"Can't get no satisfaction/Can't get no pearly action" Was that ever a lyric?

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I could have sworn that in the song “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones, there was a lyric that went

I can’t get no satisfaction
I can’t get no pearly action

I seem to remember that the reference to “pearly action” being replaced with “satisfaction” in the radio version during the 80’s. I went on the web to try to find the original lyrics, but I can’t find any version that has “pearly action”.

Am I misremembering? I’m wondering if I’m remembering the lyrics my friends may have made up.

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I can’t get no satisfaction
I can’t get no girl reaction

You are just mis-remembering, methinks.

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I always heard it as “I can’t get no girly action” until I read the actual lyrics. But “girly action” is about as effective as “girl reaction” in the context of the lyrics, so I was okay with sticking with mine… :wink:

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Huh. I thought it was girly action too.

‘Scuse me…’

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…while you kiss this fly?

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Huh. I, too, thought it was “girly action.”

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I thought it was “sad reaction.”

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I’ll never see your pizza burnin’

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As a little kid, I though it was “girl with action.”

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I’ve also heard it as “girl in action.”
When the song was first released, 11-year-old me and a friend listened to it over the tinny speakers available back then, and concluded that he was “trying to make some girl pregnant… Baby maybe come…” etc.

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Plenty of Devo fans I see.

(I believe “girly action” is in their cover version)

We

are not

men
we are

Dopers

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Me four. But I also have the Devo album, so that may have something to do with it.

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Always heard “girl reaction,” but I like “girly action” better. I never really listened to the Stones until I was 23 or 24 though.

Fine, you can come all over me. How in the fuck did they play that on the radio? Or cream on for that matter.

Who wants a pearl necklace? Yeah, baby.

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I believe you mean “kiss this guy.”

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Made from a Lovin’ Spoonful of Pearl Jam…

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Me five! Honestly, if the official lyrics say “girl reaction”, I’d think it was a misprint.

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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…

Yeah, you’re going to count them. I know it. You’re a lot like me. And Mark Prindle, who did the exact same thing in his review of Hardcore Devo 74-77. I had to do it over again, though, because for all I know the demo version might have had more words.

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“Jocko Homo” shuffled up on my iPod this morning–the album version, of course. The absence of the “O-hi-O” riddle has always irritated me, especially considering the abrupt way the following “God made man” bit fades up.

I’ve never been sure whether it was “girly action” or “girl reaction,” but I’ve always leaned towards the former.

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I feel better.

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Intergalactic Gladiator:

Well, if your stomach starts to react to the burnt pizza…

There’s a Bathroom on the Right.