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Fri Apr-28-06 08:27 AM
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Best pop song that isn't in 4/4 |
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I nominate Shikaku Maru Ten by Can.
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Fri Apr-28-06 08:28 AM
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1. "Money" by Pink Floyd- in 7/8 time. |
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:59 AM
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11. I would say alternating bars of 4/4 and 3/4 |
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the reason I say that is because it is a little too slow for 'over 8' time. If you get my meaning.
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Fri Apr-28-06 08:29 AM
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2. Norwegian Wood - The Beatles |
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Because it's the only one I know. (at least I think it's not in 4/4)
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Fri Apr-28-06 11:01 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:20 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:29 AM
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4. 'California Girls' is in 6/8 |
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'The Pyramid Song' song by Radiohead is in some undefined time signature that nobody, even the band, has any clue as to what time signature it's in. Very cool song.
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:45 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:48 AM
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6. Any number of songs written by Burt Bacharach.. |
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I'll go with "Walk On By" by Dionne Warwick
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:53 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:50 AM
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7. "Forever Young" by Alphaville. nt |
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:50 AM
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8. How the hell would one know? |
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:57 AM
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10. Well, it's difficult to tell the difference between 4 and 2, for sure |
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but it's obvious when something is in triple time, or compound duple (6/8) for that matter. Only a few popular songs are in other time signatures, and it is always obvious because they have rhythms that are difficult to dance to. ;)
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Fri Apr-28-06 11:41 AM
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"Living in the Past" by Jethro Tull, in 5/4, is the best pop song that isn't in duple or triple meter. The definition of "pop" I'm using here is "widely known and enjoyed, even outside the prog rock community." Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" is probably a close second.
Where does that Can song come from? I thought I had all their albums. (Of course "One More Night," off Ege Bamyasi, is in 7.)
Do you know the single Egg released, called "Seven Is a Jolly Good Time," all about the joys of trying to play in odd time signatures?
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Fri Apr-28-06 12:28 PM
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16. It's off Radio Waves--was the B-side to I think "Spoon" off Ege Bamyashi |
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Edited on Fri Apr-28-06 12:29 PM by jpgray
Non-album Damo track--great stuff. Both that and the slightly crap but hilarious "Turtles Have Short Legs" are worth tracking down.
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Fri Apr-28-06 11:48 AM
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14. "Mother" from The Wall album (Pink Floyd) |
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It's in 3/4 for the most part.
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Fri Apr-28-06 12:23 PM
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15. "Take 5" by the Dave Clark Five comes to mind |
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it's in 5/4 and has a nice little groove going on.
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Fri Apr-28-06 12:46 PM
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Edited on Fri Apr-28-06 12:46 PM by johnnie
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Fri Apr-28-06 02:08 PM
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THe Grateful Dead wrote lotsa songs in compound times. Bob Weir almost had a kind of fetish for 7/4, and one his best songs ("Estimated Prophet") is a reggae performed in 14/8). Their 1969 song "The Eleven" was written in 11/8, and has a wonderful nursery rhymish melody and whimsical lyrics, but is performed like a fiery psychedelic march.
But of course, it's the Dead, so you wouldn't care. :eyes:
Also, one of my favorite bands of the 90's, Lotion, was an incredible power-pop unit who wrote most of their tunes in odd times, but they made it sound as natural as breathing. "The New Timmy," for instance, is in 5/4, but is played like a straight-ahead power pop explosion. Worth checking out, if you've never heard them before.
And isn't "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers in 3/4?
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