list some of your favorites

elliott smith - last call

1/26/2006 10:39:42 PM

what is 4/4

in any case

black eyed peas "my hump"

1/26/2006 10:41:13 PM

hmm...

i'd have to say the safety dance

1/26/2006 10:43:58 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4/4_time

1/26/2006 10:45:53 PM

^^^ 4/4 is common time. it means 4 beats per measure with the quarter note getting the beat. It's the most common time signature for music. Stuff with 7/2 or other non-common time signatures have a different flow and sound to them. Mixed meter's even more noticeably different, where it'll alternate from say 3/4 and 7/16 or something. anyways...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature

[Edited on January 26, 2006 at 10:48 PM. Reason : ]

1/26/2006 10:48:07 PM

Airbag

Pyramid Song

off the top of my head.

1/26/2006 10:57:52 PM

the stranglers - golden brown (the song from snatch where gorgeous george gets knocked out)

it switches back and forth

1/26/2006 11:03:48 PM

i think i'll go with caedmon's call - table for two

1/26/2006 11:05:22 PM

radiohead has quite a few songs in other time sigs

[Edited on January 26, 2006 at 11:08 PM. Reason : .]

1/26/2006 11:08:01 PM

Blindside - You Can Hide It

1/26/2006 11:15:06 PM

Blackbird by The Beatles has some crazy timing jongus going on in it.

1/26/2006 11:15:21 PM

the part after the guitar solo in La Villa Strangiato by Rush

[Edited on January 26, 2006 at 11:25 PM. Reason : yeah, Rush]

1/26/2006 11:25:32 PM

Best non-4/4 song of all time...Money (Pink Floyd) in 7/4

Also, Norweigan Wood (The Beatles) is 3/4

1/27/2006 1:02:08 AM

Ben Folds Five - "Boxing"
Elliot Smith - "Waltz #2 (XO)"
Badly Drawn Boy - "Once Around the Block" (wool hat = 3/4)
The Dismemberment Plan - "Gyroscope" (funky meter, it's mostly 4/4 but drops an extra beat here and there)
Dave Brubeck - "Take Five"

There are more, but I don't wanna thumb through my library to find them.

1/27/2006 1:18:35 AM

yeah, Money is a good example of mixed time signature


GNR - You Ain't the First (6/8)

Alice in Chains - Frogs (3/4 with some odd syncopations)

Quote :

"mm... i'd have to say the safety dance"

Safety Dance is 4/4, unless you wanted to write it in "cut time", which I could see doing, but that's essentially the same thing as 4/4.

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 1:28 AM. Reason : asdfasd]

1/27/2006 1:26:22 AM

"I'll Believe in Anything" by Wolf Parade

Also, math rock. All of it.

1/27/2006 1:28:02 AM

I bet Steve Vai and Joe Satriani have some stuff, but I lost all of their stuff i had on my computer. Oh, and I'll bet money that Frank Zappa has stuff in all kinds of time signatures.

1/27/2006 1:29:56 AM

"the landlord is dead" ~ do make say think

it feels like it's in 14, but it could be in 7 i suppose.

"oh comely" ~ neutral milk hotel (it's in 3/4)

i don't think this thread should include songs in 3 either, that's just too easy. i'd say a good 10 percent of songs out there are in 3/4. maybe i'm wrong.

oh yeah and to spookyjon, i think kat showed me a while back how pyramid song is actually in 4/4.

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 1:36 AM. Reason : fyi]

1/27/2006 1:35:15 AM

no way...not that many, even if you count 6/8, which is basically the same thing

1/27/2006 1:36:30 AM

i think i listen to too much elliott smith and instrumental rock. it has warped my sense of reality.

and 6/8 can be can be pretty different from 3/4, if it's broken up 3 -3 as opposed to 2-2-2.

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 1:41 AM. Reason : and]

1/27/2006 1:40:45 AM

Quote :

"Safety Dance is 4/4, unless you wanted to write it in "cut time", which I could see doing, but that's essentially the same thing as 4/4."

i just picked the most ridiculous song that came to mind, regardless of beats.

i made my serious post with the caedmon's call - table for two

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 2:02 AM. Reason : .]

