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Best chord progression ever

crablin [Edit] [Delete] 73 replies 11:02, 4 April '07

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

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  • WRNG!

    low- breaker (live)
    mogwai fear satan
    jeff buckley- last goodbye

    Jordan_229_2 | 4 Apr '07, 11:03 | X
  • Not the coolest

    But the best is 'I Want You Back' by the Jackson 5

    Lucien | 4 Apr '07, 11:05 | X
    • The Best Pop Song Ever Written

      sorry.

      ehwhat @Lucien | 4 Apr '07, 12:20 | X
      • truthful

        also: Shudder To Think - Red House
        My bloody Valentine - the chuggy one off loveless and the LIT soundtrack

        alcxxk @ehwhat | 4 Apr '07, 13:10 | X
        • Sometimes?

          crablin @alcxxk | 4 Apr '07, 17:37 | X
  • Pachelbel's Canon

    and everyone who's ever stolen it.

    nice_squirrel | 4 Apr '07, 11:06 | X
    • ^^ so ^^

      right.

      the_sad_oak_hunt @nice_squirrel | 4 Apr '07, 23:59 | X
  • I'm a fan

    of the end of Nothing Compares 2U. It's very simple but works well.

    Also: Friday I'm In Love by The Cure.

    colonol_k | 4 Apr '07, 11:07 | X
    • The Beatles

      Let it be

      Ruby_Tuesday @colonol_k | 4 Apr '07, 11:07 | X
      • I know it has little love here...

        but "Ocean of Noise" has a stunning chord progression.

        EJamesB @Ruby_Tuesday | 4 Apr '07, 11:12 | X
        • oo yes

          it does!

          Jordan_229_2 @EJamesB | 4 Apr '07, 11:25 | X
      • Radiohead

        Just

        Jambo31 @Ruby_Tuesday | 4 Apr '07, 11:13 | X
        • Actually

          I'm quite partial to the intro of my iron lung

          Ruby_Tuesday @domco77 | 4 Apr '07, 11:41 | X
          • 'Just' by Radiohead

            seconded.

            Also 'The Asphalt Word' by Suede* and 'This Is A Low' by Blur.

            (*which was ripped off from 'Safesurfer' by Julian Cope - it's basically EXACTLY the same, Suede just improved on it...)

            SeymourMBA @Ruby_Tuesday | 4 Apr '07, 15:46 | X
            • Anything that

              involves the use of a relative minor sounds good to me.

              colonol_k | 4 Apr '07, 11:11 | X
              • .

                Some kind of wizzard - biffy clyro

                Just after the second chorus, I love it

                tiernan @colonol_k | 4 Apr '07, 11:12 | X
                • Also

                  Breakdown by Suede

                  EJamesB @tiernan | 4 Apr '07, 11:15 | X
                • E

                  A

                  and D is all you need

                  jammin @tiernan | 4 Apr '07, 11:16 | X
                  • to

                    play every small faces track.

                    StaceySailplane @jammin | 4 Apr '07, 11:24 | X
            • easy one this...

              Ab maj, Bb maj, Cmin sus9 resolving to a straight Cmin.

              If you want, you can then set off a chain of suspensions down the relative minors that is quite pant-wettingly beautiful.

              Sonic_James_Doom | 4 Apr '07, 11:34 | X
              • Geekiest thread ever?

                ?

                brian_international @Sonic_James_Doom | 4 Apr '07, 11:38 | X
                • Certainly geekiest answer ever...

                  For which I am sorry. It is lovely though.

                  Also, to go hyper-geek, the chord sequence from Allegri's Miserere is really very lovely... so much so it wasn't allowed outside the Vatican for hundreds of years...

                  Sonic_James_Doom @brian_international | 4 Apr '07, 11:53 | X
                  • until Mozart memorised it

                    When you say Cmin sus9 above, do you actually mean a chord with both Eb and D in it? Surely that's just Cmin9?

                    argle @Sonic_James_Doom | 4 Apr '07, 12:05 | X
                    • Indeed... damned prodigys...

                      Ah - Eb and D yes, but no C until you've resolved the suspension, thus making it a sus9.

                      Apart from in the bass obviously.

                      Sonic_James_Doom @argle | 4 Apr '07, 12:15 | X
                    • yeah.

                      theres no such things as a min sus9.

                      Heliotrope @argle | 4 Apr '07, 16:33 | X
                      • There is...

                        ... if it's used as a suspension.

                        Not as common as a sus4 though I'll grant you.

                        Sonic_James_Doom @Heliotrope | 4 Apr '07, 17:19 | X
                        • Sus2?

                          OvertakenByTractors @Sonic_James_Doom | 4 Apr '07, 19:33 | X
                          • Can be if you want yeah

                            It's just more common to put it as a sus9 as strictly speaking the root already exists in the chord.

                            I am ashamed by my music geekery...

                            Sonic_James_Doom @OvertakenByTractors | 5 Apr '07, 01:10 | X
              • I want to

                go home and try that. I bet its like Ear Magic.

                jonny_rat @Sonic_James_Doom | 4 Apr '07, 12:39 | X
            • E-Am?

              can't remember the rest of it. I do love E-Am, though.

              yo_soy_welshmun | 4 Apr '07, 11:39 | X
              • E-C#m is better.

