(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction -- The Rolling Stones

I don't feel like I really "discovered" music until I was a teenager in the 90s, but I did get some exposure to it in my youth. Being a mostly studious (re: nerdy) lad in the 80s, I didn't gain the nostalgic appreciation of that era's pop scene. Most of the music I heard was what my mom listened to. She was a fan of oldies and ordered those cheesy record (as in vinyl) collections you'd see on TV.

I had one of those little plastic Fisher Price record players that was mostly used for those read along record books featuring Disney movies or Star Wars cartoon stories in easy doses. My mom dug up some old .45 singles one day and gave them to me. "Satisfaction" was one. I'm not sure if I even knew who The Rolling Stones were, but if you'd asked me back then if I was a Beatles or Stones fan, I'd go with the latter just because of this tune.

It's not their best song, but it has a great guitar hook that drives in from the beginning. It just sounds old, but you know it doesn't quite belong in the time it was recorded either. It's edgy and strutting and when Mick spits out the title, followed by "I can't get no...girly action" even a pre-teen knows he's craving something a little sweeter than a Snickers.

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