Looking for other songs exactly like "UNKLE - Rabbit in your Headlights" with its specific time signature.
November 9, 2008 9:36 AM   Subscribe

Looking for other songs exactly like "UNKLE - Rabbit in your Headlights" with its specific time signature.

If you're a musician and you know this song, then you know what I'm talking about. I'm specifically looking for songs with the unique "3 in 3" feel. Any genre welcome (Rock and Jazz preferred).
posted by querty to Media & Arts (10 answers total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: this list might be a good place to start - search for rabbit in your headlights and check out the other songs listed.
posted by nadawi at 10:16 AM on November 9, 2008


Probably not what you're looking for, but Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" fits the pattern.
posted by wanderingmind at 10:37 AM on November 9, 2008


Eric Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 has precisely the exact same groove.
posted by sourwookie at 11:30 AM on November 9, 2008 [1 favorite]


That list has it as 9/8, but it sounds more like 6/4 to me.
posted by mikeand1 at 12:08 PM on November 9, 2008


Oh, and to further answer your question, other songs in 6/4:

Canadian rock band April Wine's "Say Hello"
metal band Metallica's "Blackened" (7/4 pre-verse, 6/4 verse and 4/4 chorus)

Gymnopedie No. 1 is 3/4 time I believe, which will have a very similar feel to it, so you may also look for other slow waltzes.
posted by mikeand1 at 12:20 PM on November 9, 2008


Try 'Peace Piece' by the jazz pianist Bill Evans. Wonderful song.
posted by Mundungus at 5:47 PM on November 9, 2008


That list has it as 9/8, but it sounds more like 6/4 to me.

Listen to the cymbal/snare beat starting around 0:44.
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:19 PM on November 9, 2008


The beat is taken from Talk Talk's New Grass, and I don't think it was cut up to change the signature. So that song wold be a natural place to look.
posted by abcde at 7:39 PM on November 9, 2008


List of musical works in unusual time signatures from wikipedia.
posted by spork at 9:50 PM on November 9, 2008


The Spin Doctor's Refrigerator Car is in 9/8. If you're ever looking for an annoying weekend project that devolves into a shouting match, consider trying to cover it in your pickup band.
posted by ikkyu2 at 10:15 PM on November 9, 2008


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