Grandmaster Flash, and the Furious Five: "The Message," #51 on the RS 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time, meanspeed=100.6 bpm, Speed summary and graphs.

Ranked #51 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All-Time is a recording called "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.




time measurements by Meanspeed's calibrator-in-chief, James TS Manning
summary of speeds
beats measured per song=716
mean time=7 minutes, 7.00 seconds
meanspeed=100.1
meanspace=596 milliseconds per beat
phase=1.68 beats per second
corresponding pitch=429.22 hertz.




An excellent, concise article about this song can be found at the Rolling Stone site:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595896/the_message.


James TS Manning
meanspeed.com
June 20, 2007