"Psychic Hearts" - another prime example

Ditto with the texture post above.

- Chet

glynnisjohns wrote:How could that even be crap?

Creativity, give me any one chord and i will make it work.

And Sister Ray.

<annoying>
Sister Ray - 3 chords
</annoying>

leftwing wrote:Usually I find texture (and tone) way more interesting than structure, so it's okay if a band uses only two chords, or one chord, or a triad, or a single note. As long as they make it interesting otherwise. There's so much you can do with so little.

I totally agree. Less can always be more.

horsewhip wrote:Exhibit A: "Roadrunner."

Beaten!

As proven by exhibit A, Not Crap.

leftwing wrote:Usually I find texture (and tone) way more interesting than structure, so it's okay if a band uses only two chords, or one chord, or a triad, or a single note. As long as they make it interesting otherwise. There's so much you can do with so little.

I agree completely with exhibits A, B and C. So much so in fact, that it kind of negates for me the one chord, textural, sonic cathedral type stuff. If one chord is 'creative', surely two is genius? Limitations and parameters are powerful tools in popular music, but severing harmonic/chordal movement is like cutting off a musical limb. It's a handicap.

Texture doesn't connect with the human imagination like movement through time or Pythagorean harmonic notions or primitive notions of collective freedom, or tunes the milkman can whistle, or songs that someone who has picked up a guitar only last week can play.

That's why Roadrunner will always be better than the collected works of every hippish sonic explorer, Wire noisenik and laptop noodler whoever lit up a fucking joint and decided to make some 'musik'.

johnnyshape wrote:
That's why Roadrunner will always be better than the collected works of every hippish sonic explorer, Wire noisenik and laptop noodler whoever lit up a fucking joint and decided to make some 'musik'.

oh whoa man, heavy...oh wow, man you are totally harshing my mellow...man, hey man...I mean...wow, ok, y'know? whoa man...

I generally prefer more complex structures, because I think they have a bit better "replay value" personally, but there's nothing wrong with a 2-chord song at all. There are plenty of songs I love that are just 2 chords.