SixStringSlinger
Poster Extraordinaire
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Bm, if I recall correctly.
Bm, if I recall correctly.
Songs with no chord changes
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telepicker52
Tele-Holic
Rap music doesn't qualify as real music, does it??
kp8
Friend of Leo's
Real music by real people in a real world.
Jackson Jackson
Friend of Leo's
Keith Urban's "One Chord Song" 
Escondido Bound
Tele-Meister
I think "Drifter's Escape" actually has two chords: G and C. The C has a G in the bass, though, which makes it sound less "different," for lack of a better word.
I think Dylan's "Political World" from Oh Mercy, however, is only one chord--and it's one frantic, pulsing chord that fits the litany of the song very well.
EB
yay! lt's beat up on rap on the tdpri!
let's kick the kid with asthma in the gut too, cuz he can't defend himself!
yes it qualifies as real music. sometimes real good music.
sorry to be so sarcastic, but the whole "rap isn't music" argument is stale, man. it's not a fad, it's not going away, and if you actually listen to some of the stuff that isn't on the radio, you'll hear some of the most imaginative, innovative, clever and funky music out there.
if all i did was listen to the examples free radio and cable TV gave me, i'd think rock and country sucked too.
maybe i'm being to much of a rap vigilante...i'll shut up. if it's not for you, it's not for you, i guess.
back to one chord songs....i remember a tune that got hip in the mid nineties by a group called "shudder to think"...pretty sure it was all a Bb Chord...
"loser" by beck? nah, i think he slides down on a different chord...
lots of middle eastern, indian, and music of east asia is based on one "chord"--sometimes "no chord."
Mark N
Tele-Afflicted
"Born in the USA" is two chords...B and E... "Seeds" on the live 75-85 album which follows BITUSA is all one chord...E
Michael Murphy
Tele-Afflicted
Bo's version does, but the Ronnie Hawkins version (w/Robbie Robertson & the Hawks) just sits on "E"...
-Michael
Charter Member S. Texas He-Man Emoticon Haters Local #316
What's that at 1:01 then?
That'd be an, umm, er, aahh Amaj7-9th (no 3rd, no root) second inversion your honour...
I guess the story about Macca writing this in response to a bet he couldn't write a one-chord song is an urban legend then...
kennedyj
Tele-Meister
I would argue that even though the bass never changes notes, there is an inferred chord change in the verses from C to B flat and back ("it is not dying..." etc). If you were to play it acoustically (!), you'd probably want to throw that in.
wangdangdoodle
Tele-Holic
Well... Chamaleon only has two chords and you can use Bm modes and scales over bother of 'em!
hmm, you're right, i forgot about the quickie C at the end of each line. so, to repent, here's another one:
Jim Dandy to the Rescue!
Dave_O
Friend of Leo's
"... but when it comes to music my friend, these words are as true as St John the Revelator-
Our Mr Vaughan was the best there ever was, and no band was cooler than The 13th Floor Elevators..."
Ray Wylie Hubbard's "Screw you, We're from Texas"...
E, nothin' but E..... and way cool.
This probably also belongs in eddiewagner's "Texas Music" thread.
Our Mr Vaughan was the best there ever was, and no band was cooler than The 13th Floor Elevators..."
Ray Wylie Hubbard's "Screw you, We're from Texas"...
E, nothin' but E..... and way cool.
This probably also belongs in eddiewagner's "Texas Music" thread.
PeteMac
Friend of Leo's
How 'bout "Shake your Hips".
Y'know; The Stones, on Exile.
Y'know; The Stones, on Exile.
mrmorrison
Tele-Afflicted
How about John Cage's 4′33″?
PraiseCaster
Poster Extraordinaire
I always use three on that. But I just use one on Harry Nilsson's "Coconut":
"You put de lime in de coconut, you mix it all up...."
...and so does Harry.
Telemaniac
Tele-Afflicted
The Needle and The Damage done is all DMaj innit? just with the falling notes?
Isn't it D, D/C, D/B, D/Bb C, F, Esus4, E?
