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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)

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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

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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:

 

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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 :biggrin:

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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!

 

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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.

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