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Imagine a drummer playing the base drum and hitting the (closed) high-hat cymbals.
The bass drum goes ‘boom’.
The high-hat goes ‘chick’.
4/4 time is ‘boom-chick, boom-chick’, while 3/4 time is ‘boom chick chick’.
This is partly a thank-you for those who helped, and partly a shameless bump for more input. Thanks and keep them coming!
I am a long time lurker- years in fact- and first time poster. This thread inspired me to post. I was actually thinking of this exact topic a few weeks ago, and trying to create a playlist on my Ipod when I saw this topic. I dont have a good addition to the list (there are a number of great suggestions, even if not all are in waltz time), but want to bump this thread for some more contributions. Keep 'em coming!
A couple in my collection that are in 3/4 time are Love Will Come Through by Travis and Fade Together by Franz Ferdinand. Whether they’re actually waltzable, I don’t know, since I don’t do ballroom.
The Spanish version of “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”, “Has Amado Una Mujer De Veras?”, from the Don Juan DeMarco soundtrack.
For that matter, “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”. but I like the Spanish version better.
A few more.
Alison Krauss, Baby Mine (I think this is 6/8, so even though it is a slow song it would be a fast waltz.)
Indigo Girls, Mystery
Kansas, Hold On
Lou Reed, Perfect Day
REM, Everybody Hurts
Rufus Wainwright, Complainte de la Butte, Hallelujah
Simon & Garfunkel, America, Song for the Asking
Oh, and here is the whole song, Has Amado una Mujer de Veras.
Love Will Come Through is a good one. Are you sure about Hallelujah? I can’t seem to count that out to waltz time, but then, I can’t count that out to any recognizable time- could it be some weird time signature that I’m missing? America definitely works. I think Everybody Hurts may be 6/8- it’d be a very fast waltz. Hold On is definitely a waltz.
Listening to my library at random and further research has brought these to my attention: Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof, Goodnight, Irene by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (and numerous others, it’s an old classic), Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel, and Satellite by Dave Matthews Band.
Amazing Grace is in 3/4 time. But that would be weird and wrong.
Listening to Amazing Grace, I think it’s too slow to waltz anyway. And I’ve decided that I think Hallelujah is 6/8.
I believe that is the correct timing.
I believe that Ray actually played the bass lines with his feet (organ pedals). Not sure if that makes it a more or less amazing feat of coordination.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
Waltz time in the verses, 4/4 in the chorus, I think. I’m told there are a few other time signatures that show up briefly.
I thought of a couple more:
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[li]Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair”[/li][li]Whitesnake’s “Crying in the Rain” (though this is probably 6/8 with its fast tempo).[/li][/ul]
Has anyone mentioned the “Nokia Tune”?
Very waltzable, and very popular.
The types of organ Ray Manzarek used onstage with the Doors–Vox Continental, Gibson Kalamazoo–do not have bass pedals. He played bass parts on a separate Fender keyboard bass (known to the band as “the fart machine”).
“The Wrong Road (Round)” – The Go-Betweens
“1000 Umbrellas” – XTC
The Harry Potter theme music is a very nice Viennese Waltz.
Casa Musica sells a number of dance-specific CDs - here’s their Best of Slow Waltz and Best of Viennese Waltz.
For something different: “The Tennessee Waltz” as performed by Spike Jones & His City Slickers.
As long as we’re including Christmas carols:
The First Noel
Away in a Manger
O Tannenbaum