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Rock waltzes

Posted: 2007-02-05 04:07am
by Spin Echo
I'm looking for various rock/pop/metal songs with waltz beats, for example, Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. Suggestions?

Posted: 2007-02-05 11:45am
by Deathstalker
November Rain by Guns and Roses might qualify

Posted: 2007-02-05 09:38pm
by Saurencaerthai
Deathstalker wrote:November Rain by Guns and Roses might qualify
I don't think that tune actually goes into 3/4, but it's been a while since I last heard it.

Posted: 2007-02-05 10:01pm
by Metatwaddle
Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen is in 3/4 time (3/8?) and I personally think it's gorgeous.

Posted: 2007-02-06 12:48am
by darthdavid
Stormy Pinkness by They Might Be Giants is waltz.

Posted: 2007-02-06 03:27pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
-"Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" by the Beatles is 3/4 in the verses with a 4/4 chorus
-"Waltz #2", by Elliot Smith
-"Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers Band (although the intro is in this wierd 11/16 beat or something)

Posted: 2007-02-06 04:52pm
by General Zod
Cemetary Gates by Pantera, perhaps?

Posted: 2007-02-06 08:02pm
by NomAnor15
There's a song by System Of A Down that has a waltz beat. Damn if I can remember the name though. Maybe someone else knows? What do you need them for?

Posted: 2007-02-07 10:48pm
by Executor32
Unless I'm horribly mistaken, Hero by Chad Kroeger qualifies as a waltz.

EDIT: Also, since it's a parody of Piano Man, Ode to a Superhero by Weird Al.

Posted: 2007-02-07 11:40pm
by Metatwaddle
Ooh, I forgot about Piano Man by Billy Joel. That's probably one of the best-known ones.

One of my personal favorites is Amazed by Poe. Hardly anyone's ever heard of Poe the recording artist, but I think she's brilliant, and Amazed puts a nice emphasis on the 3/4 time signature so it may be what you're looking for.

And although the music probably isn't quite rock (maybe folk-rock?), I have to mention Thea Gilmore's song, Land of the Free, because it's in a nice slow 3/4 and the lyrics are beautiful.

Posted: 2007-02-08 01:16am
by Hawkwings
The song "In the Flesh', by Pink Floyd, is in 3/4. I should know, because we did a winter drumline show to that, and I hate marching in 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, or variants thereof.

Posted: 2007-02-13 06:44pm
by NomAnor15
Aha! I found it. The name of the SoAD song is "Peephole". Took me long enough.

Posted: 2007-02-14 08:18am
by Qwerty 42
Wikipedia says Led Zeppelin- Kashmir is 3/4.