Fictunes

Hey, everybody!  I'm a bit early, but hey. For this month, I decided to do something a little different.

Most music nowadays is written in 4/4, also known as "common time."  For those of you out there with limited knowledge of music, this means that a measure (the basic block of music) is made up of four quarter notes, and the quarter note gets the beat.  It's called "common time" for a reason; it really is all over the place, and most music we think of is written in 4/4.  If you listen to music and can go, "ONE two three four ONE two three four ONE two three four," you're listening to 4/4.

4/4 is fun and all, but I have an intense love of music in 6/8.  6/8 means that the eighth note, not the quarter, gets the beat, and there are six eighth notes per measure.  It's different from 3/4 (three quarter notes per measure), which is mainly used for waltzes and stuff.  3/4 is "ONE two three ONE two three," whereas 6/8 is "ONE two three four five six"--the 'four' is a strong beat, but not as strong as one.  So there's a strong feeling of two, only it's subdivided into three. Trust me, it makes sense. ^^;;

Since there's not that much 6/8 stuff out there, and 6/8 is awesome, this month's fictunes are all songs written in 6/8.  Once you know 6/8, it gets a lot easier to pick it out when you hear it.  Personally, I love 6/8, because I like that feeling of paired threes, and how it feels like the music is rolling.

Oh, and a big thank you to everyone on my flist (ij and lj) who helped out with getting me songs in 6/8!  I only had a few songs in 6/8 time, and y'all came through with getting me some more. :D

1. Birdcage - Gackt
( I lock myself up, unable to even atone )

2. Kiss from a Rose - Angela Aki
This is a cover of the Seal song. I went for Angela Aki's, since everyone knows Seal's, and the Japanese is totally different and really cool. And this and the Gackt translation aren't mine; I lazed out and found them online.
( I saw you within the flames of the battlefield that burned me with love )

3. The Kill [acoustic version/acoustic version with violin] - 30 Seconds to Mars
( What if I wanted to fight, Beg for the rest of my life )

4. The Bird and the Worm - The Used
( You're the bird, I'm the worm/And it's plain to see/That we were meant to be )

5. From the Inside - Linkin Park
( Tension is building inside steadily )

6. My Skin - Natalie Merchant
( Well, contempt loves the silence/it thrives in the dark )

7. Boats and Birds - Gregory and the Hawk
( You can hide underneath me and come out at night )

8. Runs in the Family - Amanda Palmer feat. Ben Folds
( I say it runs in the family this family that carries me to such great lengths, to open my legs up to anyone who'll have me )

9. Protege Moi - Placebo
( Are we fate's playthings? )

10. The House of the Rising Sun - Eric Burdon & The Animals
( It's been the ruin of many a poor boy/And God I know I'm one )

11. Beautiful Gun - Moses
( See if you smile while youre sleeping, youre sleeping/Beautiful gun )

12. Sleeping Beauty - Miranda Sex Garden
( Tales of blood and tears lie cold on her face )

13. Glory - Kamelot
( lord you know that I prayed/one for the glory/and one for the souls that I've slain )

14. Vermillion pt. 2 - Slipknot
( She's a myth that I have to believe in. )

15. Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers
( I am a man, cut from the know )

BONUS!

Harbor - Vienna Teng
This song is in 6/8, but it also goes into some other, funky-cool times. Part of it seems to be in 9/14, which is kinda awesome.
( You've got a journey to make/There's your horizon to chase )

Colour My World - Chicago
This song seems like 6/8, but it's actually 12/8.
( Color my world with hope of loving you )