This Chord Progression Must Die

[flippyshark]

Ah, but rules are made to be broken. Hence, my lifelong love of Frank Zappa.

But even within the standard rules and popular conventions, a little variation goes a long way. The progression in question does not please my ear. It's a recipe for trite. (Even the Pachelbel progression - I V vi iii IV I IV V - does not offend my ear nearly so much. It may be cliche, but it's still pretty.) Really, all it takes is a switch to another progression in the chorus or a simple variation in the bridge to make a song sound less horribly redundant. Let It Be has the four-chord progression in the verse, but only once before it shifts to a simple I V IV I in the next measure. I can listen to that song over and over. It doesn't make me feel like I'm being tortured.

It's probably a lot more subjective than sca indicates. What is bliss to my ears is likely poison to others, and much of what is loved by millions makes me want to move to the wilderness.