The Turtles – Grim Reaper Of Love

Grim Reaper Of Love by The Turtles is a 1966 pop song which includes 5/4 phrases.

Howard Kaylan in an interview in Mojo magazine (October 2009) said about this song: “After ‘You Baby’ had become our third national hit in a row, we were feeling pretty cocky as a band. The Beatles were doing drugs and experimenting with Indian instruments – we could too. So we did. Al Nichol and Chuck Portz put together this 5/4 jazz raga with ridiculous lyrics and, as a band, we fought for its release. But of course the record was just too weird to be a mainstream hit. In fact, I’m still shocked that it did as well as it did. It broke our cycle of Top 30 hits, and we didn’t rebound until ‘Happy Together’ a year later.”

And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) from Evita

From Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music for the musical Evita, “And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)” is in 7 (2+2+3) when the song starts after the short intro

 

 

 

“Bored of 4/4”

Found this article by Oliver Curry entitled “Bored of 4/4: Other Time Signatures In Dance Music”,  about odd meters published by Attack, an electronic music magazine.

It’s a long but interesting read about changing the conventions in dance music tracks, traditionally labelled “4 on the floor” as it is almost always written in 4/4, by introducing odd meters.

It starts by explaining what time signature is, and goes on to demonstrate the different time signatures.

Read the full article here