My brother and I would sit and sing the songs for days on end. Unfortunately, I lost my brother in 1992 to cancer and these songs remind me of him. "I LOVE YOU BILL!!!"
i had the honor of sitting in the studio while this song was being recorded...so sad... The industry ate her up ...she is an angel and got treated like dirt...😢
This is a great song. I remember buying this album when it came out on LP (those were the days!), and reviewed it for my high school newspaper at the time :D. LJ deserved to be bigger...Maria is a big talent!
I've tried at times to find out what happened to Lone Justice and Maria McKee. All I could find was that she was here or there doing this or that. She was incredibly talented. Maybe the fact that she was so good at so many genres and that her career was mismanaged explains why she wasn't a bigger artist than she was.
Lone Justice, Cock Robin and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were played in heavy rotation in my house. I was only 6 at the time, but still have very fond memories of those days.
I never understood why she wasnt more famous . After they broke up if she had the right management etc I believe her solo career couldve been amazing. A lot of super talented people never quite get the success they deserve bc of inadequate management/proper exposure . That voice is so unique it just fills you up . Very special
@@siobhanmurphy4912 I was just thinking the same thing. I just saw Amanda Marshall in Toronto. At 51, she is still phenomenal. Another "80s" singer/songwriter I've rediscovered is Luba
As I was saying on Twitter, u saved my life. I was playing bass & singing in a band which traveled many states. I was so depressed & was thinking how to kill myself. Then I heard this song (and later album) & it was like u were singing to me. And I thought "Okay. I'll let u be my SHELTER & hope for better days instead of killing myself (which did come). Thank you & God Bless You. You'll never know how you helped me.
kacres 1 is absolutely right. I still play "Shelter" and Til Tuesday's "Coming Up Close" religiously. Both defined a time and place in my life circa winter 1987. This and Til Tuesday's tune should have been bigger hits. Just gorgeous stuff.
Lone Justice never got the recognition they deserved. She was a great singer in a great band. I love this romantic soulful ballad. Wish they had many more years and many more albums
Lone Justus, 1986, I think, in a basement bar in Long Beach, Ca. First and only time I ever saw Shane Fontayne. 12-foot ceilings with about 100 people, no chairs. Maria and Shane, wow. I howled and danced all night long. I haven't found any videos that show the way he looked, played, or moved at that time. Shane would put his knees together and do a deep dip over and over right in the middle of the solo. Pure Rock and Roll and they did Sweet Jane for an encore. I have to admit I've always had a bit of a man crush on Shane.
He was in the Kennedy Center House Band in the early to mid 2,000s. He can be seen in the Heart tribute to Led Zeppelin playing lead guitar. He plays with Graham Nash currently.
Where has this been hiding all these years? I can't believe it took till 2023 for me to discover this wonderful band. Having learned a little about her story, the words and feeling of this song make sense. She bounded onto the scene aged 18 with this incredible talent and energy, but despite all the backing and the opportunities, somehow it just hadn't worked out for her. This song dampens that talent and energy with disillusionment and sadness. We all know how it feels, when life and age start to tear away at youthful hope, when faced with disappointment, all we're left with is love. Maria McKee has that rare skill to bear her heart and soul on stage. And here her disillusion is cast open for the world to see and feel: "you gave it all up for a dream Fate proved unkind, to lock the door and leave no key You're unsure, well baby, I'm scared, too When the world crushes you"
I was in 7th grade when this song was first played and now it continues to be part of my faves. Thanks to the TH-cam technology for allowing us to travel back in time for few minutes!
Raul Soria 10th grade for me. Just remember being struck dumb & unable to move when I first saw it come on MTV, back when they played all kinds of actual music videos. Later that year she appeared in Robbie Robertson’s video for Somewhere Down the Crazy River, produced by the inimitable Daniel Lanois. Check it out. She’s gorgeous in it and is only there for eye candy.
First saw this video in the Fall of '86 on MTV, as a 13 year-old. Having been teased and verbally bullied by my boy peers during that 7th grade school year😞😭, this song was very uplifting to me, as I was going through a VERY AWFUL time.
I heard this song three decades ago at a party. It affected me very deeply, but I never understood why. I hemorrhaged really bad with birth #1 and went down into the dark. When I ascended and woke up, this song was playing, and my family was caring for the new baby as I lay in the hospital bed. I've never forgotten that moment.
35 years ago I was touring with a singing/sketch group out of Kansas affiliated with Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins. He loved Lone Justice and was working on incorporating songs from this album into our routine. Same with "The Living Years" by Mike & The Mechanics. Too bad most of contemporary Christian music sucks hard these days. Guys like Rich came from a place of depth and conviction. The 21st century sucks so far. Bring back Lone Justice!
