Thursday 6 November 2008

I watched the Stones documentary "Gimme Shelter" last night. Amazing documentary and really worth watching if you are into your rock history.

Probably one of the most famous Rolling Stones gigs ever. It has the most amazingly, beautiful cinematography of Mr Jagger. Not my fav Stone normally, that honour is reserved for Mr Richards but the man is positively ethereal in this film. Also funny footage of crazy Americans hounding the Stones in their tiny caravan type thing - no huge Winnebago's for them in those days, the fat chick who tries to get on stage whilst they are playing and the acid nutter who is clearly flipping out on stage whilst the Stones are playing - who then gets promptly thrown into the baying masses but the ever so nice Hells Angels.

And then lastly of course there is the infamous footage of 18 year old Meredith Hunter being stabbed by a Hells Angel. Jagger's reaction to seeing the footage is really touching.

Here is a clip of the last section...

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