One-chord songs
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One-chord songs
I like limitations: I was recently thinking about songs that are limited to one chord.
I'm aware of, like, old-school blues, and noise stuff that is "chord-free" entirely. But my main interest here is pop, and I'm having a hard time thinking of any pop songs with no chord changes.
(Songs that have chord changes only on, say, the bridge still do not count!)
So -- what is there?
--K
I'm aware of, like, old-school blues, and noise stuff that is "chord-free" entirely. But my main interest here is pop, and I'm having a hard time thinking of any pop songs with no chord changes.
(Songs that have chord changes only on, say, the bridge still do not count!)
So -- what is there?
--K
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Yeah, that's 12-bar blues with the first IV chord removed.The Spark wrote:I was thinking the Trashmens Surfin Bird might be the closest I can think of, but I there are chord changes in the chorus.
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Grant Lee Buffalo - It's the Life
The Verve - Make It Til Monday
You can hear the first one by searching on you tube. as a bonus, you get to see the drummer bury his drums on the beach!
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The Verve - Make It Til Monday
You can hear the first one by searching on you tube. as a bonus, you get to see the drummer bury his drums on the beach!
REM - Bandwagon
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one i forgot- and it's actually quite a nice little album: 'one of our girls has gone missing' by a. c. marias (angela conway, bruce gilbert, et al): almost every song is a one-chord wonder, with the exception of the title track, which finally breaks into a few changes. i always thought it was a fresh if somewhat delicate take on pop song structures. not much of a wire edge for gilbert, but you can hear it in some of the textures, fwiw.
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