Talk:(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

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[edit] Article needs work

• There are a lot of citations missing, especially concerning quotes, and some of the article is simply bizarre. Why the hell is there an info box concerning Otis Redding's cover and release of the song? There's a lot of poor writing that needs work, too - "Junior Well's did a smokin' version on "Paint It Blue". Are you shitting me? This article needs to be gone over with a fine tooth comb and fixed up; if no one replies or changes the article within the next week or so, I'm nominating it for Featured article status removal. TheImpossibleMan 04:53, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm on it. (Cut it some slack, two years is a lot of time for people to add a bunch of useless/stupid/inane/irrelevant/trivial/inadequately integrated content to the article.) Johnleemk | Talk 14:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

• ...holy crap, you did this article too? What are the odds? No, seriously. That's a strange coincidence. Anyhow, assuming you make some adjustments, I won't put this up for FARC; you don't need to have it perfect in a week, just work on it some. TheImpossibleMan 15:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

• Okie dokie. Actually I think most (at least those dealing with non-modern pop music) of the song articles on FA were edited substantially by me, so don't be too surprised if I show up on other similar articles too. Johnleemk | Talk 15:56, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

• Okay, I cut out nearly everything about the cover versions, which were given too much weight. We don't need to know that movie X had some actress who sang a version of the song if our sources don't see fit to mention it. That was the only major problem with the article, IMO. Everything is footnoted now, and I expanded it a little. The writing might be a bit sub-par; it's 1AM here, so I'm doing the best I can. We can work on that later. The Otis Redding infobox will probably stay, pending a response from the relevant WikiProject. Johnleemk | Talk 17:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

• I think that it's fine if there is a separate section for cover versions; in fact, I encourage it. Why should it be combined into the "Release" section? TheImpossibleMan 11:32, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

• Because there's not enough content to merit a separate section. I'm trying to come up with a better title for the release section as it stands because it covers the song's legacy and impact as well. Johnleemk | Talk 14:24, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Britney Spears Cover

It seems to me there's a little too much detail on the Britney Spears live cover, or rather, the detail is on anything but the song: "She began by singing "Satisfaction" in a suit, but soon ..." and the article goes into detail about how she did a medley, undressed and had to explain herself. I'd remove a lot of this if I knew how to word it. Anyone? Suede 11:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

Many of the references for this article appear to be to a site, songfacts.com, where anyone can leave comments, and where the comments are not themselves registered. I'd say this is an unacceptable situation. mgekelly 10:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

TV Censorship: Need reference -- references Ed Sullivan, but I remember it as Shindig. Please research. Suggest pulling the Ed Sullivan reference and making it a generic TV refrence for now.