Michael McDonald, the doctor of Blue-Eyed Soul: 'Motown,' all 14 elementary speeds, all meanemotions

Michael McDonald, (born 1952-02-12, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American R&B/soul singer (sometimes described as a "blue-eyed soul" singer), known for his tall, physically attractive figure and his trademark husky baritone voice.

In 2003, Michael released this 14-track tribute to his voice and musicianship—and the sound of Motown! These are the meanspeeds and meanemotions 14 tracks to “Motown” (for whatever reason marked Motown/Japan on iTunes).


1. “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
meanspeed=109.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

2. "You Are Everything"
meanspeed=75.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

3. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"
meanspeed=104.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

4. “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”
meanspeed=86.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

5. "Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing"
meanspeed=90.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

6. “Reflections”
meanspeed=91.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

7. "How Sweet It Is (To Be loved By You)"
Meanspeed=77.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=bittersweetness

8. "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough"
meanspeed=120.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

9. "All In Love Is Fair”
meanspeed=67.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=ceremony

10. "I Want You"
Meanspeed=99.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

11. “Distant Lover
meanspeed=49.3 beats per minute, with doo-wop triplets
meanemotion=mixed slow

12. "I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)"
meanspeed=63.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=ceremony

13. "Since I Lost My Baby"
meanspeed=69.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=ceremony

14. "Too High”
featured performer=Four Play
meanspeed=100.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

For more information about how meanspeeds are created and corellated to meanemotion, please visit, (1) the archives here, (2) the archives at http://meanspeed.blogspot.com, or (3) simply go to the main site, MeanSpeed.com, where we explore this scale, developed in 1992:

30-54=mixed slow
55-58=melodrama
59-62=sincerity
63-69=ceremony
70-76=grace
77-78=bittersweetness
79-84=loneliness
85-89=renewal
90-97=enthusiasm
98-105=natural
106-113=lust
114-118=foreboding
119-128=victory
129-390=mixed fast,

For more personal look at human speed in general, http://ActYourSpeed.com can be interesting and we take articles from everyone in cyberspace and beyond.




Ian Schneider and Sarah Anthony
Meanspeed Music
March 20, 2007