I RAN INTO MARIA AT THAT RIB JOINT ON CRESCENT HEIGHTS AND SUNSET IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND THERE SHE WAS WITH HER NOTEBOOK AND HER PENCIL WORKING ON THIS SONG - SO MUCH HEART - CARLOS GUITARLOS L.A.
they played a few times at the Central on Larabee and was honored when I was hired to edit Shelter. Absolute magical voice. Used to play there on Tuesday jam nites. They ruined it when it became the Viper room!
Wow.. I like this story.. I mostly see country singers out and about being in Nashville ..but I've seen Alice Cooper at an Indian buffet and Eric Clapton at Barnes and Nobles
Life sure seems 2 show empathy when people don’t. I am one to withdraw inside, to deal with my pain. Then I heard this song at the end of a movie and despite my strength I broke down and wept.!lyrics that open a door I’m trying desperately keep shut. Pain so exquisite I’m afraid I’ll cry and won’t stop. Music is always the salve to an injured heart. Sing!
I always loved MM but even 28 years later, I find this one of those songs that I find relevant and just ...beautiful. The kind you want to sing to your girl.
This song came about right about the time I broke up with my fiancée. I would go into my favorite bar in Old Town, Alexandria on a Friday evening after work and ask the soloist to play it. By the third or fourth Friday, she played it as soon as she saw me walk in. God I miss those days to be 25 again, with a career and life in all its fullness ahead of me! :-) I do have to wonder what the soloist must have thought of the guy who came in every Friday at closing time in a double-breasted suit and overcoat who sat down, drank one bourbon, made a single request and left. Guess she thought I was a nut case.
CaesarInVa Yeah, I had a bar where I came in every day and requested Autumn Leaves for a whole summer. After the first week I didn't have to request it. They jusr played it. you've had an unique experience, I still miss Rita from those days. She was one of the most beautiful I had ever seen. Babbbling, I don't express this well.
You expressed yourself with sufficient clarity that I got your point, Frank. No worries on that score! I have to say its nice to know that I'm not the only person prone to romantic, sentimentality.
When I visit to small live studio to see her live, valentine season , she appeared with the basket of chocolates. She was so cute. We all fans enjoyed her song with her voice. It was very good live. 💝🎶
Was lucky enough to be a newspaper music reviewer in the Midwest when this band rolled into a college town for a gig at a local bar to promote the album. She had IT. Unforgettable voice. The industry just wasted her talent.
Just caught the end of Moonlight and Valentino.......this played on end credits. Have not heard/ watched the song/movie for years!!!! Maria McKee and Lone Justice...magic combination.
Thank God there was MTV back when this gem was made, otherwise the world would not have had the privilege of seeing this talented group sing this awesome song.
Your struggle with darkness has left you blind, I'll light the fire in your eyes. Amazing lyricist,played this a lot years ago and came back today?! Beautiful song
It's still like that in a lot of Western Europe; free-form. On a vacation to Ireland 6 years ago, we put a lot of miles on the rental car and their radio stations had incredible diversity in their playlist!
Maria McKee defines what TRUE musical talent is all about! Lone Justice has always been a fantastically amazing band lead by her incredibly powerful singing voice, but the only drawback is that they have always been too underrated. They shouldn't have been! Anybody in their own right mind would know that Lone Justice is the perfectly distinctive style of Cowpunk pop rock which ultimately defined eighties talent! Their style of music for that decade was truly one of a kind! Lone Justice is legendary!! ~Dutch
What memories...outstanding song that is ever more relevant in today's messed up world. People need some real shelter, especially Mentally...Thank you Maria and the Lone Justice crew for a really inspiring song. I wish Shelter on all those who need support in their lives...Peace and Love to All.
The first time I paid attention to this song was the intro as I was running on the wrestling mat as a 10th grader in practice. This former metalhead has loved this song ever since.
They played the Moonshadow Saloon in the ATL when I cocktailed there....such a great show!! LMBYS is inscribed on my husband's wedding ring. 30 years in Nov :)
You may remember my stunt that night. I’m the guy that crashed through the dressing room ceiling. The look on her face and the panic in my brain. Still can’t believe the owner let me come back the next day and repair the ceiling and not have me arrested!
There will never be another band in the world of entertainment more dynamic than Lone Justice. Thrilling performers, gifted songwriters, international sex symbols, and tireless humanitarians. Thank you.
One of my desert island albums....Maria is amazing and on par with Stevie, Sarah, Janis and so many other great voices. She (and the band) deserved so much better.
