10 Incredible Songs That Took NO Time To Write
1. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Another gargantuan rock classic intrinsically linked with the land of nod, here. Satisfaction is a strutting, pouting everyman revolt against the mundane and irksome frustrations of day to day life, and that stabbing, bluesy guitar riff is as unmistakeable as anything the Stones have ever released.
Keith Richards was staying at the Jack Tar Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida on May 6th 1965 after his band had played an ill-fated gig at the Jack Russell Stadium that was cut short after just four songs due to crowd trouble. Interesting little aside, the hotel still exists, but is now known as the Fort Harrison Hotel, and is a flagship building for the Church of Scientology.
Anyways, Richards awoke in the middle of the night after the show with that simple riff and the line ‘Can’t get no satisfaction’ swirling around in his head. Worried that he would forget it come morning, he quickly got it down on a portable tape deck before drifting off again.
According to the seemingly immortal guitarist, the original demo of the idea is followed by 40 minutes of him snoring away, having fallen straight back into a deep slumber.