What is the most famous song in 7/4 or 7/8? |
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paganinio
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Topic: What is the most famous song in 7/4 or 7/8? Posted: December 18 2016 at 03:04 |
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What is the most famous song in 7/4 or 7/8 time signature? Radiohead - Paranoid Android (partly in 7/8) I guess most people nowadays would be more familiar with the Radiohead one, being a lead single from the well-known OK Computer album. Is there any other song as famous as that?
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BaldFriede
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 04:04 | |
"Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis. One of my favourite songs to dance to.
I listened to the "O.K. Computer" album but find it way overrated. Edited by BaldFriede - December 18 2016 at 04:09 |
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someone_else
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 05:00 | |
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel (verses in 7/4), Rendezvous 6:02 by UK has 7/16 time signatures, plus the ones mentioned above. And, to go proto, All You Need is Love by The Beatles.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 05:38 | |
Good Day Sunshine has some bars in 7.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 06:09 | |
Paul Simon - Have a good time
The Police - Mother Stephen Stills - Cherokee Most famous? Money by Punk Flute. |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 08:15 | |
So I was thinking of hits and odd time signatures when I finally started humming What's New Pussycat Wuoooouooouooouooouoo
Madness. I don't know how any drummer manages to stay on beat for the duration of that song. |
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chopper
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 10:13 | |
Isn't that just 3/4 all the way through?
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Kingsnake
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 10:59 | |
http://theeviljam.co.uk/2014/07/31/famous-songs-in-slightly-odd-time-signatures-a-guide-to-rhythms/
Edited by Kingsnake - December 18 2016 at 10:59 |
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Terrapin Station
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Posted: December 18 2016 at 12:27 | |
Some good answers here. For a pop/rock-oriented crowd, I'd say the most popular is probably Floyd's "Money". Re "Good Day Sunshine", I wouldn't count something that only has a couple bars in 7. "Solsbury Hill" is probably the close runner-up to "Money", unless we're overlooking something obvious. "Solsbury Hill's" 7 is also far more subtle than "Money's" 7 (which isn't a good or bad thing . . . although I'd probably say it makes "Money" a better example of a popular tune in 7, since its odd time is so overt.)
Re "What's New Pussycat", yeah, that's just in 3 for the whole tune. What makes it sound unusual rhythmically is that it has some pretty unique phrasing in terms of how many bars various phrases are. Phrases/cadences wind up alternately crunched or drawn out relative to each other. Edited by Terrapin Station - December 18 2016 at 12:29 |
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jeffh
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Posted: April 23 2017 at 23:15 | |
The verses of "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles are in 7/4. That's almost certainly more famous than any song mentioned here, even "Money" which is a plausible runner-up.
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 24 2017 at 02:41 | |
It has to be Money or Solsbury Hill.
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zravkapt
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Posted: April 24 2017 at 16:45 | |
$ and SoHill are the correct answers. As far as odd-metered hits go, don't forget "Turn It On Again" is 13/4 and "Misunderstanding" is 12/8.
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 26 2017 at 04:57 | |
Misunderstanding 12/8? I always counted it as 4/4. |
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someone_else
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Posted: April 26 2017 at 08:06 | |
I count it 12/8 as well, but not odd-metered. Speaking of an odd-metered 12/8, I think of In Trance as Mission by the Simple Minds (5/8 + 7/8, great song): Edited by someone_else - April 26 2017 at 08:07 |
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