Tracks where they've hidden the '1' in the intro..

Emp_Fab

Drives me nuts.  Not big and not clever.  Songs where you think you've mentally locked onto the '1,2,3,4' and then they start playing or singing on the bloody 2 (or what you thought was the 2, or 3 or 4 !!).

An example is Led Zep's 'Rock n Roll'....



Another is The Who's "I'm Free" - this one just messes my head up completely...

axisus

Never really thought about those two to be honest. Although I am annoyed by the way that All right now and Sunshine of your love both seem to chuck a random extra bar in at some point

Bridgehouse

It's a musical intelligence test.

stratman3142

The Intro to Drive My Car- The Beatles is a bit of a weird one.

bigjon

Carwash by Rose Royce - the first clap is on the second beat of the bar

bigjon

Too Young To Die by Jamiroquai - the bassline enters on beat 4-and-a-half with a tied quaver held onto a crotchet at the beginning of bar 1 - starts with a lurch!

Emp_Fab

Bridgehouse said:

It's a musical intelligence test.

No - it's musical 'being a dick'.  Artists trying to show off by messing with the groove which never ever improves the song but just says "I'm a dick trying to show you how 'clever' I am".  Like these dicks who pick bizarre time sigs that you can't tap your foot to, can't sing along with and spend most of the time you're listening to it trying to follow the groove like a drunk trying to climb the stairs of a moving double-decker bus whilst holding a jelly.  It's musical snobbery for the most part - a device used by people who feel that common time is too common for them.

Grunfeld

Emp_Fab said:

Bridgehouse said:

It's a musical intelligence test.

No - it's musical 'being a dick'.  Artists trying to show off by messing with the groove which never ever improves the song but just says "I'm a dick trying to show you how 'clever' I am".

So you didn't pass the test then?

Emp_Fab

Dicks - the lot of them.  Dicky McDick singing pretentious cryptic lyrics in 13:9 time with a bar of 22.7:48 thrown in just in case, god forbid, anyone thinks they've sussed it.

dindude

Emp_Fab said:

Dicks - the lot of them.  Dicky McDick singing pretentious cryptic lyrics in 13:9 time with a bar of 22.7:48 thrown in just in case, god forbid, anyone thinks they've sussed it.

Think you’re best off sticking to Status Quo

Emp_Fab

No... I like a nice bit of 5:4 and even 7:4, but don't you go changing that shit halfway through (OK, I'll accept a shift if it's musically valid) but messing with the intro ??  That's just despicable.

GavRichList

You’d better steer clear of Youthmovies then 

Emp_Fab

Is that films about youths ?  Bloody kids.... don't get me started on them....  


  

GavRichList

https://youtu.be/toOcoiIPW_I

vasselmeyer

I think Led Zeppelin's "Rock n Roll” starts on the "4-and" of 1, 2, 3, 4 and it messes with me every bloody time. Great groove but tricky to play right. 

Emp_Fab

Don't see the issue with that - apart from it being a bit shit.  The switch from 3:4 to 4:4 at 01:35 was mildly annoying, but it's easy to follow the groove.

GavRichList

Emp_Fab said:

Don't see the issue with that - apart from it being a bit shit.  The switch from 3:4 to 4:4 at 01:35 was mildly annoying, but it's easy to follow the groove.

Listen to all of it? Their songs tend to wander off into silliness before returning at some point at the end. Listen around the 3 minute mark. 

Bridgehouse

At least this is a rant about music for a change I guess...

stratman3142

A lot of people get the 1 wrong on Sex On Fire. When depping, I once made the mistake of expecting the band to know when to come in, without giving them the count in.

RandallFlagg

I always think Charlie Watts comes in wrong, on the off beat in the intro to Start Me Up but somehow corrects it after a bar or so.

Bucket

Ginger Wildheart does this a lot. Try finding the 1 in this intro...



This one may catch you out too.