Melodies that have one note repeated alot of times in a row

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:37 pm

1) What song am I thinking of? It's very droney, and the melody doesn't change much, and the chorus ends in something like "I want to rip her apart"

2) I'm looking for songs that have melodies that use the same note many, many times in a row, like Ca Plane Pour Moi. I'm not looking for songs featuring people who speak-sing, rap or scream. I'm not looking for songs that have melodies with only 3 or 2 different notes in them. It has to be a song with a melody where one note gets repeated alot (more than say, the beginning of Helter Skelter). Do you know any?

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:49 pm

The One Note Samba is the first thing that came to mind. Stereolab did an interesting version of it on Red Hot & Rio. I'll see if I can find a link. Stay tuned.

Edit: Here's a neat version.

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:09 pm

The Who have a song like that--can't remember the title. They're actually singing about the note, like "I'm singing this note cause it fits in well with the chords I'm playing" or something. I'm not particularly fond of the song.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:12 pm

She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:29 pm

Oh good lord, any PIL album... seriously...do a search in your favorite peer to peer file stealer and start download PIL songs.

Happy and Bodies are two excellent examples but I don't think John Lydon ever used more than 3 total notes in any PIL melody.

(I love PIL)

-Hoblit

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:08 pm

I don't know if this exactly fits your criteria, but the chorus to that big hit by Maroon 5 has very fews notes and one that repeats several times: "This... love... has..."

Tonamel · Post by **Tonamel** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:34 pm

For my junior recital in college, I sang "Ein Ton" by Peter Cornelius. The entire song is sung on one pitch. Surprisingly, it's actually a pretty dramatic song.

[edit] I found the old recording. Dang, my voice was uneven back then. (discreetly avoids saying whether it's gotten better since then).

NatchDan · Post by **NatchDan** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:49 pm

The Name Game.

Also: Numb by U2, One Man Went To Mow, Ima Robot - A Is For Action, Foo Fighters - All My Life, Garbage - Hammering In My Head, George - Bastard Son (highly recommended), Violent Femmes - Kiss Off, Elbow - Any Day Now, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade - Lights In The Sky, Moloko - Familiar Feeling, Morrissey - First Of The Gang To Die, Nick Cave - Red Right Hand, Panic At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies, Poe - Walk The Walk (or The Beat Of My Own Drum - track 5 on Haunted), Pretty Girls Make Graves - This Is Our Emergency, Primus - Kalamazoo, Radiohead - A Wolf At The Door, Talking Heads - Psycho Killer, VAST - Temptation, Pulp - Common People, The Zutons - Pressure Point.

Some more, perhaps.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:25 am

Karma Chameleon

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:30 pm

Horse With No Name

Steve

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:08 pm

Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

That INXS song that parodies the Dylan video.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:54 pm

Most of Joy Division

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:56 pm

Most rap songs.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:48 pm

most likely all ramones songs.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:07 pm

Butthole Surfers - Pepper

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:16 pm

What's my Age Again by Blink 182. Most of the verses are just the tonic.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:03 pm

Most Ministry songs, especially "Bad Blood" and "No 'W'." Also, "Animal Kingdom" by Meat Puppets.

NatchDan · Post by **NatchDan** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:58 pm

Oh My God by the Kaiser Chiefs.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:50 pm

frankie big face wrote:The Who have a song like that--can't remember the title. They're actually singing about the note, like "I'm singing this note cause it fits in well with the chords I'm playing" or something. I'm not particularly fond of the song.

I believe it's called "I'm in Tune" from Who's Next.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:21 pm

Feel Good Hit of the Summer, by Queens of the Stone Age.

It's as close as you can get to a one note song without being a joke (see Tenacious D for an actual one-note song).

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:31 pm

So, Erik never came back here to announce the winner. Just starts threads and splits.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:37 pm

I was making a CD for a friend, who likes to improvise one-note songs. The songs that I put on the CD were: "The Fall" by Peter and the Wolf, "End of the World as We Know It" by REM, "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, "Ca Plane Pour Moi" by Plastic Bertrand, "Numb" by U2, "Tear You Apart" by She Wants Revenge, "Bound for the Floor" by Local H, "All My Life" by Foo Fighters, and "Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion. Thanks all.