Was it so long ago that I listened to him and The Rolling Stones in my room on the farm? Can’t get no……can’t get no……can’t get no…Satisfaction…
I was standing at the top of the stairs,
listening to my brother’s radio in his room, humming along.
“Satisfaction?” What the heck does he mean? I even looked it up in the
dictionary to make sure that I knew what he meant.
State of being satisfied; reaching a point of feeling completeness; satiated
Being
all of thirteen or so years old, it occurred to me that the singer
should have been satisfied. I mean, after all, here he was, from England! England! And, he had a record that was playing on the radio all the time. Plus, he and his English
band had been interviewed on television. The interviewer asked him if
he had gotten 'any satisfaction', and Mick said NO. This man, this Mick
Jagger, should have been very happy, very complete.
Years later, when I had learned more about Mick Jagger and
The Rolling Stones, it again occurred to me that these people should
have been satisfied. But, they were not. Drugs, alcohol, lots of sex,
fame, money—they had it all. One of their band died from an overdose.
Each struggled with addictions of some sort. Why weren’t they satisfied?
Now, at age 79, Sir Mick Jagger should be able to have a perspective of his life. I wonder how he would answer the question: Am I satisfied?
Great Grandfather Mick Jagger, Great-granddaddy himself
