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ALl of the above have performed Gimme Shelter with the Stones, all live except Merry (the birthday girl) who did the original studio version, since these are slow days and inspired on Merry Clayton I created this poll

Guests welcome to vote

Lisa, but of the guests I liked Lady Gaga the most.

No one could ever do justice to it like Merry did. That was in another time forgotten space never to be duplicated.

As far as live, Mick should just sing it.

For a write in fantasy candidate...I would have like to see Gladys Knight of the 70's give it a try.  :nomames

Fantasy---

Well, I would love to listen Janis Joplin or Grace Slick, both as impossible as Gladys and Grace is alive and well but retired

Come on! Vote you B&B! This is a FREE website, we pay for hosting and domain for you, we have NEVER ever asked for money this is just  for your pleasure and to enable getting your rocks off the easy way so consider that and please just vote...

It's just a click away!

Like Holden stated...GaGa live...I guess because it was fresh and she has pipes that won't stop...
Lisa has been wonderful over the years...however predictable...would love to have seen her features in a few other songs...
Merry...well, what happened in that studio was magic...as you can hear mick a few times WOWED in the background of the song...wasn't there a "Fuck Yeah" somewhere in there??

Voted! ;D :keithpunky

Fantasy wish list:
1 Aretha Franklin
2 Bettye Lavette
3 Shemekia Copeland

Here's a sample of each of the candidates singing Gimme Shelter live

Merry

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-merry.jpg

Lorelei McBroom (1990) Lisa was the singer in 1989

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-lorelei.jpg

Lisa Fischer (2003) b-stage

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-lisa.jpg

Mary J. Blige (2012)

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-mary.jpg

Florence Welch (2012)

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-florence.jpg

Lady Gaga (2012)

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-gaga.jpg

No singer a'la (1972-1973) tour

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-nofemalesinger.jpg

Lady Gaga 2nd?????  :forfucksake :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey :scary :tongui :stinkypost :pukey :nanker :pullanolte

Egon wrote on Dec 27^th, 2012 at 10:05am:

Lady Gaga 2nd?????  :forfucksake :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey :scary :tongui :stinkypost :pukey :nanker :pullanolte

That was Starbuck and his 23 different aliases. :boring

MC !

Lady Gaga is now FIRST!

:nooslajaleisk :scary :blankfriggingstare1 :forfucksake

Sioux wrote on Dec 27^th, 2012 at 8:24pm:

Lady Gaga is now FIRST!

We must have a lot of lurkers voting.  :whydontcha

I do not think it fair to have a studio vocalist ( no matter how AWESOME they were) compared to a live singer with several 10's of thousands watching them

GaGa deserves the respect...afterall...Mick and the band thought she did, right???

Clayton but live, Lisa hands down.

Has Tina Turner ever done GS live?

If I cant vote for Clayton.. hadnt listen L gaga..  dont like her.. I may just say Lisa

Jumping Jack wrote on Dec 28^th, 2012 at 5:36am:

Has Tina Turner ever done GS live?

As far as I know no, for sure officialy not, this is a list of covers of Gimme Shelter courtesry of Nico Zentgraf

