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10-01-2006, 11:05 AM
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I was thinking about best-known songs in 5/4 on the way home from the gig last night. I'm thinking "Take Five", by Paul Desmond of the Dave Brubeck group, is probably the most well-known. But what is the SECOND most well known song in 5/4 ?? 
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10-01-2006, 11:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Germany | | | How about the "Mission Impossible" theme? That would be my guess as to the second most-known song in 5/4 time. |
10-01-2006, 11:13 AM
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Either that, or Tool's Vicarious, simply because it happens to be on the radio right now
Oop, somebody beat me to it with a better one. The Mission Impossible theme is probably even better known than Take Five.
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10-01-2006, 12:16 PM
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10-01-2006, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Masher88 I think Pink Floyd's "Money" is in 5/4 | It's actually in 7/4. |
10-01-2006, 12:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Houston, TX | | | The intro to Cream's "White Room" is in 5/4, as is Blind Faith's "Do What You Like."
But the two most famous ones are probably the afore-mentioned "Take Five" and "Mission: Impossible."
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10-01-2006, 12:30 PM
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10-01-2006, 02:02 PM
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10-01-2006, 03:59 PM
| | | | Tull's "Living In The Past" is in 5.
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10-01-2006, 05:08 PM
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Rush - YYZ (intro)
Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks
All I can think of right now..
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10-01-2006, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by labgnat not really popular or famous, but "here come the bastards" by primus is a nice easy great 5/4 song | Yes, it is a great song. |
10-02-2006, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by RHFusillo The intro to Cream's "White Room" is in 5/4, .. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by JimK Tull's "Living In The Past" is in 5. |
That's a coincidence - we were listening to a Cream album at the weekend and my girlfriend said - that track is ripping off Jethro Tull's "Living in the Past" and we had both never noticed it before !! 
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10-02-2006, 05:23 AM
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10-02-2006, 05:39 AM
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10-02-2006, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield That's a coincidence - we were listening to a Cream album at the weekend and my girlfriend said - that track is ripping off Jethro Tull's "Living in the Past" and we had both never noticed it before !! | Actually, "Living in the Past" (1972) came after "White Room" (1968). |
10-02-2006, 05:58 AM
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10-02-2006, 06:03 AM
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That one went right over my head!
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10-02-2006, 06:45 AM
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10-03-2006, 01:01 PM
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Just about any Dave Holland CD has at least one song in 5/4.
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10-03-2006, 06:42 PM
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Freewill - Rush Although it has other time signatures to it as well
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