‘Gimme Shelter’ was very much influenced by the violence in the US and the general uncertainty politically and so on.
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. It's been used a lot to evoke natural disast…
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