Poll: What is your pick for the CATCHIEST GUITAR RIFF of the rock era?

@Whisper_292

6 ай бұрын

Angus Young's riff in Thunderstruck (AC/DC)

@catherine6653

6 ай бұрын

Another One Bites the Dust, Queen

@user-xm7jy7dc8f

6 ай бұрын

Jumpin Jack Flash

@Lam_3-22-23

6 ай бұрын

La Grange - ZZ Top

@thetitleisours1

6 ай бұрын

ELO - Fire on High. Honorable mentions to Paperback Writer, Freebird, and Sweet Child of Mine

If you ordered a pair of Zenni eyeglasses even though you have 20/20 vision, you may have watched one too many Professor of Rock videos.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Ha ha! Love it.

@Whisper_292

6 ай бұрын

It's impossible to watch too many POR videos. 😝

@benkirk6880

6 ай бұрын

Ah hahaha hahahaha hahaha that’s great! It’s good advertising though my youngest daughter has a pair

@rsdouglass4

6 ай бұрын

i’ve got 4 pairs. it’s a problem 😊

@AnneDowson-vp8lg

6 ай бұрын

This song is what you put on at a wedding or some family party and all your uncles wake up and do hilarious Mick Jagger impressions!😂😂​@@ProfessorofRock

It was a truly wild time in music and the world. In 1963 it was “I want to hold your hand” in 1967 it was “Let’s spend the night together”. That was warp speed by anyone’s assessment. Great episode. 👍👍🌟🌟🌟

The Professor sounds much better today, Neither snow nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night shall prevent the Professor of Rock from delivering a great song story!

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

That's right! Ha ha!

@Bigbadwhitecracker

6 ай бұрын

Take more of that health drink you used to advertise.@@ProfessorofRock

@shiroibasketshoes

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Adam, the people who advise you to take a day off when you are feeling under the weather are actually among the people who care the most about you as a person.

Devo's cover of Satisfaction on SNL was legendary !😄😎

@ericfitzgerald9214

6 ай бұрын

Yuck!

@martineldritch

6 ай бұрын

@@ericfitzgerald9214 Yum!

@DJarry394

6 ай бұрын

It was fantastic! An SNL best of moment

@carlodave9

6 ай бұрын

Still the best cover of any rock song I've ever heard. It totally subverts the riff and drum hooks while simultaneously staying true to the original eff-all spirit. Perfect!

@jen_alanfromchicago53

6 ай бұрын

Yes and yes i saw that episode when it first aired.

Finally got to see the Rolling Stones a couple years ago, took my parents. They have always been my father's favorite band and they had never managed to see the Stones live since he was a young man in the 60s. Satisfaction was the finale, and seeing the joy on his face made it worth every cent and a whole lot more! The Stones still rock it better than any band half their age, amazing!

Love the way this song was used in Apocalypse Now. Can't hear the song without remembering the scene from the movie.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Ted!

Keith Richards is the original riff Meister and for over 6 decades has given us music fans such iconic guitar riffs from satisfaction to start me up and he's still rocking us at 80 years old

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

No Kidding! What do you think of their new music George?

@georgemathie8123

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock I haven't had the chance to check out Hackney diamonds yet I'll have to get in on that

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Do it!@@georgemathie8123

@dukecraig2402

6 ай бұрын

Every time someone in the world smokes a cigarette it adds 20 minutes to Keith Richards life.

@georgemathie8123

6 ай бұрын

@@dukecraig2402 I like that well said

The opening riff and the catchy lyrics make this song an instant hook. I heard this song as a little kid, but after a few listens, I knew the song. The meaning of the lyrics went "over my head " at my young age. I was digging the beat. 😊

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

For sure. So good! Instant ear catcher!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

I remember when I first heard the song, the main guitar riff really captivated me. And it’s a great groove.

