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Favorite songs in 5/4.
Bastardous Bassist:
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--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---You are rubbish. I, on the other hand, am awesome.
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I apologise for not being a Jazz Master supreme-o. Can you forgive me?
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Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. I didn't just say that I really liked your song except for one part, and I couldn't possibly just want people to check out my band to see if other people like it (I personally hate the recordings, but that's only because I just hate the way the bass player plays). There's absolutely no way that your recording made me realize that my group had a recording of a song in 5/4 up.
In all seriousness, even if I discount the bass playing, your song is far, far better-performed and recorded. So next time you'll know that I mean exactly what I say, no more and no less. I'm not one of those people who strongly implies and hints at things.
Thrillho:
Isn't the Mission Impossible theme in 5/4?
There's Poor Places by Wilco, the bridge of which has a few bars of 4/4 and then one in 3/4 I think.
Sigur Ros have a song that goes 6/8-6/8-6/8-3/4 I believe.
And then there's a song called Cowboys by Emmerhoff And The Melancholy Babies, which is in both 6/8 and 4/4 at the same time.
Rubby:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---Isn't the Mission Impossible theme in 5/4?
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Yeah, I had to play that song in High School Band class. It was actually pretty fun.
Storm Rider:
The issue I have with irregular time signatures is that too many people refer to certain bands (Tool, Dillinger Escape Plan) as 'progressive' because they can dick around with time signatures. OK, you can play shit in twenty-four eighths time. What the fuck do you want, a medal?
La Creme:
Poor Places has some interesting timing changes. Basically it has every thing a rock song should.
A couple of my faves:
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Sleep Is Wrong
3 bars of 15/4, many many of 15/8, several in 3/8, back to more bars of 15/4 for a bit (with a really awesome break near the end of one of the bars), 15/8 again for a time, vamps on 5/4 until the end.
John McLaughlin - Arjen's Bag
Perfect 11/8 for the entire song.
The Bad Plus - The Empire Strikes Backwards
4 bars of 11/8, 4 bars of 23/16, that's as much as I've ever bothered to analyze. These guys are mad.
Mephiskapheles - Break Your Ankle Punk
The main theme goes 4/4 - 3/4 - 3/4 - 3/4. There is part of the solo section that jumps away from the regular 4/4 and plays two bars of 9/8, then a bar of 7/4, then returns to normal.
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