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Gimme Shelter (WARmix)
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we wanted this cover to sound like us yet still capture the true essence of the song, which is impending doom...the Stones always had attitude unlike any other...
rock nowar schneider
some people get by with a little understanding, some people get by with a whole lot more..
think back to when Gary Numan wrote and recorded 'Cars' in 1979 and if we don't think we've lost something we're crazy...but if we think it's coming back anytime soon then we are complete fools... can you still recall in the juke box hall when the music played and the world spun round to a brand new sound in those far off days.. in their blue suede shoes they would scream and shout as they sang the blues, let it all hang out.. rock and roll..
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Cover Songs
Charts
Peak #55
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Jagger/Richards
Rights
1969 c. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Uploaded
March 16, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.5 MB • 195 kbps • 4:39
Meta Data
Samples
Yes, contains samples or splices
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
Apt in 1969, maybe more so in 2025..we feel this song is timeless as every generation grapples with problems that threaten their very existence...if the Ukraine's not Poland or the Gaza isn't Rwanda then we never learn and never will and if we don't call out what's wrong or continue to sugar coat our ideology because we think there is only 'us and them' then we're consigned to making the same mistakes over and over again...and in reality that's what we've done for the past two millennia.
Lyrics
Ooh, a storm is threatening My very life today If I don't get some shelter Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' Our very street today Burns like a red coal carpet Mad bull lost your way War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder yeah It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder It's just a shot away It's just a shot away, yeah The floods is threatening My very life today Gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away
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Tony DeLecce
Apr 08
Very good cover. I always liked this one. Nice to see the lyrics not sure I knew them all. Kath definitely gives it a different original flavor. Excellent cover folks.