I haven’t talked about my Guitar in a while. On Monday, Edward, my teacher and I were discussing 2 new songs. One of them was Creeque Alley (Mammas and Pappas) and the other was Horse with No Name (America).
We had run short on time when we got to Horse with No Name and Edward had made some jokes around the lyrics of the song because the song only has two chords (in the whole song – pretty darn amazing!).
When I got home, I of course practice here and there and sometimes Kathy even sits down and listens. One time while she was I retold the story above to her and she immediately recalled a funny song she recalled from her youth.
The Song of One Chord by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper (my favorite of theirs is Elvis is Everywhere!). My ear is not refined enough to be totally sure (there is a lot of other instruments going on in the song) but it does sound like the guitar part is actually only one chord. It’s a funny song about a guy in search of second chord.
It’s amazing the train of thought and connections that can happen through a day or few days.