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Barry, I'm sure you have it by now but, here is the most recent great example of 6/8 I can remember being released. Little Big Town "Girl Crush". It's not only a great example but it's easy to watch.....
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Even where the "1-2-3" might feel like a waltz (3/4), when those threes get set into pairs it's usually better to make it 6/8, so the quarters become 8ths, even if it makes the 8ths quite slow (much slower than an Irish jig). The point being that the "1" and the "4" feel like the beats - like it's a slow rhythm "in 2", not a fast "1-2-3" in 3. Two bars of 3/4 is six beats. A bar of 6/8 is only two beats. Here's an example of what I'd call a slow 6/8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8 The bpm is 50 (beat = dotted quarter). Set the metronome to 150 (for the 8ths, or for quarters in 3/4) and it doesn't feel right at all! That's fast! The alternative would be to make it 6/4, with a dotted half-note as the beat (dotted half-notes at 50).
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Simple answer: Musicality and phrasing.
Obviously a lot of music has a triplet feel. So many ways to write it... 4/4 with triplets, 3/4, 3/8, 6/8, 12/8, etc. Each musical phrase tends to have a build of tension→ then release of tension/resolution of the phrase. Phrases build upon each other creating (metaphorically) paragraphs or entire musical statements (often missing in popular music). While your brain is "wired" to 4/4 there are other duple time signatures that a common: 2/4, 4/8 as examples. And then there are other time signatures that can REALLY challenge some. Example: Allman Brothers Whipping post. You can call it 11/8 if you want or you think 3 measures of 3/8+ 1 measure 2/8. ...And then there's Dream Theater...
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