Rolling Stones Madness: Glimmer Twins

[5 time champ]

You all know who the Glimmer Twins are, don't you?

So it is Brian vs Keith.

Sympathy for the Devil
vs
Gimme Shelter

I have the feeling it's gonna be a blowout.

[5 time champ]

Oh yeah, Sunday April 6 10:30 p.m. CDT we'll bring the 2008 Rolling Stones Madness to a close.

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Sympathy for the Devil

Rolling Stones Madness will never be brought to a close!

[Brown Eyed Girl]

Gimme Shelter

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

SftD

[Snarky_Kong]

Gimme Shelter

[silenus]

Gimme Shelter - the only Stones song you need.

[ToeJam]

Sympathy for the Devil


'nuff said.

[42fish]

Gimme Shelter

[Rick]

SftD

[NDP]

Gimme Shelter

[Yorikke]

Sympathy for the Devil

Joe

[Manduck]

WOO-WOO!

Sympathy for the Devil

[CatInASuit]

Sympathy for the Devil

[An Arky]

Sympathy For The Devil

[anyrose]

not crazy about either one, but forced to choose?

Gimme Shelter

[Southern Yankee]

Sympathy For The Devil

[MadTheSwine]

Sympathy For The Devil

[The Unkempt One]

Sympathy for the Devil

[Spoke]

Gimme Shelter

(Best intro in rock history.)

[RealityChuck]

Gimme Shelter

[BobLibDem]

Sympathy for the Devil

[Maus Magill]

You all know who the Glimmer Twins are, don't you?

So it is Brian vs Keith.

Sympathy for the Devil
vs
Gimme Shelter

I have the feeling it's gonna be a blowout.

Two very worthy contenders. I have to go with:

Sympathy for the Devil

I'd have gone with Gimme Shelter against any other song, though.

[twickster]

Gimme Shelter.

[robardin]

I have the feeling it's gonna be a blowout.
If you mean in favor of Sympathy For The Devil, then yes I agree :).

[Labdad]

Gimme Shelter - I've heard the song a thousand times and Merry Clayton shouting, "RAPE - MURDER!!!" still gives me chills.

[Zebra]

Sympathy for the Devil

[peekercpa]

Sympathy for the Devil

[NAF1138]

Gimme Shelter

If you asked me tomorrow and I might have gone the other way.

Though Rocks Off is actually the best song The Stones wrote. (was it even in the competition?)

[Dolores Reborn]

Gimme Shelter

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Though Rocks Off is actually the best song The Stones wrote. (was it even in the competition?)
It got creamed by "Shattered" in the second round.

The consolation is that whatever wins in this competition it's going to be an awesome song.

Even though it should have been "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." :p

[NAF1138]

It got creamed by "Shattered" in the second round.

The consolation is that whatever wins in this competition it's going to be an awesome song.

Even though it should have been "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." :p


Right, I forgot about shattered. I am surprised it has so many fans.

[CateAyo]

Gimme Shelter

[5 time champ]

First quarter score, Sympathy jumps out to an early lead over the purists' favorite.

16 Sympathy for the Devil
13 Gimme Shelter

BTW, the Glimmer Twins was the title Keith & Mick used as producer of albums. I hope the title didn't throw anyone off.

[Dr. Rieux]

Sympathy for the Devil

[kevja]

Gimme Shelter

[Marley23]

Gimme Gimme Shelter.

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

BTW, the Glimmer Twins was the title Keith & Mick used as producer of albums. I hope the title didn't throw anyone off.
Tony Carr's book on the Stones has this fantastic deep blue picture of Keef, seemingly illuminated only by his amp light and the glow from his cigarette, with the caption "Keith glimmers in the gloom."

[Justin Credible]

Gimme Shelter

[Doctor Who]

Gimme Shelter. By a nose.

[Lisa-go-Blind]

Gimme Shelter

[Two and a Half Inches of Fun]

Sympathy for the Devil

[MovieMogul]

Sympathy for the Devil

[Trillionaire]

Sympathy for the Devil

[Lilacs]

Sympathy for the Devil


Wow. My actual favorite Stones song is one of final two left. That never happens!

[8675309]

Gimme Shelter

[DfrntBreign]

Gimme Shelter

(Although I'm okay with calling it a tie.)

[cornflakes]

Gimme Shelter - the only Stones song you need....And it only takes five strings, two fingers and one asshole to play it!


(Gimme Shelter is in open G tuning, and Keith has said the 5-2-1 thing about open G. Sympathy for the Devil is played in standard tuning.

Besides, I can't think of any other songs with one-chord verses, much less any good songs with one-chord verses.)

[Ichbin Dubist]

Gimme Shelter, which can still give me goosebumps 30-odd years after first hearing it.

[5 time champ]

Gimme Shelter finally opens up the slimmest of leads.
21 Sympathy for the Devil
22 Gimme Shelter

[deedeeknowit]

Gimme Shelter

[Jonathan Chance]

Sympathy for the Devil

Though that's one hard choice.

[5 time champ]

It's just a kiss away . . .
Gimme Shelter wins the 2008 SDMB Rolling Stones Madness by the score of
22 Sympathy for the Devil
24 Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter roared back in the 4th quarter.

[twickster]

Phew!

Excellent fun, sir -- thanks for running this!

[Brown Eyed Girl]

I still think it should have been Monkey Man, but I enjoyed the ride, regardless. TYVM :)

[twickster]

Gah. All these great songs, and the one running through my head today is "Live with Me."

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Gah. All these great songs, and the one running through my head today is "Live with Me."
What's wrong with that? Great song, awesome bass riff, perfectly nasty lyrics. Why, oh, why did they let Christina Aguilera sing it in Shine a Light? I haven't even heard it yet (the double CD will be arriving from Amazon any day), but the very idea...gak.

[twickster]

It is a great song -- just nowhere near my all-time favorite. That would be "Gimme Shelter." ;)

[robardin]

Ah well, my favorites didn't come in; but as the Stones sang,

May the Good Lord shine a light on you
Make every song your favorite tune
May the Good Lord shine a light on you
Warm, like the evening sun