Throwback to 1950s-style pop combined with contemporary Hip-Hop: iTunes Single of the Week, K-OS, meanspeed=64.7 bpm, meanemotion=CEREMONY

The iTunes.com Single of the Week Free download is by an Alternative band called K-OS. As of 4 pm Eastern standard time, iTunes had neither an introduction about nor customer reviews—so we’re on our own.

The speed of the song, a song that was an odd combination of 90s hip-hop and 1950s do-wop triplets, a la Elvis, that certainly was worth the free download.

One of the main purposes set out in the mission statement of Meanspeed Music was the idea of keeping your old favorite songs fresh—keep them from getting played out. So with this song, well, it may not be the wildest masterpiece ever to hit the airwaves. But if the speed of ceremony is your thing, or you love those 1950s Elvis/Louis Armstrong/Fats Dominoe/Neil Sedaka/Otis Redding/everyone else (!) triplets, than this just may be a song for your playlist to keep your fresh your best. Throw this into the mix, and there is a change to recharge an old song. If you cannot measure the speed, please write me at Meanspeed@gmail.com and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

Elemental speeds:
A) meanspeed=64.7 beats per minute, with heavy use of triplets
B) meanemotion=ceremony
C) meanspace=0.927 seconds per beat

Ian Schneider

Meanspeed Music

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Forest Whitaker's iTunes Celebrity Playlist: The meanspeeds, meanemotions and commentary to all tracks--"My daughters love this song"

On February 27, 2007, two days after winning the Academy Award™ for Best Actor In a Leading Role, Forest Whitaker released his iTunes “Celebrity Playlist.” Below are the measured speeds of the songs, along with the details of the song as provided by http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMix?id=216731459&s=143441&wm=1.

All speeds measured by Meanspeed Music:

Track 1
“What’s Going On”
performer=Marvin Gaye
album=What’s Going On (Remastered)
genre according to iTunes=rhythm & blues/soul
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“It’s still meaningful today.”
a) meanspeed=101.6 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=natural
c) meanspace=0.591 seconds per beat

Track 2
“Superstition”
performer=Stevie Wonder
album=Stevie Wonder--The Definitive Collection
genre according to iTunes=rhythm & blues/soul
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“It’s just a great jam, one of my favorites from Stevie.”
a) meanspeed=101.3 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=natural
c) meanspace=0.592 seconds per beat

Track 3
“In da Club”
performer=50 Cent
album=Get Rich Or Die Tryin’
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“We sing this at birthday parties.”
a) meanspeed=89.6 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=enthusiasm
c) meanspace=0.700 seconds per beat

Track 4
“C.R.E.A.M.””
performer=Wu-Tang Clan
album=Legend Of the Wu Tang-Wu-Tang Clan’s Greatest Hits
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“Classic Wu-Tang.”
a) meanspeed=90.1 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=enthusiasm
c) meanspace=0.666 seconds per beat

Track 5
“Canto Para Elewa v Chango”
performer=Orishas
album=A la Cubano
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“Love the beats in this song.”
a) meanspeed=94.2 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=enthusiasm
c) meanspace=0.640 seconds per beat

Track 6
“Purple Rain”
performer=Prince
album=The Very Best Of Prince
genre according to iTunes=Pop
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“Love when he jams on the guitar.”
a) meanspeed=57.0 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=melodrama
c) meanspace=1.052 seconds per beat

Track 7
“My Adidas”
performer=Run-DMC
album=Raising Hell
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks= “My Adidas are a staple in my wardrobe.”
a) meanspeed=95.6 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=enthusiasm

Track 8
“Hustlin’”
performer=Rick Ross
album=Port Of Miami
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“Keeps me in the grind.”
a) meanspeed=68.1 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=ceremony
c) meanspace=0.881 seconds per beat

Track 9
“My Boo” (Bonus Track)
performers=Usher and Alicia Keys
album=Confessions (Special Edition)
genre according to iTunes=Rhythm and Blues/Soul
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“My daughters love this song.”
a) meanspeed=86.5 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=renewal
c) meanspace=0.694 seconds per beat

Track 10
“Live In The Sky”
performer=T.I. featuring Jamie Foxx
album=King
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“Song is great, he is my friend, and I did the video with him.”
a) meanspeed=78.0 beats per minute,
b) meanemotion=bittersweetness
c) meanspace=0.769 seconds per beat

Track 11
“We Fly High”
performer=Jim Jones
album=Hustler’s P.O.M.E. (Product Of My Environment)
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“I listen to this song in my car when I’m driving in L.A.”
a) meanspeed=90.0 beats per minute,
b) meanemotion=enthusiasm
c) meanspace=0.667 seconds per beat

Track 12
“Used To Love U”
performer=John Legend
album=Get Lifted
genre according to iTunes=Pop
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“My wife bought me the CD.”
a) meanspeed=88.0 beats per minute
b) meanemotion=renewal
c) meanspace=0.682 seconds per beat

Track 13
“30 Something”
performer=Jay-Z
album=Kingdom Come
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“Jay is just great. The whole CD is hot.”
a) meanspeed=91.6 beats per minute,
b) meanemotion=enthusiasm
c) meanspace=0.655 seconds per beat

Track 14
“Hip Hop Is Dead”
performers=Nas featuring Will.i.am
album=Hip Hop Is Dead
genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Forest Whitaker’s remarks=“The CD is a classic.”
a) meanspeed=111.1 beats per minute,
b) meanemotion=lust
c) meanspace=0.540 seconds per beat



Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music
February 27, 2007

Bruce Springsteen, Tunnel Of Love, sheet music directions, meanspeeds and meanemotions of all 12 songs

In 1987, Bruce Springsteen released an album called Tunnel of Love, a most informative article about which may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_of_Love_%28album%29. This album is a personal favorite of mine (some of you may recall Mission Springsteen, summer 2006) and is #475 on Rolling Stones’ list of the Top 500 Albums of All Time.
I measured all the elemental speeds of each song. In addition, I have the sheet music and will include the “official” Columbia Pictures sheet music directions.