@catherine6653

6 ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Terrific 😊

@chilecayenne

6 ай бұрын

Same with me....for some reason, my Dad had let me keep the keys in the ignition of our family '66 VW bug so I could listen to the radio, parked in front of the house we rented. I remember to this day, at one point I heard Satisfaction...I must have been in 1st grade maybe....it stuck with me. Funny I don't remember anything else about that day, except this one thing...hearing that song. I was a Stones fan before I knew what a "Stones" was.... ;)

Satisfaction is one of my all-time favorite songs from the Rolling Stones! That iconic opening riff is MAGIC!!!! ❤❤❤

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

No kidding! Such a magical riff.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

The most iconic opening riff of the rock era.

@carlodave9

6 ай бұрын

Devo's version of Satisfaction is still the best cover I've ever heard of any rock song. It boldly subverts the all-powerful riff but stays true to the song's original spirit. Perfect!

@kathrynnorris5375

5 ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 My fav will always be the opening riff for American Woman!

Keith Richards' guitar riff is often cited as the whole reason this song was such a success but, for me, it's the drumming by Charlie Watts that ties this song together.

@johnhagan582

6 ай бұрын

Agreed !!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

Those drums are steady to the beat.

@joesutherland225

6 ай бұрын

Bruce was right when he said the heart of rock and roll is the beating

@petechau9616

6 ай бұрын

Only a musician probably a drummer would say that.

@starrywizdom

6 ай бұрын

A NO NO NO! (brief & incredibly important drum solo) A HEY HEY HEY!

Honestly to me the greatest guitar song beginning will always be "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)" But "Satisfaction" is in the running for sure!

@erinriwen

5 ай бұрын

Same here, followed closely by Smoke on the Water.

Another great one, Professor! Keep 'em coming. Love this format. Learn so much.

My second-cousin was in the U.S. Army in the early 1960’s. When he came back from his assigned post in Germany, he had the exact model of Phillips cassette recorder/player seen in a print ad in this video. Along with the machine, he had STACKS of cassettes with music on them (which he’d recorded himself)… pre-recorded music cassettes weren’t a thing yet, and most Americans had never even seen a cassette at that time. Seeing that ad reminded me that I haven’t seen one of those MONO cassette machines in the Philips ad in a very long time. The “Compact Cassette” was originally designed for dictation, but almost as soon as cassettes and the machines to use them appeared, people started putting their favorite tunes on cassettes. They didn’t sound all that great, but they were convenient. Once Phillips, Sony, and the other manufacturers of the machines got wind of this, they started working on ways to make cassettes sound better. By the time Our Dear Professor was buying pre-recorded music cassettes, the manufacturers had come up with a number of things - like making the head gap smaller (it was through this gap the machine could “write” the magnetic impulses to the 1/8th inch tape inside all cassettes, and through the same type of gap that the playback head was able to pick up these impulses, turn them into a tiny voltage, and send them to be amplified to a level that was high enough to move speaker cones, and *Voila!* there was music! My relative brought back pirate cassettes of Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Animals… literally dozens of top music acts. He was pleased to not have to worry about lots of 12” LP albums, but still have his music. His tapes may have been the first “mixtapes” on the North American continent!

Love that you mentioned The Replacements, Professor! Big part of the soundtrack of my life. Thanks for another terrific episode!

Greetings from Italy. I just wanted to thank you for your most entertaining videos. Your American friendliness add even more value to your interviews and videos. Thank you! Giorgio 🙂

Another mind blowing lecture from The Professor on the soundtrack of our lives! Thank goodness for this channel!

❤🎉❤🎉 KEEF!!! Absolute classic song. Always appreciated how the Stones kept evolving. Satisfaction shows the Stones early chops. Thanks Professor!

@MyName-pl7zn

6 ай бұрын

Keef!!!!❤❤❤

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

This was the song that put these guys on the map.

Lately I have been reliving my younger years, because of all the great shows you have been bringing. Great work and glad you sound better.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

THanks. I recorded this one before I got sick. ha ha

Fantastic video Adam love your break down of the Stones Satisfaction

Absolutely nailed this, my friend. Favorite Stones song. Greatest guitar riff: yes; the "click" and the late distortion--that somehow was just right--yes; Otis Redding and Stax reviving the horn arrangement notion, YES; REM Florida hotel inspiration, yes. Plus a lot of stuff I didn't know. Your research and care in discussing these songs is so impressive and instructive, thank you. "Satisfaction" in the summer of '65 was the song to skateboard to. "Sugar Pie Honeybunch" was the song you listened to at the public pool in Oakland. Memories. Then, Christmas 1965, the world changed as we unwrapped "Rubber Soul" under the tree. I have super 8 footage of that earthquake in the making. Thank you! PS: my nomination for worst grammatical crime on a song is "Lay Lady, Lay." On "Satisfaction" we know the grammar is wrong and don't care. On "Lay Lady, Lay," Dylan forever ruined the correct tense of that word. Also not his best work, IMHO. But...we still don't care! Thanks again!

