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}}''[[(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction]]'' is a song by the [[Rolling Stones]], released in 1965. It was written by [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]]. Keith Richards claims to have written the music for ''[[Satisfaction]]'' in his sleep. He had no idea he had written it. When he woke up he discovered he had recorded 30 seconds of music and 44 minutes of snoring on a Philips cassette player, but that 30 seconds contained a rough version of the famous guitar riff — which Richards ‌intended to replace with a horn section, but never got round to it — that‌ drives the song.  
}}''[[(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction]]'' is a song by the [[Rolling Stones]], released in 1965. It was written by [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]]. Keith Richards claims to have written the music for ''[[Satisfaction]]'' in his sleep. He had no idea he had written it. When he woke up he discovered he had recorded 30 seconds of music and 44 minutes of snoring on a Philips cassette player, but that 30 seconds contained a rough version of the famous guitar riff — which Richards ‌intended to replace with a horn section, but never got round to it — that‌ drives the song.  


Mick Jagger, by Richards’ account, dashed off the lyrics to ''Satisfaction'' in ten minutes while lounging by a motel pool in Clearwater, Florida, surrounded by groupies.<ref>[https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/50-years-ago-the-rolling-stones-song-satisfaction-was-born-in-clearwater/2227921/ Reference]. According to [[Bill Wyman]], it was the Gulf Beach Motel (pictured). I may be making up the bit about groupies but it adds to the story and seems quite plausible.</ref>  
Mick Jagger, by Richards’ account, dashed off the lyrics to ''Satisfaction'' in ten minutes while lounging by a motel pool in Clearwater, Florida, surrounded by groupies. I expect it was a bit of a serial shag-fest.<ref>[https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/50-years-ago-the-rolling-stones-song-satisfaction-was-born-in-clearwater/2227921/ Reference]. According to [[Bill Wyman]], it was the Gulf Beach Motel (pictured). I may be making up the bit about groupies but it adds to the story and seems quite plausible.</ref>  


Why is this rock staple showing up in the pages of the [[Jolly Contrarian]]? To illustrate the principle of [[rent-seeking]], readers, in this case delivered by the medium of [[intellectual property]] law. For notwithstanding the paucity of effort — Richards apparently not even conscious; Mick Jagger failing to appreciate the irony of his situation for the quarter of an hour it took him to pen the lyrics, the song not only shot the Rolling Stones to stardom, but has continued to accrue them a king’s ransom from royalties. Information is hard to come by, but I don’t think I'm many orders of magnitude out when I estimate that Satisfaction has earned Jagger and Richards tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars over 50 years.
Why is this rock staple showing up in the pages of the [[Jolly Contrarian]]? To illustrate the principle of [[rent-seeking]], readers, in this case delivered by the medium of [[intellectual property]] law. For notwithstanding the abject ''paucity'' of effort from all concerned — Richards apparently not even ''conscious''; Jagger at the very least wilfully disregarding the clangorous irony of his situation for the quarter of an hour it took him to pen the lyrics the song not only shot the [[Rolling Stones]] to stardom, but has continued to accrue them a king’s ransom from royalties in the fifty-five years that have since elapsed.  


Not bad for fifteen minutes’ work.
Information is hard to come by, but I don’t think I’m too many orders of magnitude out when I estimate that ''Satisfaction'' has earned Jagger and Richards tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars.
 
Not bad for fifteen minutes’ “work”.
 
==Karma ’s a bitch==
Of course the stones themselves are not immune to their imitators comma and many artists have forced long careers basically copying Jagger and Richards’ simple formula.
 
Take for very good example angel slang and their song so sorry, which sounds like something Mick Jagger and Keith Richards would come up with in a weekend if they were locked in a house together and told not to come out until they had finished.
 
Which is, of course what happened in 2020.
 
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(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction is a song by the Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Keith Richards claims to have written the music for Satisfaction in his sleep. He had no idea he had written it. When he woke up he discovered he had recorded 30 seconds of music and 44 minutes of snoring on a Philips cassette player, but that 30 seconds contained a rough version of the famous guitar riff — which Richards ‌intended to replace with a horn section, but never got round to it — that‌ drives the song.

Mick Jagger, by Richards’ account, dashed off the lyrics to Satisfaction in ten minutes while lounging by a motel pool in Clearwater, Florida, surrounded by groupies. I expect it was a bit of a serial shag-fest.[1]

Why is this rock staple showing up in the pages of the Jolly Contrarian? To illustrate the principle of rent-seeking, readers, in this case delivered by the medium of intellectual property law. For notwithstanding the abject paucity of effort from all concerned — Richards apparently not even conscious; Jagger at the very least wilfully disregarding the clangorous irony of his situation for the quarter of an hour it took him to pen the lyrics — the song not only shot the Rolling Stones to stardom, but has continued to accrue them a king’s ransom from royalties in the fifty-five years that have since elapsed.

Information is hard to come by, but I don’t think I’m too many orders of magnitude out when I estimate that Satisfaction has earned Jagger and Richards tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars.

Not bad for fifteen minutes’ “work”.

Karma ’s a bitch

Of course the stones themselves are not immune to their imitators comma and many artists have forced long careers basically copying Jagger and Richards’ simple formula.

Take for very good example angel slang and their song so sorry, which sounds like something Mick Jagger and Keith Richards would come up with in a weekend if they were locked in a house together and told not to come out until they had finished.

Which is, of course what happened in 2020.

See also

References

  1. Reference. According to Bill Wyman, it was the Gulf Beach Motel (pictured). I may be making up the bit about groupies but it adds to the story and seems quite plausible.