Comments on: 6 Songs that are Hard to Dance to (and 1 that isn’t)

By: jon

jon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:01:00 +0000

As far as I was aware, March of the Pigs intersperses 8/8 at the end of each four bar phrase…

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:17:00 +0000

Anyone know the time signature for “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin? I read Page had a hard time figuring out how to make the tune work and John Bonham finally worked it out.

By: heather

heather — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:57:59 +0000

The internet ate my post! rar! D:

By: heather

heather — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:46:54 +0000

“One and Only” by the Barenaked Ladies starts out with the lead singer in 4/4 time and the rhythms beating out a 3/4 beat. It took me a while to figure out why the beginning sounded so weird until I counted it out. I actually had to listen to it again before posting because my brain couldn’t put the two rhythms together.

I remember singing a Gregorian chant ‘Ubi Caritas” in choir that changed time signatures every two bars or so to imitate speaking patterns. It’s one of my favorite pieces even though it was a pain to learn lol.

By: El Tigre

El Tigre — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:26:13 +0000

Actually, every fourth measure of “March of the Pigs” is in common time (8/8 or 4/4 or whatever the kids are calling it these days). It’s easy to follow in the sample.
Incidentally, I recently heard a wretched smooth jazz version of “Take Five” which had an extra beat thrown in to render it 6/8. Blech.

By: nathan

nathan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:13:26 +0000

I am a musician as well, and I must agree, anyone past marching band better be able to play in odd signatures, otherwise they should hang up their instrument. I play in a metal band that writes complicated rhythms, seemingly endless time breaks and meter changes into our music, so this is kind of my cup of tea. If you want the weirdest timed stuff ever, listen to Schoenberg. If you want some oddly timed rap music, there is a great MC called Saul Williams that is a genius. Or if the electro style is your bag, there’s always Aphex Twin/Richard D. James brilliant work.

(Stepping down from my soapbox)
Nathan.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:28:58 +0000

Paul Desmond’s classic jazz tune “Take Five” is in 5/4 to no surprise. Most people would recognize the version off of Dave Brubeck’s ‘Time Out’ album.

By: OrigamiSlayer

OrigamiSlayer — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:47:10 +0000

Check out Changes by Yes form the 90125 album.

By: zeeol

zeeol — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:26:35 +0000

I would totally do it if I could afford to leave my job for a few months to kick some polar bear ass

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:26:06 +0000

I think the Beastie Boys used that same Zeppelin riff in ‘She’s Crafty’, but only the 4/4 part.