It's just a shot away

Gimme helter skelter

Gimme Shelter is another one of my favourite songs and like Paint it Black it's a Rolling Stones song. I'm not quite sure how to weave it into Brian Jones' orbit but for sure he must have had a lot to do with it as Richards & Jagger have never even been adequate songwriters let alone geniuses able to come up with something as superb as this. Jones, on the other hand, was able to even if unattributed.

You see once you get beyond the propaganda of the bratty glimmer twins then a pretty face was by far the least of Jones' attributes even if it was one of the main reasons that led to his murder (together with money). Jealousy is (I guess) stronger if you're a mediocrity in the presence of a pretty boy musical genius, right Keef & Mick?

Here someone (I think that it's Bernard Fowler) does a better vocal version than Jagger has ever done (outside the studio) of Gimme Shelter. Side eye - Richards is just such a fucking goon.