― Bifidus Digestivum (Dada), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:40 (eighteen years ago) link
"I do dream you" is mostly one chord (G# i think)..but theres some passing chords thrown into the bridgy, prechorus/postchorus bits.
― b b, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― you will be shot (you will be shot), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was thinking that on some of the turnarounds they seem to allude to some other chords, but mostly it's that one glorious chord.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― naturemorte, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link
I kept listeningto make sure there was just one,and in fact it's true
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― C-Real (neither nor easter), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― 666 (Robust Cookies), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
I just want to point out that "One Note Samba" has quite a few chords! The only thing that's "one note" about it is the melody of the verse -- and not even the whole verse! "This is just a little samba, built upon a single note, other notes are bound to follow, but the root is just this note" -- all that's one note, but then the next line is a fifth up, so there's a total of two notes in the verse.
The chords, on the other hand, are always moving, on like every other beat: "this is JUST(Dm7) a little SAM(C#7)-ba, built u-PON(Cmin7) a single NOTE(B7b5)."
And then the chorus, of course, is all about the contrast with the verse, running up and down scales, more or less.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― lexurian (lexurian), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Jesus and Mary Chain must have done some one-chorders?
Nope - they were a whole lot more melodic than people remember. Even their cover of Can's "Mushroom" has at least a couple.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link
C#maj and yes it is only one chord the whole song. Good thing we're not talking about dub music.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― lexurian (lexurian), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bifidus Digestivum (Dada), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
The key is to get rid of that whole "melody" thing and focus on rhythm instead. Granted, this statement is coming from a drummer, but surely that doesn't COMPLETELY discredit me.
― matlewis, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
The Godz could barely manage HALF a chord!
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ryan Pitchfork, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fetchboy (Felcher), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Geir, are you when we need you most?!
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Hurting (Hurtingchie...), June 14th, 2005.
And, for that matter, "I'm in the Mood for a Melody" has almost no melody at all.
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Myonga Von Bontee (scottyfield...), June 14th, 2005.
E minor, baby.
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link
LOCK THREAD
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Then, there isn't a song anymore.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Koens (Koens), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Venga (Venga), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― electric derby, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― lexurian (lexurian), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
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― darin (darin), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― snotty moore, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
His "TV Talkin' Song" is only one chord, but it's not a very good song.
How about "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"? The bass moves, but the song's actual tonality never changes.
― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link