Saturday 6 December 2014

36.  (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. The Rolling Stones. Aug 1965.
An amphetamine paced blues song, Satisfaction is a nihilistic reflection of the band's boredom, frustration and utter contempt towards "the great American hard sell". Recorded in Chicago's Chess studio with overdubs added in L.A at RCA, the guitar riff was loosely based on 'Dancing In The Street' with Keith Richards claiming that the riff came to him in a dream. 
While everyone was hung up on the true vocal art of 'singing', Jagger was content to 'rap' his sloganised lyric and in some way anticipated the style and content of Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues.'

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