Songs with the Baba O'Riley Chord Progression

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I'm back! Back in the New York groove!

timellison, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:10 (10 months ago) Permalink

longest thread ever

decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:13 (10 months ago) Permalink

mississippi joan hart (crüt), Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:29 (10 months ago) Permalink

The Jam - Innocent Man

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:44 (10 months ago) Permalink

That part in 'The Necromancer' by Rush where Geddy sings: ♪♫ Stealthily attackiiiiing! By-Tor slaaaaays his foeeee! ♪♫

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:45 (10 months ago) Permalink

Maybe 'Be My Lover' by Alice Cooper?

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:46 (10 months ago) Permalink

Art of Noise, "Snapshot"

Chickie Levitt, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:47 (10 months ago) Permalink

1st half of the chorus in Slack Motherfucker is what springs to mind.

MaresNest, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:51 (10 months ago) Permalink

pplains, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:17 (10 months ago) Permalink

JEFF LYNNE HAS EYES.

(also lol @ first laser beam on TV)

pplains, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:22 (10 months ago) Permalink

Alice Cooper - Department Of Youth

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:25 (10 months ago) Permalink

Queen - If You Can't Beat Them

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:26 (10 months ago) Permalink

I lol'd at the guy throwing his cello around like it was Pete Townshend's guitar.

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Biff Wellington (WmC), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:31 (10 months ago) Permalink

they shoulda sued ani difranco

diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:46 (10 months ago) Permalink

I lol'd at the guy throwing his cello around like it was Pete Townshend's guitar.

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Then maybe you would like the part in the Charlie Louvin book about Ira smashing his mandolin

ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:47 (10 months ago) Permalink

Sweet Jane

Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:50 (10 months ago) Permalink

B-b-but that one has a fourth chord!

ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 June 2012 18:00 (10 months ago) Permalink

Odd Spice (Eazy), Sunday, 24 June 2012 18:12 (10 months ago) Permalink

I can't see the youtubes on iPad, are any of these "Hard to Make A Stand" by Sheryl Crow? If not, that one.

Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Sunday, 24 June 2012 23:19 (10 months ago) Permalink

Fox On The Run - The Sweet

Mark G, Sunday, 24 June 2012 23:19 (10 months ago) Permalink

MarkoP, Monday, 25 June 2012 02:26 (10 months ago) Permalink

Ha, yeah! I was thinking of that one. That's one where the root of the chord goes up for the IV and V chords, whereas the root goes down in "Baba."

timellison, Monday, 25 June 2012 02:34 (10 months ago) Permalink

I thought the Superchunk song that bit "Baba O'Riley" was the outro of "Song For Marion Brown."

like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Monday, 25 June 2012 03:30 (10 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

John Mellencamp - "Small Town"

timellison, Friday, 27 July 2012 00:47 (9 months ago) Permalink

'straight to hell'/'paper planes'!

40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 27 July 2012 01:07 (9 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

"Must of Got Lost" - J. Geils Band

timellison, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:56 (9 months ago) Permalink

Noah & the Whale - Tonight's The Kind Of Night (from memory, at least)

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:18 (9 months ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

Witchy tai to

Trip Maker, Friday, 7 September 2012 01:46 (8 months ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

"Do Ya" - same year!

timellison, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 03:13 (2 months ago) Permalink

Just read thread title as "Songs with the Bill O'Reilly Chord Progression." Unsettling.

Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 03:46 (2 months ago) Permalink

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - chords so nice, pete used em twice.....

m0stlyClean, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 03:48 (2 months ago) Permalink

Isn't this just I-V-IV? That's pretty standard in rock music, isn't it? Or are you looking for the same rhythm as "Baba O'Riley" too?

EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 03:51 (2 months ago) Permalink

i always think about starting a companion thread about riffs with the same cadence as the "Baba O'Riley" riff because i know tons of those but have no idea when the chords are the same or not

some dude, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 03:53 (2 months ago) Permalink

I don't think I-V-IV is that common really! Not as a repeating sequence, anyway. (I'm sure there would be lots more songs where I-V-IV is part of a larger pattern.)

timellison, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:03 (2 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, I just scanned a couple of articles on rock harmony and you seem to be right.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:06 (2 months ago) Permalink

Aerosmith - Angel

this has to be the most blatant one, it mimics not only the chord sequence but also the tempo

cock chirea, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:13 (2 months ago) Permalink

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - chords so nice, pete used em twice.....

― m0stlyClean, Monday, March 11, 2013 11:48 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nope

space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:14 (2 months ago) Permalink

i can see for miles and miles and miles and miles

cock chirea, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:21 (2 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, "Baba" is F-C-Bb, WGFA is A-G-D. Different chords, different chord progressions.

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Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:23 (2 months ago) Permalink

yeah, I guess it would be I-VII-IV

space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 04:42 (2 months ago) Permalink

....unless D is the root, then it would be V - IV - I ....

m0stlyClean, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 14:32 (2 months ago) Permalink

Should be a silmiar thread for "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:42 (2 months ago) Permalink

Do you hear D as the tonic in "Won't Get Fooled Again" though? I think it's clearly A.

Other nerds might find this interesting and somewhat relevant: http://www.mtosmt.org/issues/mto.11.17.1/mto.11.17.1.temperley.html

EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:45 (2 months ago) Permalink

really more of a sweet jane rip, but still:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlqC6SuhIXM

s.clover, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 17:53 (2 months ago) Permalink

This is a great video if you like this song and have been misled about the song's construction:

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:34 (2 months ago) Permalink

tbf, the organ track on Townshend's demo (which was nine minutes, and edited down for the band recording) was put through a couple of warbly synth modules at about the four- or five-minute mark. But yeah, as the clip shows, at no point was data about Meher Baba's life fed into a computer with that music being the result.

Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:46 (2 months ago) Permalink


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