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Cat Power — Satisfaction
Album: The Covers Record
Avg rating:
6.7

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Total ratings: 934









Released: 2000
Length: 2:59
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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I'm driving in my car
And a man come on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more
'Bout some useless information
Tryin' to mess my 'magination

When I'm watchin' my TV
And a man come on to tell me
How white my shirts can be
But he can't be a man
'Cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me

When I'm riding around the globe
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
And I'm tryin' to make some boy
Baby, baby, baby, come back
Can't y'see
I'm on a losing streak

When I'm riding around the globe
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
And I'm tryin'
And I'm tryin'
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Bill - 

Great cover ... A well done 'covers song' has the potential to connect on a whole other level of artistic impact ... making art of another's art ... so different yet still familiar. There are so many ...

All Along the Watch Tower - J Hendrix
Purple Haze - The Cure
Crossroads - Cream
Posted 1 month ago by AZJeff    [ Reply ]
Must be Caturday today at RP. From a Cat Power song to the Stones’ Stray Cat Blues. 🐈
Posted 6 months ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
 johnnycache wrote:

I prefer Devo's cover of this Stones choon, but it could just be me


For fun, I went to look at the RP ratings on the Devo version. Even more polarized than this one, unsurprisingly I guess. I can’t even recall hearing the Devo version on RP. 
As another commenter said, I heard the Devo version before I ever heard the original and (at that age at least) preferred the cover.
Posted 6 months ago by Talus1    [ Reply ]
She’s so good with the covers - brings something fascinating and new to the careworn
Posted 7 months ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
I note the mixed reactions from the RP audience. What I like about this cover is that she never once sings the chorus ("I can't get no / Satisfaction") so it almost becomes a completely different song. 
Posted 8 months ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
I'm sorry but after hearing this a few times, and trying to like it, my feeling is this was a waste of time and I'll be asking Alexa to skip when it comes on. To each their own if you like it...
Posted 1 year ago by domreo    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Always nice to hear a cover that completely reimagines the original.



umm google DEVO and Satisfaction
Posted 1 year ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
What an excellent back-announce by William after this song ended!
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
kinda 'Cobainesq'
Posted 1 year ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
This song is a little too tedious and noodly for me, but unlike the loud and raucous Rolling Stones version, I can now appreciate the full lyrics.  I don't think I'd ever actually understood them until now.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
That is the best description I've ever hear about how Chan Marshall interprets a song. Nice one Bill!
Posted 1 year ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
This is just pure crap. Are we feeling sorry for "Cat" because she's strung-out? Make this go away.
Posted 1 year ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Took me until the second verse before I realized what she was singing.  Polar opposite of the Stones or Devo versions.  
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Thank you Bill for the most important SKIP button
Posted 1 year ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
Just love hearing her voice is all. 
Posted 1 year ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
 johnnycache wrote:

I prefer Devo's cover of this Stones choon, but it could just be me



I grew up loving the Devo version and didn't know it was a cover for some time. I still prefer the Devo version to the Rolling Stones version. I like this version too!
Posted 2 years ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
i can't get no ...






... but really, this leaves me wanting to hear the og
Posted 2 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
 jonahboo wrote:

GEEZ
enuff of the covers that suck the life out of the room.......too cool for the room shit

worse than Leo Cohen

c'mon, someone sing with some enthusiasm already



Be my guest!
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
 whatsupdude wrote:

Sorry Bub  that's just a stupid comment.


Agree totally!
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
An eight+ for effort!
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Her cover of Fortunate Son" was excellent.  This?  Mmmm ... not so much.
Posted 3 years ago by luxumbar1    [ Reply ]
I prefer Devo's cover of this Stones choon, but it could just be me
Posted 3 years ago by johnnycache    [ Reply ]
Trying too hard I think - all the essence of the original is gone, with (for me at least), nothing to replace it.  It just feels, well, dead...
Posted 4 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Having spent hours in the 60's listening to the Stones, and Satisfaction was a big part of that, it's really neat to hear this take on it. Very nice.

And then RP follows this with the Stones' "Living in a Ghost Town". Fabulous programming!
Posted 4 years ago by rob311    [ Reply ]
 yobyot wrote:
"Satisfaction" is about rock-n-roll. This ain't. It's un-listenable.
 
Sorry Bub  that's just a stupid comment.
Posted 4 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
"Satisfaction" is about rock-n-roll. This ain't. It's un-listenable.
Posted 4 years ago by yobyot    [ Reply ]
No. Just no.
Posted 4 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
GEEZ
enuff of the covers that suck the life out of the room.......too cool for the room shit

worse than Leo Cohen

c'mon, someone sing with some enthusiasm already
Posted 4 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
An old favorite small time band I used see (Jackpot) did a fantastic slow version of Hell's Bells. It took a full verse or more to finally figure it out because it was so unexpected. It was about this slow.
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Always nice to hear a cover that completely reimagines the original.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 MayBaby wrote:
Wow, she definitely made this her own. Very cool.
 
I agree.  When I'm working and a song wanders into my consciousness, that's usually a good thing.  And the lyrics would wander in occasionally as well.  I knew it was a cover but not sure of the artist.  Like it.
Posted 5 years ago by drictor    [ Reply ]
reminds me of the Cowboy Junkies cover of Sweet Jane, same formula anyway.
Posted 5 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
"And now for something completely different..."
Posted 6 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
Love all of her work, but the earlier albums are a favorite. 
Posted 6 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Wow, she definitely made this her own. Very cool.
Posted 6 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
nice sultry cover!{#Cheers}
Posted 6 years ago by SheRidesABeemer    [ Reply ]