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Artist:

Dave Brubeck Quartet [ more ]

Song:

Take Five

Album:

Time Out [ info ]

Released:

1959

Last Played:

May 11, 2013 - 03:24

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9.2 (Total Ratings: 3295)

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803 comments for this song:

4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)

Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 16:52

Maybe I need to take five now %-)

djengs

Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 13:05

TerryS wrote:

Learned to drink coffee to this track.

some learn to drink coffee earlier now

coyote620
(Near the river, USA)

Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 13:04

If Aliens came down and scolded us for doing what we have done to ourselves and our planet, I would say, " yeah, maybe so, but at least we have Take Five."

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)

Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 13:01

I like this song and regard it as pretty darn okay, but it's more overplayed than excellent.

madaxeman
(Scottish west coast)

Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 13:00

Utterly Godlike. At least an eleven.

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)

Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 12:57

And the volume goes up... waaaaaay up. One of the greatest songs ever written.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)

Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 18:39

Not a jazz fan but this is a classic!

kcar

Posted: May 24, 2012 - 16:39

pinto wrote:

I imagine that to a jazz purist (which I am not) this music is considered excellent but overplayed, much like Layla by Derek & the Dominoes.

I've heard that some jazz purists don't consider it jazz at all and think that it's far too formulaic. I don't have much knowledge of jazz but I disagree with them on both counts.

michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)

Posted: May 24, 2012 - 16:34

Should be home in my Eichler vs. working
Was good when my daddy played still good now

Easyrider

Posted: May 07, 2012 - 14:49

Simply superb tune!!!

bubink
(Bellevue, Nebraska)

Posted: Apr 22, 2012 - 23:01

YES!! YES!! YES!!!!

gypsyman
(just passing through....)

Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 06:41

And, yes, dammit, I have it on vinyl.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)

Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 06:37

RP and Bill's sig tune....yeah, its a 10.

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)

Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 14:36

oldsaxon wrote:

I think I just got a little chubby :) You bastard! is that yours? I think I can hear it hissing from here!

I restore old recording equipment as a hobby and quite a few old machines here. And no noticeable hiss from this 7.5 ips tape.

ReddFlagg
(North Texas)

Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:47

kojiroh wrote:

First song I've rated 10, and after all this time of (possibly) being overplayed, it still deserves more.

First 10 for me, too. Lifts me every time I hear it.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)

Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:43

DaveInVA wrote:

I think I just got a little chubby :) You bastard! is that yours? I think I can hear it hissing from here!

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)

Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:42

jagdriver wrote:

Found in the same brother's room as Kerouac's On the Road.

bump

These two treasures discovered in a very conservative, WASPish home in middle America....just at the right time!

(About the same time as I learning to become a psychonaut.)

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)

Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:41

Perfect lead-in to the RP prize giveaway ! Take Ten.

jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)

Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:40

kojiroh
(Istanbul, Turkey)

Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 04:51

First song I've rated 10, and after all this time of (possibly) being overplayed, it still deserves more.

ghoffman
(Plano, TX)

Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 19:28

msymmes wrote:

Thanks for that. What is a measure? I am not pulling your leg. I really don't have a clue. I just love stuff that's "off beat' :)

You might think of a measure as a musical phrase or sentence. Or you might think of it as a group of notes that go together to make a piece of music. If you look at printed music, it's easy to see, as each measure is in a separate section, divided by vertical lines.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)

Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 19:19

ghoffman wrote:

If it helps any, the first number is how many beats per measure and the second is what note gets the beat. So 5/4 means that there are 5 beats per measure and the quarter note gets the beat. 9/8 means that there are 9 beats per measure and the eighth note gets the beat.

msymmes wrote:

Grooving, swinging, napping, dancing .... On a Sunday afternoon.

I had heard about the famouse 5/4 but don't know much about 9/8. Actually... don't know much about music!
Bobert_ParkCity wrote:

in 1959 they used two microphones and of course, tube gear. tube gear is famous for it's dynamic range

teo macero was the producer - his records always sound good. ask miles davis

what make this stand out is the 9/8 and 5/4 timing

Thanks for that. What is a measure? I am not pulling your leg. I really don't have a clue. I just love stuff that's "off beat' :)

ghoffman
(Plano, TX)

Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 19:16

msymmes wrote:

Grooving, swinging, napping, dancing .... On a Sunday afternoon.

I had heard about the famouse 5/4 but don't know much about 9/8. Actually... don't know much about music!
Bobert_ParkCity wrote:

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)

Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 12:04

Grooving, swinging, napping, dancing .... On a Sunday afternoon.

I had heard about the famouse 5/4 but don't know much about 9/8. Actually... don't know much about music!
Bobert_ParkCity wrote:

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)