Give me some pop/rock examples of syncopation

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Stuff written using syncopation sounds so cool, but I don't hear it much in pop rock, unless it's there and I'm just not paying attention...what are some cool songs using syncopation? All I can think of , is some AC/DC riffs .
 
Gidge said:
define syncopation? its sounds dirty......
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lol.....it's a very clever way of 'splitting the beat' of sorts. More accurately, and in the context I was meaning as an example.....take AC/DC....some of their rhthyms feature Malcom hitting a chord on the strong downbeats, ie- 1, 2, 3, 4 and Angus coming in striking chords that fall somewhere OFF of the strong downbeats ie- anytime BETWEEN 1-2, 2-3 and 3-4. It's a very cool effect , but you don't hear it alot. The net effect is a really musically interesting and complex overall rhthym figure compared to straight 'on the strong beat' playing... I wanna write a song with lots of syncopation, but I gots no inspiration just yet!
 
The most obvious example of syncopation is ragtime music. The bassline is usually bouncing eighth notes, while the melody weaves in and around it with sixteenth notes, rarely landing on the beat.

In pop music sycopation isn't used that often as a melodic device becuase it does make a song start to sound cartoonish, but you can often hear sycopation between, say, guitar parts or in a solo.

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