Such a great song. Amazing how many song writers, authors, etc. Dream something that touches so many people. Thanks for the video.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@Mick_Ts_Chick

5 ай бұрын

I like how Paul McCartney's mom came to him in a dream when he was in turmoil and told him to "let it be." It would work itself out.

I was 8 or 9 when this song hit the airwaves. I grew up in Hawai'i and went to a YMCA summer camp called Camp Erdman on the farthest western shore of O'ahu. We would hike daily and on every hike the counselors had us sing Satisfaction. Every time I hear it I am transported to Kaena Point on the island of Oahu. Thank you Professor for your extremely well researched, interesting and family focused productions on the music of my life. Mahalo nui loa!

Lost in most of this is the pure musical talent to create and produce Satisfaction. No digital help, no voice box, clicks and false starts, crackling vinyl. It’s pure! Thanks Adam!

I like what you did there with, Bitter Sweet Symphony. Nicely done, Adam. Happy Friday! 🤗Jenn

I really enjoyed how this video turned into a love letter to the Replacements! Thank you!

Looking forward to your episode about The Replacements. Hands down my favorite band of all time. Westerberg is a musical genius.

In the 80's Genesis did a bit of this song on tour in their "Turn It On Again" medley of covers they put together. You can find it on YT. A great song! Thanks Prof.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Love that song.

Has anyone here remembered from their youth, listening to “Jim LaBarbara the music professor “ and realize the Professor of Rock has fulfilled that need in this day and age. I admire them both. Both legends.

My uncle was a singer who never quite made it, and I remember a car ride when I was a kid during which we were listening to a cassette tape (this was the early to mid-1980s) of his recordings he was explaining to my mother (who is a non-native English speaker) why there was a double negative in one of the songs, and that it doesn't mean the opposite of a single negative, and so on. It's one of my relatively few very vivid childhood memories, just that little snippet. I grew up into a bit of a language nerd, so maybe that explains something.

Unsatisfied is a great emotional release of a song. It can apply to so much of our human experience. The Replacements are the band that I discovered after the kids had grown up and left the house. Paul Westerberg is, imo, the best songwriter after Dylan. Look forward to coming episodes revolving around him and the Replacements. Re the Stones. Great band; not my cup of tea for personal reasons that don’t relate to their musicianship. Thanks PoR for my daily dose of popular music.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Westerberg is one of my favorite writers ever. What's your fave Mats song?

@t.p.sheppard1270

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock So many. I love Bad Worker for the attitude of it (not that you can live that out day to day, but I could relate to it in some ways). Here Comes a Regular is so good. Alex Chilton is another favorite. They wrote in so many different ways and attitudes. Waitress in the Sky, Answering Machine. Just awesome music with a bite. Thanks again. Looking forward to 1 million.

@marktait2371

6 ай бұрын

​@@t.p.sheppard1270chilton was on the radio sunday yes. in record store they had reissue of that record but was quite expensive

Satisfaction is the first song that I consciously remember hearing on the car radio when I was four years old in 1965. I guess the guitar riff caught my attention. The second song was The Birds & The Bees by Jewel Akens. Another great video, Professor!! 😀

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Great memory! Thanks for sharing!

@brentgardner5103

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock You are welcome!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees! Gosh, I haven’t heard that song in forever.

Decades after its release, this song still remains one of the strongest moments in the band's entire career. I have nothing but positive things to say about this single. Thumbs up to a remarkably solid video. B-)

I wouldn't mind hearing a version with the stones doing Satisfaction with some horns. Could sound awesome. The stones like the beatles have been in the air we breathe our entire lives.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

You know, when I first heard the iconic riff I thought it was done by a horn section!

