Jolt Country

I couldnt figure out the drums on this for a while, im a moron when it comes to music (har har among other things) but then I remembered 8th grade band and doing some stupid song in 3/4 time, are many other good "rock" songs done in this manner?

Sure. Money by Pink Floyd is in 7/4 time (seven beats in a measure, a whole note equals four beats). Parts of Release, Release by Yes is also in that time signature, if I remember correctly.

If you are looking for something more modern, a song by (Jesus Christ, I hate all the fucking names of pop punk bands) the (seriously, I can't believe I am going to be reduced to typing this shit out) Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (christ that's the dumbest name for fucking anything, except for the next 50 pop punk bands) is in 3/4ths time as well:

There are a couple Slayer songs in 5/4 time if I remember right, as well! You may find lists of these songs around the Internet on pages like "songs in 3/4 time" or whatever, my brother.

West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown by Jimmy Buffett.

Also includes the "f" word.

I would like to note, however, that the song in the youtube link is not in 7/4 or 5/4 but is in fact 3/4. Which is slightly less common than 4/4 but still relatively standard (a LOT of blues does it for example). 7 and 5 are "odd" and thus mostly reserved for prog. There's offshoots like, say, 11/8, 13/8 or 19/16 time but really that's just 7 or 5 with an extra tag just to be tricky. Though, Money is like that as well--it has a 3/4 feel but they add in an extra note just for the fuck of it.

Lysander wrote:I would like to note, however, that the song in the youtube link is not in 7/4 or 5/4 but is in fact 3/4. Which is slightly less common than 4/4 but still relatively standard (a LOT of blues does it for example). 7 and 5 are "odd" and thus mostly reserved for prog. There's offshoots like, say, 11/8, 13/8 or 19/16 time but really that's just 7 or 5 with an extra tag just to be tricky. Though, Money is like that as well--it has a 3/4 feel but they add in an extra note just for the fuck of it.

To be more specific:

Folks, 3/4 time is just waltz time. If you can waltz to it, it's in 3/4.

There are many fine songs that are in 3/4 time.

And some songs that aren't can be put there.

Take, for instance, Springsteen's "Open All Night" on Nebraska. I guess it's originally in 4/4, but there are a lot of triplets in it, so it might as well be in 12/8. You can also hear it in cut time, 2/2.

Son Volt covers it on Badlands. And they do it in 3/4, so it turns into a waltz. Fucking brilliant.

You want something that was written in 3/4, try "To Love is to Bury" off The Trinity Sessions, the Cowboy Junkies' breakout album, which is, Jesus, more than 20 years old now. Fuck.

Bruce

Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel is in 7/4, and about the best example of a pop song in an odd meter. It helps that the kick drum emphasizes every quarter note.

well, i guess there isnt it. :(