http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/covers/covers1.htm

Gimme Shelter Covers
Ambrose, Amanda (1994)
An Orchestral Tribute (2001)
Beatbox
Black, The (1994)
Blaze, Rick N' The Ballbusters (1994)
Blue Pearl (1993)
Cal. Trader Trio Quartet
Carvell, Alan (1997)
Clayton, Merry (1970)
Cleveland, Ashley (1997)
Contracorriente (2004)
Copeland, Ruth (1971)
Coppersnake (2008)
Coulter, Ashley (TV 2006)
Cud With Sandie Shaw (1993)
Dean, Joanna (1988)
Devolution One (1995)
Divine Horsemen (1986)
Encantada, Esperanza (1970)  Note: Spanish version, under title: "Dame Abrigo".
Engerling (1998)
Freygang (1993)  Note: German version, under title: “Gib mir Deckung”.
Garcia, Andrew (TV 2010)
Girl On Top (2007)
Giorbino, Andy
Glasspack, The (2004)
Goo Goo Dolls (1989)
Gov't Mule (2009)  Note: Live version.
Grand Funk Railroad (1971)
Grand Funk Railroad (2001)  Note: Live version of 1971.
Grushecky, Joe (1995)
Hawkwind (1993)
Hawkwind & Samantha Fox (1993)
Heaven 17 With Hannah Jones (1993)
Hedges, Michael (1993)
Hellacopters, The (1997)
Hobo (1997)  Note: Hungarian version, under title: “Adj menedeket”.
Holy Soldier
Hookfoot (1975)
Inspiral Carpets (1989)
Josefus (1969)
Jungapop (2006)
Kidjo, Angelique feat. Joss Stone (2007)
Kingmaker (1993)
Lesh, Phil & Friends (bootleg, live 2005)
Lips n‘ Fix (2002)
Little Angels (1993)
London Symphony Orchestra (1994)
Marathon (1990)
Mattea, Kathy (2005)
Maxayn (1972)
Meat Loaf (1981) (bootleg, live-version)
Mickey Thomas Starship (2011)
Newark, Samantha (2003)
New Model Army feat. Tom Jones (1993)
Orion (1975)
Pearl Jam  
Play-Backs Vol. 399 (2004)  Note: Two versions. One vocal, one instrumental.
Playing For Change (2011)
Pop Will Eat Itself (1993)
Puddle Of Mudd (2011)
Queensryche with Nancy & Ann Wilson (bootleg, live 1992)
Reds, The (2005)
Reiser, Rio
Remains, The (1994)
Ries, Tim (2005)
Rockridge Synthesizer Orchestra, The (1991)
Rolling Clones, The (2000)
Roqueville Orchestra, The (2004)
Ryder, Mitch & Detroit (1971)
Ryder, Mitch feat Engerling (2002)
Salvo (197?)
Sax Plays The Stones/Evolution (1996)
Schleicher, Peter (1983)  Note: Austrian version, under title "Der Tod vor der Tür".
Schleicher, Peter (1994)  Note: Austrian version, under title "Der Tod vor der Tür".
Schleicher, Peter (1998)  Note: Austrian version, under title "Der Tod, der Weisse".
Silencers, The (1989)
Sisters Of Mercy (1983)
Sisters Of Mercy (1985)  Note: Live version.
Smith, Patti (2007)
Sons Of Anarchy (2011)
Springsteen, Bruce (Bootleg, live 1988)
Stars Orchestra (2004)
Stereophonics, The (2007)
Stikky Fingers (2005)
Tempters, The (1970)
Tilt (1988)
Trash Talk (2011)
T.S.O.L. (2006)
Thunder (1993)
Tjader, Cal (1971)
Urbana, Legiao
U2 (Bootleg, live)
Voice Of The Beehive & Jimmy Somerville (1993)
Whitney, Carla (1975)
Williams, Keller
Wilson, Ann (1995)
Zwarte (2000)
808 State & Robert Owens (1993)

The studio version is the greatest Stones record ever - so its an easy choice.

Cindy Mizelle (now with  the E Street Band) sang it at  the televised show from Tokyo in 1990 that was released on the Stones Archive store earlier this year.

http://www.rocksoff.org/i2-cindy.jpg

Not sure how often this happened (maybe Lisa had a cold that night or something) but she does a pretty good job on what is one of my favourite latter day versions.  Jagger really loses himself in the song towards the end - marvellous stuff.

The Wick wrote on Dec 27^th, 2012 at 10:50pm:

Clayton but live, Lisa hands down.

This.  I'm loyal to Lisa and her bodacious ta-t, er, pipes.

Jumping Jack wrote on Dec 28^th, 2012 at 5:36am:

Has Tina Turner ever done GS live?

only in micks dressing room.......

It was me and you Voo............................................. :forfucksake

Shelter was covered by New Model Army featuring Tom Jones? REALLY??? :forfucksake

TomL wrote on Dec 31^st, 2012 at 1:05am:

It was me and you Voo............................................. :forfucksake

PM for you Tom!!!

Keith in the unrealeased outtakes version................

From the recent shows, Mary J. Blige was the most preferable to my ears. Clayton's vocal on the studio-cut is a classic, of course, but IMO, the track belongs to Lisa Fischer now - and has done for the past 20-odd years.

:blankfriggingstare1 :aimama

Now is Lisa @ 1st

please more votes, tia

Two Voices of the Rolling Stones Meet for the First Time at Sundance
by Phil Gallo, Park City, Utah  |   January 21, 2013 9:55 EST

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Lisa Fischer has sung female lead parts for the Rolling Stones on every tour since 1989. But it wasn't until film director Morgan Neville assembled a meeting of backup singers at Sundance that Fischer and Merry Clayton, a crucial vocalist in the music of Mick Jagger and the boys, would be in the same room together.

"When I first started doing the Stones gig and I listened to 'Gimme Shelter,' I thought 'wow -- who is that?," Fischer said, wiping away a tear while onstage at Park City, Utah's Egyptian Theatre after a screening of Neville's "Twenty Feet From Stardom." "And for years, I wanted to meet her and I'm just meeting her this weekend. I'm so thankful for this situation."