@jedmackay5346

6 ай бұрын

Check out Otis Redding’s version.

@hbofbyu1

6 ай бұрын

Makes sense. I could see how it could sound like a baritone saxaphone.@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

Adam only you can spring such a tired jaded song back to LIFE.. believe it or not your shows are at their best when it's just you... I love the interviews but some artists just aren't as interesting as you , yourself are... that's a wonderful sign in where you stand in rock's hierarchy.

It does sound like a horn part, now that you mention it. While that wasn't the first "distortion" applied guitar part, it definitely put that sound into the public consciousness.

This is the band that I have seen live more times than any other and they never fail to play the song that influenced music from that day on. Understandably you skipped over the part about "better come back maybe next week" controversy. I will be a Stones fan for life! So many great memories with their music for me. Great episode on a song that can't be overstated IMHO.i will definitely listen to the Replacements take again

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

I agree. It can't be overstated. What do you think of their new stuff?

@MyName-pl7zn

6 ай бұрын

​@@ProfessorofRockI recently bought Hackney Diamonds and it's definitely a Stones album, I love it. I wish they were playing Detroit this summer, I may have to take a road trip to Ohio to see them again lol

@Whisper_292

6 ай бұрын

Now I'm curious about that controversy!

@MyName-pl7zn

6 ай бұрын

@@Whisper_292 Mick sings " when I'm trying to make some girl who tells me better come back baby maybe next week can't you see I'm on a losing streak" reference to her time of month. The radio stations were daring to play that in the early 60s for sure

@Whisper_292

6 ай бұрын

@@MyName-pl7zn Ah, gotcha. I never got that before.

There was also Paul McCartney's 'and when this ever-changing world in which we live in' from 'Live and let die' 😊

Another good historic review of a band and song! Thanks.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Love your Rat Fink t-shirt!!! I loved those cards when I was a kid. And boy, was I unhappy years later that mint Rat Fink cards sold for outrageous prices. And I wrote on them and put them in in my bicycle spokes ☹

As soon as you said "this legendary riff came to a guitarist in a dream... ", I knew exactly who you were talking about and the song.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

You know the story!

@beatleographer_10-51

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Straight from Keith's mouth in an interview several years ago.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

Me too.

Thanks Professor 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Great tune love the stones! I also dig the Otis Redding version. Thanks for all you do professor 🎸🎶

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Rock on!

All that you said resonates, even the replacements song satisfied is similar and amazing. I hope you do the story about Devo doing "satisfaction."

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

6 ай бұрын

_I looked up their version of "Let It Be". Though it's not a Beatles cover it still has a Beatles-esque feel to it._

@dennisgreene5055

6 ай бұрын

DEVO version is the best!!!! Spuds rule!!!

Some songs one gets tired of, to the point you never want to hear it again. Not this one! It has the best staying power of any rock & roll song I can think of.

Very cool Rat Fink shirt! Great episode as always.

Glad to be back, Prof🎉🎉🎉! Great take on a legendary anecdote! I missed you man!

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Where'd you go?

@stevenfunderburg1623

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Had to get my head clear in a little 90 day program 😉

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

Oh, I was wondering where you were Steven!

@stevenfunderburg1623

6 ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Never fear! I am back and more obnoxious than ever 🤣😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

@@stevenfunderburg1623 Okay, I’ve come prepared now. Just in case I need to shut you down.

This song was my first experience with the Stones. Throughout the years people have asked”Beatles or the Stones?” I’ve always gone with the Stones.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

WHat's your top 5 from them?

@user-vl8qw8hp1g

6 ай бұрын

When faced with the question "Beatles or Stones," I personally think the best answer is "Beatles AND Stones"! I love them both!! 😊

@cc1k435

6 ай бұрын

There are questions that demand a definite answer, but to me that's not one of them. Can't believe the Beatles broke up 50+ years ago and the Stones are still going, though! 😂😂😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

That’s a tough decision. I can’t help but go with both!

@MotherOther

6 ай бұрын

I'd rather have a Stooges vs Velvet Underground debate

What I’ve always like about your videos is that I can drive and listen to them. While my son watches them.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Cool!

