What are your favourite 3 chord songs?

[UndertheOcean]

I am practicing "Wild Thing" by the Troggs right now.

You could write a whole song with only three chords , who would have thought.

[Ahpook]

1. AC/DC's whole career was basically that.

The guitar player was able to mix up 3 chords for 30 years. He always seemed to get a decent hook out of them somewhere:)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y55wvdcCJfk

[Skittles]

2. Angus quote

"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. When in fact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same!"

[driver8]

6. Ha Ha -- I love that quote!

One thing about AC/DC...they never took themselves too seriously!

AC/DC rocks!!

[Skittles]

22. I've always loved AC/DC

f*** all the naysayers!!! :hi:

[Ahpook]

27. I have always dug that band:)

Especially the early Bon Scott.

I noticed some new bands trying to cash in on the AC/DC "thing"

It just doesn't work, does it? :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkNQjsgQNP0&feature=related

[Forkboy]

11. LOL....fuggin' Angus.

:rofl:

I approach them as two bands though. I'm still a Bon Scott guy.

[democracyindanger]

3. And once you learn Wild Thing

you automatically know Louie Louie, which are the Two Songs Every Bar Band Must Know. The I-IV-V chord progression is the basic progression of blues, which of course means that it's the basic progression of rock. You could listen to literally thousands of blues and rock songs and pick out the I-IV-V.

[newmajority]

4. Ramones

Anything from the first 4 albums will do. The rest of them aren't bad either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ZM2W3kicA

[SoxFan]

10. Pretty much the whole Ramones catalog,actually

[ghostsofgiants]

13. That's what I was gonna say.

It was pretty much their whole musical philosophy. Definitely some of the best three chord songs ever.

[Orsino]

5. I was in a "band" that performed a medley,,,

...of "Wild Thing," "Love Stinks" and "Louie, Louie." I think we made our point.

[trackfan]

7. "The Beat Goes On" by Sonny Bono has 1 chord.

Now that's economy.

[montanto]

8. I saw ZZ Top.

They introduced themselves and said "same three guys, same three chords." Many rock songs are based on three chords.

[driver8]

26. Yeah, except Billy Gibbons is one of the greatest guitar players around!

That guy is awesome!!

[BurtWorm]

9. Sister Ray

Louie Louie
Stir It Up
Pressure Drop
By the River of Babylon
Gloria

[yorgatron]

12. here's a few songs that i like.

1.louie louie, the kingsmen


2.gloria, them


3.wild thing, the troggs


4.hey joe, the leaves


5.stepping stone, the monkees


6.96 tears, ? and the mysterians


7.wooly bully, sam the sham and the pharoahs


8.hang on sloopy, the mc coys


9.house of the rising sun, the animals


10.pushin' too hard, the seeds


11.she's about a mover, sir douglas quintet


12.telstar, the tornadoes


13.runaway, del shannon


14 la bamba, ritchie valens


15.psychotic reaction, the count 5


16.wipeout, the surfaris


17.twist and shout, the isley brothers


18.you're gonna miss me, 13th floor elevators


19.walk don't run, the ventures


20.dirty water, the standells


21.shakin' all over, johnny kidd and the pirates


22.doo wah diddy, manfred mann


23.secret agent man, johnny rivers


24.liar liar, the castaways


25.misirlou,dick dale and the del tones


26.rumble, link wray


27.surfin' bird, the trashmen


28.tequila, the champs


29.the hanky panky, tommy james and the shondells


30.pipeline, chantays


31.green onions, booker t and the mgs


32.apache, the shadows


33.little girl, syndicate of sound


34.strychnine, the sonics


35.talk talk, the music machine


36.fortune teller, bennie spellman

[ghostsofgiants]

15. 5.stepping stone, the monkees

All the DC hardcore covers of that (especially Minor Threat) kick ass.

[BurtWorm]

21. It has more than three chords, technically.

It has four, to be exact.

[BurtWorm]

17. Damn!

I coulda written that list!

:o

[kwassa]

14. virtually ever blues song ever written is three chords, as well as ...

all rock and jazz songs derived from them.

Hundreds of classic rock songs have only three chords. Where do I start?

[FloridaJudy]

18. Pachibel's Canon in D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. The Canon in D has more than three chords.

D - A - B -F# - G - D - G - A


I've been playing the piano and reading music since 1960.

I figured out the chord sequence to the Pachelbel Canon when I heard it on the radio, before it was popular, in about 1970.

[Forkboy]

16. Hanson Brothers....hockey punk!!!!! You won't like it.

The Hockey Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6jwyMiilgE&feature=related

Sudden Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnXpIIEpin0&feature=related

[RaVeN_MeaD]

19. Sweet Home Alabama has only 3 chords

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. La ci darem la mano, by Mozart, from Don Giovanni. And Schubert

"give me your hand Zerlina" Cecelia Bartoli and Bryn Terfel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-VtGKgvr4



Franz Schubert - Trout Quintet - 4th movement theme (Die Forelle) and variations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlxVTpEyMEw&feature=related


Original song by Schubert "Die Forelle" (The Trout):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-TXzUlJhs&feature=related

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. The most passionate, blazing, barn-burning fiddler of the 20th century.

Jacqueline du Pre, cellist, playing the Trout Quintet with her friends.
I saw her live in 1968 playing the Elgar Cello Concerto, and she absolutely burned down the house, and burned down a cello.
Subject of the movie "Hilary and Jackie". Had a very short performing career and died of MS at the age of 42. Tragic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjWV5rWaSWE&feature=related

Jackie playing a solo "Song Without Words" by Mendelssohn, at age 15 in 1960!!!
If this kind of youthful passion doesn't move you, you're probably made of stone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHj_eV6WSdg&feature=related

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

25. Gloria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Them
That's it!

[newmajority]

28. "All I got is a red guitar, three chords, and the truth......."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4HB0VP9XS0