weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:56 pm
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Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:03 pm
Radiohead's 15 step was in 5/4. It was on the radio. Does that count?
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:38 pm
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.
Yeah, that's what I've got off the top of my head.
[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.
Yeah, that's what I've got off the top of my head.Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:05 pm
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.
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:21 pm
hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:22 pm
Pink Floyd Money is 7/4
not so much pop but it is a popular song so I guess it fits the definition.
not so much pop but it is a popular song so I guess it fits the definition.
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:26 pm
i think this is 7/4
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIJTXSApX7s[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIJTXSApX7s[/youtube]
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:28 pm
There was no popular music before The Beatles?Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:38 pm
Pop music as in boy bands and shit. You can thank the Beatles for everything on the radio.Chankgeez wrote:There was no popular music before The Beatles?Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:45 pm
Nigga don't even know about Paul Anka.futuresailors wrote:Pop music as in boy bands and shit. You can thank the Beatles for everything on the radio.Chankgeez wrote:There was no popular music before The Beatles?Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:47 pm
snipelfritz wrote:Nigga don't even know about Paul Anka.futuresailors wrote:Pop music as in boy bands and shit. You can thank the Beatles for everything on the radio.Chankgeez wrote:There was no popular music before The Beatles?Greenfuz wrote:hell yeah the beatles are pop they created it
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:22 pm
so it's not really possible to make a good song in a weird time signature unless you're the beatles
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:44 pm
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
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:01 am
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.
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.
Re: weird time signatures in pop music
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:28 pm
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.
(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.