"Gimme Shelter" is so freaking awesome

tremendous song.

Was it in Casino as well as Goodfellas?

 

good catch. Brian wasn't physically deceased at the time, just musically dead.

 

"Gimme Shelter" isn't my fave Stones song but it has one of the greatest beginnings of any rock song ever.

 

Believe me, guys. When you're done you're going to want that guiro in there.

 

Think so. I know Scorsese has used it three times.

There was an interview with him about it in EW, maybe. He said he was thinking about what song to use to start The Departed, and he was stuck in traffic in New York, and this crazy dude in the car next to him was screaming Gimme Shelter at the top of his lungs, and Marty was like, Fuck it, I'm using it again.

Like he says, that song just signals some bad shit is going to happen.

My favorite Scorsese opening, though, is the start of Mean Streets -- I think with Be My Baby. Fucking love that.

 

From IMDB, songs from "Casino"

# "Sweet Virginia"
Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones


# "Gimme Shelter"
Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones


# "Whip It"
Written by Gerald V. Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh
Performed by Devo


# "House of the Rising Sun"
Performed by The Animals


# "Contempt-Theme de Camille"
Composed and Performed by Georges Delerue
Courtesy of SIDOMUSIC/B. Liechti & Cie


# "Angelina/Zooma, Zooma Medley"
Written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher / Paolo Citarella and Louis Prima
Performed by Louis Prima
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets


# "Hoochie Coochie Man"
Written by Willie Dixon
Performed by Muddy Waters


# "I'll Take You There"
Written by Alvertis Isbell
Performed by The Staple Singers
Courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.
1972 Stax Records


# "Nights In White Satin"
Written by Justin Hayward
Performed by The Moody Blues
Courtesy of Threshold / Polydor / Atlas Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing


# "How High The Moon"
Written by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis
Performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets


# "Hurt"
Written by Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs
Performed by Timi Yuro
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets


# "Ain't Got No Home"
Written by Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Performed by Clarence "Frogman" Henry


# "Without You"
Written by William Ham and Thomas Evans
Performed by Nilsson
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music


# "Love Is The Drug"
Written by Bryan Ferry and Andrew MacKay
Performed by Roxy Music
Produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
1975 EG Records Ltd.


# "I'm Sorry"
Written by Ronnie Self and Dub Albritten
Performed by Brenda Lee


# "Go Your Own Way"
Written by Lindsey Buckingham
Performed by Fleetwood Mac
Produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products Inc.
1977 Warner Bros. Records Inc.


# "The Thrill is Gone"
Written by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell
Performed by B.B. King


# "Love Is Strange"
Written by Sylvia Robinson and Mickey Baker
Performed by Mickey and Sylvia
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Music


# "The "
In" Crowd"
Written by Billy Page
Performed by Ramsey Lewis


# "Stardust"
Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish
Performed by Hoagy Carmichael
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Music


# "Walk On The Wild Side"
Written by Elmer Bernstein and Mack David
Performed by Jimmy Smith
Courtesy of Verve Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing


# "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"
Written by Otis Redding (as Otis Redding III) and Steve Cropper
Performed by Otis Redding
Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

 

# "I Ain't Superstitious"
Written by Willie Dixon
Performed by Jeff Beck
Vocals by Rod Stewart
Courtesy of Epic Records


# "The Glory Of Love"
Written by Billy Hill
Performed by The Velvetones
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets


# "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by Devo
Produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.


# "What A Difference A Day Made"
Written by Stanley Adams and María Grever
Performed by Dinah Washington
Courtesy of Verve Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing


# "Working In A Coalmine"
Written by Alan Toussaint
Performed by Lee Dorsey
Courtesy of Artista Records Inc.


# "House Of The Rising Sun"
Performed by Eric Burdon
Courtesy of Citation Records
1993 Citation Records


# "Those Were The Days"
Written by Peter Baker and Mike Taylor
Performed by Cream
Courtesy of PolyGram International Music BV
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing


# "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Performed by Tony Bennett
Courtesy of Columbia Records


# "Slippin' And Slidin'"
Written by Richard Penniman, Albert Collins, James Smith and Edwin Bocage
Performed by Little Richard
Courtesy of Specialty Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Fantasy, Inc.


# "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"
Written by Russ Morgan and Larry Stock
Performed by Dean Martin
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets


# "Compared To What"
Written by Gene McDaniels
Performed by Les McCann and Eddie Harris
Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
1972 Atlantic Recording Corp.


# "Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South Medley"
Written by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René
Performed by Louis Prima
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets


# "Matthaus Passion"
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti
Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited, London
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Licensing
1988 The Decca Record Company Limited, London


# "Heart of Stone"
by The Rolling Stones


# "Unforgettable"
by Irving Gordon
Performed by Dinah Washington


# "I'm Confessing That I Love You"
Performed by Louis Prima and Keely Smith


# "Sing Sing Sing"
Performed by Louis Prima


# "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones

 

I'd be curious to know just how many Stones songs Scorsese has used in his movies.

Off the top of my head there's Gimmie Shelter, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Monkey Man, Memo From Turner, Heart Of Stone, maybe more? He usually collaborates with ex-Band member Robbie Robertson to pick his songs.

 

'Can't You Hear Me Knockin'' is a very under-rated song.

 

Wow. I had no idea Sweet Virginia was in Casino. That's as cool as Memo From Turner being in GoodFellas.

To this day, when I close my trunk, I'll have the opening drum beats and slide guitar from Memo From Turner in my head. Great scene.

 

Tremendous song. Bobby Keys...