I'm not religious, but my interpretation of these lyrics are that this is Jesus speaking to us. This song has comforted me many times. This whole album has messages of hope. Maria McKee should of been a much bigger star.
I first heard this song in 1986 as a young marine in North Carolina at new river air station I loved that song so much that I would listen to it time after time and was entranced by her voice she has always been a little 🔥 in my eyes
Was at “Wasted State”, Colorado (Gunnison), freshmen year, at the Student Union, and this played on the speakers. I was in such a vulnerable position, less than a week at college, and this tune grabbed me severely! Simpletons do not melt here!!
If I had 10 minutes to list my top-ten most meaningful songs in my 51 years of life, this one makes the list!!! Thank God, family, and friends, as my struggle with darkness was thrust into light and fire!! If I had a top ten song placed with me in my grave, well, this is one of them!
Oh Maria...you had this junior high kid, wrapped around your little finger. My very first choice of cassette on my first Columbia House order...remember that old chestnut?
"Disillusion has an edge so sharp it tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart" Wonderful, thoughtful lyrics that can't be found in rap music.
Maria is right up there with Natalie merchant at the top lyricists of all time. I have been lucky to see them both in Dallas perform and it was simply amazing !!!
Buzzguy nailed it - still means so much to me when I listen to this song - late 80s was the best and the worst - she melts my heart "disolusion has an edge so sharp!_
Full lyrics…. Well alright, you gave it all up for a dream Fate proved unkind, to lock the door and leave no key You're unsure, well baby I'm scared too When the world crushes you Let me be your shelter, shelter From a storm outside Let me be your shelter, shelter From the endless night Disillusion has an edge so sharp It tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart I need you, to wash mine clean You've felt it too, and you need me Let me be your shelter, shelter From a storm outside Let me be your shelter, shelter From the endless night Your struggle with darkness has left you blind I'll light the fire in your eyes Your struggle with darkness has left you blind I'll light the fire in your eyes Let me be your shelter, shelter From a storm outside Let me be your shelter, shelter From the endless night Let me be your shelter, shelter Let me be your shelter, shelter Let me be your shelter, shelter Let me be your shelter, shelter Let me be your shelter, shelter Let me be your shelter, shelter Let me be your shelter, shelter Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter
There's no way that could NOT be a best concert! Sure wish I'd seen that one! Over the years, I've kept missing opportunities to see U2 (mostly because of work, sometimes money was an issue, etc.), but I finally saw them on the 30th anniversary of the Joshua Tree album release, and they performed the entire album (along with several tracks from the early days)! Still wish I'd seen them in their heyday... But so glad I finally saw them at all! Bucket List!
Most of us, I am sure, have a very few songs that we consider the audio equivalent of a hug from a friend...the sort of song that can be counted on to soothe, reassure, or console as needed. This one has done all of the above and more for me at several points over the thirty years or so since I first heard it on MTV. Beautiful tune, beautiful lyrics...thank you for this.
Great song! Never really got enough radio time back then. Maria has an amazing voice! Between her and Harriet Wheeler of the Sundays, I can't put one above the other on who has the better voice.
Oh yeah! Harriet Wheeler was also one of my big faves! She's a great comparison to Maria McKee. Both of their respective bands were mega-awesome & mesmerizing with their sound. The Sundays & Lone Justice. Oh Lordy, was music in the 80's & 90's great, or what?! I'm so freaking glad that I got to experience it all firsthand!
Great similarity! Dreamy ladies' voices, backed by beautiful, occasionally-rocking bands that made timeless music together. Those days are sadly long gone. At least we can always enjoy the music!
I Pitty those who didn't live here in Texas in the 80's. Insane times. Great Music and even better people. My children are 8th generation Texans. I envy them
I remember that too, George! And I Found Love. If I remember right, it was the last SNL of 1986. I had a big crush on Maria. I videotaped it and watched it over and over.
They just re-ran that one the other night. My wife and I had never heard of these guys, but it was a nice change to hear something older that we'd never heard and was good.
I remember seeing her way back in Chi town when this song came out. I couldnt wait till morning to race to the record store and buy the cassette tape!!!! Still love this jam after all these years~~~
Maria is heavenly for sure! Mr. Make Believe says it best. Whoever was lucky enough to stumble upon Lone Justice before "Shelter" was just that...lucky. Because of controlled radio airplay and stupid exec's from the music industry, bands like LJ and many more like them just did not get promoted properly and therefore, many folks missed out. Now with TH-cam, they'll find new fans hopefully! Go Maria ~ Love your music and talent and will listen forever! Katz
My brother and I would sit and sing the songs for days on end. Unfortunately, I lost my brother in 1992 to cancer and these songs remind me of him. "I LOVE YOU BILL!!!"
