Comments on: THE ROLLING STONES - “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

By: Alan Connor

Alan Connor — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:51:00 +0000

Another sound-alike riff: “Valleri” by the Monkees, a U.S. #1.

God, I’m listening to this for the first time now — pointless “quality” solos, and all. Alternative Title, Your Auntie Grizelda and I’m Gonna Buy Me A Dog are disgraced by being in the company of this tossed-off toss toss.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:41:00 +0000

i prefer cat powers.

By: Mr. Snrub

Mr. Snrub — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 02:38:00 +0000

What’s it take to get a 10 around here?

By: Frank Kogan

Frank Kogan — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:24:00 +0000

That unending proscenium arch of a bassline

Which is a variation of Keef’s riff, except that Bill’s hitting the two-AND on the second note, whereas Keef’s hitting the TWO, which puts them into counterrhythm for the measure (Keef playing in three against Bill’s two).

Hope that makes sense; it’s one of the things that makes the song move (and made Stones better than Beatles).

By: wwolfe

wwolfe — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:13:00 +0000

Mick always says that he “mumbled” the title of “Let’s Spend the Night Together” on the Ed Sullivan Show, but I’ve got it on tape and he very clearly sings, “Let’s spend some time together.” Each time he does, it’s accompanied by an extremely fey rolling of his eyes, in an attempt to make light of the bowdlerizing, but it’s there without a doubt.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:00:00 +0000

I also recall that the shock value of ” Satisfaction” was increased when reports came out saying that the lyric was ” And I’m trying to make some girl” pause “pregnant” pause” maybe better come back maybe next week”

whereas I’ve always heard “pregnant” as ” tells me “.

I haven’t got big enough ears to confirm either.

Remember Whoopi Goldberg in ” Jumpin’ Jack Flash ” ? ” Mick, Mick, what the hell are you saying , Mick ?

Brian C

By: Alan Connor

Alan Connor — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:42:00 +0000

From what I understand it, Mick definitely mumbled “Let’s Spend The Night Together” on that show, and the understood re-title is “Let’s Spend Some Time Together”.

Which makes Mick reminiscent of Ned Flanders’ Valentines Day serenading of Maude in the music-tastic “I Love Lisa”:

“If you think I’m cuddly
And you want my company
Come on wifey, let me know.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:05:00 +0000

There was a bit of a scandal when the Stones were on Ed Sullivan about the lyrics - or was it ” Let’s Spend Some Time Together “, whatever…..

Judged by Mick’s run of luck in this song ( “can’t you see I’m on a loosing streak”, ), I’d say , and I’ve always thought the lyric suggested his inability to perform in the Viagra sense of the word.

But, yea, either way it’s sexual missconnect.

Brian C

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:19:00 +0000

I forget where I read it, but isn’t there some kind of ‘reference’ to menstruation in the song? Or is that just some received wisdom about the ‘better come back/maybe next week’ lyric?

Also, “Couldn’t Get Ahead” by The Fall is the 80s version, for me anyway.

By: Frank Kogan

Frank Kogan — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:36:00 +0000

But it could just as well have been ‘Auntie Millie’s Caught Her Left Tit in the Mangle’.

But wouldn’t this just been a variation on a Muddy Waters title the Stones covered early on, “My Left Breast Mangled Millie’s Mom”?

By: wwolfe

wwolfe — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:57:00 +0000

Another sound-alike riff: “Valleri” by the Monkees, a U.S. #1.

By: Marcello

Marcello — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:15:00 +0000

Ah yes, Jonathan King’s Bubblerock project, which cruel souls might dismiss as the skint man’s version of Bryan Ferry’s These Foolish Things, but not me.

By: p^nk s

p^nk s — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:14:00 +0000

haha alien sex fiend!!

By: Alan Connor

Alan Connor — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:06:00 +0000

Resurrection Watch:

Packed with peanuts
Marathon really satisfies

(The first time I really thought about the life of a session singer)

Then there's these:

0. Otis Redding - (i can't get no) Satisfaction
1. cat power - (i can't get no) satisfaction
2. rolling stones - (i can't get no) satisfaction
3. devo - (i can't get no) satisfaction
4. bjork an pj harvey - (i can't get no) satisfaction
5. guitar wolf - (i can't get no) satisfaction
6. Britney Spears - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
7. The Residents - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
8. Television - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
9. Fushitsusha: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
10. The Masked Marauders: (I Can't Get No) Nookie
11. Samantha Fox: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
12. los apsons - satisfaccion (no soy nada)
13. blue cheer - satisfaction
14. trad, gras och stenar - satisfaction
15. Sandie Shaw-I can't get no Satisfaction
16. Phyllis Diller-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
17. Jonathan King: (I can't get no) Satisfaction
18. Jimi Hendrix - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
19. Rolf Harris - Satisfaction
20. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
21. Paul Revere & the Raiders - Satisfaction
22. Nicky Hopkins - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
23. Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra & Chorus - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
24. Sam & Dave - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
25. Space Cowboys - Satisfaction
26. Eddie & the Hot Rods: (I can't get no) Satisfaction
27. Alien Sex Fiend - Satisfaction
28. The Troggs - Satisfaction
29. Aretha Franklin: (I can't get no) Satisfaction (live)
30. Manfred Mann - Satisfaction
31. The Grateful Dead - Satisfaction
32. Tight Fit - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
33. The Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Satisfaction
34. ? & the Mysterians - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
35 justine bateman [from the movie]
36 del rubio triplets
37 incredible bongo band
38 phyllis diller [from golden throats]
39 Vanilla Ice - (I can't get no) Satisfaction

Not to mention (riff only) Buffalo Springfield's "Mr. Soul" and Fatboy Slim's "Satisfaction Skank".

By: Alan Connor

Alan Connor — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:05:00 +0000

-2–2~~—2-4-5~~—-5-5^4-4^2—

It was just a riff. I didn’t think… I didn’t think of it as… I woke up in the middle of the night, put it down on a cassette. I thought it was great then. Went to sleep and when I woke up, it appeared to be as useful as another album track. It was the same with Mick too at the time, you know. It goes da-da, da-da-da… and the words I’d written for that riff were I can’t get no satisfaction. But it could just as well have been ‘Auntie Millie’s Caught Her Left Tit in the Mangle’.

I don’t have the Cat Power version to hand: does she omit that riff as well as the chorus?

By: Marcello

Marcello — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:55:00 +0000

That unending proscenium arch of a bassline does it for me, symbolic of an ambitious car grounded by a stuck wheel, spinning in some leftover mud. Easy to underestimate Wyman’s contributions, but this must have seemed the equivalent of, say, “TV Eye” by the Stooges getting to number one (and of course no Stooges/”TV Eye” without “Satisfaction” to inspire them/give them something to react against).