The best one note musical stuff.

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:59 am

In reaction to my short solo thing, let's talk about one note solos and songs or songs in one chord.

One note solos: I guess there are plenty of those around, Niel Young's "Cynnamon girl", Lindsey Buckingham on Fleetwood mac's "The chain", Pete Townshend on "I can see for miles" name them.

One note songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7uBSY-znY
"Early to bed" by the GREAT band Morphine.

One chord songs:
Plenty of those, Talking Heads for example "Girlfriend is better" and "Once in a lifetime" Or the Beatles' "Tomorrow never knows"

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:24 am

Not sure about one note, but Bo Diddley had lots of one-chord songs. And so did Creedence ("Green River", "Born on the bayou", "Commotion", etc, if i'm not mistaken of course).

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:26 am

"One Note Samba", and any solo by Neil Young...

captsandwich · Post by **captsandwich** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:39 am

Back in the day, a friend wrote & performed "The One Chord Punk Rock Song". The one chord was some variation on a ninth (I think) that was played by extending the middle finger across all strings at the fifth fret. Lyrics "This is a one chord punk rock song / it may sound sh***y but it won't last long." He actually performed it in front of about a thousand people on the day we highjacked the local FM station's concert in the park. (but that's a story for another day)

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:55 am

Creedence could definitely choogle on one chord, although my favorite part of Green River is when it slides from Em into C then Amaj (barefoot girl..). Love those guys.

Hey, how about Johnny One Note?

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:11 am

Johnny One Note...are you a jukebox kinda guy Lyle? Not a solo but the last note of "A Day In The Life" might be long enough to qualify.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:29 am

I love Keep On Chooglin.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:36 am

Tomorrow Never Knows.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:08 am

No George, but like you I'm old enough to remember them...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:49 am

One chord to remember?

Hard Day's Night...

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:21 pm

A one-chord song that's not so great: The Coconut Song by Nilsson (C7 throughout). Too boring to me.

prog_rockin_metal_man · Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:52 am

how about "one note song" by Tenacious D? I don't think it really qualifies as a song but it's funny none the less.

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:47 am

The song "All" by the Descendents is a one note song. E chord and the word "All".

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:07 pm

One for the "Guilty Pleasures" thread, I guess, but I love Nilsson's "Coconut"...

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:20 pm

Mark, I don't mind listening to it, but not playing it!