# One-groove songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720 "2017-03-08T19:29:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/41 "2017-03-10T22:30:49Z")
OP: What the hell is a groove anyway? This is becoming a little elastic, no? OK so blues might be a groove, but we don’t want to list 10,000,000 songs here. But it is! How about Terry Riley “In C” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/42 "2017-03-10T23:24:30Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Stormtroopers Of Death - The Song That Don’t Go Fast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDMirhWuRzY) is shorter but fun(ny). ::mopping nostalgic tears:: Woulda been a little groovier minus the two false-speeding-up bits. > [@scabpicker](#): > > Well, there’s not much but the one riff backing all 15 minutes of [Sister Ray](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d69mDT11yI). > > And well, when the riff’s that good, why not hit it for 15 minutes straight? The beat’s also the same throughout too, but at times it seems (for instance right at 8:08) it might slightly meander into a different style? > [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > “Detachable Penis”? “88 Lines About 44 Women”? A sniggering yea. > [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > “The Gift”? Good rock example - it’d be nice to see more of these. > [@drad\_dog](#): > > OP: What the hell is a groove anyway? This is becoming a little elastic, no? OK so blues might be a groove, but we don’t want to list 10,000,000 songs here. But it is! > > How about Terry Riley “In C” If you really try to dissect the term “groove” there will be off-shoot definitions from that, which is why the parameters stated in the OP should suffice - I’m just trying to home in on one particular aspect of “groove”. Ever since my last post I’ve gotten a few “this video not available” error messages from Youtube when checking out others’ input, so to reign in the elasticity will be a certainly protean exercise here. Sure, the blues (and electronica) definitely lend themselves to basic groove concepts, but I’m pretty confident this thread will peter out before all those possibilities are exhausted. Terry Riley’s “In C” is a good borderline example - where the groove (while lasting the entirety of the song) _is_ a tenuous piano line that’s otherwise swamped by lots of shifting in-and-out sections. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/43 "2017-03-11T00:53:36Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > The beat’s also the same throughout too, but at times it seems (for instance right at 8:08) it might slightly meander into a different style? Yeah, it actually rides the groove for only about eight minutes, actually. It goes free-form freakout after that. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/44 "2017-03-11T02:54:26Z")
Mother of Pearl - Roxy Music There’s the beginning rockin’ part then is slows down to nice steady groove until the end. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/45 "2017-03-11T04:32:02Z")
ok that was drunk - nm ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/46 "2017-03-12T18:59:10Z")
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Sounsystem Yes We Can - Lee Dorsey MiM ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/47 "2017-03-13T19:01:45Z")
**Arbouretum** - _All that will be has become, all that has come isn’t gone_ Mysteriously missing from the youtube. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/48 "2017-03-13T19:49:49Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **Arbouretum** - _All that will be has become, all that has come isn’t gone_ > > Mysteriously missing from the youtube. 😕 [Is this it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V9MQ3RiJdA) First hit on google. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/49 "2017-03-14T01:57:59Z")
“Boogie Chillun”, and its descendant “La Grange”. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/50 "2017-03-14T02:04:09Z")
Does “Spooky” by Atlanta Rhythm Section fit the spirit of the question? They do a key change/elevation about halfway through, but it still feels like an extended jam. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/51 "2017-03-14T03:41:16Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > [Is this it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V9MQ3RiJdA) > > First hit on google. Well, of course you would find it faster than me! What? Are you using tin-cans instead of Dixie Cups? 😃 I suck so hard sometimes… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/52 "2017-03-14T13:59:52Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > Does “Spooky” by Atlanta Rhythm Section fit the spirit of the question? They do a key change/elevation about halfway through, but it still feels like an extended jam. Along with the key change/elevation there’s not only one but two guitar solos _plus_ a keyboard solo that definitely chop up what would otherwise more or less qualify as an extended jam, especially how they smoothly work the refrain “Love is kinda crazy…” into the ends of the stanzas to keep it from being a distinguishable chorus. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/53 "2017-03-14T17:05:15Z")
One groove… SchoolBoyQ: Collard Greens (NSFW lyrics/video) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/54 "2017-03-14T17:31:57Z")
**bobot** , **bobot** Bo-bo-bot, bo-na-na fanna Fo-fo-bot. Fee fi mo-mo-bot, **bobot**! Tucker! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/55 "2017-03-14T17:39:12Z")
That’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said about me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/56 "2017-03-14T19:09:48Z")
Not mentioned, but I think these might qualify: “Uneasy Rider” by The Charlie Daniels Band “Genius of Love” by The Tom Tom Club “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve “No Anchovies Please” by the J Geils Band might also qualify … can’t remember every nook and cranny of the instrumentation. Definitely no chorus or refrain, though. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/57 "2017-03-14T19:39:15Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Not mentioned, but I think these might qualify: > > “Uneasy Rider” by The Charlie Daniels Band > “Genius of Love” by The Tom Tom Club > “Bittersweet Symphony” by The Verve > > “No Anchovies Please” by the J Geils Band might also qualify … can’t remember every nook and cranny of the instrumentation. Definitely no chorus or refrain, though. Out of that bunch, “Genius of Love” might be the only problematic one because of all the different variations in the vocals. Fucking annoying that “No Anchovies Please” can’t located anywhere on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/58 "2017-03-14T20:45:27Z")
**Eddie** , how about Yello’s “Oh Yeah”? I guess “_Oh Yeah_” is a refrain, but that song is locked into a pretty small box. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/59 "2017-03-14T20:58:22Z")
The Doors - _Riders On The Storm_ Sheesh, it’s like I don’t even know you people! ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720/60 "2017-03-14T21:55:52Z")
Mazzy Starr, “Fade Into You”. Interesting question. Lots of answers, but it takes a bit of thinking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720.md?page=4)