It's a great intro. The Stones should have thought about having more violins in their songs. Heh, but YOU are the one with His Fiddling Lordship in your band.

Unbelievable - epic! Had no idea Jaz Coleman had it in him!  Great mix too - some kind of sonic alchemy going on there 

The intro to the Rolling Stones 1969 track Gimme Shelter is one of the greatest moments in rock'n'roll. Its sonic architecture is based around Keith Richards' modal-tuned guitar figures and it conjures a mood of imminent danger or doom.  Yet it feels great.  Well...so does danger sometimes.


In the 1990s I came across an album of Stones music performed by The London Symphony Orchestra, and the version of Gimme Shelter was arranged by Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke.  He did a pretty good job too; the mood of imminent chaos was accurately rendered even with the sedate classical sound of a full orchestra.


Last year, while creating a mix mash of instrumental music to be played before Waterboys shows, I synched the two versions - Stones' original and LSO treatment - and this is the result.  I did the whole song, in fact, though I found the bulk of the song works better without orchestra, just as nature and Keef intended.


But the Stones-and-orchestra intro came out great.  Play it loud and feel the mood of impending danger close round you - in a virtual way, of course.


Gimme Shelter (orchestrated intro)

These are songs and mash-ups from my home studio. Some feature The Waterboys, some just me, some are other stuff. 

You can upload any of the tracks to your own page (use the share option above the play button).

You're welcome to comment. I love to know what you think. And keep dropping by because new stuff is being added all the time.


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