Fischer, Neville and Clayton were joined at the Egyptian after the Jan. 21 screening by other singers whose stories are told in the film, Darlene Love, former Motown singer Tata Vega and the woman who was rehearsing to sing alongside Michael Jackson for his London run, Judith Hill. It was the only Sundance event where five of the film's subjects were on hand together. The film's other key subjects, Claudia Lennear, Gloria Jones, Janice Pendarvis and the Waters Family, did not travel to Park City.

Clayton was a former Raelette who recorded with the Stones, Joe Cocker, Elvis Presley and others, and had some minor R&B hits in the early 1970s. She's also the woman's voice on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," recorded at a session she was initially going to turn down because of the subject matter.

"I didn't know or care, but my husband and my daddy said do it as a protest so I did it with all of my heart," she said. "That was my (civil rights) march."

Clayton also reinforced the documentary's notion that the idea of black female session singers traces back to the Blossoms, a trio that featured Darlene Love, whose sister was a childhood friend of Clayton's. Love, Clayton said in a loving tribute to her mentor, took her out of school to recording sessions at the age of 14 where she quickly became known as the loud child. It wound up leading her to a recording contract with Capitol and, years later, a solo deal at A&M, where the late Gil Friesen, who produced "Twenty feet From Stardom," was president.

"(Darlene) taught me how to blend and how to sing and not outshine everybody," Clayton said. "Everything there was to know about studio singing -- she was like a mother to me."

Love, too, added to the history covered in the film. One of the strong points about the Blossoms was their ability to bring feeling and texture to songs, an element not in play with the trained white singers who never deviated from written notes on the page. The Blossoms became so in demand -- five sessions a day, Love said -- they started bringing other talented singers and spread the wealth to get others more work.

"Our thing is about giving and giving back and I think people forget about that today," Love said. "We love singing background, it's a part of us."

It also paid well. That alone allowed Love to restrain her anger after Phil Spector took two of her solo recordings and put them out as Crystals records.

"I was 18 years old making $22.50 an hour in 1958," Love said proudly. "And that was the reason me and Phil Spector never got along: He was upset I could make a living without him. I don't need hit records, clothes, makeup. I could go to sessions any time of day in curlers."


http://www.billboard.com/news/two-voices-of-the-rolling-stones-meet-for-1008105582.story#/news/two-voices-of-the-rolling-stones-meet-for-1008105582.story

Actually there are three "Voices of the Rolling Stones" as Darlene Love does a great version of Jumping Jack Flash and Ruby Tuesday with the British Rock Symphony

Thanks... gonna change the header, I think Merry and Lisa deserve one and together with more reason, we have never had a header for Lisa alone

BTW... Lady Gaga is winning by a wide difference!!¡¡¡!¡¡¡ (Votes are open you B&B!!)  :stinkypost

This was the header:

http://www.rocksoff.org/i3-gimmeshelterdivas.jpg
Sundance Film Festival, Village At The Lift - Park City, Utah - January 21, 2013
Judith Hill, Lisa Fischer, Darlene Love, Tata Vega, and Merry Clayton
© Jeff Vespa with thanks to Edith Grove and Moy

I don't want to be mean, but . . . didn't Lisa know they were taking her picture?

All the other ladies are dressed up!  Would've of hurt Lisa to put on a little lipstick?  Some mascara maybe?  It takes less than a minute, but in pictures it makes a huge difference!

Gorda you drive me crazy sometimes! What does mean abit of mascara? and ah, a gloss? The best is be ntural as she was.  One of the best female voices I'd heard. Standing ovationfor Lisa Fisher! :)  :wow

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2013 at 7:48am:

BTW... Lady Gaga is winning by a wide difference!!¡¡¡!¡¡¡ (Votes are open you B&B!!)  :stinkypost

humiliationism.

Oh my god Lisa is turning into Darryl.   :forfucksake

Somebody post her pic from 89 quick . . .

"Oh my god Lisa is turning into Darryl."

Thought the EXACT same thing; she's morphing into Darryl Jones.
Kind of surprised at her "natural" look as well. Hoping she's not ill. She doesn't look very good at
all.

LadyJane wrote on Jan 24^th, 2013 at 7:44am:

Kind of surprised at her "natural" look as well.

Well, we mostly see Lisa on stage with the Stones.

Maybe she prefers the "natural" look when she's not working for someone else.

LanternHigh wrote on Jan 24^th, 2013 at 4:38am:

Gorda you drive me crazy sometimes! What does mean abit of mascara? and ah, a gloss? The best is be ntural as she was.  One of the best female voices I'd heard. Standing ovationfor Lisa Fisher! :)  :wow

Check out this YouTube video and see the amazing power of make up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk7t4CZhz1Y

THUMBS UP FOR CLAYTON AND FISCHER. Voted for both.


gorda?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4gEBIR0xI