# Rolling Stones Madness: Glimmer Twins **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888 "2008-04-04T03:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/41 "2008-04-04T22:15:01Z")
Gimme Shelter ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/42 "2008-04-04T22:54:17Z")
Sympathy for the Devil ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/43 "2008-04-04T23:55:26Z")
Sympathy for the Devil ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/44 "2008-04-05T07:51:27Z")
Sympathy for the Devil ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/45 "2008-04-05T16:41:00Z")
Sympathy for the Devil Wow. My actual favorite Stones song is one of final two left. That never happens! ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/46 "2008-04-05T16:47:12Z")
Gimme Shelter ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/47 "2008-04-06T03:12:02Z")
Gimme Shelter (Although I’m okay with calling it a tie.) ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/48 "2008-04-06T03:53:41Z")
> [@](#): > > 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.) ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/49 "2008-04-06T12:19:52Z")
Gimme Shelter, which can still give me goosebumps 30-odd years after first hearing it. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/50 "2008-04-06T16:35:48Z")
Gimme Shelter finally opens up the slimmest of leads. 21 Sympathy for the Devil 22 Gimme Shelter ---
**Author:** ![deedeeknowit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@deedeeknowit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deedeeknowit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/51 "2008-04-06T17:45:47Z")
Gimme Shelter ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/52 "2008-04-06T22:53:42Z")
Sympathy for the Devil Though that’s one hard choice. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/53 "2008-04-07T04:01:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/54 "2008-04-07T12:41:02Z")
Phew! Excellent fun, sir – thanks for running this! ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/55 "2008-04-07T13:21:39Z")
I still think it should have been Monkey Man, but I enjoyed the ride, regardless. TYVM 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/56 "2008-04-08T16:25:17Z")
Gah. All these great songs, and the one running through my head today is “Live with Me.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/57 "2008-04-08T16:44:09Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Gah. All these great songs, and the one running through my head today is “Live with Me.” [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/58 "2008-04-08T17:12:47Z")
It is a great song – just nowhere near my all-time favorite. That would be “Gimme Shelter.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888/59 "2008-04-09T02:09:58Z")
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_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-madness-glimmer-twins/443888.md?page=2)