[Mr. Mojo]

Btw simple chord progressions form the basis of all rock and roll and most rock

I even like ONE-chord tunes -- "Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf), "Shake Your Hips" (The Stones), "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Beatles), "Chain of Fools" (Aretha), "Run Through the Jungle" (CCR), "Everyday People" (Sly Stone), "Political World" (Dylan), . ....just to name a few.

"One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -- Lou Reed

[HangUpNow]

Not many ONE-chord tunes, but that was a good quick summary. "Run Through the Jungle" (CCR), "Everyday People" (Sly Stone) both had the magic hook.

Trick question?: How many chords are there in a typical Rap song? (and I use "song" as loosely as I can.)

"One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -- Lou Reed

HA! Great line.

And then there's those signature hooks, riffs, solos, and duel-firing axes categories which make those one-two chord tunes *sound* almost like an orchestra. Especially if there's a keyboardist in the band.

[wardaddy]

Lou Reed deserved the hype just don’t do albums with Metallica
I listened to Sister Ray yesterday

It has stood up well

[Gargantua]

That a few musical savants/geniuses have managed to make one chord interesting does not change the fact that every aspiring songwriter invariably starts out life as a composer with some simple two-or-three chord progression.. which sucks.

After that, there is room for discussion, but not before.