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Lost all 3 of my sisters..1 older and younger..2 to Cancer..Truly sorry.God bless ❤ 🙏
Very sorry for your losses
i had the honor of sitting in the studio while this song was being recorded...so sad... The industry ate her up ...she is an angel and got treated like dirt...😢
Thank you for posting that.
This is a great song. I remember buying this album when it came out on LP (those were the days!), and reviewed it for my high school newspaper at the time :D. LJ deserved to be bigger...Maria is a big talent!
Thats really unfortunate that she wasn’t appreciated for her amazing talent! Beautiful soul ❤
well said
I've tried at times to find out what happened to Lone Justice and Maria McKee. All I could find was that she was here or there doing this or that. She was incredibly talented. Maybe the fact that she was so good at so many genres and that her career was mismanaged explains why she wasn't a bigger artist than she was.
Oh, how could she (Maria McKee) not be the biggest singing star ever? She had it all. Mysterious.
This is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time.
Mine too... Got me thru losing my mom in 1987
@@meismeems1 Mine, too. It's hard losing a momma.
Likewise. Cheers. 🍻🍻
I love this, loud in headphones. It is the best.
Same here!
This woman has an amazing voice. I saw Lone Justice open for U2. It's a shame she never got the recogntion she deserved.
What a bad match that was. It was the only time I ever heard a Montreal audience mistreat an opening act.
Rather unfair.
Yeah I was there. I recall Bono slagging the crowd a bit for that
Saw that tour and it was a mixed bag in spite of both bands being awesome.
They threw toilet paper at the band in Ottawa. Sounds made up but it wasn't. U2.
MariaMcKee is one of the best singers and sing writers of our time
Kanye say, Beyoncé have da bes album of aw ti'!
@@Frontallobe13 kanye and beyonce .... are bantha fodder compared to MM..now BE GONE!!!!!!!!!
So underrated! The whole band
and one of the kindest people to boot.
this song instantly brings back the '80's .... What a decade music wise !!
Her voice is pure comfort. A bad day can be reversed listening to her. What a gift.
Amen....such a lovely voice.
Agreed! So well put- pure comfort
Jam!!!!!
Well said.
That is probably the best summation of this song. Sonically holistic.
Now 2023 and still listening to this great song
Now 2024 and listening once again. 🎶🥰
Lone Justice, Cock Robin and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were played in heavy rotation in my house. I was only 6 at the time, but still have very fond memories of those days.
I never understood why she wasnt more famous . After they broke up if she had the right management etc I believe her solo career couldve been amazing. A lot of super talented people never quite get the success they deserve bc of inadequate management/proper exposure . That voice is so unique it just fills you up . Very special
Same with Amanda Marshall and many others..
I agree. She sounds a little like Stevie Nicks. Amazing voice
corporations wNted to control their creativity....she never settled....she is an awesome person...
Well said
@@siobhanmurphy4912 I was just thinking the same thing. I just saw Amanda Marshall in Toronto. At 51, she is still phenomenal. Another "80s" singer/songwriter I've rediscovered is Luba
This reminds me of my husband who died. He was like me with low self esteem and He was my shelter and I was his.
there's a sweetness but still understanding maturity to that voice.
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This song still resonates after all these years.
As I was saying on Twitter, u saved my life. I was playing bass & singing in a band which traveled many states. I was so depressed & was thinking how to kill myself. Then I heard this song (and later album) & it was like u were singing to me. And I thought "Okay. I'll let u be my SHELTER & hope for better days instead of killing myself (which did come). Thank you & God Bless You. You'll never know how you helped me.
Isn't it amazing how songs can reach you at the exact right time? I'm glad this one got you through.
Lynn Turman God sends the right people to show you what you need to know. I’m truly happy for you. Keep looking up.🙏🙏🙏🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💕
I wore this song out literally lol
Sounds to me like you and Maria need to form a band!
You are amazing and so strong!
kacres 1 is absolutely right. I still play "Shelter" and Til Tuesday's "Coming Up Close" religiously. Both defined a time and place in my life circa winter 1987. This and Til Tuesday's tune should have been bigger hits. Just gorgeous stuff.
So true. Maria Mckee and Aimee Mann were the cream of the crop. Coming up close video is out there too. Fleeting greatness lives on.
Buzzguy, another fave of mine, Coming Up Close
Maria McKee and Aimee Mann? Does it get any better. Coming Up Close is amazing as is basically everything Aimee has done.
So correct. Til Tuesday's songs were achingly beautiful.
I always put ‘Coming Up Close’ and ‘Ways To Be Wicked’ next to each other on playlists.
