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way back when the dumbest of us were still smarter than their phones, country music artists billed their musical style as, "three chords and the truth." i loved the simplicity of that. the more complicated chord structures were easy enough for this idiot savant to master, but three chords and the truth sounded like a goal for the complexity of my childhood conditioning. the contemporary CW overloads my hyper senses like a domestic skirmish between a jane and a john.
during the year that i turned 13, around the time that my young hippie older sister, dubbed me, "bubblegummer," a cross-over CW song slithered it's way onto the radio charts available in whatever snow country city we were in. "skip-a-rope" performed by henson cargill. no, we were not **in** the city, but the abandoned farms of my childhood drama all got their radio from the nearest big city. it became a theme song for my life for a goodly while. as it sneaks its way back into my repertoire, i find myself on the hunt for more songs which are only 3 chords and the truth. any genre will do, in any language.. i have several R&B and R&R classics which are only two chords and the truth. every culture i've ever bumped into has profoundly simple songs, as well. one doesn't need to master the language to learn a simple song.
anybody else have a simple song carrying a profound truth? i'm tempted to make anyone who is interested do their own research, but. . . nerd humor doesn't seem appropriate in this context.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH-glqAqw7M
again i leave the mood icon on the rapid cycling median.
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
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Once again I've had a fever today. I'm not going to the hospital because that's a huge waste of time but I did schedule a dr appointment for Wednesday afternoon.
Those songs helped my PTSD recovery. Just before logging on and reading this I was literally meditating on the Moody Blues song "A Question if Balance" so as to aim for a balanced PTSD day. They're more than entertainment to me, they're a part of my PTSD recovery program.
Thank goodness for music... xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6zaCV4niKk
"i heard there was a secret chord
"that david played and it pleased the lord
"but you don't really care much for music, do ya?"
pues,mi jipi viejo. . . moody blues are even less predictable than our other shared hero, leonard was after he discovered his keyboard. that haunting tune which helped me question my own balance has? ? ? waaaaay more than 3 chords with its more ecclectic truth. still a great song, though,
yusuf/cat stevens is another goodie with his truths about his silver spoon heartaches. alas, father and son has 4 chords. this idiot savant can handle 4 chords on her good days.
A lot of music uses 3-chord progressions, even to this day (don't know any off the top of my head) alot of song's in the '90's used the "3-chord's Nirvana being one of them And Blink182
Bob Dylon. In the '60's and 70's And Probably today, Bruce Springstean.......List goes on and on.
Being a guitarist my self, I listen to my music at the gym, love my music, Also am listening for Chord's, And arranging then in my head, And when I come home, try to play those Chord's back on guitar, From what I've heard in my head.
I try to pick out one song I want to teach to myself, Which is hard to do, I listen to alot of stuff I want to teach myself, But, get distracted doing other stuff.
All these Chord's derive from......Old school R&B........Like Otis Reading CW and country from Hank Williams
"3-Chord truth has definitely Given us some GREAT MUSIC!!!
haven't gotten to nirvana yet and i had to look up blink 182, but? ? ? so much music and so little time. . . i'd love it if you save me the research and share your faves.
musicians scare me and i have no desire to be one, but i reserve the right to use whatever instrument i please in my music therapy. guitar is my therapy go-to, but i have a fairly impressive collection of therapy tools.
you didn't ask but i feel inclined to share my personal favorite hank williams 3 chord special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI
well. . . "mind your own business" is kinda tied for first place. i think i might prefer his son's version of that classic. at the very least, the studio techniques were better in junior's day.
I used to take lesson's at a local studio, And never finished, So, Now, Taking more on-line.
I told my mom at one time, That I wanted be a rockstar. Cause I thought seeing those performer's that on tv, Like on SNL, it's just something that appealed to me.........My mom told me I wouldn't make any money, And she's right, But, gotta pay your fellow musician's somehow. And for some people it's not all about Money......For some Just like the craft.
i've taken lessons on a variety of instruments and decided music makes better therapy than discipline. i sure needed extra therapy after i tried making my rock and roll fantasies come true. i still enjoy my rock and roll fantasies while i use my music therapy tools, but i'm more careful what i wish for these days.
for others, it's about the cathartic effects of making music. i likes it best in the key of life, connected to the rhythms and tones of life.