The 100 best pop/rock/etc songs in waltz time

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41. Black Sabbath "Behind the Wall of Sleep"

― dave q, Tuesday, 4 May 2004 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music to thread.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link

91-87. er, lots of Modern Life/Parklife-era Blur, can't remember titles, can anyone help?
Ernold Same is the only one I can think of.
39. Depeche Mode -- Blue Dress (doesn't sound much like it, but it is in 3/4, I've seen the sheet music).

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link

38. Prince - Slow Love
37. The Herbaliser - Mr Chombee Has The Flaw
36. Kelis - Suspended
35. Cornelius - Point Of View Point

― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link

34. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of New Orleans

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

33. Mogwai - Take Me Somewhere Nice
32. Mogwai - Ratts of the Capital

― Nice Pete, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 05:13 (nineteen years ago) link

31. The Fall - Hip Priest

― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 05:47 (nineteen years ago) link

30. "Valse Chinoise", Volapük

(...30. it should be, perhaps? for Alex fired in, attention span-lessly, Stranglers' "Golden Brown" that had already been mentioned upthread)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 07:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Sorry to be obscuro, but

29. Kantner/Slick/Freiberg, "Harp Tree Lament" (my favorite Robert Hunter lyric)

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 12:57 (nineteen years ago) link

"Some Velvet Morning" - or parts of it at least.

― Huey (Huey), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

27. Alicia Keys - "Falling"

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link

"Waltz #1" ba-bam
"Keepers"- del Amitri

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link

re: 3/4 hip hop, there's a track on Group Home's Living Proof album, tho' it may be a 'lude.

― Barima (Barima), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link

23. American Without Tears, Elvis Costello

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link

bingo!

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Shellac 'Didn't we deserve a look at the way you really are?'

― mei (mei), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, Costello seems to like a good waltz. I just noticed this one...

21. Elvis Costello - "Sunday's Best"

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:15 (nineteen years ago) link

That Ramones one that starts "One! Two! Three!".

― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Flying Burrito Bros. "Juanita"

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Pavement - "Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse)"

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Sam Cooke "Fool's Paradise"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Os Mutantes "Senhor F" It goes back and forth between 3/4 and 4/4.

― not Graham (Inuuu), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link

16. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Obscured"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:36 (nineteen years ago) link

15. Red House Painters - "Grace Cathedral Park"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:38 (nineteen years ago) link

14. Nick Drake - "Place to Be" (can't believe I almost forgot that)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link

13. Amateur -Aimee Mann

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 6 May 2004 00:50 (nineteen years ago) link

12. Cocteau Twins "Pearly Dewdrops Drops"

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 6 May 2004 05:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Another Costello: "New Amsterdam"

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 6 May 2004 06:24 (nineteen years ago) link

10. Coba - "After Dinner (Plaid Mix)"

probably my favourite bit of music to be released last year.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 6 May 2004 07:34 (nineteen years ago) link

9. George Michael - "Cowboys and Angels"

― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link

8. J.Lo and R Kelly - 'Baby, I Love You'
(10 times better if J.Lo was replaced with Kiley Dean, Aaliyah, Javine, Kelly Rowland even*!)

*OK, maybe not.

― Barima (Barima), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link

7. "Solar System," the Beach Boys.

Speaking of the BBs, I'm listening right now, on a sunny day filled with my doin' mostly nothin', to the great "Busy Doin' Nothin'" and it's really a modified bossa nova--I count it in 2/2, not 4/4...classic bossa time signature...

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 6 May 2004 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link

6. Weezer - Holiday

― Roberton, Thursday, 6 May 2004 20:45 (nineteen years ago) link

5. Sly and the Family Stone - Que Sera Sera

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 6 May 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link

4 - Delgados - "The Light Before We Land"

― Ben Dot (1977), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link

3. Richard Thompson, "Waltzing's for Dreamers"

― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link

2. Kate Bush, "Army Dreamers"

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 6 May 2004 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link

1. the linger effect - aquaman

hehe.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Friday, 7 May 2004 10:16 (nineteen years ago) link

2/2 is generally just a short-cut to make written parts more readable, but you're right about it being a bossa.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:52 (nineteen years ago) link

Political Nightmare - Minutemen (As I remember..but I could be wrong.)

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:00 (nineteen years ago) link

late entry but too good to miss:

Moose - I'll See You In My Dreams

― rentboy (rentboy), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:34 (nineteen years ago) link

depressing that you all missed "The Millionaire Waltz" by Queen

― Scotto (Scotto), Saturday, 8 May 2004 00:12 (nineteen years ago) link

>2/2 is generally just a short-cut to make written parts more readable, but you're right about it being a bossa.

Well, not exactly. Bossas and sambas are in 2, not 4. If you count bossas--including "Busy Doin'"--in 4, it becomes a fast 4/8, or 8/8, not 4/4. You can hear the "boom" of the 1 and 2 in "Busy" quite clearly. You're right about it being, at times, a convenience, but in bossa nova it's just the way the music is structured. "Waters of March" by Jobim is notable as one of his few songs that are actually in 4/4.

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 8 May 2004 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link

"Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You," by Aretha Franklin.

We can make room for it by getting rid of "Kiss From a Rose" and "How Can I Be Sure" (and maybe more), which are in 6/8, not 3/4.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

"Manic Depression," The Jimi Hendrix Experience

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 3 June 2005 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link

"We're brothers who are brothers" - The Brothers Brothers

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 4 June 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Beach Boys - Busy Doin' Nothing

This song isn't in 3/4, so:

Beach Boys - Friends

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Flitcraft: The Mekons

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Not ONE mention of "I Put a Spell on You"?

Nat King Cole: "It's All in the Game"

― Burr (Burr), Saturday, 4 June 2005 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link

aussie band - v capri 1986 "this dance" has waltz beat.
the words: "waltz our lives away".
their songs used to play in aussie soap " neighbours".

― ross tinney, Saturday, 4 June 2005 08:03 (eighteen years ago) link

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The canonical text for rock/pop is the recording, and different people can interpret it differently. Heck probably even different musicians who played on it interpreted it differently (such as the drummer vs the singer or guitarist).

(I agree with this 100%, to be clear. Obv there are wrong interpretations but there can definitely be multiple credible interpretations.)

― One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 January 2020 05:02 (four years ago) link

"Cloudbusting" moves between 4/4 and 6/4, sorry. Remembered wrong.

― One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 January 2020 05:12 (four years ago) link

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