Song Review
Sorry for the long delay since the last post; it was our end-of-season softball tournament this weekend. 7 games, 2 destroyed knees, 1 sunburn, and a win in the finals later, I am back with some music. Today’s post comes from the UK indie-rock band Stereophonics, and is their take on The Rolling Stones classic Gimme Shelter. The song can be found on the B-side of the single My Friends, which itself can be found on the Stereophonics’ 2007 full-length release Pull the Pin. Though not as successful as Satisfaction, Gimme Shelter can be found at position #38 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Oh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away
War, children, its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
War, children, its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
Ooh, see the fire is sweeping
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way
War, children, its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
War, children, its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
The floods is threatening
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I’m gonna fade away
War, children, its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
Its just a shot away
I tell you love, sister, its just a kiss away
Its just a kiss away
Its just a kiss away
Its just a kiss away
Its just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away
