Sting-Seven Days(live in Japan 94)

[metrobot1]

I feel it in 5/4 but would count it in 5/8. Try it you'll see what i mean

[metrobot1]

I feel it in 5/4 but would count 5/8 ...try it you'll see what i mean

[jo366]

where's the sound?

[doctone]

OMG...

it seems that audio have been deleted:(((

but I've never got any report from youtube, tho...

[scottp118]

If the song's in 5/4, why does Sting himself count it in as 5/8? 5/4 vs. 5/8 is a silly, academic discussion, and some have it completely opposite. 5/8 means twice the BPM. Music 101: the 8 means an 8th note gets 1 beat. Anyway, the main parts of the drum, bass and keyboard pattern repeat twice as fast - half a 5/4 measure, or 5/8. The hi-hat accents and some other things resolve every 2 measures, 5/4. I would write this song in 5/4, as Sting said, but count it in 5/8, as Sting DID in the video.

[pakitooo5]

Its easy to count if you think in a 3/4 plus 2/4:

1, 2,3, 1, 2

[amoergosum3]

Sting's best live band....period.

[majesticlaine]

WOOOOO!!!! David Sancious 1:49!!!!

[smerrigan]

sick right? but did you see sting shoot him a nasty look..ugh..god forbid someone other than sting himself adds creativity to one of his songs--all he's really doing is adding the sound analog effect of fleeing after sting sings that verse..give yer band credit where it is due..that was a genius fill on Sancious's part

[Rlodance]

that could have been a look like what was that? that sounded good! Sting is all about appreciating what other artists bring to his music. Thats why he hires muscians who are way way better than him. He does give credit and shares the spotlight with other muscians very well.

[zorana04]

i agree-i was always wondering fromthe eighties-i thought it was me-lol

[smerrigan]

1:48 piano lick is ridiculous

[Dorian47]

Back in 1994 I saw that concert on Stings world tour here in Vienna at the Stadthalle.

That song in particular got me interested in him and I soon bought "Message in a box".

Love that song to this day, although it reminds me of stuff...

Still, that song and that performance made me a Sting and Police-Fan

Aaah, good times^^

[rogersat]

i love how sting holds back a laugh of disbelief and amazement after vinnie's break. at least it sounds like that.

[webstercat]

Sting and Vinnie = Genius plus two!

[contepino]

definitely a 5/4 song, a drumming masterpiece related to dynamics and accents.

unfortunately the audio is so bad

c'mon vinnie...

5*

[musicNdrums]

True Words.

[irateradio]

its 5/8 mate

[rogersat]

5/8 or 5/4, they equate to the same thing. but i'd say that vinnie is implying a 5/4 feel. he is trying to smooth the groove over so it doesn't sound odd- that's the genius of his musicality here. go to 2:04 and listen to vinnie's bass drum- that's the quarter note. if vinnie and the band were implying a 5/8 feel, the music would cycle through its motif much sooner. but his implied feel and the music doesn't recycle until five of those bass drum hits are made. That adds up to 5/4.

[irateradio]

no it doesnt because he is playing an eigth note on the BD, like he does on the recorded version in the 2nd verse. The backbeat is on beat 4 of 2 bars of 5/8, because of the cross rhythm he plays on the hi-hat in the verse it gives the illusion of one bar of 5/4 when in fact it is 2 bars of 5/8

[Gretchluver1]

I took it upon myself to try and transcribe the original recording and I ended up writing it in 5/4 rather than 5/8. When in 5/4 the fastest type note needed (so far) are semi-quavers or 16th notes. If it was 5/8 they would be demi-semi-quavers or 32nd notes, and that would be bloody hard to write let alone read.

[Gretchluver1]

Also get a metronome and set it to crotchet or quarter notes at 184bpm (roughly the tempo of the song)and then half (92bpm)and choose which you'd count in with. Me, like most people, and Sting himself, would choose the former, suggesting 5/4.

[irateradio]

it would probably make more sense to count 5/8 at 92 as the song is more of a laid back feel. the point about 32nds makes sense as 5/4 would be easier to read, but the feel of the song (which determines the tempo) is 5/8 in my (and many other session drummers) opinion.

[camjbass]

I love the way vinnie makes this odd metric song grooves!!!

[gnarly83]

"This is Vinnie. A band is only as good as his drummer, right? Vinnie Colaiuta is one of the greatest drummers in the world or the greatest."....a quote from Sting himself when introducing Vinnie at a concert..

[doctone]

Hi Guys!

