ITT: pop songs with unusual chord progressions.
Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo
Intro goes from Am to C to E to Fm
are you seriously expecting anyone on /mu/ to have any knowledge of music theory
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0AKJMGxwpE
Song heavily features i iii
"Here, There and Everywhere" by the Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iELGhAGwBdc
>The verse opens strongly anchored on "Here" in the key of G (with simultaneous I (G chord) and melody G note) and moves equally predictably to a I-ii-iii-IV chord shift (G-Am-Bm-C) through "making each day of the year". This repeats on "Changing my life with a wave"; but immediately after (in bar 5) the song indeed changes on "of her hand". It goes down six semitones from the IV (C chord) to a ii (F#m) [adding a non-G scale C#] then a V7 (B7) chord [adding a non-G scale D#] which briefly modulates towards a new tonic Em. McCartney mostly sings a B note ("of her hand") over both F#m, where it is the eleventh, and the B7, where it is the tonic. When the sequence is repeated ("nobody can"), McCartney sings both B and C natural over the F#m, the C natural producing a tritone.
>The harmonic fascination with the bridge segment beginning "I want her everywhere" is that at that point the key centre does go "everywhere". It shifts via an F7 chord (a VII in the old G key and a V7 in the new B key) to a I-vi-ii (B-Gm-Cm) chord progression in B key. It then shifts again via a D7 chord (a III7 in the old B key and a V7 in the new Gm key) to Gm key where we go through a i-iv (Gm-Cm chord) progression. Finally the pivot of D7 takes us back to the G major tonic and reinforcing G melody note of "Everywhere."
Paul really is a goddamn pop genius.
>>63602926
*A#m to C#
>>63603018
Brian Wilson was doing that shit before Paul, though, as demonstrated on "God Only Knows," which was written before Revolver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPy18xW1j8
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo [Embed]
at 2:32
B - Bm7/E - E/F# - G#m7 - A - B
>>63603153
Explain the theory like beatles poster did, or this post is irrelevant.
>>63603273
"God Only Knows" basically uses a lot of inverted chords (chords with uncommon bass notes) to give the impression of a shifting key, which is justified by the voice leading throughout the song, especially during the bridge. It's essentially the same thing as what Paul's doing, but frankly more subtle.
>>63603273
Also, like the Beatles poster did, you can just read about it on Wikipedia.
Chic - Sao Paulo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsUMuTo76VI
Dmaj7 - Fmaj9 - Em7/A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoFWQOZzijU
>>63603378
Go to bed Brian.
Don't forget your meds
