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February 15, 2018

"Math Rock" (And/Or Songs Containing Numbers or Math Terms)

  • February 15, 2018
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This topic is wide open. Could be actual Math Rock, with complex rhythms or weird time signatures, such as the band American Football with their song Never Meant: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_NfnXdXpjL0

 

OR you could also include songs containing numbers and/or Math terms in either the title or the lyrics, such as Love Minus Zero / No Limit by Bob Dylan.

 

Whatever! Oh, and no worries if you post something that someone else has already posted here. That would just be Math Rock Squared! 🤓

 

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      MaVolta
      MaVolta
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      March 4, 2018

      I don't think that you can talk about unusual, complex rhythms without mentioning Willie Nelson. It's practically a trademark of his. He often changes key and rhythm mid-stream, or varies the rhythm he plays on guitar in contrast to what is sung, or sings to a different beat than he plays. Go to any Willie video, for any song, and it's never exactly the same. And good luck if singing a duet with Willie!

       

       

      Funny How Time Slips Away / Night Life 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEpSWK6WE8c

       

      or how about . . . 

       

      Whisky River

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCZ3PE-b-Nc

       

       

       

       

       

      “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
        Loulit
        Loulit
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        March 8, 2018

        One After 909

        -- The Beatles

         

         

        Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night! -- Anna Kendrick
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          mh97286043
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          March 9, 2018

          Two Divided by Love - Grass Roots

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            GordonBordon
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            March 10, 2018

            A bit off topic, but loosely related. This thread reminded me of the the song "You Were on My Mind" by "We Five". Which reminded me of an episode on St Elsewhere where Dr Westphal was on the elevator and I believe it was Nurse Rosenthal who walks onto the elevator after him. He looks at her and says "When I woke up this morning, you were on my mind." She was mad at him at the time and looked at him and said "We Five", then turned around and walked off the elevator. Does anyone else remember that episode? 

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              l483260l
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              March 10, 2018
              CANNOT BELIEVE I OVERLOOKED THIS ONE BEFORE: "IF 6 WAS 9"- JIMI HENDRIX.
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZuFq4CfRR8 I REMEMBER ( & LOVE)"EASY RIDER" BUT NOT THIS PART OF THE SOUNDTRACK.
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                mp8908
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                March 11, 2018

                 

                                       2+2=?              Bob Seger

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                  GordonBordon
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                  March 30, 2018

                  10 in the Bed 

                  5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree 

                  100 Bottles of (whatever) on the Wall 

                  3 Little Fishies  

                  3 Little Pigs (Not the Green Jelly / Jellö version) - 

                  1 Potato, 2 Potatoes 

                  3 Blind Mice 

                  Almost every song by Count von Count on Sesame Street

                  millineutron
                  millineutronAuthor
                  Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                  March 31, 2018

                  Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) 

                  Written by:

                  Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and Wilson Pickett

                   

                  Recorded by:

                  Wilson Pickett
                  Creedence Clearwater Revival

                  Bruce Springsteen

                    MaVolta
                    MaVolta
                    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                    March 31, 2018

                    Love in the First Degree - Alabama

                    “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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                      mp8908
                      Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                      March 31, 2018

                       

                                         4 + 20            Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young            

                        millineutron
                        millineutronAuthor
                        Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                        April 8, 2018

                        Sold A Hammer To The Pentagon -- Tom Paxton

                          ada0442
                          ada0442
                          Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                          April 8, 2018

                          Knock Three Times ==> Tony Orlando And Dawn

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                            GordonBordon
                            Contributor ⭐⭐
                            April 8, 2018

                            To make this more challenging we should do group AND song. Like...1,2,3 Red Light by 1910 Fruitgum Company.

                            ada0442
                            ada0442
                            Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                            April 8, 2018

                            Love Potion No. 9 ==> Searchers

                            MaVolta
                            MaVolta
                            Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                            April 9, 2018

                            One Man Band - Three Dog Night

                            “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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                            mp8908
                            Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                            April 9, 2018

                             

                                          3AM            Matchbox Twenty

                            millineutron
                            millineutronAuthor
                            Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
                            April 10, 2018

                            "And in the end
                            The love you take
                            Is equal to the love you make."

                             

                            from The Beatles song The End

                             

                            @GordonBordon wrote: 1,2,3 Red Light by 1910 Fruitgum Company.

                            @mp8908wrote: 3AM -- Matchbox Twenty

                             @MaVolta wrote: One Man Band - Three Dog Night

                             

                            Woohoo! You all 3 got Math Rock squared! That there will get you an extra piece of pie on Pi Day!

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