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Dave Brubeck — Unsquare Dance
Album: Time Further Out
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Released: 1961
Length: 1:58
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 idiot_wind wrote:

that crazy cat

playing that crazy syncopation

make you crazy




Sometimes  CRAZY IS GREAT!!  
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:

Back in the early 60s, a kids show called Captain Kangaroo had this song on a spot.  black background, hands in white gloves, clapping.  I was enthralled then and now.




Mr Green Jeans from that show, was at my Buddy's wedding in 1974! I got to meet him! He was totally cool!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 behçet.frank wrote:

Dave Brubeck is music genius for me.




Me Too!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Dave Brubeck is music genius for me.
Posted 2 years ago by behçet.frank    [ Reply ]
that crazy cat

playing that crazy syncopation

make you crazy
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:

Back in the early 60s, a kids show called Captain Kangaroo had this song on a spot.  black background, hands in white gloves, clapping.  I was enthralled then and now.



I certainly saw that -- and remember it now with the mention of it -- but of course I had no idea what the music was.  I was probably not even thinking in those terms yet.  

How in the world did you know (or figure out) what the song was?!!  Either a much more recent search/encounter, or you were seriously up on your music back in the day.  (Or maybe that was before "the day.")
Posted 2 years ago by QuantumShaman    [ Reply ]
Back in the early 60s, a kids show called Captain Kangaroo had this song on a spot.  black background, hands in white gloves, clapping.  I was enthralled then and now.
Posted 2 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
 aaronm wrote:

Well, for starters, Take Five is mostly in 5/4 measure, and this song is in 7/4. Also, they're completely different songs.



If 4/4 time is good that makes Take 5 125% good and this 175% good.
Posted 2 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
Have you got a steady boyfriend?
Cause honey I've been watching you
I hear you're mad about Brubeck
I like your eyes, I like him too
He's an artist, a pioneer
We've got to have some music on the new frontier
Posted 3 years ago by timatmit    [ Reply ]
Wasn't this in the film "Baby Driver?" Great tune

Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Rating: 10/10 TEN TEN TEN :D
Posted 3 years ago by andreadi    [ Reply ]
 iloveradio wrote:
1951, must have been seen as radical.
 
Actually 1961 and still radical. I thought I heard Bill say 1951, but the stereo image confused me since stereo didn't exist prior to 1957.
Posted 3 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
Wes Anderson Movies (first part), anyone?
Posted 3 years ago by sunnyS    [ Reply ]
 2Hawks wrote:

Good thing there are different parts.... 
 
Tuva throat singing has to have at least 2 parts to qualify as such.
Posted 3 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
1951, must have been seen as radical.
Posted 3 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
I can't hear this anymore without thinking of Baby Driver.

But that's great!  Baby Driver is one of my favorite movies, and it's pretty much a 2 hour music video; if you're a music fan, you've got to see it.
Posted 4 years ago by zinzarin    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

In fact I've just realized that this is exactly the same song as "Come Along" by Yat-Kha, except for the different parts.
 
Good thing there are different parts.... 
Posted 4 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
dare you to keep the clap rhythm through to the end.
Posted 4 years ago by Coops    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

...but other than those things they're the same.
 
In fact I've just realized that this is exactly the same song as "Come Along" by Yat-Kha, except for the different parts.
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 aaronm wrote:
Well, for starters, Take Five is mostly in 5/4 measure, and this song is in 7/4. Also, they're completely different songs.
 
...but other than those things they're the same.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I step along to the Bojangle-y tap taps with eyes closed and a smile  : )
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
What's the difference to Take Five?

 
No difference! Dave Brueback just rewrote Take Five throughout his career and nobody noticed - until you showed up!
Posted 6 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
What's the difference to Take Five?

 
Well, for starters, Take Five is mostly in 5/4 measure, and this song is in 7/4. Also, they're completely different songs.
Posted 6 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
Too trippy for a Tuesday morning. 

I keep seeing Martha Graham ballet dancers. Go figure.  
Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Anything played by Dave is outstanding.
Posted 7 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
What's the difference to Take Five?
Posted 7 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
2 of my favorite artists -  Miro and Brubeck.
Posted 8 years ago by flyboy50    [ Reply ]
he's like billy pilgrim - unstuck in time!
Posted 8 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
As a Tommy Cooper  once said "sarcasm is the refuge of inferior brains owned by people who feel they are superior beings." 

 
{#Clap}{#Clap}{#Clap}
Posted 8 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
As a Tommy Cooper  once said "sarcasm is the refuge of inferior brains owned by people who feel they are superior beings." 

 
A little perspective for those of us not familiar w the late Mr. Cooper:

Tommy Cooper 

BTW, I think he was "dead" wrong. 
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
As a Tommy Cooper  once said "sarcasm is the refuge of inferior brains owned by people who feel they are superior beings." 
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Why anyone would consider this complex is befuddling  ---  as a wise man once said  "some ideas are so stupid only an intellectual will believe them"
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Four years later and the wrong album cover's still up. {#Lol}

 
Not any more. Thanks, Bill.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Thank you Mr. Brubeck! Great up beat tune. So much fun.
Posted 10 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
For those who wanted him to do more up tempo stuff, Mr. Brubeck was quoted saying that this was for all the toe tappers in his audience. (and thus be satisfied and stfu)



Posted 11 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
Was listening to this when I was 12, still love it today.
Posted 11 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
Totally unsquare!
Posted 11 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Wrong album. It's from 1961's Time Further Out.