1/27/2006 2:01:53 AM

take 5

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 2:03 AM. Reason : bah already meantioned thats what I get for not reading the whole thread]

1/27/2006 2:02:45 AM

I starting counting some of the signature changes in some Don Caballero songs, but I don't really want to spend that much time.

So, yeah.

Don Caballero.

US Maple.

"7/4" by Broken Social Scene.

"5/4" by Gorillaz.

"5-4=Unity" by Pavement.

1/27/2006 2:09:24 AM

Ooooooooh, I forgot "5-4=Unity"! It's three measures of 5, then one measure of 6...I always liked telling people it was in 21/4.

"2+2=5" is in 7/4.

1/27/2006 2:13:11 AM

Animal Collective's "Who Could Win a Rabbit" is 3/4 most of the time, but they're dropping beats like, uh, it's hot. Or something.

1/27/2006 2:19:08 AM

er i listen to tons of songs not in 4/4. more than half of the technical metal bands i listen to write stuff outside of that so i couldnt pick just one haha

1/27/2006 2:47:10 AM

Quote :

"the stranglers - golden brown"

omfg i heart that song
omfg its getting late for a work night

-ZiP!-

1/27/2006 2:55:00 AM

^ Oh my god, you said "heart". You're no longer a man to me.

1/27/2006 3:17:54 AM

Judith by A Perfect Circle.

1/27/2006 7:27:06 AM

Alice in Chains - Them Bones

Jerry Cantrell - Dickeye

2/7/2006 7:28:11 PM

no brainer..."Ocean" Led Zeppelin

2/7/2006 7:37:40 PM

i thought you meant 4-4 the record store by campus

2/7/2006 7:56:33 PM

Sparta - Cut Your Ribbon

2/7/2006 9:50:07 PM

incomplete list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_in_irregular_time_signatures

2/7/2006 9:54:13 PM

Everything on the "Time Out" album by Dave Brubeck Quartet is in an non 4/4 timing.

'Tis a concept album that way.

2/7/2006 10:16:09 PM

weezer pretty much owns the 6/8 time signature. ex. my name is jonas, suzanne, holiday

2/8/2006 1:35:18 AM

But Weezer is a fucking shitty band.

2/8/2006 1:37:07 AM

"In the White Room"- Cream

2/8/2006 2:02:25 AM

6/8 is more 2/4 than 3/4

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 2:22 AM. Reason : d]

2/8/2006 2:21:55 AM

Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post

11/8 motherfuckers

2/8/2006 7:44:01 AM

^that is awesome

2/8/2006 7:57:39 AM

most of my favs have already been listed, but i also like:

the toadies: possum kingdom - they drop beats out of 4/4 every couple bars or so.

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 8:01 AM. Reason : df]

2/8/2006 7:59:47 AM

yep i was going to say alot of the allman brother stuff. In an interview, Duane said thats Jaimoe's style. He brings it from his jazz background.

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 8:36 AM. Reason : .]

2/8/2006 8:34:52 AM

I think St. Stephen by the Grateful Dead is like 12 count or something.

2/8/2006 8:39:22 AM

i think St. Stephen and White Room are both in 4/4.

Whipping Post is a great, obvious example, though.

2/8/2006 11:50:40 AM

Quote :

"White Room" is further noted for its unusual time signature of 5/4"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Room

2/8/2006 12:48:15 PM

RUSH!!!!!!!!

2/8/2006 12:57:14 PM

Quote :

""White Room" is further noted for its unusual time signature of 5/4 in the introduction and bridge."

Left out the important part of that quote. The majority of the song is in 4/4, like Duke said, except for those parts.

[Edited on February 8, 2006 at 1:00 PM. Reason : b]

2/8/2006 12:59:50 PM

Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun

2/25/2006 5:59:33 PM

coheed and cambria - delirium trigger

2/25/2006 6:02:53 PM