Blog: Turntable Kitchen

The memorable three note guitar riff powering the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was intended as a throwaway placeholder to be replaced with a blaring horn section. The band ultimately decided to stick with the guitar, and, according to Mick Jagger, it was that track that "changed [The Rolling Stones] from just another band into a huge, monster band." The track ended up being the band's first-ever number one hit in the United States. Initially the song was only played on pirate radio stations in England because the lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive but it later became [...]

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