best one chord song?

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I'd just like to say that it's _my favourite thing ever_ when there is a triad or an open 5th that drones on for the song's entirety... chord changes, bass movement may happen, but that chord stays on, regardless. "2nd Thought" and "Of all the things we've made" by OMD are key examples

poxen, Thursday, 10 May 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, 'Of All The Things We've Made' is great. Love the way the bassline moves around while the guitars stay on the one chord throughout.

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link

drunks with guns - hell house, iirc?

arby's, Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link

love thy will be done IS NOT a one chord song, try humming the vocal melody and you will realise there are at least 2 or 3 chord changes during the verses

yeah, that's what I always thought but listening to it recently, I realized the bass stays on the one note the whole time. of course there are some other notes played by the synth and I agree that it feels like there are more chords though.

AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 10 May 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVoMrAtrj00

caro's johnson (Eazy), Friday, 11 May 2012 05:29 (eleven years ago) link

Bo Diddley wrote sarky songs to Chubby Checker? Oh hang on...

Mark G, Friday, 11 May 2012 06:05 (eleven years ago) link

seven years pass...

eheh, listening to "Love Thy Will Be Done" on the Prince Originals comp made me think of this thread... only to find out I had already written the EXACT same thing I was planning to post !
Ageing memory...
Regarding "Tomorrow Never Knows" I think I remember McCartney actually saying in the Anthology or something that Lennon was just strumming the C chord throughout the song and how unusual and new it was for them.

AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 28 June 2019 10:00 (four years ago) link

Sheets of Easter, of course

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 28 June 2019 10:18 (four years ago) link


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