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Naturalust
It's a great composition! It can be played as straight blues, bluegrass western swing or rock and roll, the sign of a fantastic tune.
That being said, I'm tired of the way the Stones have been playing it and I wish they would f u c k with it a bit before playing it on the next round of shows. Can't imagine how Mick can genuinely sing the same song the same way after all these years. peace
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Silver Dagger
Simply the greatest pop song of all time. The beginning of garage punk, rock and punk itself - all can be traced down to this one incredible gem of a song.
The way it starts up with that incessant riff, that grows and grows and carries Jagger's howling tale of sexual frustration right down the rock'n'roll highway.
It's the song that nearly every hot blooded male - and probably females too - can relate to - not getting your way in a phoney bullshit world. And all the while you're singing your head off to it on the dance floor or in a car imagining all the dumbass authority figures that you just want to blow away.
And you know what - it still sounds just as great today as it did the day it came out. Pure pop genius.
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For you Charlie Watts fans, listen to the drummer on Louie , Louie and tell me which is more exciting, Watt's playing on Satisfaction or the drummer on Louie?
The Kingsmen's studio version was recorded in one take.
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Doxa
But as far as the skeleton of the song goes, I have always have problems seeing it as a "folk song", as it has been called in music literature, until very recent times. Yep, I have understand that the 'social commentary' the song lyrically possess, and the whole idea of having such a dary subject matter, with certain offensive expressions, for a 'pop song', has some Dylanisque influences, like many pop writers at the time started to have. But still I saw that rather vague, and accidental, just sensing very large winds at the time. But just a little time ago someone - sorry I can't remember who - gave us a concrete example of its origin in the works of 'the voice of a generation'. That clicked on me immedeatily. Namely, it is "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall". Not just "I am try, and I try, etc" being a one to one replica of "and it's a hard, and it's a hard" part of the song, the way the three basic elements of the song are constituted reminds the elements of "Hart Rain", Mick and Keith just changing the locations. Dylan ends his point-fingering talk-like delivery with "And it's a hard" part, whereas Mick and Keith locate "And I Try" part before Jagger's 'rant'. Both songs start with a tender ballad-like verse-part. The 'drama' in both songs is pretty similar.
- Doxa
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Doxa
But as far as the skeleton of the song goes, I have always have problems seeing it as a "folk song", as it has been called in music literature, until very recent times. Yep, I have understand that the 'social commentary' the song lyrically possess, and the whole idea of having such a dary subject matter, with certain offensive expressions, for a 'pop song', has some Dylanisque influences, like many pop writers at the time started to have. But still I saw that rather vague, and accidental, just sensing very large winds at the time. But just a little time ago someone - sorry I can't remember who - gave us a concrete example of its origin in the works of 'the voice of a generation'. That clicked on me immedeatily. Namely, it is "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall". Not just "I am try, and I try, etc" being a one to one replica of "and it's a hard, and it's a hard" part of the song, the way the three basic elements of the song are constituted reminds the elements of "Hart Rain", Mick and Keith just changing the locations. Dylan ends his point-fingering talk-like delivery with "And it's a hard" part, whereas Mick and Keith locate "And I Try" part before Jagger's 'rant'. Both songs start with a tender ballad-like verse-part. The 'drama' in both songs is pretty similar.
- Doxa
That was me posting about the Hard Rain connection.
Also according to what I've read, Keith's Motown inspired riff was only a placeholder until they could get some horns in and Keith wanted a temporary sound that could sustain like a horn section and he came across the Maestro fuzz, then it got released with the fuzz riff.
The words of Satisfaction are a big part of what makes the song what it is IMO.
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slew
Doxa _ I always enjoy reading your comments. I agree with you about Satisfaction. I cannot believe some Stones fans can slag this one. This song put the Rolling Stones where only The Beatles had ever been and they have remained there ever since. Do they have better songs? I think that they do but this song is easily the most important song of their career. I have read through the comments about Louie Louie, You Really Got Me and All Day and Al of the Night and they are all great songs for sure. However, none of them of the overall feel of Satisfaction. It is just so full of angst and Jagger sings it like he means it. Keith's riff is the most recognizable riff in the history of rock music. I don't listen to it as much as I used to but when it does come on that riff still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I get goosebumps thinking back on all of the fun I've had while this song played and I got satisfaction more than once or twice because of this tune!! Overated no freakin way!!! The greatest anthem in rock history!!
