Between the Grooves of Radiohead's 'The Bends'
PopMatters takes a deep dive into Radiohead's first musically important album, 'The Bends', where the group's experimental inclinations initially took flight.
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PopMatters takes a deep dive into Radiohead's first musically important album, 'The Bends', where the group's experimental inclinations initially took flight.
What happened to all the chords? Here, Ben Morss explores in detail why songs featuring multiple chord progressions have become such a rarity in today’s Top 40 songs, with single-progression tracks now largely ruling the roost . Guest post by This article originally appeared on Ben Morss’ Single-Progression Songs These days, a typical Top 40 song is built on a single chord progression. By this, I mean that the same pattern of chords repeats from the beginning of the song until its end. For convenience, let’s call songs like this “single-progression.” Songs in which the chord prog...