Songs featuring a backbeat groove

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   Songs with a backbeat feeling are not very common in my experience, and it's an interesting rhythm feeling to me. So , do you know any good songs that incorporate this feeling?

Such a groove typically have a bass drum on 2 and 4. Let's leave out reggae though, because it's not the style I'm thinking about. I think the feeling has more resemblance to the brazilian samba which is "backwards" with bass drum accents on 2 and 4, while there is a lighter tuned drum playing on 1 and 3.

I'll give some examples in the next post...

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wilmon91 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 15 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 698	Topic: Songs featuring a backbeat groove Posted: August 10 2012 at 16:56
	Songs with a backbeat feeling are not very common in my experience, and it's an interesting rhythm feeling to me. So , do you know any good songs that incorporate this feeling? Such a groove typically have a bass drum on 2 and 4. Let's leave out reggae though, because it's not the style I'm thinking about. I think the feeling has more resemblance to the brazilian samba which is "backwards" with bass drum accents on 2 and 4, while there is a lighter tuned drum playing on 1 and 3. I'll give some examples in the next post...

wilmon91 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 15 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 698	Posted: August 10 2012 at 17:28
	Bruce Cockburn - Mighty Trucks Of Midnight (1991) http://www.last.fm/music/Bruce+Cockburn/_/Mighty+Trucks+Of+Midnight(30s preview) One of his best songs, much because of that nice backbeat. Gilberto Gil - Danca De Shiva http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkQonv6c5yE The feeling in the bass is the same as the bass drum in a samba, which marks every other beat, 2 and 4. Very original and cool feeling. The song is very "smooth" though, but I like it. Toto - Till The End http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V93sAvmOjms Backbeat in the chorus. At the end, Jeff Porcaro adds a snare drum rhythm in a brazillian fashion, though with a straight feeling. Very original. Bruce Cockburn - Grim Travellers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB_6MXfUPgs Another song by Cockburn, available on youtube. Camel - Changing places http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQIVklkQ7Oo Saga - What's It Gonna Be? http://tinysong.com/HmmF Straight main groove but there's a middle part with a backbeat, and it feels sort of backwards. The accentuation (open hihat) on the 3 in the chorus also does something to the feeling , almost creating a backbeat-feel on top of the straight groove. Saga often has bridge sections or other in-between sections with bass drum on 2 and 4. It might have been inspired by Supertramp who have used that thing. Supertramp - Hide in your shell http://tinysong.com/jd6y The long middle section ("I wanna know"). The second parts of the verses also have have sort of a back beat with accents on 2 and 4, nothing on 1 and 3. Genesis - Silver Rainbow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiRxRvS4SCA cool backwards groove, snare on 1 and 3. Me and sarah jane also has a backwards groove by the way (not a fan of that song though) Edited by wilmon91 - August 10 2012 at 17:53