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Reagan
Quick poll: At the 35 second mark, is that click noise the sound of Keith hitting the pedal to switch the fuzz box on?[/quote
Exactly. I always thought it was the switch. It sounds exactly like this!!
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Reagan
Quick poll: At the 35 second mark, is that click noise the sound of Keith hitting the pedal to switch the fuzz box on?[/quote
Exactly. I always thought it was the switch. It sounds exactly like this!!
Adding a little audio magic. Compare to how Keith's guitar seemingly "wakes up" on Midnight Rambler (studio).
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Doxa _ I always enjoy reading your comments. I agree with you about Satisfaction. I cannot believe some Stones fans can slag this one. This song put the Rolling Stones where only The Beatles had ever been and they have remained there ever since. Do they have better songs? I think that they do but this song is easily the most important song of their career. I have read through the comments about Louie Louie, You Really Got Me and All Day and Al of the Night and they are all great songs for sure. However, none of them of the overall feel of Satisfaction. It is just so full of angst and Jagger sings it like he means it. Keith's riff is the most recognizable riff in the history of rock music. I don't listen to it as much as I used to but when it does come on that riff still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I get goosebumps thinking back on all of the fun I've had while this song played and I got satisfaction more than once or twice because of this tune!! Overated no freakin way!!! The greatest anthem in rock history!!
Yeah, I also think that there are better songs in Stones catalogue ("Gimme Shelter", "Honky Tonk Women", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Brown Sugar" comes to mind firstly), but none of them come even close to it in importance. Their best-known song easily. Even though the Stones managed to get through the seventies almost without playing it (and even when playing it, they seemed to struggle in how to deliver it - like the song and its reputation sounding too big to handle), after the nostalgia took over anything, it had been impossible to think a Stones show without it. Nowadays, they don't try even to pretend there are more important songs in their repertuare, so it's place as a great finale of the show is obvious. NO SECURITY TOUR, and giving the song a rest for a while, sounds like the bravest thing they ever do in today's criteria.
I think for many of us hardcore fans the song is way beyond too obvious. Now to think of that, I, for example, very rarely listen the original version at home. BUt when the song unexpectedly pops up somewhere - as it does in many places - it always does the effect on me you describe here. It just captures.
If we are thinking Stones songs in terms of importance - doing something essential to their career - I think after "Satisfaction", and a long mile, comes probably "Jumpin' Jack Flash", re-establishing their credibility in 1968 and giving them a sound that goes along with the sounds of "Satisfaction", but now with a more mature way, and which still defines them. Then "Honky Tonk Women", their biggest hit ever with "Satisfaction", and definitively a song needed at the time when Brian left them and us. "Brown Sugar" brought them to the seventies, with once again irrestible groove and sound. After that I can only think of "Miss You" and "Start Me Up" having that kind role in establishing their relevance when needed, the first showing that they can convincingly adapt to the times, re-invent themselves, and come up with a monster hit. The second, probably having more importance after its heyday than then - showing that the band still come up with a classical sounding Rolling Stones tune, that being a hit and as great and recognizable to bigger crowds as their old classical hits.
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slew
Doxa _ I always enjoy reading your comments. I agree with you about Satisfaction. I cannot believe some Stones fans can slag this one. This song put the Rolling Stones where only The Beatles had ever been and they have remained there ever since. Do they have better songs? I think that they do but this song is easily the most important song of their career. I have read through the comments about Louie Louie, You Really Got Me and All Day and Al of the Night and they are all great songs for sure. However, none of them of the overall feel of Satisfaction. It is just so full of angst and Jagger sings it like he means it. Keith's riff is the most recognizable riff in the history of rock music. I don't listen to it as much as I used to but when it does come on that riff still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I get goosebumps thinking back on all of the fun I've had while this song played and I got satisfaction more than once or twice because of this tune!! Overated no freakin way!!! The greatest anthem in rock history!!
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slew
Really the only live versions I like are from 1969 and 1971 they played it differently then. The 1967 versions that I've heard from their European Tour are pretty good also. They play it too fast now and they should change it up if they play again.