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Rolling Stones And Devo: Song Analysis

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Even though one song is based off the other, both The Rolling Stones and Devo are able to beautifully capture unique essences of the song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”. The Rolling Stones released the original version of the song in 1965 while Devo’s version was released twelve years later in 1977. In the original version of the song sang by The Rolling Stones, several unique musical characteristics exist which helped establish the song as one of the most recognizable rock and roll songs in history. The title of the song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, creates an appearance of no fulfillment as the singer’s efforts will appear useless. If the title simply read, “(I Have No) Satisfaction”, it would have appeared that the writer is just unhappy with his current state of being. Instead, the title reads “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” alluding to the efforts which the writer has already tried but have proven unsuccessful. The lyrics of the song support this incredibly cynical view displayed in the title. …show more content…

While this is sung in a semi depressed state, the next lines “I can’t get no! I can’t get no!” create a sense of rebellion. These lines create a sense of protest as more than one voice sings these lines in a rebellious tone which differs from the previous lines. When listening to these lines, one can imagine a group marching with fist raised chanting these lyrics in the streets. As these lines, in some form, reoccur about eight times throughout the entire song, a feeling of protest is truly established. These feelings of protest which are demonstrated in the recurring lines of The Rolling Stones version of the song are significantly different from the emotions generated from the Devo

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