You're looking better today. I hope you're feeling better Adam.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Ya. I recorded this one before I was sick! Ha ha!

@mrcyde

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock cheater!😂

I just realized that they are probably the reason I have become a fan of the Blues genre! I was conditioned by older relatives playing the Stones! 😅 I can appreciate the Beatles music, but it's the Rolling Stones songs that makes me want to move/dance.

Always love your videos!!!!!!!

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

You're the best!

My all-time favorite cover of this song is by DEVO! Awesome!! 🎶💜🎶

@dennisgreene5055

6 ай бұрын

Spuds rule!! the only reason I'm still rockin at 78yrs. is DEVO!! are we not men??

@aprilinamsterdam

6 ай бұрын

@@dennisgreene5055 Hey, I'm an gray-haired rocker too - 67. I saw DEVO live in Seattle. We're pinheads all!! 🎶🤣🎶

@aprilinamsterdam

6 ай бұрын

@@dennisgreene5055 Hey, I'm a gray-haired rocker too-67. I saw DEVO in Seattle in the early 80s. We're pinheads all! 🎶🤣🎶

If you can find the accidental stereo release (1st pressing ABKCO Hard Rocks Vol1 German/Japan) , The track was recorded in 2 sessions. The left channel has bass, drums and electric guitar, from the original session. Tambourine played by Jack Nitzsche. The middle is Mick. The right channel has the overdubs which consist of an acoustic guitar, and a very faint honky tonk piano played by Jack . It was recorded at the RCA studio in Hollywood Ca. were The Last Time was also recorded. It's not clear if they used a 3 or 4 track at RCA. But from how the stereo mix is presented, it sounds like it was a 3 track

Yes! Bring on The Replacements!

Stones at their peak relevance and power. Great song great memories

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Amen!

By the way, I highly recommend the version of “Satisfaction” at the Madison Square Garden in 1969. It’s got some bits of “Day Tripper” in improvised sections, and I haven’t heard any better rendition of it (in my opinion) since mid-1993, when I recorded its videoclip from a TV show.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Can you link to it?

@lamper2

6 ай бұрын

I think he's referring to the SATISFACTION that's in Gimme Shelter not really a day tripper riff.@@ProfessorofRock

@chrisbenson6683

6 ай бұрын

Two words: APRIL WINE! They combined the Satisfaction riff, the Day Tripper riff, and their own song's riff in "I Like To Rock" and it works brilliantly. Great song, great band, great stuff!

Love your Rat Fink tee! I had one when I was a kid

This is another great one to make up new lyrics for on the fly. I miss both Charlie Watts & Brian Jones. Looking forward to your take on the Placemats' Unsatisfied. Westerberg & the Stinsons speak right to my soul.

The glimmer twins. Every great rock band has that defining song, and the Stones are no exception. To hear Kieth tell the story of this song is hilarious.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Ha ha!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

Their signature song no doubt.

Keith's riff and fuzz guitar tone made this song for me. I had no idea of the satisfaction that Mick was talking about.

This is the best thing I ever saw.

Keef, fortunately you were wrong about that song! I remember when that song came out. I was growing up in Germany at the time. The Stones absolutely turned the country upside down! They were so divisive….. Oh my, how the older generation despised the Stones! Of course that made them all the more alluring to us teens. 🤣. When I was in nursing school my entire class got grounded one day because some of us admitted to liking The Rolling Stones. So much for honesty! 🙄 I had the great privilege of seeing the Stones (including Charlie) a few years ago near SF. They were nearing 80, and still filled a football stadium! Unfreakingbelievable! One of the best concerts I ever went to. Back in the day I would never have believed the Stones would still be around at age 80, and still be releasing new music! Thanks, professor, great analysis! ❤

Its amazing what was censored then to what is not censored now !

This is the one song that I assume Michael Hutchence must have gotten inspiration from for leading INXS. It just seems to have that swagger to it that he exuded in his own library of hits...

@Chapps1941

6 ай бұрын

Hutchence and Jagger are born opposite on the astrological wheel. Which backs up what you say.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Swagger times 1000! Thanks Flave!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

“What You Need” is vaguely reminiscent of Satisfaction.

