Day 46: (I can’t get no) Satisfaction

(I can’t get no) Satisfaction by DEVO. 2/15/20

Quirky tribute or mocking derision of this Stones classic? Answers can be found here: THE STORY BEHIND DEVO’S ICONIC COVER OF THE ROLLING STONES’ “SATISFACTION”

Devo had recorded an odd cover of the band’s hit “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”—so odd that their label said they needed Jagger’s blessing to release it. Mothersbaugh put the tape in a boom box and pressed Play. As the sounds of the cover filled the room, Jagger sat stone-faced. What he was hearing didn’t sound much like the “Satisfaction” he’d written. Keith Richards’s iconic riff was gone, and the original melody was nowhere to be found. Was this a homage, Mick must have wondered, or were they mocking him? “He was just looking down at the floor swirling his glass of red wine,”

Story behind DEVO’s cover…

*In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in the second spot on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time“. The song was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2006.
*Wikipedia