Here a nice forum of "rhythm"

Thank for many opinion;>

[CharleeVee]

5/8 from a vinnie point of view. Song is in 5/4

[bluesdrummer715]

The time is in 5/4, not 5/8 Some of you are hearing a 2 bar pattern, and placing an 8 as the bottom number, if this is so, then you have to change the 5 to a 10! hence 10/8 time....The count is 1-2-3 1-2 The same as brubecks take five piece from 1959.

[juanbarros88]

Sorry about that, i was thinking Saint Augustine In Hell, this song is in 5/4, can be counted as 5/8, but because the top number is odd, this also happens in this song

[juanbarros88]

this time signature is easy to play, the only part that might be difficult is where vinnie plays quarter notes on the Ride because in 7/8 time signature, the quarter notes turns into upbeat notes when changing measures, but damn Vinnie is the best ever in my opinion, that fill at 3:30 is amazing

[blomsterkongen]

hey hey hey, this not 7/8! it´s 5/8!

[xhamlin]

Yes that can be sort of difficult. That and the accents on the hi hat over 5. That and the crazy places he puts notes in the chorus. That and the ridiculously sublime and insane outro. :)

[davaames]

okay not the best quality but aaaaaah what a song - thanks for that

[myedla]

Does anybody have "Straight to my Heart" from this tour? This is when Sting was at his best with just these guys, although Dominic Miller could have been replaced.

[drumguyrobc]

I'm not trying to be a jerk, I just don't want drummers out there to go misinformed. I went to a clinic Vinnie gave and he explained everything about this song. It's in 5/8. So if you're a drummer out there trying to learn this song, think of it in 5/8 instead of 5/4...it makes it much easier to count the accents!

[bluesdrummer715]

[Sting]: Seven Days (1993) is just a piece of fun. I wanted to write a song in 5/4. I'd never written in 5/4 before, and it really begged to be played with in a frivolous way. It would be hard to do anything very ponderous in 5/4.<< This is from the man who wrote it not the drummer!

[drumguyrobc]

Vinnie taught it in 5/8, that's all I'm saying.

[drums127]

u guys wanna see good drumming by a kid tyoe in HOMZY BOPISH DRUM SOLO

[markbass305]

This is nuts. I can't fathom playing the bass and singing LEAD vocals in this time signature. Absolutely crazy...and amazing song, one of my favorites. Thanks for this video!!!

[NouveauCliche]

My god. If there was ever a song...in a band...on a stage that I WISH I could play on, this would be. Freaking Vinnie!!! Ugh...just amazing. :-)

[carlospapa]

"C'mon vinnie let's go" i cant stop listening to that fill, vinnie is the best. thanks for posting this.

[rogersat]

i know man. that restraint and then release!!!!! absolute magic.

[carlospapa]

word! if you can try to listen to a record he made with abraham laboriel greg mathieson and michael landau, it's incredible!

[juanbarros88]

That fill was a highlight. So Nice!!!!!

[musicNdrums]

Which One?!?!?!?!

[briond]

Check out the live version in Oslo (if you can find it, concert called 'Humanity Solution') - I reckon Vinnie does it even better....outstanding. He is a God.

[doctone]

Hi,briond.

yeah,I have that video.

That's a great drumming.

[wdreamsmaycome]

where did you find the video for the Oslo concert? It's not here on youtube that I can find...

[carlosveloce]

aaah vinnie!!!

no weoiuwe, only vinnie can play the song like this. every other drummer after vinnie sucked on this!

sting´s drummer is vinnie!

[weoiuwe]

i cant understand how it can be a hard song to play, all the timing, and u'd have to be very tight.

I'm a drummer, and im 20.

i can play this on the drums.

Great song!

[Alwayzsmilin]

You obviously have no clue about the song.

[wporji]

Dyall realize this tune's in 5/4. It's a pretty atypical time signature. Fairly remarkable that sting could craft a hit tune in such an oddball beat.

[ropiyas]

Finally, I know now that the song is in 5/4. Thanks man. Great version.

[doctone]

Its so hard to play this song as they plays like this.

[SunnyCool]

WHOA! Stings bad-ass days, gotta love the all star jazz team he brought on tour!! This song is really tough to play yeah...

[svanvenetie]

I was searching for years for a live version of this song with Vinnie and now I found it. Thank you very much Doctone!

[Pacoljevski]

Vinnie Colaiuta is the greatest drummer in the World and he plays this song like no other! Thank you for posting!

[Hot4House]

I love this song. Thanks for uploading

[doctone]

It's so beautiful song.

WE 'd played this as a cover band,but so difficult to play.