@flavellinator

6 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Jagger swagger!

4:38 What Keith Richards did -- dreaming a riff, waking up, recording it, dozing off again -- is what I used to do in the Sixties, and it's something I still find myself doing. The only difference for me is that a KORG digital recorder/mixer has replaced my old Montgomery Ward's cassette recorder. When a great idea pops into your head during REM sleep, it's essential to record it or write it down on paper right away, because the memory will fade away if you just go back to sleep.

Another song that is a direct response to this one is Tom Waits' "Satisfied" from the album "Bad As Me," where he sings "Now Mr. Jagger and Mr. Richards/I will scratch where I've been itching" and he even puts a little Mick inflection into it.

I loved this song! And I was only, like, 8 years old. Yes, I had great taste in music even at that age. So did my mom who kept the radio on the station that played that type of music. She always was a hippie at heart.

I love the Devo cover of this one!

This was one of the 1st songs I learned to play

I loved Satisfaction immediately after hearing it the summer I turned 11 in 1965! It was the guitar riff that hooked me because it was so different from anything I'd heard before from a rock band. By the way Adam, thanks for wearing the Rat Fink shirt! I hadn't seen or remembered that iconic drawing for at least the last 50 years!

The laundry detergent and cigarrete commercials by Rock Hudson was what I always thought was related to the song. He was on commercials all the time about white shirts and cigarrettes.

This song got heavy rotation in 65-66. The controversial lyric that they were supposed to change, got bleeped on Ed Sullivan, and every member of my family laughed so hard, because it made the word sound worse

I can't listen to this classic song without picturing a teenage Lawrence Fishburne dancing on the deck of the gunboat in Apocalypse Now.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Ha ha.

I thoroughly enjoy the DEVO version of this song as the best cover out there.

One thing thst is hardly ever mentioned about "Satisfaction" is the richer, dynamic sound of the riff in the chorus as a result of Bill Wyman playing an A, or fifth note of the D chord triad..... _instead of a D_ ! It gives it a wider, broader attack.

I went to see their 'Urban Jungle' tour back in the late 80's thinking, they have to be close to retiring, ha! how wrong i was. They have a large part to play in my present day musical tastes and every time i hear some of their tracks, it takes me right back to some really memorable moments.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Very cool.

@cc1k435

6 ай бұрын

The Stones will outlast us all, I think, and our great-great grandchildren will have to support them. 😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

Nothing can stop the Stones!

I grew up with this song but was floored when I learned this came out in 1965. It just doesn't sound like anything else from the mid sixties.

@cc1k435

6 ай бұрын

Yikes! The Stones must have been a real shock to the system! 😅

I wish I could have creative dreams like this. Mine are just me being chased, elephants walking down city streets or watching green lasers attack farms. A guitar riff would be a refreshing change.

@Whisper_292

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like fodder for a great poem.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

No kidding!

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Ha ha! I know what you mean!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

My dreams are NOTHING like that. Weird.

At least keitth didn't do what Ray Davies of the kinks did his amp. He took a cut throat razor to the paper cones in the amp and that's how they get the distortion on the hit song which slips my mind at this time. Happy Burns day to you Adam. Glad you're sounding better, stay well.

@durandaldevil

6 ай бұрын

That was his brother and lead guitarist Dave Davies. And I believe the first time it happened was accidentally.

@marktait2371

6 ай бұрын

​@@durandaldevilcant recall the story exactly i used to subsribe to uncut dave set the record straight literally about the amp and the song

@zeljkofatzek3670

6 ай бұрын

It's just an urban myth. Distortion was produced by feeding the sound from Dave's small amplifier to a bigger professional one.

Now heres a song everyone on the block absolutely positively needs to hear it to!! Thanks for this one Prof (can’t speak for the neighbors though 🤣). (the Bitter Sweet Symphony shout out was awesome🤘)

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Rock on! Glad you caught it!

The greatest rock n roll riff, the first punk song, the most influential rock song, the first #1 rock hit penned by any band, the best "no" ever sung. Love the Stones .

