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From: rossen@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Time Sig.'s and "Cool Jerk"Z - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 18:06:00 EDT
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uiucdcs!rossen    Apr 30 17:06:00 1984


>    
>    Anyone out there remember a popular song of the mid-to-late 60's called
>    "Cool Jerk"? I think it was in 7/4 time...Verification invited.
>    
 
"Cool Jerk" was put onto the Go-Go's "Vacation" album.  They'd been playing
it since "the early days."  I don't know who did it first -- anyone know?
The Go-Go's play it in 4/4.  I don't think it's just because they can't
play in other tempos, I think the song was written that way.   I don't
see how it could have been 7/4. . .
 
One song, however, that IS in 7/4 is Linda Ronstadt's last bit of pleasant
but forgettable fluff before "What's New," "Get Closer."  The song has
been made into a commercial ("Get Close-Up"), but it's still in 7/4.
 
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Ken in Champaign-Urbana
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