Technician has reported on many musical events and acts throughout its 100-year history. The newspaper actually predates NC State’s Music Department, and covered its founding on Sept. 19, 1924. On that day, the front page article began as follows:
“In establishing a music department at State College the college has taken a step in the right direction to encourage in her young men a liking for one of the oldest cultural subjects. Music means a lot to mankind, and is used by mankind to display all his emotions. Our church life, our home life, and our school life would lose a lot of their attractiveness if music were left out.”
This affection for the topic of music was not always so romantically expressed in the paper. Sometimes, Technician was a platform for passionate musical critique. Take for instance the coverage of a 1965 Reynolds Coliseum performance by a little-known English rock band.
“‘I didn’t get no satisfaction,’ was the popular consensus as the Rolling Stones rolled on after their ‘performance’ here Wednesday night,” Staff Writer Bill Rankin wrote on Nov. 16, 1965. “Capitalizing on their popularity, the Stones attracted a predominantly high school crowd to their 15-minute appearance. They sang the few songs which have made them famous including ‘Get Off My Cloud,’ ‘I Can’t Get No Satisfaction,’ and ‘Last Time.’”
In fairness to the author of this story — a front page piece — “Beggars Banquet” wouldn’t be released for another three years, “Sticky Fingers” for six, and “Exile on Main St.” for seven. However, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" spe
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