Clever time signature changes.

[bartelby]

18 hours ago, paul_5 said:

Lateralus by Tool is almost entirely in 5/4. Amazing album.

 

The chorus for Lateralus repeats, sequentially, through 9/8, 4/4 and 7/8 (plus the lyrical rhythm is based on the Fibonacci sequence)

[steantval]

 

[Skinnyman]

 

[Graham]

4 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

Funnily enough, money is the only bad song on dark side for me.

 

But for time signature changes where they are needed, rather than for the sake of it, it has to be Schism by tool

 

 

I was about to post that 😀 love this series of videos

[DaveFry]

We can work it out .
Here comes the sun .

 

[toneknob]

Yes are mad for an 11. Here's the Gates Of Delirium with the 11/4 instrumental starting at 13m30s

 

[toneknob]

And the main bit of Awaken starting at 2m20s

 

[toneknob]

The instrumental of Robbery, Assault and Battery by Genesis is 13/8, but they group it differently throughout, eg 6&7, 4&9 etc, starts at 2m37s

 

[toneknob]

Incidentally Tool and others like King Crimson etc are big on polymetry as well as odd time sigs: for example one guitar playing in 7/8 and the other in 5/8. A good example of this (with these exact time sigs) is B'Boom/Thrak by Crimson, written in their Double Trio persion (mid 90s). One trio plays in 5/8 while the other in 7/8. 7m17s onwards:

 

[toneknob]

Also Discipline, read all about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(instrumental)

 

[Daz39]

19 minutes ago, toneknob said:

Also Discipline, read all about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(instrumental)

 

Discipline is awesome. The whole album actually, barking!

[Guest oZZma]

On 02/03/2019 at 20:36, bubinga5 said:

Always makes me laugh when people start to bob there head when the 4/4 kicks in but are confused by the 7/4 time.  

And that's only entry level, try headbanging Meshuggah 

Edited March 3, 2019 by oZZma

[BreadBin]

Simon Posford as Shpongle is a master of unusual time signatures, and moving from one to the other seamlessly.

[spectoremg]

11 hours ago, Skinnyman said:

Turn it on again by Genesis. Timing is all over the place but, like Money, you don't notice till you try and tap your feet.

We used to play it - or try to - and it defeated the drummer every time

Ever noticed how it speeds up?

[Skinnyman]

Just now, spectoremg said:

Ever noticed how it speeds up?

I’m too busy counting to get those stabs in the right place..... 😀

[Woodinblack]

20 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

Ever noticed how it speeds up?

Yes, it always bugged me.

[spectoremg]

4 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Yes, it always bugged me.

It's Only Natural by Crowded House speeds up too. 

[Woodinblack]

2 minutes ago, spectoremg said:

It's Only Natural by Crowded House speeds up too. 

Never noticed that but haven't really spent much time listening to it, compared to turn it on again. 

Still, I suppose I can't judge. Everything we play speeds up!

 

[toneknob]

Try playing along to the original of Dance On A Volcano if it's speeding up you're after. (Also there's some 11/8 in the coda, to stay on topic)

 

[MrCrane]

Tam Lin - Fairport Convention.

 

[Raslee]

Probably my favourite tune ever.....

 

[bassintheface]

Black Dog - Led Zep - crosses in and out of 4/4 and 5/4 IIRC.

[LewisK1975]

One I've never been able to count is Rusty Cage by Soundgarden.  The verse sections are in 4/4 apparently, but I'm damned if I can count it and find the '1'....

 

Edited March 4, 2019 by LewisK1975

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, Raslee said:

Probably my favourite tune ever.....

No prizes for guessing which Clark - they don't mean the one on the high street 🙂

RIP the Divided Alien.

[tauzero]

7/8 bit kicks in at 0:52. Not as complex as most of those already cited, but I used to play this in a club band and one of the clubs we played at had line dancers. That gave us considerable entertainment.

Others - Times Like These - Foo Fighters, main theme to Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield.