Death Cab, "I Will Follow..." Time sig?

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Alright, so I actually don't care for any Death Cab, and likewise this dull song,
but my sister asked me to aid her on the guitar while sings at a coffee house event next week.

I am no guitar vituoso, but usually I'm pretty adept at rhythm patterns, as I studied flute/music theory a few years ago.

However, somehow I am not getting the simple rhythm pattern of this song.
It sounds like he's singing too fast. Is Gibbard just singing too fast? Or is this in a 5/4 time sig? Triple meter..?

I Will Follow You In The Dark - Death Cab

So, I'm hoping maybe one of you more musically informed patrons will know what is going on here? In terms of time signature, I guess.
Guitar is not my strong point, thank you much.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

I love figuring out time sigs. I'll check it out later.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

Okay thanks, except...I think I'm just mentally incapacitated because I just heard it, and it's probably just 4/4.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

It sounded so strange though when I was trying to play it? Anyway...yeah, thanks though.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

I can't hear this as anything other than 4/4, with the 1 of each measure getting the accent.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

Mm, the accents. Yeah, just 4/4, simple a pie now. I think Gibbard and I just disagree with each other.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 23:05 (twenty years ago)

Yep, four as four gets.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

I know, J., weren't you hoping it was something crazy?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Yes. :(

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)

If it makes you feel better, "Someday You Will Be Loved" and "Stable Song" is 3/4. "Different Names For the Same Thing" is 3/4 in the first part, and 6/8 (I think, I don't KNOW) in the second.

― earinfections (Nick Twisp), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:26 (twenty years ago)

"... and 6/8 (I think, I don't KNOW) in the second."

Divide 6/8 by 2 and tell me what you get...

― fnf (fnf), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but it's not entirely accurate to say it's the same time sig. I'm listening right now, and the second half of the song is felt in 6 rather than in 3 -- with the major accent on the 1 and a smaller one on the 5.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

Is Ben Gibbard the worst lyricist ever?

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

The only Death Cab songs that have really made me cringe are the anti-Los Angeles "Why You'd Want to Live Here" and the fuck-you-Dad one on the same album.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)

re: 6 divided by 8

http://www.gardenofpraise.com/key10c.htm

― earinfections (Nick Twisp), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 07:01 (twenty years ago)

Is Ben Gibbard the worst lyricist ever?

nah - I always liked "fumbling to make contact/in the back of my grey subcompact."

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 07:15 (twenty years ago)

It's a thin line between clever and stupid.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

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