The studio version is my favorite song ever. The '98 version kicked ass. But these days it's completely dead and should be replaced. I like songs like Brown Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash, these things are also pretty damn old, but they still rock like hell. The song is just dead. Does anyone agree?

Yes, It doesn't have the same punch anymore, What would you expect fro a song that's been played how many times. Worn-out. Time to add something else to the mix.

listen to the berlin version! it's alive and well!

What one time.

It sizzled durign the Licks tour...especially in Oakland...

Listen to Mexico City It's Alive and Kickin. Best version ever!

Just tired of that tune.

it's become a cliche more than a worthwhile musical endeavour - get rid of it.

I know what you mean Black n Blue i'm tried of alot of this set list. I know they need to do about 10 of the numbers but they could be mixing up 10 of the song's not just the 4&5 spot.

nikkibong Wrote:
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> it's become a cliche more than a worthwhile
> musical endeavour - get rid of it.

Indeed.

Put Brown Sugar in its place and add a new song like Slave.

IORR is dying a slow death in 2006.Miss You is already dead.Honkey Tonk Women is not far off.Brown Sugar could be revitalized by moving it to an earlier spot in the set.Perhaps second or third.It's not looking good for Sympathy these days either.Satisfaction,on the other hand,really tore the roof off in Albany at least.It seems to work best at the end of the shows but,not as the last song anymore.I have a feeling that Satisfaction will be the opener in the fall.Tumbling Dice,SFTD,and Honkey Tonk Women could have outside chances.

Theif in the Night Wrote:
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> IORR is dying a slow death in 2006.

i think that's due to us whiners

If that's the case,maybe we can finish the job.

It never got near the recording version.
I don´t even like the 1969 versions.
Satisfaction on record is a fuzzy garagy soul beat number, and
since 1969 the Stones are ROCK. They invented that.
So they sometimes sound a little lame when they´re trying to play Beat or Soul again. It´s over.
Yeah, drop Satisfaction.

But they´ll never do that in fear of losing 50 per cent audience.
It´s flogging a dead warhorse...

Raw Iguana

Stray cat blues would be nice, all over now and loving cup. How about the diehards that been with the band since 1965.Their in fear of losing US!

KingBee is dead on!
Only thing I disagree is if they dropped it they'd lose 50% of their live audience.
I don't think Satisfaction is even relevant to >them< anymore. They don't really dance to it, just jump up and down a little bit, pretending.
The Stones cannot revive a song like that in that modern, stadium-ready setting. Which is tailor-made for loud, ringing open chords instead.

Keep it for intimate, unpluggy-club setting (if they even still care at all about it!). Otherwise drop it ASAP!

on the licks tour satisfaction was great because
keith played it with a different guitar than these days

but the main problem is that the song is way too long live played
5 mins or more
3 mins are enough

b surprized if its in da setlist 4 da USA Fall Tour

It suffers ,like many other songs from been too long and drawn out.

Shorter versions of

Sympathy
B Sugar
Miss you - ie 0 seconds !
IORR
Satifaction
JJF should be kept at the opener length,even when at end of show
Rambler could go on all night for me

sc uk

Satisfaction really worked in 97/98, great concert-beginning. Not any longer.
Dump it, untill the 50th anniversary tour.

Agreed Erik. It was an amazing version back then. Best ever, I think.

the version they played in Stuttgart in my humble opinion was the best I've ever heard. I felt like pressed into the ground. I could hardly walk after it. Amazing. Everyone I talked to after the show agreed. It was powerful masterpiece from our beloved FOUR - thank you Rolling Stones !

Satisfaction keeps on blowing me away. I really like how the guitars have been brought back to the forefront over the last two tours. Plus, the song is still totally iconic. I mean seeing the Stones sing Satisfaction is like having seen Lennon sing Imagine, or Dylan singing LARS, Elvis doing Heartbreak Hotel, or Sinatra doing My Way. The song is almost bigger than the show itself - it's like its own entity. It's living, breathing history.

No, I am not high right now.

IORR, on the other hand, lost all of the groove of the studio recording. That's the one warhorse I would like to see permanently turned into glue. Though I was shocked by how hot it was as a final encore at Fenway - that was the best live version I've ever heard - a total rave-up.

Old AND Dead! Plus, the version they play in concert these days is WAAAAAY too long. Play the War-horses as the tight short versions they are on the record and you could fit 3 more songs into the setlist. (i.e. John Fogarty)

Couldn't have said better duane. ALittle tto sloppy for me.

Lizard Wrote:
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> The song is just dead. Does anyone
> agree?

No. Stuttgarts version kicked ass. Wonderful. Powerful. Great.

love the miami version 94

There's a great version from Memphis, 2005.

Pokalheld Wrote:
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> Lizard Wrote:
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> > The song is just dead. Does anyone
> > agree?
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> No. Stuttgarts version kicked ass. Wonderful.
> Powerful. Great.



YES YES YES - I fel like @#$%& after that, could barely walk - ain't that amazing - how many times I've heard this tune I don't know - every show I went to they played it, heard it on so many recordings from so many different tours and cities and they still continue to amaze you with this one.

But this is The Rolling Stones.

Satisfaction will never be dead.Never.