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An unauthorized soundtrack to the book of the same name by journalist Jeff Gordinier. Further description on the blog (http://popkulcher.blogspot.com/2009/02/x-saves-world.html).
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The Terrifying Revenge Of The Three-Chord Wonders
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| The Who (buzz) | I Can't Explain |
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| David Bowie (buzz) | Queen Bitch |
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| The Clash (buzz) | Guns On The Roof |
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| Rolling Stones (buzz) | Get Off My Cloud |
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| Brinsley Schwarz (buzz) | (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding |
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| Wire (buzz) | Mannequin |
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| Nazz (buzz) | Open My Eyes |
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| The Go-Go's (buzz) | Our Lips Are Sealed |
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| The Troggs (buzz) | Wild Thing |
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| Matthew Sweet (buzz) | Sick Of Myself |
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| Pink Floyd (buzz) | The Gold It's In The... |
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| The Ramones (buzz) | Swallow My Pride |
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| Sweet (buzz) | Little Willy |
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| The Feelies (buzz) | Raised Eyebrows |
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| The Move (buzz) | Do Ya |
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| The Kingsmen (buzz) | Louie Louie |
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| Dressy Bessy (buzz) | This May Hurt (A Little) |
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| Lou Reed (buzz) | Vicious |
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| The Kinks (buzz) | The Hard Way |
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| Los Hombres (buzz) | Let It All Hang Out |
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| Katrina & The Waves (buzz) | Do You Want Crying |
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| Warren Zevon (buzz) | Werewolves Of London |
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| Squeeze (buzz) | I Can't Hold On |
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| World Party (buzz) | Way Down Now |
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| The Who (buzz) | Baba O'Riley |
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Because, when you come right down to it, there's absolutely no reason to ruin a perfectly good rock 'n' roll song with a fourth chord. Except maybe if you thrown in a minor seventh for the bridge, but setting that aside...
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Had a feeling Louie Louie would make an appearance here. Cool idea for a mix. I once read up on just how many chords there really are - it was kind of amazing since obviously 3 is plenty.
Wonderful.
Almost every single song here is a classic. I'm all in favor of the three chord wonder (there is a fourth chord in "I Can't Explain," though).
HAHAHAHA. What a great theme, and these are some fantastic songs. Great work!
oh man, did you nail 'em... and plenty here to love as well... thanks for ... heck... every cut...(and the bass never leaves the root)
Love this! Was just listening to that Go-Gos track so it makes me very happy to see it here. Excellent Clash -> Wire section too - yep, you really DID nail 'em.
All killer shit! Three chords and the truth, man. And the occasional drop-three-half-steps minor.... I gotta say, though - the last Who song and the Nazz just don't feel like 3 chord songs. Maybe too bombastic, with complicated fills. But hey, who's complaining?
great idea and well performed too
Sean -- funny, the Nazz track and "Baba O'Riley" were the two I struggled with most. The Nazz really vamp through the whole thing, so it's not exactly a three-chord wonder, but it does open with the "Can't Explain" riff, and follows that motif through the song even if they avoid the chords themselves once the jamming starts. As for "Baba," I really wanted to open and close with the Who, as Townshend relied on three-chord riffs more than pretty much anyone else in history. It came down to this or "In a Hand or Face," and I probably could have gone either way.
I love love love this! Not a single thing I don't like here, though I agree with Sean about Baba O'Riley.
Great stuff.
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