it spent 14 weeks at #1 but its still just as good 50 years later. re-recorded by Otis Redding, Aretha and Devo. I may sound like one of the, get off my lawn guys, but will any of the music today still be played on the radio even 3 years later?
OT: The Stones "Satisfaction" is 50 years old
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Saw them at Heinz Field last month, 5th show going back to JFK in Philly in 78. They still got it!
I remember that. Had to be one of the first stomp boxes ever made. He probably wasn't too familiar with it and/or was completely stoned. Amazing where things went from there. Have to be a million effects pedals/boxes these days
The Rock/R&B-Soul/Folk music recorded during that time, specifically 1965 - 1974 was the best for me. The volume of just great sounding music was astonishing...the true "classic" period. I think everything that was going on culturally and socially at that time contributed to it. I like the early rock and roll years 1955 - 1959 also and I also think the first half of the 1990s were pretty good for music.
I was at the Heinz Field show also. Great show. Keith Richards may not be the most technically expert guitar player ever but no one has a better sounding guitar. The opening riff of Jumping Jack Flash that opened the show was rock and roll at its best.
"The problem with the box, you see, it that the bleedin' thing won't work when the amp is turned up to eleven."
The opening riff of "Gimme Shelter" was rock and roll at it's pinnacle.
For those who were around I'm 1965, it was an amazing time for music...simply the greatest ever.
Think about it, doo wop, Motown, Folk, British Invasion, surf rock, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Sam the Sham, Janis, Hendrix and The Doors, the Band, The Allman Brothers, bubble gum rock. The Monkees, Dylan, Hank Williams, The Dead, Ray Charles, Liitle Richard, SOUL
We will never see this kind of crossover music ever again.. Simply it was better as s kid 50 years ago, no doubt
Think about it, doo wop, Motown, Folk, British Invasion, surf rock, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Sam the Sham, Janis, Hendrix and The Doors, the Band, The Allman Brothers, bubble gum rock. The Monkees, Dylan, Hank Williams, The Dead, Ray Charles, Liitle Richard, SOUL
We will never see this kind of crossover music ever again.. Simply it was better as s kid 50 years ago, no doubt
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I was watching a Vietnam War news real a few years ago. It showed American Troops exiting a helicopter holding their M-16s to go into a skirmish with the Cong and Gimme Shelter was playing in the background. Not to belittle the horrors of War, but the news footage and music combo was just so cool!
Ummmmm.....no, it was in the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, but only #1 for 4 weeks.
I was hs senior in 65, Zappa is right, that was great period music wise. I also agree with the op, that the next time some of the recent music will be heard will be at a school reunion 20 years hence.
"Gimme Shelter" is one of my Top Five of all-time.
Every time I hear that song I'm reminded of any number of great parties as a student back in the day at RU.
Great stuff.
Not debating which song is better. In fact. JJF is far from my favorite Stones song. However, on that night in Heinz Field, hearing Keith bang out those opening chords was something special.
My 21 year old son said the last 6 songs of the night were the best thing he ever saw in concert: Gimmee Shelter, Start Me Up, Sympathy for the Devil, Brown Sager and encores of You Cant Always Get What You Want and Satisfaction. What a way to end the show.
The story Keith tells about Satisfaction is that the riff came to him when he was sleeping. He had a guitar and a tape player by his bed, he turned on the tape player and played for a few minutes and went back to sleep. The next morning he wakes up and does not remember it, but the tape had wound down, so it had a few minutes of him playing and the rest was him snoring.
Hendrix, Joplin and The Doors were '67, but I hear where you're coming from. '67 - '72 was the golden age, but '65 provided the origins.
How many bands that I saw when I was in high school am I able to take my 2 college aged kids to see now and it not be one or two guys from the original band and a bunch of studio musicians? And still put on a great show.
Your son is right, and my kids both agreed!
Not to be a nudge but The Band released their first album in 1968. They were playing together before that but mostly backing up others. We spent a weekend in Woodstock last spring and took pictures in front of Big Pink and saw a concert at Levon Helms' barn.
Spot on. Some great songs came out that year: Satisfaction, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Help Me Rhonda, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, Like a Rolling Stone, My Girl, etc.
Here is the Billboard list of the top 100 songs of 1965:
http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1965.htm
You all should hunt down the vocals only version on Youtube. Pretty incredible.
That hold era just had a confluence of new technologies and merging and then disentangling of styles from around the country and the world.
I took some liberties adding late 60s acts.
How's the fact the Yardbirds three lead guitarists were Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page...c'mon
How's the fact the Yardbirds three lead guitarists were Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page...c'mon
I'll have to look through my storage room and see if I still have my MONO copy of "Having a Rave Up"
the concert touring industry will die in about 10 years when the old guard from the 60s and 70s can no longer tour
When Satisfaction was first released, radio stations would bleep out the word pregnant from the line "I'm trying to make some girl pregnant" as it was too scandalous.