                That's not opinion, that's FACT.

                colonol_k @yo_soy_welshmun | 4 Apr '07, 11:41 | X
                • /

                  where is my mind

                  alcxxk @domco77 | 4 Apr '07, 13:11 | X
                  • The end

                    of Petite Machine by Kashmir when the piano and vocals do something awesome.

                    littleblimps @yo_soy_welshmun | 4 Apr '07, 11:42 | X
                  • First song that came to mind

                    'The Everlasting' by the Manics (particularly the verses)

                    Also, 'River Man' by Nick Drake.

                    ultraglideinblack | 4 Apr '07, 12:11 | X
                    • ^ yes

                      River Man. Also, Hurricane by Neil Young

                      bigmanwithagun @ultraglideinblack | 5 Apr '07, 03:38 | X
                      • scuse I

                        Like a Hurricane of course

                        bigmanwithagun @bigmanwithagun | 5 Apr '07, 03:39 | X
                  • The outro to

                    Alcoholiday by Teenage Fanclub.

                    awisgard | 4 Apr '07, 12:14 | X
                  • Mayonaise

                    by the Smashing Pumpkins. It's all about the acoustic guitar with the funny open tuning in the background.

                    I do not know what these chords are.

                    jonny_rat | 4 Apr '07, 12:40 | X
                    • I agree with you.

                      and colonol_k

                      sadpunk @jonny_rat | 4 Apr '07, 12:53 | X
                    • 1 - 6(m) - 4 (with a dim5 somewhere)

                      I fink

                      ehwhat @jonny_rat | 4 Apr '07, 13:14 | X
                      • That could be it!

                        There's a tab here:
                        http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/mayonaise-tab.shtml

                        That has James Iha's open-tuned acoustic bit; see about 2/3 of the way down. It's played with a load of chords like (low->high) 908800

                        jonny_rat @ehwhat | 4 Apr '07, 14:27 | X
                  • 1 - 7(dim) - 3(7) - (6m)

                    1-4

                    1-3(m)-4-5-4(m)/5

                    1/aug5 - 1/aug6 - 1

                    1-6(m)-4-5

                    1-4/6(m7)

                    in any key!

                    ehwhat | 4 Apr '07, 13:13 | X
                    • Life on Mars?

                      Just keeps risin' til Saaiiiillors....

                      guyofthelondonzoo @ehwhat | 4 Apr '07, 13:39 | X
                      • it goes like this

                        the forth the fifth,
                        the minor fall
                        and the major lift

                        The baffled king composing Hallelujah

                        imyourfriend @guyofthelondonzoo | 4 Apr '07, 14:10 | X
                        • That sure is

                          a great one!! No diggity.

                          IanJ @Nebfael | 4 Apr '07, 15:46 | X
                        • Absolutely correct!

                          There is a live version where the chord progression is particularly prominent, and it is the best thing ever!

                          s1m0n @Nebfael | 4 Apr '07, 17:25 | X
                        • ...

                          Dunno, but I bet it was in a song I wrote. For real.

                          Stealthy | 4 Apr '07, 15:21 | X
                        • I chose

                          Paranoid Android by Radiohead.

                          IanJ | 4 Apr '07, 15:42 | X
                        • Crabby McCrabloins...

                          do you want me to send you my album? It'll be back from the press in a couple of weeks, with lovely artwork and 'ting.

                          What are you up to now? Hope things are quite simply marvellous.
                          xxx

                          SeymourMBA | 4 Apr '07, 15:48 | X
                          • TOSS

                            I meant that to be a note...

                            Sorry!

                            SeymourMBA @SeymourMBA | 4 Apr '07, 15:48 | X
                        • Perfect Day

                          agreed.

                          amputee-porn | 4 Apr '07, 17:24 | X
                        • Like Spinning Plates

                          Pyramid Song
                          and
                          Knives Out

                          come to mind.

                          Especially Like Spinnng Plates.

                          Thom_fa | 4 Apr '07, 17:43 | X
                          • Like Spinning Plates live

                            best radiohead piano part

                            pyramid song is too simple to be "the best"

                            OvertakenByTractors @Thom_fa | 4 Apr '07, 19:38 | X
                        • the real art of songwriting^

                          making an amazing song with 3 or 4 chords

                          Case in point: Daniel johnston

                          its like he only knows C F and G

                          yes_ | 4 Apr '07, 18:06 | X
                        • Chyown

                          Caribou - Pixies
                          Only Shallow - MBV
                          Coffee and TV - Blur
                          Eleanor Rigby - Beatles

                          TheNo | 4 Apr '07, 18:54 | X
                        • Black Star by Radiohead

                          IrishMagpie | 4 Apr '07, 19:27 | X
                          • That's just all the oasis chords though.

                            Thom_fa @IrishMagpie | 4 Apr '07, 19:36 | X
                            • :D

                              crablin @Thom_fa | 4 Apr '07, 19:45 | X
                              • Led Zeppelin

                                "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" has gotta be up there somewhere...

                                Neil88 @crablin | 4 Apr '07, 23:28 | X
                        • just - radiohead

                          moodiejg @Pad1 | 5 Apr '07, 01:52 | X
                        • Hanson - Man From Milwaukee

                          dan_thw | 5 Apr '07, 02:28 | X
                          • having thought long and hard

                            absolutely nothing can top billy joel: she's always a women - totally amazing progression...

                            themoralkiosk @dan_thw | 5 Apr '07, 20:27 | X
                            • in agreement

                              with 'perfect day', although a little distracted by the likes of chuck berry's 'roll over beethoven' right now.

                              daisy_mae @themoralkiosk | 5 Apr '07, 20:52 | X
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