songs similar to "A Love Supreme"

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I've been noticing similarities between parts of certain songs and the bass line/chant from John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." Just about every piece on Terry Riley's "Shri Camel" album uses similar notes in the bass lines. The melody for Kraftwerk's song "Computer Love" is another example. Henry Kaiser has performed the Grateful Dead's "Dark Star" and "A Love Supreme" as a medley, where he goes from the former to the latter and back again. And finally, the Byrds "Eight Miles High" has some stuff going on in it which reminds me of "A Love Supreme." McGuinn and company said that Trane was a big influence.

Any other music like this out there?

― Curt W, Friday, 10 September 2004 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The only one that particularly comes to mind for me is Pharoah Sanders' "The creator has a master plan" from the album "Karma". This is undoubtedly no coincidence though.
Speaking of which, has anyone ever heard King Crimson's cover of this? I'm really curious about how that one sounds.

I suspect the riff crops up a lot in blues-based albums.

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:16 (twenty-one years ago)

... then there's "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah Hum Allah" also by Pharoah Sanders and Leon Thomas - which was covered by Eugene Chadbourne and Camper Van Beethoven!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"Colours Fly Away" by the Teardrop Explodes nicks the main riff from Ascension.

― Donnie Smith The Quiz Kid, Friday, 10 September 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

"A love supreme is going on inside"

Lyric from "Nice to Be" by Love - nice one Arthur

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Tho the song itself is actually a rip off of "It's Not Unusual" and not "Love Supreme"

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

"John Coltrane's A Love Supreme"

Lyric from "Angel Of Harlem" by U2 - vile one Bono

― Donnie Smith The Quiz Kid, Friday, 10 September 2004 08:32 (twenty-one years ago)

"Coltrane Sundia" by Magma

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, that main 4-note part in "Eight Miles High" was admittedly taken direct from Coltrane's "India".

As for other similar things, Santana/McLaughlin's "The Life Devine" would appear to be an answer to "A Love Supreme", especially since they also covered "Supreme" proper on that same LP (Love, Devotion, Surrender).

Sonny Sharrock's "J.D. Schaa" also has a 4-note bass line, an obvious homage.

And this could just be a false memory on my part, but didn't "Demolition Man" or some other Police track, feature another familiar bass line?

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

It's 'Hungry For You' I think, not 'Demolition Man', but wow, I hadn't actually realised that before.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I like 'Hungry For You' BTW, cos not speaking French, I thankfully don't have to take any notice of what Sting is singing.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 10 September 2004 08:49 (twenty-one years ago)

isn't there a jesus lizard song where they use the melody from a coltrane song?

― JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 10 September 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Will Downing's "A Love Supreme" is vaguely reminiscent of Coltrane's.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Friday, 10 September 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

eighteen years pass...

Completely randomly came across this Campbell Brothers (sacred steel/gospel) show where they do the entire Love Supreme suite in their style, pretty cool man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G48qv_ExtM

― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:06 (two years ago)

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