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rolling stones - gimme shelter (mp3)

damn, manchester is cold today. black frost was out last night, and now i’m decked out in multiple layers, with gloves, scarves and everything, and i’m still chilled right through to the bone. winter’s here without a doubt.

and in trying to forge a tenuous link between the weather and what i can find on my laptop at work i’ve unearthed this stone-cold classic from the rolling stones … if i was to compile a ‘top 10 records to effortlessly swagger around to’ i’m sure this would be up right up there with wilco’s bluestastic “handshake drugs”.

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Good call. The b-side ‘Child of the Moon’ is one of their absolute lost classics. Big John Squire record (when he was any cop!) and out Oasis’s Oasis at 20 paces. Pitched in between their psyche-dandy period and the hard roots-rockin’ of ‘Beggars Banquet’

steven added these pithy words on Nov 15 07 at 3:38 pm

I agree this song has some serious swagger. But, the female backing vocals on this song are also incredible. Who is this chick? She shoulda been a star in her own right. In any event, the stones are seriously indebted to her.

Jordan added these pithy words on Nov 16 07 at 5:58 am

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