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

[millineutron]

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! 🤓

[mp8908]

                   4 + 20            Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young            

[millineutron]

Sold A Hammer To The Pentagon -- Tom Paxton

[GordonBordon]

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]

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

[GordonBordon]

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? 

[l483260l]

NEVER WATCHED THE SHOW- BUT A GREAT SEGUE THAT IS! NOWTHERE'S A TOPIC- MUSICAL REFERENCES IN TV SHOWS OR MOVIES! I'VE ALWAYS BEEN STRUCK BY SHERRY STRINGER SINGING "BLACKBIRD" ON E.R.

[l483260l]

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.

[mp8908]

                       2+2=?              Bob Seger

[nyadrn]

Add it Up    The Kinks

[mp8908]

              Two Divided By Love            The Grass Roots

[mh97286043]

Two Divided by Love - Grass Roots

[Loulit]

One After 909

-- The Beatles

[MaVolta]

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

[MaVolta]

Sum - Pink Floyd

[mp8908]

             Add It Up           The Kinks          

[GordonBordon]

Add it Up - The Violent Femmes

[mp8908]

                       You Do The Math             Brad Paisley

[nyadrn]

Add it Up    The Kinks

[Cirice]

Two Divided by Zero - Pet Shop Boys

I'm going with the numbers this time 🙂

[mp8908]

                          FourFiveSeconds                 Rihanna

[millineutron]

Nothing From Nothing -- 
Billy Preston

[mp8908]

                       2+2=5         Radiohead

[l483260l]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJMMP__Nl4 (5) EDDIE HARRIS - TWO TIMES TWO EQUALS LOVE - 1978 - YouTube   THIS ISN'T  ROCK MATH, BUT JAZZ MATH , BY ONE OF MY FAVORITES-EDDIE HARRIS.

[millineutron]

@l483260l Wow! I wasn't familiar with Eddie Harris. Great stuff! Thanks for sharing that "math jazz" link! 😎

[l483260l]

"TAKE 5"- DAVE BRUBECK YOU'RE WELCOME.

[GordonBordon]

I read a copy of an news article from the 50's that accused Dave Brubeck of working for the Russians. They said all the the change-ups in time signatures in his songs was done to cause confusion and disorientation in teenagers. He was trying to weaken the mental capabilities of the youth in the United States! lol

[AARPGregg]

Check out Congratulations Sex by Lemuria. Catchy little tune that used to drive me crazy because you can't tap your foot to it. Once you figure it out and do the counting and keep up with the changes, it becomes a little more fun to listen to. 😉

[nyadrn]

Less than Zero    Elvis Costello

[nyadrn]

Love Me Two Times    The Doors

[l483260l]

MY GOODNESS- AS A HARDCORE DOORS FAN, HOW DID I OVERLOOK THIS ONE ? !