“King of the Road” by Roger Miller (1965) is yet another submission by mod scout JB. The key change at 1:13 is routine, he notes, but “it’s an iconic song from the very end of the epoch when Folk and Pop were still on speaking terms with one another (e.g., Kingston Trio, etc.).”
Tag: folk
Holly Near | Change of Heart
Weekend bonus mod: I came across this contemporary folk tune (2002) by Holly Near today at a church gig. Plenty of modulations!
Simon + Garfunkel | America
Released in 1968, Simon and Garfunkel’s “America” doesn’t modulate outright, but features a sense of restless change (befitting its road trip theme) as well as several key-of-the moment sections. AllMusic‘s review deemed it a song whose “sophisticated harmonic invention is toppled by its message,” while Classic Rock History described it as “wistful and optimistic, personal and universal, and most of all, uniquely American.”
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