Gimme shelter is a 1970 rockumentary film and concert film, documenting the 1969 american tour by the rolling stones, then hitting their peak as artists. Gimme shelter is the opening track to the 1969 album let it bleed by the rolling stones. The rolling stones gimme shelter in movies, tv and video games. Gimme shelter by the rolling stones is just about how it sounds. Gimme shelter is best remembered for its chilling finale the death of concertgoer meredith hunter at the stones free 1969 show at altamont but throughout, directors albert maysles. A harrowing documentary of the stones 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at altamont. Released on the same day in december 1969 as the stones illstarred, badacidandcheapwine appearance at altamont speedway in northern california, at which teenager meredith hunter was stabbed to death by hells angels, gimme shelter would also become the alltoo appropriate title of the maysles brothers documentary film of that debacle. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. The world is closing in on you and theres no place to go, so you need some respite from. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. In their 1970 film, gimme shelter, the maysles brothers used one such direct cinema technique to help convey a statement of momentous impact. What film trailers feature gimme shelter by the rolling. Saw it a bunch of times when it hit the firstrun theater in chapel hill.
Incidentally, albert maysles brothers, directors of the film gimme shelter appears in the film shine a light holding a camera, and although theres nothing in imdb i am reasonably sure that scorcese gets a credit on gimme shelter. Reduce trivia the 1970 documentary film gimme shelter, directed. We see footage of their concerts and of them making the sticky fingers album in muscle shoals, alabama. Under my thumb altamont, 1269 19 the rolling stones. Gimme shelter, from 1968s let it bleed, is a tense enough track on its own. The rolling stones helped usher in the end of the peace and love era with their notoriously illfated 1969 u. The film also includes archive footage from the bands career and marked the first utilisation by scorsese of digital cinematography for his films, with it being used for the backstage sequences. I saw it first during its premiere new york run in late 1970. The film is named after gimme shelter, the lead track from the groups 1969 album let it bleed. It was shot by albert and david maysles and directed by the maysles brothers and charlotte zwerin.
Back home in north carolina shortly thereafter, i followed it through the celluloid food chain of the time. The guitarists atmospheric tone presents a perfect kaleidoscopic parallel to the spiritual gospel sound of jagger and claytons vocals. The rolling stones gimme shelter live official promo duration. The world is closing in on you and theres no place to go, so you need some respite from the impending doom that seems to exist on all sides.
Gimme shelter captures some of the ensuing tragedy. Extensive footage of the rolling stones performing on july 5th 1969 in hyde park in front of an audience of appropriately 500,000 people just two days after the untimely death of former lead gutiarist and band founder brian jones. The top uses of gimme shelter by the rolling stones in movies. If youve got an idea for a clip joint that youd like to. Heres five examples of cracking track use by aspirant scorseses as well as the real deal. Gimme shelter contains elements of a typical rock and roll documentary, with footage of the stones on the road and playing a concert at madison square garden in new york.
Why does martin scorsese love the rolling stones so much. Whether it be your favorite stones song, or your favorite use of one in the film please dont just vote for your favorite film on the list though. So this is what it felt like to be the rolling stones in 1966 dark, jumpy, surly. Gimme shelter is the film ive seen more than any other. The use of gimme shelter by the rolling stones in some of martin scorseses films. Gimme shelter is a 1970 britishamerican documentary film directed by albert and david maysles and charlotte zwerin chronicling the last weeks of the rolling stones 1969 us tour which culminated in the disastrous altamont free concert. The rolling stones are the legendary british rock band known for many. Gimme shelter a documentary on the rolling stones 1969 us tour and the tragic events that concluded it. Gimme shelter has been played in a variety of movies and television showscommercials. The rolling stones gimme shelter appearing in goodfellas 1990, casino 1995 and the departed 2006, all directed by martin scorsese. Rolling stones tour film gimme shelter is a classic rock. Ive been toggling around with my gnx4, but just cant really. According to mick jagger the rolling stones deliberately left gimme shelter out of shine a light precisely because the song had been used in so many scorcese films.
Gimme shelter is not a concert film but a statement of a sea change, of the group way back when and of an end to its and the publics innocence and to the counterculture that once flourished. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Flight ive realized that the rolling stones gimme shelter is used way too often. Gimme shelter is the title of the movie that documented the stones 1969 tour, including the altamont concert where a fan was stabbed by a hells angels security guard. Gimme shelter is a compilation by the rolling stones, released on decca records in 1971. The film was released in 1970 and can be seen above in its entirety.
