Recently some Irish musicians have been composing tunes in odd meters such as 7/8. One example of this is "Road To Barga" by Cillian Vallely of the Irish band Lunasa (listen to the midi).
After a bit of difficulty, I learned this tune, and like to play it on fiddle at jams. The response I get is very interesting. Guitar players want to play along, but they get thoroughly confused with the rhythm, hopelessly out of beat, or just plain give up.
When I explain that it is in 7/8 time they still can't get it. It's played as /123 1234/ or in pulses of /N3 N2 N2/ where N3 is three beats and N2 two beats. Any Greek musician would have no trouble with this as it is the common Kalamatianos rhythm of the Greek line dance. Even my musician friends who are into drumming have difficulty beating out this rhythm. Here's an example of a Kalamatianos tune.
So do you find this difficult? A few of my musician friends just don't want anything to do with these odd rhythms. Some guitar players who are not into Irish music have no idea even how to strum a common jig rhythm.
And what are some other odd rhythms that you like to play or hear? I used to be quite a fan of Stravinsky (even sang in a choir under his direction once) and really enjoyed his odd rhythms.