# The ugliest chord ever! I love it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360 "2017-01-17T00:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360/41 "2017-01-20T17:02:14Z")
Probably way off, um, _bass_, here: From around 8:15 to 8:27, Squire goes back and forth between two notes (in a most appealingly Shaggs-like way). Do those two form the root of the note/chord/whatever-the-fuck-it-is that’s stated in my OP? Like - combining those notes…same thing as in OP? Aside: I think my favourite bit is Squire’s descending thingy at :22-:24…:29-:32…:36-:38, etc…The way it just sorta, _glides_ over the mix. Neat. And yes - I plan to die on my hill of my Chris Squire/Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin equivalent. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360/42 "2017-01-20T17:21:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > …It’s funny, as I play it in fourths on the keyboard (which, I realize, is not a cool way to play this song)… Just picture yourself as Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis as you play. EVERYTHING they did was cool. I thought this thread was going to be about the great, sickening chord near the end of Richard Strauss’s opera **Salome** , when the Princess smooches the severed head. (In old-fashioned stagings. In most contemporary productions, the chord comes when Salome sticks the head between her legs) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360/43 "2017-01-20T17:45:42Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Probably way off, um, _bass_, here: > > From around 8:15 to 8:27, Squire goes back and forth between two notes (in a most appealingly Shaggs-like way). > Do those two form the root of the note/chord/whatever-the-fuck-it-is that’s stated in my OP? Like - combining those notes…same thing as in OP? > > Aside: I think my favourite bit is Squire’s descending thingy at :22-:24…:29-:32…:36-:38, etc…The way it just sorta, _glides_ over the mix. Neat. > > And yes - I plan to die on my hill of my Chris Squire/Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin equivalent. If he was alive, and you asked the musician, do you think he would know? Dot Wiggin? OK I’m game. What is your best example? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360/44 "2017-01-20T18:29:33Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > If he was alive, and you asked the musician, do you think he would know? > > Dot Wiggin? OK I’m game. What is your best example? I’m pretty sure if he’d been asked about her, Chris most likely would’ve gulped nervously before shakily reaching for a glass of water and then mumbling something about being in awe of her subtle, somewhat distracting wizardry. Unfortunately youtube does not offer the soupcons of DW’s intriguing-to-say-the-least harmonic dynamics that would’ve illustrated my point of leaving Squire tugging at her shirttails in emulation. I guess this’ll just have to be one of those “just take my word for it” kinda things.😉 Those combining of those two notes, on the other hand… ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360/45 "2017-01-20T22:00:36Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > I’m pretty sure if he’d been asked about her, Chris most likely would’ve gulped nervously before shakily reaching for a glass of water and then mumbling something about being in awe of her subtle, somewhat distracting wizardry. > Unfortunately youtube does not offer the soupcons of DW’s intriguing-to-say-the-least harmonic dynamics that would’ve illustrated my point of leaving Squire tugging at her shirttails in emulation. I guess this’ll just have to be one of those “just take my word for it” kinda things.😉 > > Those combining of those two notes, on the other hand… See cause I heard he had some creative differences with Dot and then became a disciple of the legendary stardust cowboy. You can hear it all over Tormato. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360.md?page=2)