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This is my list of songs in odd times signatures. It doesn't have any references and it's built almost entirely with prog rock songs. I don't have any formal studies in music, so if you spot something wrong or have a contribution, let me know. In this list is considered "odd time" everything that's neither a 4/4 nor a 6/8 time.

The list is divided in three categories: "septuple meters" (like 7/8, 7/4), "quintuple meters" (like 5/4, 10/4) and "multiple meters".

Septuple meters:
1967 - "All You Need Is Love" (The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour) - verses: 7/4 + 7/4 + 8/4 + 7/4
1971 - "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Yes - Fragile) - 7/8
1972 - "Siberian Khatru" (Yes - Close to the Edge) - verses: 4 + 4 + 4 + 3
1973 - "Money" (Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon) - 7/8
1973 - "The Ocean" (Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy) - main riff: 4 + 4 + 4 + 3
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Hey... this journal pretends to be a guide for open minded rock and/or metal fans, who are looking for music outside their regular music taste. I, myself, used to be "mostly metal", but over time I would stumble over various non-metal music, which definitly was too good to be ignored. A warning in advance: Except for the first one, you probably need to like jazz or jazz influences to like my recommendations. Anyway, here is my list, adding how I took notice of the band.

Rodrigo y Gabriela
Luckily, a friend of mine showed these to me, and like no other non-metal act, they are a good recommendation to every metal fan. Both ex-members of a metal-band, they have a way of playing that seem to appeal to friends of hard music. They're one of the few bands that don't lack a singer without having one, their music is just... tight. They do own compositions, mostly, but they have some really cool covers, including Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven, Metallica's Orion and Dave Brubeck's Take Five.
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Dave Brubeck is one of my favorites of classic jazz.

Take Five is one of my all-time favorites.

This Is Jazz 3 is all good but it's not hard since is a really short compilation of a great master. For one reason or another The Essential Dave Brubeck has eluded me so far. But one of these days...

note: unfinished list

1-Take Five

2-So What

3-Blue Rondo à la Turk

4-Lonely Woman

5-Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

6-Sister Sadie

7-What'd I Say

8-Chega De Saudade

9-Shout

Sort by song title:
-First Song: A.V.E.R.A.G.E.
-Last Song: Zulu Nation Throwdown
Sort by time:
-Shortest Song:Act Fore...The End?
-Longest Song: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica

Sort by album:
-First Song: Alphabet Aerobics From A2G
-Last Song: My Death

Sort by no. tracks:
- Most Tracks: David Bowie @ 157
- Least Tracks: I have like 300 bands with only one tracks.

Top 10 Most Played Songs:
1. Cigarettes And Coffee @ 123
2. You Give Me Something @ 110
3. Never Going Back Again @ 106
4. Take Five @ 97
5. Love the Pussy @ 92
6. The Guns of Brixton @ 90
7. Regulators @ 86
8. Sonata For Cello And Piano In F Minor @ 85
9. Flute Loop @ 84
10. Under Me Sensi @ 83


First five songs that comes up on Shuffle:
1. (I've Got) Dreams to Remember
2. B.M.T.
3. Stranded on Death Row
4. Thank You
5. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse

Search...
"Sex", How many songs come up?: 59
"Love", How many songs come up?: 503
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Best use of five/four time:
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Best sample in a song:
Beck - Hotwax
Best song about handjobs:
Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song
Best song about being an over emotional bastard:
Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
Best depiction of a post apocalyptic world:
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Wooden Ships
Best Bible reference:
Cake - Sheep Go To Heaven
Best song about a night light:
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Best song censored due to 9/11:
The Strokes - New York City Cops
Best song about heroin addiction:
Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
Most explicit song about sex that isn't The Lemon Song:
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

Artist — Song

3Ds – Sing-song
Trash Trash Trash – Hash Stash
Brother JT – I am the Blob
Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
Glenn Gould – Invention No. 13 in a Minor, BWV 784
The Ark – This Piece of Poetry Is Meant to do Harm
Scritti Politti – Wood Beez (version)
Daft Punk – Da Funk
Ronnie Spector – You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
Aventuras De Kirlian – El Árbol
Bill Landford & the Landfordaires – Trouble of This World
The Pop Group – Where There's a Will
Clear Light – How Many Nights Have Passed (LP Version)
Badgerlore – your discomfort, my happiness
Sid Hemphill & Lucius Smith – Walk In The Parlor
Ben E. King – Stand by Me
Triosk meets Jan Jelinek – Munmorah
Word of Mouth Chorus – Idumea (LP Version)
White Magic – One-Note
Blevin Blectum – Duck Hunt Cascade
Vertical Slit – Smudge
Pearls Before Swine – I Shall Not Care
Young People – Your Grave
Los Straitjackets – Honolulu Vice
PINE*am – Gymnopedie 0.1
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