This is subjective and not even based upon music but upon our personal human experience. You may hear a song and immediately remember your HS prom whereas someone heard that song when their mom died and the song has a whole different meaning for them.
The song AT SEVENTEEN, is it about an ugly girl who is jealous of the beautiful people who never have to struggle or about beautiful people who lead unhappy lives because they never learned to struggle? I guess it depends if you see yourself as ugly or beautiful. See? Subjective. That is why a well written song speaks to everyone. Unlike the crap people are putting out today. Sheesh, so self indulgent. So, my chord. I have a dozen of them. Here are two. You can label them whatever you want but here are the notes. At a piano, sing a C or pedal tone a C in the bass. In your left hand play a B and C. In your right play a G and B. Keep them within the same octave-ish. The second chord, sing or pedal tone the C and in your LH play an F and G. In your right a C and E. Vacillate between them. There are dozens of chords like these. I call them Cradle Chords. When I accompany a singer, I cradle them and I will choose one of these dozen or so chords depending on what they are singing, where I am coming from and where I am going. If you would like to study intricate harmony, take a gander at the works of Jacob Collier and June Lee. Jacob has great chords. To many people his harmonies and progressions may sound disconnected but to him, they are all sinuously woven. See? Subjective based upon knowledge and experience. You may see a valley or canyon and think it is beautiful but a geologist will see the destructive forces of nature and water.
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