Songs with no chord changes

[Charlie Bernstein]

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Originally Posted by emu! View Post
Disco Duck?


and most rap music
Rap music doesn't qualify as real music, does it??

Real music by real people in a real world.

Uh - was that a yes or a no?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Whoah! We're letting our theory slip here boys. I'm seeing posts with songs that DEFINATELY have more than one chord in them. Time to go back to the originals and re-check.
Honky Tonkin'? Whole Lotta Love? .......Puh-leese!!!

Ditto. I think a lot of drummers are chiming in here....

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

yay! lt's beat up on rap on the tdpri!

Seems fair. Rap and punk are always beating me up!

 

[bingy]

Music is organized tones in time. Rap is Music.

 

[cowboytwang]

Anything by Bo Diddley.

 

[sunkidd]

Don't turn me from your door .... Savoy Brown off "Blue Matter"

 

[harry the filter]

How about one-note lead solos? Cinnamon Girl by Nyoung would probably count.

 

[Wardpike]

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant (I now it was briefly mentioned but it was the one on my mind, and Eric neglected to mention the artist).



What about
"Boom boom boom boom"?

 

[jonzer]

I love these threads because when someone's corrected about a song having more than one chord..."Hey, there's two chords in that song"...it sounds like it's something complicated.

 

[Brad Pittiful]

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.

well put man!

The blondie song?

I think thats more than one chord.........

one thing leads to another is by the fixx...are you thinking of one way or another by blondie

 

[tomkatf]

"Sister Ray"???... "Doncha know you'll stain the carpet..."

Best,
Tom

PS "I Wish You Would" by the Yardbirds goes to the VII chord for a bit during the breakdown... or at least that's how we play it....

 

[Octave Doctor]

"I'm Gonna Booglarize You, Baby" brought back some nice memories--Cap'n Beefheart played that as the first song as they opened for Jethro Tull in 1970, the first real "concert" I went to.

 

[BillyC]

Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People

 

[Slow Reflexes]

One Thing Leads to Another -

The blondie song?

I think thats more than one chord.........

I think he means this one.




Does this count?

 

[Teddy Bear]

how about the Muddy Waters tune "Still a Fool" as covered by Keith Richards & Hubert Sumlin on the "About Them Shoes" album? Very John Lee Hooker like, Very COOL!!

 

[A.B.Negative]

"Sister Ray"???... "Doncha know you'll stain the carpet..."

I think it's mostly in G but with a quick F-C turnaround at the end of each line.

There were a few Krautrock bands from the late 60s / early 70s who would groove away on one chord for hypnotic effect. NEU! is one that springs to mind.

 

[Chicago Slim]

Sade did a lot of interesting songs with one cord. They would have one guitar playing muted melodies, another playing an interesting wah part, and of course killer bass lines, rhythms and vocals. No one guitar played anything really hard, but the sound was very complex.

 

[trailboss]

What about George Strait, "Rollin On A River Of Love?" I've heard it once or twice on the radio (in passing basically) and didn't catch any chord changes.

 

[zook]

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!

Sorry Woodman, we do that tune in my current band, three chords.

Winnie

 

[zook]

Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People

It accents on the IV chord.

The absolutely certain one chord song: Land of a Thousand Dances. Most of you are probably too young to remember that one. I'm referring to the original from about '65.

Winnie