Lone Justice never got the recognition they deserved. She was a great singer in a great band. I love this romantic soulful ballad. Wish they had many more years and many more albums
Lone Justus, 1986, I think, in a basement bar in Long Beach, Ca. First and only time I ever saw Shane Fontayne. 12-foot ceilings with about 100 people, no chairs. Maria and Shane, wow. I howled and danced all night long. I haven't found any videos that show the way he looked, played, or moved at that time. Shane would put his knees together and do a deep dip over and over right in the middle of the solo. Pure Rock and Roll and they did Sweet Jane for an encore. I have to admit I've always had a bit of a man crush on Shane.
He was in the Kennedy Center House Band in the early to mid 2,000s. He can be seen in the Heart tribute to Led Zeppelin playing lead guitar. He plays with Graham Nash currently.
This has to be their best song. Still listening to it in 2022.
Where has this been hiding all these years? I can't believe it took till 2023 for me to discover this wonderful band. Having learned a little about her story, the words and feeling of this song make sense. She bounded onto the scene aged 18 with this incredible talent and energy, but despite all the backing and the opportunities, somehow it just hadn't worked out for her. This song dampens that talent and energy with disillusionment and sadness.
We all know how it feels, when life and age start to tear away at youthful hope, when faced with disappointment, all we're left with is love.
Maria McKee has that rare skill to bear her heart and soul on stage. And here her disillusion is cast open for the world to see and feel:
"you gave it all up for a dream
Fate proved unkind, to lock the door and leave no key
You're unsure, well baby, I'm scared, too
When the world crushes you"
You can't help but think that she was writing those lyrics from her own experience.
Me too amazing song 🎵
Better late than never. 🍻
I was in 7th grade when this song was first played and now it continues to be part of my faves. Thanks to the TH-cam technology for allowing us to travel back in time for few minutes!
Raul Soria 10th grade for me. Just remember being struck dumb & unable to move when I first saw it come on MTV, back when they played all kinds of actual music videos.
Later that year she appeared in Robbie Robertson’s video for Somewhere Down the Crazy River, produced by the inimitable Daniel Lanois. Check it out. She’s gorgeous in it and is only there for eye candy.
Me tooo! Same age. No one else was listening to this...
Me too, same generation. Ahh the good ole days. 😁
First saw this video in the Fall of '86 on MTV, as a 13 year-old. Having been teased and verbally bullied by my boy peers during that 7th grade school year😞😭, this song was very uplifting to me, as I was going through a VERY AWFUL time.
This song touches the mind, heart and soul.
Such a bummer Lone Justice broke up so soon. I'm so lucky that I got to see them play live in 1985.
Jealous for sure!!!!
I heard this song three decades ago at a party. It affected me very deeply, but I never understood why.
I hemorrhaged really bad with birth #1 and went down into the dark. When I ascended and woke up, this song was playing, and my family was caring for the new baby as I lay in the hospital bed. I've never forgotten that moment.
35 years ago I was touring with a singing/sketch group out of Kansas affiliated with Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins. He loved Lone Justice and was working on incorporating songs from this album into our routine. Same with "The Living Years" by Mike & The Mechanics. Too bad most of contemporary Christian music sucks hard these days. Guys like Rich came from a place of depth and conviction. The 21st century sucks so far. Bring back Lone Justice!
thanks but irrelevent
I RAN INTO MARIA AT THAT RIB JOINT ON CRESCENT HEIGHTS AND SUNSET IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND THERE SHE WAS WITH HER NOTEBOOK AND HER PENCIL WORKING ON THIS SONG - SO MUCH HEART - CARLOS GUITARLOS L.A.
+GuitarlosCarlos Cool story Carlos! Would love to have met Maria... great artist.
they played a few times at the Central on Larabee and was honored when I was hired to edit Shelter. Absolute magical voice. Used to play there on Tuesday jam nites. They ruined it when it became the Viper room!
Alittlebitnuts2day
I SAT ON HER...
Wow.. I like this story.. I mostly see country singers out and about being in Nashville ..but I've seen Alice Cooper at an Indian buffet and Eric Clapton at Barnes and Nobles
Life sure seems 2 show empathy when people don’t. I am one to withdraw inside, to deal with my pain. Then I heard this song at the end of a movie and despite my strength I broke down and wept.!lyrics that open a door I’m trying desperately keep shut. Pain so exquisite I’m afraid I’ll cry and won’t stop. Music is always the salve to an injured heart. Sing!
Well said. Damn. "Music is always the salve to an injured heart." Now that IS beautiful.
