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(I Can’t Get No) SatisfactionDevo

Released: August 28, 1978

Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger

Producer: Brian Eno

I can't get no
Satisfaction!
I can't get me no
Satisfaction!

And I try, and I try
And I try, t-t-t-try, try, try!
I can't get no!
I can't get me no!

When I'm ridin' in my car
And a man comes on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more
About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination

I can't get no
Uh, no, no, no!
Uh, hey, hey, hey!
That's what I say!

I can't get no
Satisfaction!
I can't get me no
Girly action!

And I try, and I try
And I try, t-t-t-try, try, try!
I can't get no!
I can't get me no!

When I'm watchin' my TV
And a man comes on to tell me
How white my shirts could be!
But he can't be a man 'cause he does not smoke
The same cigarettes as me!

I can't get no!
Uh, no, no, no!
Uh, hey, hey, hey!
That's what I say!

And when I'm flyin' around the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm tryin' that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl
Who tells me baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Better come back later next week
'Cause, you see, I'm on a losin' streak!

I can't get no!
Uh, no, no, no!
Uh, hey, hey, hey!
That's what I say!

I can't get no
(Satisfaction!)
I can't get me no
(Satisfaction!)
I can't get no
(Satisfaction!)
I can't get me no
(Satisfaction!)

Oh, no, no, no—I can't get no
(Satisfaction!)
Oh, no, no, no—I can't get me no
(Satisfaction!)

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Satisfaction!)
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Satisfaction!)
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Satisfaction!)
Oh, no, no, no—I can't get me no
(Satisfaction!)
Well, I can't get no
(Satisfaction!)

Devo

Devo, short for “De-Evolution,” formed in Kent, Ohio, in 1973. They formed as artistic response to the May, 1970 shooting of unarmed war protestors on the Kent State campus. Founding members Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale were both Kent State students at the time, and involved in SDS, along with early collaborator Bob Lewis. The idea of “De-Evolution” was an art school joke, often at the expense of the culture around them and the bad art of fellow students. Following the Kent State shootings, the joke “became real” according to the band.

“De-Evolution,” the idea that humanity was regressing instead of progressing, remains the major focus of the group. Their lyrics often contain pointed satire at human foibles, such as greed, violence, and sexual hangups. Devo’s image was a source of De-Evolutionary satire, as well, with identical, absurdist uniforms to satire conformity, and selling equally absurd Devo branded merchandise as a tongue-in-cheek response to commercialism.

Devo first performed as the Sextet Devo, at the 1973 KSU Performing Arts Festival. The next year, Devo performed as a four-piece of Mark Mothersbaugh (synthesizer), Bob Mothersbaugh (guitar), Gerald Casale (bass, vocals), and Jim Mothersbaugh (electric bongos). By mid-1975, Jim Mothersbaugh left the group, and they recruited Alan Myers on drums. Myers’s extremely tight sense of rhythm quickly earned him the nickname “The Human Metronome” by the band. Bob Casale joined the group on rhythm guitar and keyboards the same year. With two Bobs in the group, the band quickly assigned Bob Mothersbaugh the moniker of “Bob 1” with Casale assigned “Bob 2.” This lineup would endure until 1985.

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