‘Gimme can draw parallels between Gimme Shelter and
‘Gimme Shelter’ or ‘Gimmie Shelter’as originally named, was released by Decca Records in 1969 on The RollingStones number one album, Let It Bleed. Written by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitaristKeith Richards, the lyrics portray and define the vulnerability and fear forlife in the late 1960s. We can draw parallels between Gimme Shelter and thecounterculture, racism, new technology, world events and youth culture that was found at the time.Although The Rolling Stones are a UK rock band, the album as a whole, andspecifically my chosen song, depicts the desperation for shelter in the USA in 1969. Let’sbegin with the Vietnam […]