I always loved MM but even 28 years later, I find this one of those songs that I find relevant and just ...beautiful. The kind you want to sing to your girl.
absolutely beautiful song i agree
28+8=36yr I agree 100% Thoughts of ayoung man lost in Austin.
I wish I could go to the 80’s and enjoy them live
My fond memories of the 80's brought me here.
This song came about right about the time I broke up with my fiancée. I would go into my favorite bar in Old Town, Alexandria on a Friday evening after work and ask the soloist to play it. By the third or fourth Friday, she played it as soon as she saw me walk in. God I miss those days to be 25 again, with a career and life in all its fullness ahead of me! :-) I do have to wonder what the soloist must have thought of the guy who came in every Friday at closing time in a double-breasted suit and overcoat who sat down, drank one bourbon, made a single request and left. Guess she thought I was a nut case.
CaesarInVa Yeah, I had a bar where I came in every day and requested Autumn Leaves for a whole summer. After the first week I didn't have to request it. They jusr played it. you've had an unique experience, I still miss Rita from those days. She was one of the most beautiful I had ever seen. Babbbling, I don't express this well.
You expressed yourself with sufficient clarity that I got your point, Frank. No worries on that score! I have to say its nice to know that I'm not the only person prone to romantic, sentimentality.
Just finished work
Singers love to be heard- Im thinking all she knew was you wanted to 'hear' it. That was enough.
Well who knows what the soloist thought of you but it's a cool story nonetheless!
If this song came out today it would be just as big a hit. What a gifted voice.
When I visit to small live studio to see her live, valentine season , she appeared with the basket of chocolates. She was so cute. We all fans enjoyed her song with her voice. It was very good live. 💝🎶
This song.... this song really touches my soul.
Was lucky enough to be a newspaper music reviewer in the Midwest when this band rolled into a college town for a gig at a local bar to promote the album. She had IT. Unforgettable voice. The industry just wasted her talent.
Just caught the end of Moonlight and Valentino.......this played on end credits.
Have not heard/ watched the song/movie for years!!!! Maria McKee and Lone Justice...magic combination.
Thank God there was MTV back when this gem was made, otherwise the world would not have had the privilege of seeing this talented group sing this awesome song.
Your struggle with darkness has left you blind, I'll light the fire in your eyes. Amazing lyricist,played this a lot years ago and came back today?! Beautiful song
I broke this track back in 86 on a free-form radio show. For you youngin's who came along after corporate ruined FM, my sympathies.
KROQ (Rodney on the ROQ of course) broke this act in 1983. Their first album was 1985. But glad you spread the word!
I remember free-form radio. Those were the days! To quote the Smithereens, it's "Only a Memory"...
It's still like that in a lot of Western Europe; free-form. On a vacation to Ireland 6 years ago, we put a lot of miles on the rental car and their radio stations had incredible diversity in their playlist!
Maria McKee defines what TRUE musical talent is all about! Lone Justice has always been a fantastically amazing band lead by her incredibly powerful singing voice, but the only drawback is that they have always been too underrated. They shouldn't have been! Anybody in their own right mind would know that Lone Justice is the perfectly distinctive style of Cowpunk pop rock which ultimately defined eighties talent! Their style of music for that decade was truly one of a kind!
Lone Justice is legendary!!
~Dutch
idiot
I repeat...
YouCantHoldOnTooLong I'm with you larry
Casey Dixon The name is "Dutch" not "Larry".
~Dutch
YouCantHoldOnTooLong
What memories...outstanding song that is ever more relevant in today's messed up world. People need some real shelter, especially Mentally...Thank you Maria and the Lone Justice crew for a really inspiring song. I wish Shelter on all those who need support in their lives...Peace and Love to All.
This song is part of a soundtrack to my life. So gorgeous! Much love and appreciation to you, Maria…
1986, a very good year.
The first time I paid attention to this song was the intro as I was running on the wrestling mat as a 10th grader in practice. This former metalhead has loved this song ever since.
Maria is Beautiful and That Voice oh That Voice!!!!!
And the world's sexiest pout...
They played the Moonshadow Saloon in the ATL when I cocktailed there....such a great show!! LMBYS is inscribed on my husband's wedding ring. 30 years in Nov :)
Beautiful comment. 💙 💙
You may remember my stunt that night. I’m the guy that crashed through the dressing room ceiling. The look on her face and the panic in my brain. Still can’t believe the owner let me come back the next day and repair the ceiling and not have me arrested!
NO WAY!!!!! FOR REAL?@@markweddington8820
Listened to this on a cassette tape when I was in college from 1984 -1988. LOVED this band & her voice !!!!!!!!!!!
2019,still playing my vinyl lp ...amazing
Maria was pure talent so underrated.