Love the insight... Sorry I'm a broke disabled vet. Wish I could support you better. Thx..

"It's a bitter-sweet symphony" hahaha! A reference to biggest jerk move ever by the Rolling Stones.

What can I say, a extremely powerful Rock anthem.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

No question!

It’s hard to believe but The Walker Brothers cover of the Burt Bacharach/ Hal David ballad “Make It Easy on Yourself “ knocked Satisfaction off the top of the British Charts. And stayed there for about 5 weeks. Best guitar Riff I Can’t Explain somewhat elementary and simple when compared to what was going to come from THE WHO but I still love it. Also Go All The Way by The Rasberries.

Speaking of covers, the outro to April Wine's I like To Rock features a quodlibet of the riffs from Satisfaction and the Beatles' Day Tripper. Give it a listen.

"2-Lane Blacktop with James Taylor and Warren Oates and Laurie Byrd" that runaway teen girl plays pinball and sings "Satisfaction". Really rang a bell.

To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed you didn't comment on the lyrics about "maybe better come back, maybe next week" etc., which was, of course, controversial. That said, I enjoy many of your videos!

Great video, you got most of the information, but you left out one minor detail. Otis Redding actually performed his cover of Satisfaction at the Monterrey Pop festival in 1967, and one of the Stones ( Brian Jones ) was there to witness it....

I learned of this song because of the movie Starman. Saw them live and it brought the house down.

I was at Jack Russell softball field. a few fans ran on the field after a few songs they shut down the concert,

Great song live

"Satisfaction" is definitely a standout song among Rolling Stones classics for me. Overtime, I've come to understand why my own mother is not a fan of theirs. Mick is a good singer, but I'm not as big a fan of him as a singer as I am of him as a lyricist and a human being. I will say that he sounds excellent singing this one. One thing I wasn't conscious of before I became an adult is how the type of fuzz box that Keith plugged into to get the desired tone on his guitar was originally intended to give guitarists the ability to emulate string, brass and woodwind instruments. It wasn't remotely about what it mutated into after the British Invasion began. I also remember at one point when I was just beginning to learn how to play guitar trying to play my own version of "Paint It Black"; my father was in the next room listening to me and started singing "Satisfaction". I was left with the task of having to say to him, "Right band, wrong song". In 1987,, a film came out titled Satisfaction, which star Justine Bateman as a burgeoning rock musician whose band (Mystery) covers this song at the conclusion. (Liam Neeson is the male lead.) Co-stars include Julia Roberts in one of her earliest roles and Brita Phillips whose singing voice is heard in the title role of the animated series Jem. It's worth a look if you can find it.

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Eric. Great comment.

@LaManteca76

6 ай бұрын

Ooh I forgot about that movie. Gonna have to find it now. 😀

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

6 ай бұрын

Good points you made today Eric.

@puffpuffin1

6 ай бұрын

Was going to point out the "Justine Bateman & The Mystery" (as it was credited) version too. That was my favorite cover of the song. It's like the original, but updated with 1980s technology - no clicks switching on and off the fuzz box LOL, multi-track recording so it was tighter, and just cleaner sound due to better recording gear and studio acoustics. Throw in some rockin' female voices, and you get a truly unique version that pays homage to the original. Too bad the movie flopped.

I always thought the line was "I can't get no girly action" ! I love Devo's version !

You talk about Keith’s concern that he had copied the guitar riff. Has anyone ever dug into the similarity of the guitar riffs between Satisfaction, and Mr Soul by Buffalo Springfield? It seems like Neil Young might have been influenced by the Stones when he came up with that one.

That was a great story Professor! This is still my favorite song of theirs!! 🤘🔥

@ProfessorofRock

6 ай бұрын

Mine too! Best riff! Thanks Brent!

The tapping footswitch arfifacts from Keith are why so many of the newer guitar pedals have "soft touch" siwtches - I've modded any of mine that don't to have them.

"If you ever went to the diner and selected "What's up Pussycat" 21 times in a row, you're gonna dig this channel." 😂😂

Satisfaction is one of the greatest Rock songs ever written. The Rolling Stones were ahead of the Beatles for me but luckily as I got older I learned to like both bands