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Re:This is a Chord by veganjay on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:47PM (#35377259)
Reminds me of this poster:

http://www.southendpunk.com/html/damnadv.html

"The Damned can now play three chords. The Adverts can play one. Hear all four of them at..."

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Re:This is a Chord by hayley-patton on Friday March 31, 2023 @08:45AM (#35386259)
There is a line in How Music Works by David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, talking about the album Remain in Light (IIRC) "While punk rock was celebrated for needing only three chords, we had now stripped that down to one."
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