― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:37 (twenty years ago) link
― not Graham (Inuuu), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:39 (twenty years ago) link
― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 6 May 2004 05:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 6 May 2004 06:24 (twenty years ago) link
probably my favourite bit of music to be released last year.
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 6 May 2004 07:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
*OK, maybe not.
― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:17 (twenty years ago) link
Speaking of the BBs, I'm listening right now, on a sunny day filled with my doin' mostly nothin', to the great "Busy Doin' Nothin'" and it's really a modified bossa nova--I count it in 2/2, not 4/4...classic bossa time signature...
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 6 May 2004 19:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Roberton, Thursday, 6 May 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 6 May 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben Dot (1977), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:09 (twenty years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 6 May 2004 23:00 (twenty years ago) link
hehe.
― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Friday, 7 May 2004 10:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:52 (twenty years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:00 (twenty years ago) link
Moose - I'll See You In My Dreams
― rentboy (rentboy), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Scotto (Scotto), Saturday, 8 May 2004 00:12 (twenty years ago) link
Well, not exactly. Bossas and sambas are in 2, not 4. If you count bossas--including "Busy Doin'"--in 4, it becomes a fast 4/8, or 8/8, not 4/4. You can hear the "boom" of the 1 and 2 in "Busy" quite clearly. You're right about it being, at times, a convenience, but in bossa nova it's just the way the music is structured. "Waters of March" by Jobim is notable as one of his few songs that are actually in 4/4.
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 8 May 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link
We can make room for it by getting rid of "Kiss From a Rose" and "How Can I Be Sure" (and maybe more), which are in 6/8, not 3/4.
― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 18:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 3 June 2005 23:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 4 June 2005 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link
This song isn't in 3/4, so:
Beach Boys - Friends
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Nat King Cole: "It's All in the Game"
― Burr (Burr), Saturday, 4 June 2005 03:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― ross tinney, Saturday, 4 June 2005 08:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― ross tinney, Saturday, 4 June 2005 08:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Keith C (kcraw916), Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Cuddly Cactus, Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:13 (nineteen years ago) link
"The Whole World" does not have a time signature change, and I'm positive that it's in 4/4 throughout the whole song, but it's 4/4 with a swing feel that makes it feel like a sped-up 3/4 measure appears in every beat of the song.
There's a small amount of modern rock bands who owe their success to 3/4 and 6/8 time, including A Perfect Circle ("Judith," "Three Libras"), Chevelle ("The Red," "Closure") and AFI ("Silver And Cold").
Weezer has a decent amount of high-quality 3/4 and 6/8 tracks, including "No Other One," "Devotion," "Waiting On You," and the Rentals' "Naive." (The aforementioned "Holiday" appears to be in 4/4.)
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― The plastic yoghurt guns of Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
My favorite waltzes of all time are Randy Newman's theme to Ragtime and "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" by M. W. Balfe (slaughtered by Enya in The Age of Innocence, but still one of my all-time favorite songs...)
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― jeri curlan, Sunday, 5 June 2005 06:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Sunday, 5 June 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link
!
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Sunday, 5 June 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Sunday, 5 June 2005 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Pavement, "Stop Breathin'"Death Cab for Cutie, "No Joy in Mudville"Stereolab, "Pop Quiz"High Llamas, "Three Point Scrabble"Clem Snide, "Your Night to Shine"Beck, "Dead Melodies"Blonde Redhead, "Loved Despite of Great Faults"Rachel's, "The Mysterious Disappearance of Louis LePrince"Ben Folds Five, "Boxing"Black Heart Procession, "The Invitation"Nick Drake, "Saturday Sun"Pullman, "Lysayna"Badly Drawn Boy, "Stone on the Water"
― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 5 June 2005 16:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Keith C (kcraw916), Sunday, 5 June 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link
"Perpetual Change" by Yes (on the live Yessongs album) has a great middle bit jam in 3/4 time. Bruford drumming. I steal that.
"Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers in That Quiet Earth" has a very nice, long drawn early section in 3/4 time. Phil Collins has a cool beat going on there.
there are others
― FlametopFred, Friday, 6 June 2008 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
In response to some posts a bit higher up, the Beatles did 3/4 for a few other tracks. Baby's in Black, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, I Me Mine (on verses), She's Leaving Home. Probably some others. I don't know if I'd put any of them on a 100-best list, though.
As for Blur, for some reason the only one coming to mind is the Parklife b-side Theme From an Imaginary Film.
So my only contribution to the list for the time being is Elliott Smith - Between the Bars.
― asey, Sunday, 8 June 2008 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link
(The aforementioned "Holiday" appears to be in 4/4.)
Holiday is 12/8.
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away is 6/8. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is 3/4.
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Sunday, 8 June 2008 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link