any songs you like that are in odd meter?

 

What is an odd meter?

 

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Typically, pop songs are in 4/4 or common time. Sometimes ballads are in triple time or 3/4. Occasionally, songwriters release ditties with odd time or meters such as "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck which is in 5/4 time or "Money" by Pink Floyd which is mainly in 7/4 time except Gilmour's solo section which is in common time. Two of my favorites, both in 7/4 time, are "The Ocean" by Zeppelin and "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel.

 

15 Step by Radiohead is one of the classics.
The average person doesn't even notice that it's in 5/4 because of how elegantly it is executed.

 

IMHO New Order's 60 Miles an Hour is a great song.

60 miles are 96,561 meters. I think that's quite odd...

 

'Straight to my heart' - Sting 7/4

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill - I like 7's

 

From 2:15 onward this is in 7/8, always found it really cool

 

Cynic - Celestial Voyage (1993) @ 1:33

 

Pretty much all of them, I'm a prog fan

The one everybody likes and no one notices is (mostly) in 7/4 is Money.

Also Living in the Past by Jethro Tull was a minor hit in 5/4.

 

Oh, and Turn It On Again by Genesis... mostly in 13/4 (6 measures of 2/4 and one extra beat at the end).

 

Here you go, a groovy one in 5/4 (Rosetta - Ryu / Tradition):

 

19/8 + 13/8

5/4

2/8 + 3/8 + 4/8 + 5/8 + 6/8 + 7/8 + 8/8 + 12/8, etc

3/4 + 2/4 + 6/4 + 2/4 + 6/4 + 2/4 + 6/4 + 2/4 +3/4 (that's one way to put it)

These are some of my personal favorites, I won't quote any metal or prog because I think it's just unfair, haha.

 

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Eleven by Primus. (11/16)

 

5/4 and 2/4 and and 7/8 and 4/4 and 11/16 and 6/8 - outside of the norm
Carter Beauford on drums

 

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Seems lately I'm a Nightwish Evangelist unwillingly. Since they're a symphonic metal band and can also be considered progressive they change time signatures in several of his best songs. And I mean within the same song. Also syncopated drums and guitar beats, key changes. The writer is something else.
This epic song intro is a perfect example of meter changes, straight from the start:

 

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Beatles - Here Comes The Sun

 

The first section of Earth Wind and Fire 'See The Light'. Robert Mitchell's Panacea 'Home True'. Christophe Beck 'Theme from Ant Man'. Thandi Ntuli 'Cosmic Light'. The Roots ft Q-Tip 'Ital'