The rolling stones gimme shelter, and the fact that its used in a lot of movies and tv shows, as well as video games and rock band. He has used gimme shelter, in particular, in each installment of his trifecta of mob masterpieces. Charlotte zwerin and david and albert maysless rolling stones film gimme shelter 1970 is the zapruder film of concert documentaries, the best vantage of a critical inflection point of. Gimme shelter 1970 stream and watch online moviefone. If gimme shelter, the 1970 doc that focused on the tragedy of the stones show at altamont, was about the end of an era, cs blues doesnt have any profound statements to make. A documentary on the rolling stones 1969 us tour and the tragic events that concluded it. Martin scorcese made a cliche out of it decades ago, but since then it not only. Perhaps no film illustrates this more vividly than gimme shelter 1970, which began as a visual document of the rolling stones american tour for its selftermed apocalyptic 1969 album, let it bleed. When tragedy struck a rolling stones festival, and the. Supercut of martin scorseses use of gimme shelter in. The rolling stones gimme shelter official lyric video. The rolling stones gimme shelter in movies, tv and video. Keith richards guitar in the rolling stones gimme shelter.
However, the main focus of the film is on one concert altamont. The 1970 documentary film gimme shelter, directed by albert and david maysles and charlotte zwerin, chronicling the last weeks of the stones 1969 us tour and culminating in the disastrous altamont free concert, took its name from the song. The top uses of gimme shelter by the rolling stones in. Various rolling stones songs have been used in many film soundtracks. Gimme shelter dvd, 2000, criterion collection for sale. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. The film is named after a song from the stones album let it bleed 1969 the film was originally supposed to be a straightforward documentary. What film trailers feature gimme shelter by the rolling stones. A history of martin scorseses love affair with the. Gimme shelter altamont free concert 1969 the movie duration. The nasa missions tv spot gimme shelter the movie cinema trail.
Mick jagger testifying to their culpability in the wake of the altamont free concert disaster. Side one is composed of previously released studio recording from 1968 and 1969. Gimme shelter 1970 stream and watch online the landmark documentary about the tragically illfated rolling stones free concert at altamont speedway on december 6, 1969. Shine a light is a 2008 britishamerican concert film directed by martin scorsese documenting the rolling stones 2006 beacon theatre performances on their a bigger bang tour. I was wondering how to get the effect from gimme shelter by the rolling stones perfect.
Interestingly, it doesnt appear in his rolling stones. This song is featured quite often in movies and tv in hopeless situations that dont offer a whole lot of promise. Meredith hunter, the 18yearold with the gun, is stabbed by a hells angel, alan passaro, before being dragged offscreen and brutally beaten. The movie was rush released in 1970 to come out before the woodstock documentary. Lisa fischer on life in the shadows of the stones and tina.
Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 3,815 views 4. Gimme shelter, from 1968s let it bleed, is a tense enough track on its own, even before its association with the documentary of the same name about the deathly stones concert at altamont. The rolling stones gimme shelter 2000, dvd discogs. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. I guess you could say i was obsessed with it for a spell. The cultural changes portrayed in gimme shelter include a glimpse of the rolling stones own transformation from beatleshaircut teen idols to the hardened rock and rollers epitomized by mick. Greil marcus, writing in rolling stone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has never done anything better although the first word was spelled gimmie on that album, subsequent recordings by the band and other musicians have made gimme the customary spelling. But more than almost any other artist, scorsese seems to love the rolling stones. The first half of the film is predominately live footage of the stones thanksgiving 1969 show at madison square garden and mixing wild horses at muscle. Watching gimme shelter is akin to witnessing a court deposition with the rolling stones i. The rolling stones guimme shelter 1970 documentario the rolling stones guimme shelter 1970 documentario. Of her inclusion, jagger said in the 2003 book according to the rolling stones. The 1970 documentary film, gimme shelter, which was directed by albert and david maysles and charlotte zwerin, and which chronicled the. Sympathy for the devil altamont, 1269 18 the rolling stones.
Stuck out all alone olympic studios, 468 22 the rolling stones. However, the main focus of the film is on one concert altamont speedway, outside san francisco, 6 december 1969. Albert maysles filming the rolling stones in gimme shelter. Gimme shelter ends with hunters dead body being loaded into a helicopter. Gimme shelter involves the directors objective participation within the film, allowing the subjects rock band, the rolling stones to physically watch footage captured by the filmmakers, mainly.
Tremolowhatever effect is used for gimme shelter by the. Reflecting a world that seemed to be going to hell, the rolling stones gimme shelter song found the band at the peak of their powers. Kids kids kids gimme shelter is a song by the rolling stones. Press room advertising jobs conditions of use privacy policy interestbased ads. My films, the man himself once said, would be unthinkable without them. The song was included on the album let it bleed, released on dec. With mick jagger, keith richards, mick taylor, charlie watts. Gimme shelter, the lead track to the bands let it bleed, has been used in no less than three scorsese films. These are just some of the mediums that use the song. Fittingly, scorseses first use of a stones song comes from their first. The documentary the rolling stones didnt want you to see.
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