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Subject: Songs in 3/4
Written By: yearofthemonkey on 08/03/13 at 10:29 pm
A thread about pop and rock songs that are in 3/4 instead of 4/4, or contain large segments in waltz time.
Please tell me if this has been done before.
I'll start:
Boyz II Men: I'll Make Love to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV8vB1BB2qc
The Beatles: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDl0qPfkSRw
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/04/13 at 10:54 am
Carlos & I LOVE to waltz. When we were dating, we went to wedding. We asked the DJ to play a waltz. We waited and waited and waited. We went back to him and asked about the waltz. He said, "I have been playing slow songs." AH, no! A waltz is NOT just any slow song. The only song that Carlos could think of at the time was this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0
So the DJ played it and of course we were the only two on the dance floor. But the problem with Piano Man is that it is a fast waltz and it is LONG! Since we were the only two on the dance floor and we KNEW everyone was watching us, we felt obligated to keep dancing-and we were DYING! But we survived it.
Now we know other songs that we can ask for that are not as fast and not as long like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2KgzKETBw
And OUR song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCW5-JV8tT4
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Paul on 08/05/13 at 7:45 am
An interesting one was waaayyyy back in 1953 - Teresa Brewer's 'Till I Waltz Again With You', which despite its title, was written and sung in 4/4 time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZkTC0YmfVY
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/13 at 7:53 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ek3eCbfqp0
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Paul on 08/05/13 at 8:06 am
Wow! We're going further and further back! Any advance on 1950?
She recently left us, Ms. Page...a sad loss... :(
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/13 at 8:10 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0fQHSqoD9Q
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/05/13 at 12:06 pm
Edward Ka Spel: Six Cats on a Dead Man's Chest
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/13 at 12:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJcJIK5olDo
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 08/05/13 at 2:33 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/13 at 2:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbKHDPPrrc
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Howard on 08/05/13 at 7:36 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU
;D
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: yearofthemonkey on 08/05/13 at 7:44 pm
They've sharply declined since the 1950's, but they haven't vanished:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWm03wYBTbM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksa4VjKE3RY
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/13 at 2:26 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_MP4sDkr0g
A vocal version of Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" song by Evelyn Scotney in 1921.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/08/13 at 11:37 am
This is a great topic! I can think of several pop songs that have triple meter.
For example, here's two great ones from 1998:
"I'll Be" by Edwin McCain:
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"Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls:
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(In this one, there is a part in the instrumental break that shifts to common meter, but that only lasts for about 35 seconds.)
I will come up with some more later.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: yearofthemonkey on 08/09/13 at 5:30 am
This is the only "hard rock" song I know that's in 3/4 (well most of it is):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPqubbiv5eY
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/09/13 at 9:52 am
"La donna รจ mobile" (The woman is fickle) is the Duke of Mantua's canzone from the beginning of act 3 of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto (1851).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGoY4COi-I
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/09/13 at 10:29 am
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
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Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: yearofthemonkey on 08/10/13 at 2:52 am
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
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Aaaaaah, forgot about that one.
Well, here's an oldie:
Frankie Yankovic: Blue Skirt Waltz (1949)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj1z7zFbzks
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Starde on 08/11/13 at 8:55 pm
One of my all-time favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKwWYpb1a4k&list=FLYD-MWI089MK8qfIoiEahlw&index=24
Gem of a song. Worth a listen.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/11/13 at 11:33 pm
Two from 2002:
"Hero" - Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott (from the Spiderman soundtrack):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujMTutGwqx8
"I'm With You" - Avril Lavigne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFied2YYVg
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/11/13 at 11:35 pm
"Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson (2004) is also in triple-meter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKCGBv65w_M
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/12/13 at 1:53 pm
How Can I Be Sure -Young Rascals
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Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/12/13 at 1:58 pm
How Can I Be Sure -Young Rascals
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Of course. Why didn't I think of that one? Love this song.
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/12/13 at 2:02 pm
Of course. Why didn't I think of that one? Love this song.
Cat
Me too :)
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: warped on 08/12/13 at 2:04 pm
The Beatles ~ She's Leaving Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttm-NQPW5G4
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/12/13 at 2:05 pm
Me too :)
I have that song on my exercise CD-it is great to do ballet to.
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/12/13 at 3:26 pm
I have that song on my exercise CD-it is great to do ballet to.
Cat
Now that I wouldn't know, clutsy is my middle name.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/12/13 at 3:54 pm
Now that I wouldn't know, clutsy is my middle name.
