It’s actually pretty cool how sneaky they are with the meter on some of these compositions the only song that structurally is a little more overtly daring is “Just a Phase,” which sports a lengthy preamble in 4/4 before slipping into 6/8 for the verses. Apart from a bar in 3/4 towards the beginning of “Circles,” the entire song is in 4/4, except for the riff that guitarist Mike Einziger casually tosses in before the first verse, which lasts just two measures, one in 5/8 and one in 7/8. For example, “Mexico” employs the same alternating 3/4 and 4/4 dynamic as “Nice to Know You,” but there are no drums on “Mexico,” so it’s barely noticeable. It’s in 12/8 - itself not an uncommon time signature, though most rock music is in 4/4 or 3/4 - except for the bridge, which is made up of three bars of 9/8 followed by a bar of 6/8, repeating twice.)īut the way they introduce the time signature changes on Morning View is a lot more subtle. They did this a couple of times on Make Yourself, as well - the title track similarly swings between a measure of 7/8 and a measure of 4/4 and the closer “Out from Under” also alternates between bars of 5/4 and 3/4 during the verses, while the chorus is just in 4/4. Sure enough, I looked at the sheet music in the Morning View guitar tab book I have, and “Nice to Know You” basically oscillates between a bar of 3/4 and a bar of 4/4 throughout most of the song. I had always assumed the song is in 7/4 - except for the pre-chorus and bridge, which are just in 4/4 - but I noticed there was a downbeat in the middle of the riff, which kept screwing up the count in my head. I was actually listening to a show recently - I forget which one - and I found myself absentmindedly counting the time on “Nice to Know You,” but for some reason I kept messing up. It wasn’t until I started reviewing Incubus’ live bootlegs on The Attack Zone that my love for it was rekindled at last. At the time of Morning View‘s release, I really loved it, but in the years since I have kind of come to view it as more of the same. When I created the list itself, I had made that decision easily enough after all, Make Yourself‘s impact on my music-listening development was massive, to the point where it completely overshadowed any effect Morning View had also had. I mean, I loved doing the list, but I was pissed when I finally got to my #1 pick - Make Yourself by Incubus - because I realized that to put that album number one and leave its follow-up Morning View completely off the list didn’t make a whole lot of sense. When I finally finished counting down my 100 favorite albums six months ago, I felt terrible.

Incubus science tab book