The most famous tune in 5/4 time.

[amateur51]

Herr Alpensinfonie -

Ach! Du Lieber! It's not An der schoenen blauen Donau, is it?

You asked for it ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiF5glYvfcw

[Parry1912]

It's not An der schoenen blauen Donau, is it?

No, it's not. That starts in 6/8 then moves into 3/4.

[mercia]

wikipedia helpfully tells me that "Here come the bastards" by Primus is in 5/4 time

[MrGongGong]

wikipedia helpfully tells me that "Here come the bastards" by Primus is in 5/4 time

It's a classic from "Sailing on the Seas of Cheese"
a great album featuring Tom Waits

[Mr Pee]

I'd have picked the "Waltz" movement from the Pathetique symphony as well. I was going to suggest the feem toon from "The Bill" but it turns out that was in 7/4.

[VodkaDilc]

Any suggestions for the most famous tune in 5/4 time?
I know what my answer would be, but ...

Mars, surely?

[MrGongGong]

Mars, surely?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPhUr-T6UM ?

But that's in 4

[Chris Newman]

How about every other (odd numbered) bar of the Promenade from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition? It goes 5/4, 6/4, 5/4, 6/4.....

[VodkaDilc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPhUr-T6UM ?

But that's in 4

I managed to listen to 42 secs of this? What is it?

[MrGongGong]

I managed to listen to 42 secs of this? What is it?

We were obviously at different parties in 1987

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume_(song)

you need epic amounts of bass preferably on headphones imv

[VodkaDilc]

We were obviously at different parties in 1987

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume_(song)

you need epic amounts of bass preferably on headphones imv

I was nearly 40 in 1987 - too old for parties. Have read the link above; it means absolutely nothing to me. (Of course in 1987 R3 was still worth listening to, so I'd have no need for Pump up the volume.)

[vinteuil]

How about every other (odd numbered) bar of the Promenade from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition? It goes 5/4, 6/4, 5/4, 6/4.....

... you mean, as in my #12 above??

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"Famous" to whom? The "Westminster Chimes" on a neighbour's doorbell is in 5/4: is the original?

(Otherwise, I'd've plumped for Tchaik #6, ii or Brubeck with Mars and Mission Impossible close runners-up.)

[Serial_Apologist]

The closing part of "Daphnis and Chloe" is what we're all looking for. The dancers were all urged to repeat "Ser-gei-Dia-gi-lev" to get the metre into their heads.

Then they had to deal with "The Rite of Spring".

[mercia]

Any suggestions for the most famous tune in 5/4 time?

is there a definitive answer to this question ?