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Music 🎵 Hard rock songs in "waltz time"? (1-2-3, 1-2-3...)

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In RTDNTOTO I asked about psychedelic rock songs in "waltz time". I gather there are not too many!

That's when I realized that there are not many HARD ROCK songs in waltz time. (At least, relative to the total number hard rock songs in the universe.)

Somebody on Random Thoughts brought up Jimi Hendrix' "Manic Depression" as an example of a psychedelic rock song in waltz time. Yes!!

As per the whole genre of hard rock songs, I immediately thought of The Animals' version of "House of The Rising Sun" and Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused". I find it sort of difficult to think of others right here on the spot. And, is it my imagination, or are there fewer new ones with each passing decade?

But the ones that exist are SO GOOD that I'm wondering, what are more examples of hard rock songs in 3/4 (or 6/8 or 9/8) time signatures?
Please feel free to post links.

Also, does anybody know of a list of just the hard rock songs?
 
Some are more pop-ish than hard rock, but here are a few famous 3/4 time examples:

Take It To The Limit by the Eagles


Nothing Else Matters by Metallica


Piano Man by Billy Joel


Mr. Bojangles by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 
Speaking of unusual time signatures, here's probably the only popular hard rock song ever written in 7/8 time (weird, I know)

 
78rpm said:
In RTDNTOTO I asked about psychedelic rock songs in "waltz time". I gather there are not too many!

That's when I realized that there are not many HARD ROCK songs in waltz time. (At least, relative to the total number hard rock songs in the universe.)

Somebody on Random Thoughts brought up Jimi Hendrix' "Manic Depression" as an example of a psychedelic rock song in waltz time. Yes!!

As per the whole genre of hard rock songs, I immediately thought of The Animals' version of "House of The Rising Sun" and Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused". I find it sort of difficult to think of others right here on the spot. And, is it my imagination, or are there fewer new ones with each passing decade?

But the ones that exist are SO GOOD that I'm wondering, what are more examples of hard rock songs in 3/4 (or 6/8 or 9/8) time signatures?
Please feel free to post links.

Also, does anybody know of a list of just the hard rock songs?
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Never understood beat, time, measures, key, etc. when it came to music. Thanks for the bad childhood music class memories.
 
78rpm said:
In RTDNTOTO I asked about psychedelic rock songs in "waltz time". I gather there are not too many!

That's when I realized that there are not many HARD ROCK songs in waltz time. (At least, relative to the total number hard rock songs in the universe.)

Somebody on Random Thoughts brought up Jimi Hendrix' "Manic Depression" as an example of a psychedelic rock song in waltz time. Yes!!

As per the whole genre of hard rock songs, I immediately thought of The Animals' version of "House of The Rising Sun" and Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused". I find it sort of difficult to think of others right here on the spot. And, is it my imagination, or are there fewer new ones with each passing decade?

But the ones that exist are SO GOOD that I'm wondering, what are more examples of hard rock songs in 3/4 (or 6/8 or 9/8) time signatures?
Please feel free to post links.

Also, does anybody know of a list of just the hard rock songs?
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Some of the 3/4 songs I actually phrase as 6/8 since it's following more of a triplelet pattern rather than a waltz. 6/8 is more common anyways since it'll align more to a blues-based rhythm that you'll see pop up in rock songs.

Prog-ish type bands are where you'll consistently see more of the odd time signatures. Tool, Genesis, Rush, etc will have a good mix of odd time signatures.

But ones that stand out as well (and that are fun to play) include Rusty Cage from Soundgarden, the Ocean from Led Zeppelin, Whipping Post from Allman Brother's Band, and Seven Days from Sting. But there are plenty out there, though 4/4 is much easier for people to groove to and therefore more popular.
 
Not necessarily hard rock, but I think America by Simon and Garfunkel was 3/4 time.

I remember playing the Mission Impossible theme in band which is 5/4 time. I could never count it right, but could work it out because I knew how it went.
 
If you want to just want to explore different time signatures and like jazz, check out the Dave Bruebeck album Time Out. There are some weird ones in there. The most famous song is Take Five which is in 5/4 time. Other time signatures include 9/8 (phrased as 2+2+2+3 rather than a waltzier 3+3+3), and 3/4 switching to 4/4 (and the other way around), and 6/4 phrased a couple of different ways. It's been speculated that "Kathy's Waltz" from Take Five inspired the song "All My Loving", written by Paul McCartney and performed by the Beatles, as they share similar rhythmic endings to the last phrases of their melodies.
 
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