Fact #130679
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Short story:
The Rolling Stones take the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA No1 slot with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, for the first of four weeks. On the same day they also reach No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart.
Full article:
Linda Keith (girlfriend of Keith Richards] : When Satisfaction went to No1 in America he was excited. There was so much status invested in him that his confidence increased, although status that comes from the outside rather than from the inside can leave one frail as well. He was really enjoying the success, the money, the kudos – not in any showy way – but in a sort of appropriate way.
Mick Jagger (vocalist, Rolling Stones) : People get very blasé about their big hit. Satisfaction was the song that really made The Rolling Stones, changed us from just another band into a huge, monster band. You always need one song. We weren't American, and America was a big thing and we always wanted to make it here. It was very impressive the way that song and the popularity of the band became a worldwide thing...
It's a signature tune, really, rather than a great, classic painting, 'cause it's only like one thing - a kind of signature that everyone knows. It has a very catchy title. It has a very catchy guitar riff. It has a great guitar sound, which was original at that time. And it captures a spirit of the times, which is very important in those kinds of songs... Which was alienation. Or it's a bit more than that, maybe, but a kind of sexual alienation. Alienation's not quite the right word, but it's one word that would do.
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Mick Jagger (vocalist, Rolling Stones) : People get very blasé about their big hit. Satisfaction was the song that really made The Rolling Stones, changed us from just another band into a huge, monster band. You always need one song. We weren't American, and America was a big thing and we always wanted to make it here. It was very impressive the way that song and the popularity of the band became a worldwide thing...
It's a signature tune, really, rather than a great, classic painting, 'cause it's only like one thing - a kind of signature that everyone knows. It has a very catchy title. It has a very catchy guitar riff. It has a great guitar sound, which was original at that time. And it captures a spirit of the times, which is very important in those kinds of songs... Which was alienation. Or it's a bit more than that, maybe, but a kind of sexual alienation. Alienation's not quite the right word, but it's one word that would do.
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