Lamb’s Fear of Fours is a whole album of music with odd metering.
I always heard it/counted it (“Tattooed Love Boys” by the Pretenders) as being in 15/8.
The title themes to the TV shows Mission Impossible and Mannix were in 5/4.
What are the time signatures of Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin, Who Are You? by The Who, and Chuck E’s in Love by Rickie Lee Jones?
Pink Floyd “Mother” is listed to be played “Moderately with half-time feel” which basically works out to “screw meter.” But it’s funny to watch an attempt to impose meter upon it. My songbook has (just for the first verse alone):
5/8 for 1 measure
4/4 for the next 4
5/8 one more
4/4 the next 8
6/8 for the last measure
4/4 for the two measures building up to the next verse
The first chorus:
4/4 for the first measure of the chorus
12/8 for five measures
9/8 one measure
12/8 for four more
4/4 into the solo
Of course, the entire “The Wall” album should be mentioned in this thread, though. “Mother” is just the biggest example.
Sounds like an interesting song book. If you don’t mind looking, does it happen to list Bruce Hornsby’s “Tango King”?
Here are some by Frank Zappa:
Keep it Greasy alternates between 19/16 and 21/
]G Spot Tornado is in 17/8
Pedro’s Dowry (I’m not sure if the sugnature, but it is rumored to have over 1000 notes into just two mesures)
Rubber Shirt is in 11/4
According to one site I found, the same is true of Spoonman, which was an even bigger hit. Although I’m less sure of that one, I have trouble counting along with that song.