 
Four years later and the wrong album cover's still up. {#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 hagz21 wrote:

There is always room for more clapping in music. {#Clap}

 
Not to mention the cowbell.


Posted 11 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Rest in peace. great Brubeck!
Posted 11 years ago by valeriogonzalez    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:

Feels more like 7/8 to me, but that's quibbling.  But the rating is 7.8, so that's cool {#Dancingbanana}

Dang, somebody raised it to 7.9!

 
As in time signature, not rating - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.  And I agree, feels more like 7/8 than 7/4
Posted 12 years ago by zillah    [ Reply ]

There is always room for more clapping in music. {#Clap}


Posted 12 years ago by hagz21    [ Reply ]
Genius.
Posted 13 years ago by RickyBobby    [ Reply ]
he is the master of making songs w/ unusual time signatures accessible...
Posted 13 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
It's like the only people that showed up for the song was a stoned bassist and a slightly mentally handicapped midget tap dancer...

Not my bag.
Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 squibbb wrote:
Annoying as hell.
 

What squibb said.
Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Paradiddly ho>
Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
My grandmother introduced me to Dave Brubeck when I was in middle school. She could throw a wicked fastball and definitely knows her staple jazz musicians. 
Posted 13 years ago by estprophet22    [ Reply ]
 randerse10 wrote:
7/4 time? 
 
Feels more like 7/8 to me, but that's quibbling.  But the rating is 7.8, so that's cool {#Dancingbanana}

Dang, somebody raised it to 7.9!

Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 randerse10 wrote:
7/4 time? 
 
Works out.  Are you Dave's little brother?

Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Platypus wrote:
tremendous! 8)
 
This tune has recently moved up in the RP playlist rotation.{#Bananapiano}
That the guy is still performing live and still going strong is amazing.

I give this one an 8.  {#Cool}
 
Posted 14 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 randerse10 wrote:
7/4 time? 
 

{#Yes} The original liner notes describe the song as "A challange to the foot-tappers" {#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
7/4 time? 
Posted 14 years ago by randerse10    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Wrong album. It's from 1961's Time Further Out.


 
You're right! I didn't think that track was on Time Out. Here 's the track listing for Time Further Out.

Track listing

  1. "It's a Raggy Waltz" – 5:12
  2. "Bluette" – 5:21
  3. "Charles Matthew Hallelujah" – 2:52
  4. "Far More Blue" – 4:38
  5. "Far More Drums" – 4:00
  6. "Maori Blues" – 3:54
  7. "Unsquare Dance" – 2:00
  8. "Bru's Boogie Woogie" – 2:28
  9. "Blue Shadows in the Street" – 6:35

The 1996 CD reissue adds the following tracks:

  1. "Slow and Easy (A.K.A. Lawless Mike)" – 3:29
  2. "It's a Raggy Waltz" (recorded in 1963, Carnegie Hall) – 6:37


Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I don't know whether I like this or the Paddy Milner cover better...
My bananas can't either! {#Dancingbanana} {#Dancingbanana}


Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
what would don draper do?
Posted 15 years ago by bchartier    [ Reply ]
Good Stuff!
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Timeless cool
Posted 15 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
KickASS on headphones.
Posted 15 years ago by vivakitty    [ Reply ]
This ain't on Time Out.

Er, woops. nevermind.

edit Oct '09: Still not on Time Out.


Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Wrong album. It's from 1961's Time Further Out.


Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Great to hear the vibes from the acoustic bass.
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
What is WRONG with this Brubeck guy? Why can't he use a NORMAL time signature? Freak. xoxox, c.
 
Take five, dude.
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]

As much as I hate to say it, the Paddy Milner cover makes this one sound fairly lifeless...

Still enjoyable though!

Posted 16 years ago by FeydBaron    [ Reply ]
It's got a cool groove. Kinda modern, like something from the movie "Catch me if you can".
Posted 16 years ago by ca1vinandhobbes    [ Reply ]
What is WRONG with this Brubeck guy? Why can't he use a NORMAL time signature? Freak. xoxox, c.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
8.
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Annoying as hell.
Posted 16 years ago by squibbb    [ Reply ]
A-HA! I'm loving the fact that my desk is now clear enough to hear the audio tracks bouncing back and forth between the two speakers.
Posted 16 years ago by Cookie    [ Reply ]
A throwaway? Don't think so. Mr. Brubeck did all sorts of interesting things in different "times." Love the segue from Fagen too.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Mr Brubeck should apologize to the world for putting out this piece of crap. Hard to believe this is from the same musician that did "Take Five"
Posted 20 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Mot wrote:
Rythmic clapping. Blech!
Bleching. Rythmic clapping! (pimp)
Posted 20 years ago by MsfStl    [ Reply ]
TomasU wrote:
Nice segue from Fagen's song: "I hear you're mad about Brubeck I like your eyes I like him too He's an artist a pioneer We've got to have some music on the new frontier"
hmmmm.....really? so it is...(pimp)
Posted 20 years ago by MsfStl    [ Reply ]
Rythmic clapping. Blech!
Posted 20 years ago by Mot    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from Fagen's song: "I hear you're mad about Brubeck I like your eyes I like him too He's an artist a pioneer We've got to have some music on the new frontier"
Posted 20 years ago by TomasU    [ Reply ]
I love the incredulous laugh you can just hear at the end - like, Did we pull it off?
Posted 20 years ago by phhht    [ Reply ]
Refreshing ! Good, really
Posted 20 years ago by No    [ Reply ]
tremendous! 8)
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]