One of the 80's bands that should still be around.
2019, omfg, my all time favorite song, I love, LOVE IT!💜💙💚💜💙💚💜💙💚💜💙💚💜💙💚
LOVE
“… your struggle with darkness has left you blind…”
This is truly amazing. Thank you for sharing this!
True music that we don’t have anymore. Amazing group. Thank you🙏
soo many good memories of her and living in Atlanta in the 80s..we were so blessed and had no clue wtf?
I got to see them open for U2, back then. LOVE this song!!
love this band!! Seen them on Saturday Night Live in the early 90's but never seen much of them. They should have made it big in MY opinion
What a powerful song. It simply makes me choke up inside. Everything about this song (Shelter) is so cathartic. Love you Maria.
There will never be another band in the world of entertainment more dynamic than Lone Justice. Thrilling performers, gifted songwriters, international sex symbols, and tireless humanitarians. Thank you.
One of my desert island albums....Maria is amazing and on par with Stevie, Sarah, Janis and so many other great voices. She (and the band) deserved so much better.
27 at the time. i loved Lone Justice, was always on my play list. Back then we made cassette tapes to play on the car stereo.
I'm not religious, but my interpretation of these lyrics are that this is Jesus speaking to us. This song has comforted me many times. This whole album has messages of hope. Maria McKee should of been a much bigger star.
I saw them live in Manchester in the eighties. They were awesome! She does write some great songs but the whole band were excellent back then too.
I first heard this song in 1986 as a young marine in North Carolina at new river air station I loved that song so much that I would listen to it time after time and was entranced by her voice she has always been a little 🔥 in my eyes
As much as I love Maria and Lone Justice. I will never forget the girl that asked me to listen to this song.
Was at “Wasted State”, Colorado (Gunnison), freshmen year, at the Student Union, and this played on the speakers. I was in such a vulnerable position, less than a week at college, and this tune grabbed me severely!
Simpletons do not melt here!!
Yes I remember when I saw them in Las Cruces NM wit U2...that was an incredible concert loved it...
Such a beautiful song. Saw them live back in the day, so great.
If I had 10 minutes to list my top-ten most meaningful songs in my 51 years of life, this one makes the list!!!
Thank God, family, and friends, as my struggle with darkness was thrust into light and fire!!
If I had a top ten song placed with me in my grave, well, this is one of them!
What next great songs would be on your list ???
I love the fact that they played as the musical guests on the greatest episode of SNL ever.
This is the best song ever. I remember it coming on the radio when I was in junior high. This band just kind of faded away. Her voice is amazing.
Captured, like I was
What a talent Maria McKee is. This song is perfect. Lone Justice, another victim of commerce ruins art and everyone loses.
Another great song of the 80s, 1st time I heard it from the radio 📻, I know it’ll be a great song of the 80s with lots of memories too
Oh Maria...you had this junior high kid, wrapped around your little finger. My very first choice of cassette on my first Columbia House order...remember that old chestnut?
One of 2 new songs to break into the Billboard Hot 100 charts on Jan 10th, 1987...It just missed out on being a Top 40 hit...peaking at #47
If I die...... I pray this song is my anthem......beyond beautiful!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
How awesome is this, Maria is so talented, beautiful, classy, energetic, miss this music, love the 80's !!
"Disillusion has an edge so sharp it tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart" Wonderful, thoughtful lyrics that can't be found in rap music.
In most of any another music these days... So beautifull
East is east..west is west. Wth?
these lines along with "I need you to wash mine clean, you felt it too and you need me" are definitely my favorite lyrics in this amazing song!
_"Your struggle with darkness has left you blind, I'll light the fire in your eyes.."_
Maria is right up there with Natalie merchant at the top lyricists of all time. I have been lucky to see them both in Dallas perform and it was simply amazing !!!
Shelter_ Lyrics
Well alright, you gave it all up for a dream
Fate proved unkind, to lock the door and leave no key
You're unsure, well baby I'm scared too
When the world crushes you
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From the endless night
Disillusion has an edge so sharp
It tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart
I need you, to wash mine clean
You've felt it too, and you need me
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From the endless night
Your struggle with darkness has left you blind
I'll light the fire in your eyes
Your struggle with darkness has left you blind
I'll light the fire in your eyes
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From the endless night
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter
Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter
Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Van Zandt Steven / Mc Kee Maria Luisa
Shelter lyrics © Blue Midnight Music
Thank you
Mine 2,I remember when it first came out in Fall of 86!Play dis song all da time nah!Jcsx
Buzzguy nailed it - still means so much to me when I listen to this song - late 80s was the best and the worst - she melts my heart "disolusion has an edge so sharp!_
Full lyrics….
