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Radiohead's 15 step was in 5/4. It was on the radio. Does that count?
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Not whole songs, but a couple of pop songs that drop beats at weird points.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU[/youtube]
Heart of Glass by Blondie. The bridge at 2:00, first time through the 8 beat pattern it drops the fourth beat of every second measure. The second time through it goes back to straight 4/4, but it's almost unnoticable.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi8rsCncwF8[/youtube]
Hey Ya by Outkast. The general pattern throughout the song is three measures of 4/4, one measure of 2/4, then two measures of 4/4.

:idk: Yeah, that's what I've got off the top of my head.
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If you count the Beatles as pop, they have a ton of songs that have parts with weird time signatures, such as Happiness is a Warm Gun, Across the Universe, All You Need is Love, the bridge of Here Comes the Sun, etc.
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hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
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Pink Floyd Money is 7/4
not so much pop but it is a popular song so I guess it fits the definition.
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i think this is 7/4
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIJTXSApX7s[/youtube]
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Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
There was no popular music before The Beatles? :wha?:
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Chankgeez wrote:
Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
There was no popular music before The Beatles? :wha?:
Pop music as in boy bands and shit. You can thank the Beatles for everything on the radio.
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futuresailors wrote:
Chankgeez wrote:
Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
There was no popular music before The Beatles? :wha?:
Pop music as in boy bands and shit. You can thank the Beatles for everything on the radio.
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snipelfritz wrote:
futuresailors wrote:
Chankgeez wrote:
Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
There was no popular music before The Beatles? :wha?:
Pop music as in boy bands and shit. You can thank the Beatles for everything on the radio.
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so it's not really possible to make a good song in a weird time signature unless you're the beatles
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Greenfuz wrote:so it's not really possible to make a good song in a weird time signature unless you're the beatles
neonblack wrote:Radiohead's 15 step
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Limelight by Rush jumps from 4/4 to 3/4. Fucking annoying when I was in high school bands that wanted to cover that. Always felt worse for the drummers who suggested it in the first place...
Oye Como Va = 12/8 [afro cuban beats]
The 11 by the dead…not really popular but kinda rad rhythm…
Thick as a brick is something weird if I am remembering correctly.
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I just remembered these:

(chorus is in 5/4)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UFiL84ZN7g[/youtube]

Guess what time this is in?!?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnvWgklv9mQ[/youtube]
I used to love playing drums along with this song.
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