLMAfw?t=2m45s

[buzglyd Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close buzglyd]

Awesome. Thanks for that. 👍

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

I like the Stones version of their tune better than all of the other versions from other artists. Grand Funk and a couple other bands recorded this tune but its hard to beat the original.

[catwgirl Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close catwgirl]

My ears enjoyed it. Thanks.