Well alright, you gave it all up for a dream
Fate proved unkind, to lock the door and leave no key
You're unsure, well baby I'm scared too
When the world crushes you
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From the endless night
Disillusion has an edge so sharp
It tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart
I need you, to wash mine clean
You've felt it too, and you need me
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From the endless night
Your struggle with darkness has left you blind
I'll light the fire in your eyes
Your struggle with darkness has left you blind
I'll light the fire in your eyes
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From the endless night
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Let me be your shelter, shelter
Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter
Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter
Shelter, shelter, shelter, shelter
When the world crushes you... the amount of feeling she puts into uttering this line raises the hair on my arms.
Just perfect 80's music.
Great opening for U2.
eh
April 10th, 1987. Las Cruces NM.
Yes they were a great opening act for U2. Still the best concert Ive ever seen.
There's no way that could NOT be a best concert! Sure wish I'd seen that one! Over the years, I've kept missing opportunities to see U2 (mostly because of work, sometimes money was an issue, etc.), but I finally saw them on the 30th anniversary of the Joshua Tree album release, and they performed the entire album (along with several tracks from the early days)! Still wish I'd seen them in their heyday... But so glad I finally saw them at all! Bucket List!
Saw them with U2 as well. What a great act to open for U2.
@@lawrencebader9399 I was at that show too!!, Pan Am center in Las Cruces!!
Love those 80s sounding drums.
This is one of those tunes that I think about when I cannot sleep at night. 'Nuff said 😊!
Why is it that the most talented are taken for granted? Wheels, Sweet Sweet Baby Mine, Ways to Be Wicked. Ahead of their time.
I just watched, "Moonlight and Valentino", brought this song back, love it!
A song to listen 500 years from now.
Let's hope I don't forget :-)
One of my favourite singers ever.
Most of us, I am sure, have a very few songs that we consider the audio equivalent of a hug from a friend...the sort of song that can be counted on to soothe, reassure, or console as needed. This one has done all of the above and more for me at several points over the thirty years or so since I first heard it on MTV. Beautiful tune, beautiful lyrics...thank you for this.
You said it perfectly. With next songs would be on your ,,lists" ???
Well said.
Great song! Never really got enough radio time back then. Maria has an amazing voice! Between her and Harriet Wheeler of the Sundays, I can't put one above the other on who has the better voice.
Oh yeah! Harriet Wheeler was also one of my big faves! She's a great comparison to Maria McKee. Both of their respective bands were mega-awesome & mesmerizing with their sound. The Sundays & Lone Justice. Oh Lordy, was music in the 80's & 90's great, or what?! I'm so freaking glad that I got to experience it all firsthand!
Great similarity! Dreamy ladies' voices, backed by beautiful, occasionally-rocking bands that made timeless music together. Those days are sadly long gone. At least we can always enjoy the music!
Two great ladies.
Harriet Wheeler? What a name and a voice!
I Pitty those who didn't live here in Texas in the 80's. Insane times. Great Music and even better people. My children are 8th generation Texans. I envy them
I remember they performed this gorgeous song on SNL in 1986 when Bill Shatner hosted.
I remember that too, George! And I Found Love. If I remember right, it was the last SNL of 1986. I had a big crush on Maria. I videotaped it and watched it over and over.
your close and personal friend, Bill Shatner
They just re-ran that one the other night. My wife and I had never heard of these guys, but it was a nice change to hear something older that we'd never heard and was good.
Best SNL ever.
George Estremera I remember too and the other lively song. Used to have this on tape.
I bought this single. What a beautiful voice, so evocative.
One of the best songs!! Amazing!! Classic 80s!!
Music like love has many paths but it's the quality that counts and the brilliance of this band...Well it speaks for itself don'it...
this woman is beautiful n an amazing vocal talent!!!!!!!!
she is incred!!!!!!!!!!!
This song is sheer poetry.
a song that brings back such memories. .......God I LOVE this song. ......
I remember seeing her way back in Chi town when this song came out. I couldnt wait till morning to race to the record store and buy the cassette tape!!!! Still love this jam after all these years~~~
This album is exceptional.
Such promise blown away by ill-advised decision making. What could have been for this band and Maria.
Maria is heavenly for sure! Mr. Make Believe says it best. Whoever was lucky enough to stumble upon Lone Justice before "Shelter" was just that...lucky. Because of controlled radio airplay and stupid exec's from the music industry, bands like LJ and many more like them just did not get promoted properly and therefore, many folks missed out. Now with TH-cam, they'll find new fans hopefully! Go Maria ~ Love your music and talent and will listen forever! Katz