Station_6_Satisfaction

//Station #6: Satisfaction // __CONTEXT __ The Rolling Stones bill themselves as “The World’s Greatest Rock Band.” Formed in 1962, the band was infamous for the long hair of its members as much as their music. The band is identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s. They made blues a major part of rock and roll, and popularized it worldwide.

The Rolling Stones are also notable in modern popular music for assimilating various musical genres into their own collective sound. Throughout the band’s career, their musical contributions have been marked by a continual reference and reliance on musical styles including blues, rhythm and blues, country, folk, reggae, dance, and world music.The group started out covering early rock and blues songs. They have never stopped playing live or recording.

At the height of their commercial peak, the band produced one of its biggest hits, //(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction//, which, ironically, makes an arguable statement about commercialism. Specifically, the lyrics outline the singer’s irritation with the increasing importance placed on consumption of the modern world. In its day, the song was perceived as “disturbing” because of both its sexual connotations and its negative view of commercialism as a dominating characteristic of modern culture. When the Rolling Stones performed on television in the late 1960s, the song, if included in the band’s set list, was often censored. Today, it is considered by some critics to be one of the all-time greatest rock songs ever recorded. In2006 it was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.


 * Next, cue the song below. (To accommodate different computers, the song may be listened to in any one of the following three, separate file formats: AAC/iTunes, .MP3, or .WAV. __If one doesn't play, try another!__) **As you listen, **__annotate the lyrics__,** making note of **__specific statements__** that strike you **__as having Marxist undertones__**.

**AAC/iTunes File** media type="file" key="Satisfaction.m4a" width="300" height="50"

**.MP3 File** media type="file" key="Satisfaction.mp3" width="240" height="20"

**.WAV File** media type="file" key="Satisfaction.wav" width="300" height="50" LYRICS: I can’t get no satisfaction. I can’t get no satisfaction. <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">‘Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try— <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get //no!// I can't get //no!// <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">When I’m drivin’ in my car, <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">And that man comes on the radio, <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">And he’s tellin’ me more and more <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">About some //useless// information <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Supposed to fire my imagination. <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t //get no//—oh, no, no, no. . . <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hey, hey, hey—that’s what //I// say.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get no satisfaction. <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get no satisfaction <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">‘Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try— <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get //no!// I can't get //no!// <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">When I’m watchin’ my TV, <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">And that man comes on to tell me <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">How white my shirts can be, <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">But he can’t be a man ‘cause he doesn’t smoke <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The same cigarettes as me. <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t //get no//—oh, no, no, no. . . <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hey, hey, hey—that’s what //I// say.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get no satisfaction. <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get no satisfaction. <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">‘Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try— <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get //no!// I can't get //no!// <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">When I’m ridin’ ‘round the world, <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">And I’m doin’ //this,// and I’m signin’ //that,// <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">And I’m tryin’ to make some girl <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Who tells me, “Baby better come back later next week, <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Cause you see I’m on losing streak.” <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t //get no//—oh, no, no, no. . . <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hey, hey, hey—that’s what //I// say. <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I can’t get no, I can’t get no, I can’t get no, //<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Satisfaction. // <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">No //satisfaction. . .// No //satisfaction. . .// No //satisfaction.// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">* * * * * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 15pt;">Now take note of the still pictures below. Consider the **__meaning__** of these images.









<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 15pt;">Finally, **__engage in a small-group discussion__**. Each member of the group **__must contribute to the process by fulfilling an assigned role__**. Then, in a thoughtful, “MEL-style” short essay response, answer this question:

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 15pt;">What **__specific information__** should a Marxist critic consider in an analysis of this text? Using that information as **__evidence__**, what **__meaning__** can //we// make of this text, **__using Marxist tenets as our “lenses”__**?