I am amazed that I can STILL do ballet. Very rusty & out of shape but I can still do a few moves.
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/12/13 at 6:26 pm
"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" by the Beatles is also in 3/4.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/13/13 at 9:50 am
I am amazed that I can STILL do ballet. Very rusty & out of shape but I can still do a few moves.
Cat
Nice :) The last time I had my leg that high is when I fell on my ass
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/13/13 at 9:53 am
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Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley
I believe this is 3/4.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/13/13 at 3:45 pm
"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" by the Beatles is also in 3/4.
as well as "Norwegian Wood" (I just remembered).
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/13/13 at 4:58 pm
as well as "Norwegian Wood" (I just remembered).
Yes they are. I think the Beatles are among very few bands that used the 3/4 tempo.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/13/13 at 5:51 pm
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We All Stand Together -Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus :)
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: yearofthemonkey on 08/13/13 at 10:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCRZLr9oRw
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/16/13 at 1:05 pm
Yes they are. I think the Beatles are among very few bands that used the 3/4 tempo.
They also did that for "With A Little Help From My Friends"... which I just remembered after I heard Joe Cocker's version on the radio last night.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: ninny on 08/16/13 at 2:32 pm
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The Kill (Bury Me) - 30 Seconds To Mars
I love the acoustic version better :)
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Mitch Kramer on 08/16/13 at 4:07 pm
Scanning my library, this is what I came up with (I may have missed a few), omitting the ones that have already been mentioned:
Aretha Franklin - "You Make Feel Like A Natural Woman" (1967)
Bessie Banks / The Moody Blues - "Go Now" (1964)
Chicago - "Colour My World" (1971)
The Eagles - "Take it to the Limit" (1975)
Burt Bacharach / Jackie DeShannon - "What The World Needs Now Is Love" (1965)
Journey - "Open Arms" (1981)
Judy Collins - "Send in the Clowns" (1975)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Mr. Bojangles" (1970)
Rod Stewart - introduction to "Maggie May" (1971)
Simon & Garfunkel - "Scarborough Fair" (1966)
Tommy James & The Shondells - "Sweet Cherry Wine" (1969)
Tower of Power - "You're Still a Young Man" (1972)
I'm not including all my progressive rock songs with bizarre time signatures. That could a topic in itself :) Back in college (in the 1980s, before the intarwebs), we used to try and figure out stuff like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKftiJS30Cs
See if you can get it without Googling:
The first verse: 9/4 9/4 11/4 11/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 5/4 4/4 7/8 4/4 5/4
Also in the category of non-standard time signatures:
Peter Gabriel - "Solsbury Hill" (1977)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" (1959)
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Mitch Kramer on 08/16/13 at 4:15 pm
They also did that for "With A Little Help From My Friends"... which I just remembered after I heard Joe Cocker's version on the radio last night.
The Joe Cocker version is 3/4, but I think the original is 4/4.
For a reverse situation, The Toys' "A Lover's Concerto" is 4/4, but the original Bach minuet is in 3/4.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Mitch Kramer on 08/16/13 at 4:42 pm
Ah, here's another set with different time signatures:
Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages" is 3/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVTRVZRYxc0
but The Byrds cover version of "My Back Pages" is 4/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUGzwUTN80
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/16/13 at 10:58 pm
The Joe Cocker version is 3/4, but I think the original is 4/4.
Ah yes... that's right. I'd forgotten about that.
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/19/13 at 3:23 pm
A couple more from the mid-2000s: "Daughters" by John Mayer (2004) and "You And Me" by Lifehouse (2005).
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/19/13 at 6:54 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q29YR5-t3gg
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/29/13 at 7:14 pm
Here's another one... "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPb3ct8I6-s
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/30/13 at 5:21 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q29YR5-t3gg
Cat
"Father and Son" is in 4/4 time
http://cloud.freehandmusic.netdna-cdn.com/preview/530x4/hal_leonard/hl_dds_0000000000121241.png
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 08/31/13 at 2:17 pm
Boyz II Men: I'll Make Love to You
Another Boyz II Men song, "End of the Road", also has triple-meter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptr0YwJi5bM
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 08/31/13 at 2:43 pm
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Manic Depression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjP81zL_RXA
Subject: Re: Songs in 3/4
Written By: nally on 09/15/13 at 10:18 pm
The song "If You Don't Know Me By Now", originally performed by Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, and covered by Simply Red, is another perfect example of triple-meter.
The Simply Red version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTcu7MCtuTs