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"Gimme Shelter" is a song by The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. Although the first word was spelled "Gimmie" on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and other musicians have made "Gimme" the customary spelling. Greil Marcus, writing in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine at the time of its release, said of it, "The Stones have never done anything better." The song is highly influential in that Richards played it in his new open tuning, making the guitar riff among the most unique and recognizable in rock history. The song features female vocals by Merry Clayton. ==Inspiration and recording== "Gimme Shelter" was written by the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, the band's primary songwriting team. Richards began working on the song's signature opening riff in London whilst Jagger was away filming ''Performance''. As released, the song begins with Richards performing a guitar intro, soon joined by Jagger's harmonica and subsequent lead vocal. Of ''Let It Bleeds bleak world view, Jagger said in a 1995 interview with ''Rolling Stone'': "Well, it's a very rough, very violent era. The Vietnam War. Violence on the screens, pillage and burning. And Vietnam was not war as we knew it in the conventional sense. The thing about Vietnam was that it wasn't like World War II, and it wasn't like Korea, and it wasn't like the Gulf War. It was a real nasty war, and people didn't like it. People objected, and people didn't want to fight it..." As for the song itself, he concluded, "That's a kind of end-of-the-world song, really. It's apocalypse; the whole record's like that."〔Wenner, Jann. , ''Rolling Stone'' (14 December 1995). Accessed 20 May 2007.〕 Similarly, on NPR in 2012: "It was a very moody piece about the world closing in on you a bit...When it was recorded, early '69 or something, it was a time of war and tension, so that's reflected in this tune. It's still wheeled out when big storms happen, as they did the other week (Hurricane Sandy ). It's been used a lot to evoke natural disaster." After the first verse, guest vocalist Merry Clayton enters and shares the next three verses. A guitar solo by Richards follows then, with great energy Clayton repeatedly sings "Rape, murder. It's just a shot away. It's just a shot away," almost screaming the final stanza. She and Jagger then repeat the line "It's just a shot away" and finish with repeats of "It's just a kiss away." (Of her inclusion, Jagger said in the 2003 book ''According to the Rolling Stones'': "The use of the female voice was the producer's idea. It would be one of those moments along the lines of 'I hear a girl on this track – get one on the phone.'" ) Summoned from bed around midnight by the producer, Clayton made her recording with just a few takes then returned home to bed. It remains the most prominent contribution to a Rolling Stones track by a female vocalist.〔Unterberger, Richie. ("Gimme Shelter" ). allmusic.com (2007). Accessed 20 May 2007.〕 At about 2:59 into the song, Clayton's voice cracks under the strain; once during the second refrain on the word "shot", then on the word "murder" during the third refrain, after which Jagger is faintly heard exclaiming "Woo!" in response to Clayton's powerful delivery. Upon returning home she suffered a miscarriage, attributed by some sources to her exertions during the recording. Merry Clayton's name was erroneously written on the original release, appearing as 'Mary'. Her name is also listed as 'Mary' on the 2002 ''Let It Bleed'' remastered CD. The song was first recorded in London at Olympic Studios in February and March 1969; the version with Clayton was recorded in Los Angeles at Sunset Sound & Elektra Studios in October and November of that same year. Nicky Hopkins played piano, the Rolling Stones' producer Jimmy Miller played percussion, Charlie Watts played drums, Bill Wyman played bass, Jagger played harmonica and sang backup vocals with Richards and Clayton. Guitarist Brian Jones was present during the sessions but did not contribute, Richards being credited with both rhythm and lead guitars on the album sleeve. An unreleased version features only Richards providing vocals, while an extended remix version has also been created by British DJ Danny Howells〔(Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter" Danny Howells Extended Mix by Danny Howells on SoundButt - Hear the world’s sounds )〕 using isolated tracks ripped from the ''Rock Band'' video game, it features the bass much more in the forefront of the mix and the original unfaded outro.〔("Gimme Shelter" ). timeisonourside.com (2007). Accessed 20 May 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gimme Shelter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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