Originally posted by LikeASong:5/8 (or 5/4) might be even weirder than 7/8. Or maybe not, but I know more songs in 7/8 than in 5/4 I think.
Oh, and what makes Oh Berlin that special is that it's 7/8 in the verses but switches to 4/4 for the chorus. Really extraordinary for U2.
By the way, Drowning Man is in standard 4/4, it just has a special syncopation to it - both drums, bassline and guitars are out of sync with the vocals, which makes it sound like it has a special time signature - which it doesn't. Bono misguided a lot of people by saying it was 5/8 on U2byU2, but it isn'tCount while listening... one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four... It's just that instruments and voice come in at strange beats. It's part of the immense beauty of the song.
Anyway... way off topic indeed!
U2 - Drowning Man