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| morocco |
If you were to describe the Stones' chord structures, how would you do it? What do you think the style of the Stones' chord progressions is? |
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| Daethgod |
Stonesy ?
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| Jumacfly |
Bluesy, definitely!!
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| IzzyStradlin |
Simplistic, basic. |
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| speedfreakjive |
Always inventive and always involving some bluesyness, or Chuck Berry influence.
I Go Wild has a brilliant chord sequence for example. |
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| Break The Spell |
Rough, raw, direct, in your face rock, at time bluesy, at times mellow. |
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| Jumacfly |
quote:
IzzyStradlin wrote:
Simplistic, basic.
great definiton of your posting man! |
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| Break The Spell |
quote:
Jumacfly wrote:
great definiton of your posting man!
Haha, that and redundant, asanine. |
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| gimmekeef |
All I've ever needed....... |
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| Soldatti |
rough Rock & roll. |
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| PeerQueer |
You know what - it is highly underrated. Too many people go all gaga over the Beatles multi-layered studio enhanced pop "art" music but the fact is, the Stones could pull that stuff off w/o much fuss, but the Beatles could never pull off what the Stones do - they pretended, the Stones WERE.
Simplistic...yeah, kinda like Picasso is simplistic art - though few have equaled his ability in the last 100 years. So too with the Stones.
A great fucking band that does not get near the respect for their musicianship.
I remember back in college listening to Satisfaction whilst baking on some herb and declaring to the other two sharing in my haze that the chords of Satisfaction were genious and exemplified Rock and Roll. This guy - who played in a local college band sneered and said "Shit, I could play that crap in my sleep. They ain't no Grateful Dead."
I told him that he might be able to play it - but could he INVENT the fucking chord progression - did he have the artistic talent to come up with sound that is now universally recognized within a second of hearing it.
I asked him how many songs he had written. He said a few. I asked how many times do they get played on the radio. He said none.
I told him to shut the fuck up then and get out of my house. I was ready to kick a skull in. That's how much I love my Stones!!!!!
A real buzz-killer that one. But I think he might have gotten the point. |
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| gorda |
quote:
PeerQueer wrote:
You know what - it is highly underrated. Too many people go all gaga over the Beatles multi-layered studio enhanced pop "art" music but the fact is, the Stones could pull that stuff off w/o much fuss, but the Beatles could never pull off what the Stones do - they pretended, the Stones WERE.
Simplistic...yeah, kinda like Picasso is simplistic art - though few have equaled his ability in the last 100 years. So too with the Stones.
A great fucking band that does not get near the respect for their musicianship.
I remember back in college listening to Satisfaction whilst baking on some herb and declaring to the other two sharing in my haze that the chords of Satisfaction were genious and exemplified Rock and Roll. This guy - who played in a local college band sneered and said "Shit, I could play that crap in my sleep. They ain't no Grateful Dead."
I told him that he might be able to play it - but could he INVENT the fucking chord progression - did he have the artistic talent to come up with sound that is now universally recognized within a second of hearing it.
I asked him how many songs he had written. He said a few. I asked how many times do they get played on the radio. He said none.
I told him to shut the fuck up then and get out of my house. I was ready to kick a skull in. That's how much I love my Stones!!!!!
A real buzz-killer that one. But I think he might have gotten the point.
The only Grateful Dead Song, I can recognize is the one that goes "I wil survive . . ."
I once got invited to a Grateful Dead concert, and I refused. Now, I regret it. I wish I had gone. |
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| IzzyStradlin |
quote:
Jumacfly wrote:
great definiton of your posting man!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................... |
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| Lazy Bones |
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gorda wrote:
The only Grateful Dead Song, I can recognize is the one that goes "I wil survive . . ."
"Touch Of Grey".
Jaxx, by the way, is our in-house Grateful Dead specialist!
[Edited by Lazy Bones] |
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| Moonisup |
maybe simple in structure, but they take it to a higher leavell  ! |
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| rollmops |
Many of the Rolling Stones' songs are written using the 20th century chord progression of I, IV and V. This is the harmonic vocabulary of blues and early country music. The Greatest American musical invention!!! Which led to Rock and Roll. It is a very simple structure that definitely appeals to the senses. Add a backbeat to it (thankx Charlie) and you have a kind of music that will sway you!!
But the Rolling Stones have written songs that can be called comlexe; Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, Can't you hear me Knocking, Wild Horses etc ...
Mops |
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| Break The Spell |
quote:
rollmops wrote:
Many of the Rolling Stones' songs are written using the 20th century chord progression of I, IV and V. This is the harmonic vocabulary of blues and early country music. The Greatest American musical invention!!! Which led to Rock and Roll. It is a very simple structure that definitely appeals to the senses. Add a backbeat to it (thankx Charlie) and you have a kind of music that will sway you!!
But the Rolling Stones have written songs that can be called comlexe; Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, Can't you hear me Knocking, Wild Horses etc ...
Mops
You can also add Winter, Time Waits For No One and Moonlight Mile to the list. Continental Drift may not be complex, just unconventional. |
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| MikeyC613 |
Where is the complex part in Winter? |
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| nanatod |
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MikeyC613 wrote:
Where is the complex part in Winter?
Trying to get radio stations to play it and other songs from Goats Head Soup. Wait, trying to get radio stations other than classic rock stations to play any Stones at all. |
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| Break The Spell |
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nanatod wrote:
Trying to get radio stations to play it and other songs from Goats Head Soup. Wait, trying to get radio stations other than classic rock stations to play any Stones at all.
Thats the way it is here as well, their big on Macca, U2, Beatles, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Elton John and 70's one hit wonders. Its rare to hear any Stones outside of a few Hot Rocks tracks around here on the alleged classic rock station. Sad,sad,sad... |
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