Yep nearly 2 decades on and I was listening to this fantastic track! i'd forgotten how good it was. Brings up the oft repeated question, what would Prince albums have been like if he had continued to produce some tracks with W&L. I suspect the "satisfaction " (sorry!!) level might have been a bit higher through the 90s and perhaps he suspects the same!

Oh nooooo. Please don't do it.

Now all those Wendy & Lisa haters will come again out of their holes and they will whine about how overrated W+L are and that Prince was far better off without them and so on.
We had this so often before.

funkystuff said:

lol! ok point taken, but for the record W&L are underrated and really would give Prince a hit again er..... just ask Gwen Stefani

satisfaction is 1 of the better Wendy & Lisa songs, & Jesse's background singing definitely adds something to it.

in fact, I think the whole fruit at the bottom album is good - except, ironically, for the title track.

mltijchr said:

its interesting, i find that fans of prince's like this album the most while fans of wendy and lisa enjoy it the least.

this was my first album i purchased of theirs. I think Satisfaction is their most prince like song...But my favorite song from that album is "Everyday". An underrated funk track.

question: is that jesse ad-libing at the end of the song? or is it wendy?

I really like fruit at the bottom as an album (as a whole), but clearly, to me, EROICA is BY FAR the BEST Wendy & Lisa album - by their 3rd album, they had honed in on the "Wendy & Lisa" sound, a perfect mix of pop, funk & rock.


as for the "ad-libbing" at the end of satisfaction - I have no idea.
to me, it sounds like Wendy because it's a "simple" riff.
I am NOT taking a shot at Wendy as a guitar player, but (if it's the riff I think you're talking about) that riff.. Jesse could do in his sleep!

mltijchr said:

no no, the vocals..

WHAT vocals at the end of satisfaction???

do you mean the "hey hey hey yeah" vocal improv??

other than the girls repeating "satisfaction" & 1 last chorus, that's the only "vocal" I hear after "how 'bout it Jesse?"..

mltijchr said:

yeah, that part.....come to think of it i dont know what is beng mumbled....never thought of it till now..something like; "humaluma dulasight....gonna get my lover...hey hey yeahh ehhh heeee".

ah, so I GUESSED RIGHT on the part of the song, anyway!


it's funny how people hear things; in that part, I've always heard

"early in the morning time, I'm gonna set it up.. hey ey ey..
(a little satisfaction).."


I know - I'll go VISIT LISA & ask her about this directly!
she ought to remember!

mltijchr said:

dude!

in my dreams!

but hey - if you know how to get a hold of Lisa (or Wendy for that matter).. let me know. I'd be happy to gush over them & their (mostly) brilliant music, I'd be too happy to just LOOK at Lisa for a few hours..!

I"m at work and don't have my iPod with me, but I remember the ad libbing being like:

"Early in the mo'ning, time.... go'nna set it up-ahhhh"
"Saaa tihhh,, Saaa tihhhh, Satisfaction"

And that one of the other female "Girlbros" is doing it (maybe Cole?)

Also, doesn't Jesse scream his trademark :"Gitta little satisfaction. Good Gawd Unnh!" In this?

Or was that just all over his and Tamara and the Seen's albums?

GaryMF said:

That's definitely what I remember.

And GaryMF!!!

clarityman said:

With Prince coming off the biggest tour of the year and a couple of Grammies, W&L giving Prince a hit is kust laughable. What was their last hit?

Jesse Johnson on guitar is what makes this track for me

madartista said:

Hey!!! back atcha!

So don't you think that's Cole or one of the other girls doing those bgs?

kidcreole said:

i find knocking on other peoples dreams laughable.

GaryMF said:

sounds good to me

kidcreole said:

Wendy is playing on the number one album in the country right now, and an album that wasn't given away at the concerts no less Hit or not dude Wendy and Lisa are a force to be reckon with.

WonderU said:

Exactly my point! thanks, thing is Prince is more than able to continue to make great records, however, W&L were responsible for helping him make Parade which IMHO is pretty much Prince's "Rubber Soul" and whatever you might think KidCreole, them helping him would be far from laughable!

clarityman said:

I didnt say helping him was laughable - I said giving him a hit was laughable. Nobody can give Prince a hit. He used to give other people hits. Wendy and Lisa just dont have it like that. But to stay make people happy - "Wendy and Lisa are the greatest thing to happened in Prince's career and he would not be where he is now if he had not hired them". How's that?
[Edited 4/29/05 6:36am]

WonderU said:

"Playing on the number one album"?

kidcreole said:

Sorry Kid ur missing the point me thinks! They are doing well as part of Gwen's album, and they were part of a period of Prince's career that is regarded by most as his best. they were not the sole reason he was successful , but just like mick ronson was to bowie in the ziggy period they were to Prince throughout the 84 to 87 period. The point is that Prince would certainly gain from some input from these two as he did before.

kidcreole said:

dude, prince cant even give prince a hit song anymore....

clarityman said:

they were also a part of seals most popular timeperiod.

sosgemini said:

true, but Seal's most popular period doesn't come close to Prince's. I'm just saying.