The key line, according to my brother, comes at the end of the song Brilliant Disguise. “Tonight the bed is cold/I’m lost in the darkness of our love/God have mercy on the man/Who doubts what he’s sure of.”

The meanspeeds and meanemotions of the 12 songs on the album are by Meanspeed Music, the Sheet music directions are by Columbia Pictures Sheet Music:

Tr #1 "Ain't Got You"
sheet music directions=Moderate country rock, quarter note=112
meanspeed=108.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

Tr #2 "Tougher Than the Rest"
sheet music directions=Moderate slow rock, quarter note=100
meanspeed=99.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

Tr #3 "All That Heaven Will Allow"
sheet music directions=Moderate rock, quarter note=126
meanspeed=123.7 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

Tr #4 "Spare Parts"
sheet music directions=Moderate driving rock, quarter note=120
meanspeed=119.6 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

Tr #5 "Cautious Man"
sheet music directions=Slowly, half note=56
meanspeed=58.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=melodrama

Tr #6 "Walk Like a Man"
sheet music directions= Moderate rock, quarter note=116
meanspeed=101.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

Tr #7 "Tunnel of Love"
sheet music directions= Moderate rock, quarter note=120
meanspeed=116.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=foreboding

Tr #8 "Two Faces"
sheet music directions=Moderately, quarter note=120
meanspeed=121.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

Tr #9 "Brilliant Disguise"
sheet music directions=Moderately bright rock, quarter note=126
meanspeed=125.8 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

Tr #10 "One Step Up"
sheet music directions=Moderately slow, half note=72
meanspeed=125.8 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

Tr #11 "When You're Alone"
sheet music directions=Moderate rock, quarter note=104
meanspeed=108.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

Tr #12 "Valentine's Day"
sheet music directions=Slowly, quarter note=100
meanspeed=121.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory waltz


Ian Schneider
February 26, 2007
Meanspeed Music

Mims, "This Is Why I'm Hot,"--#1 Downloaded song for the day. Meanspeed=80.0 beats per minute, meanemotion=LONELINESS

The number one downloaded song for the day is by Mims with his "song" called This Is Why I'm Hot.

The song is sung where a quick glance at the speed of the songs of any genre show a marked tendency toward loneliness (79-84 beats per minute). And what does Mims tell me? He's hot, I'm not. Ok, Mims.


meanspeed=80.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=750 milliseconds between beats



Ian Schneider
meanspeed music

Fergie, "Glamorous," meanspeed=131.0 beats per minute, meanemotion=mixed fast-Most popular music video over the last week

The number one best selling and most downloaded music video over the last week has been "Glamorous" by Fergie. The genre of the song, according to iTunes.com is "pop." The song is ©2007 Will.i.am Music Group/A & M Records.

The video consists of Fergie [singing at us] about us how glamorous she is-and yet how down home she is, too. For example, she rhymes 'Grammy's' with 'family,' assuring us that after a night of partying in the limousine with [friends] after the Grammy's, she's going back to her family.
Elemental speeds of the song:
meanspeed=131.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=mixed fast
meanspace=458 milliseconds per beat.


Ian Schneider
February 26, 2007
Meanspeed Music

Academy Award Best Song 2007=Melissa Etheridge, "I Need To Wake Up," (from An Inconvenient Truth)--meanspeed=74.0 beats per minute, meanemotion=grace

Melissa Etheridge's "I Need To Wake Up" (From 'An Inconvenient Truth) won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Song. The speed of the winning song tonight at the Academy Awards was 74.0 beats per minute. Such speed falls withing the meanemotion of grace (70-76 beats per minute).

"Chicago" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young from their live '4-Way Street' album is 73.9 beats per minute and is another timeless, effective protest song.

Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music
2/26/2007

Five by The Spinners: Meanspeeds and Meanemotions of the 1970s super-group

The Spinners released an EP on iTunes called Rhino Hi-Five. The EP includes five songs by the Spinners from the 1970s that help define the sound of a generation and an easy rhythm and blues style mixed with a pure U/S. Popular music groove. These are the five songs, their meanspeeds, and the meanemotion, listed in ascending speed order:

1. “One Of A Kind (Love Affair)”
meanspeed=88.8 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

2. "The Rubberband Man"
meanspeed=97.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

3. "Could It Be I’m Falling In Love"
meanspeed=103.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

4. "Mighty Love”
meanspeed=110.7 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

5. "I’ll Be Around"
meanspeed=112.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust


Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music
February 25, 2007

Eminem, "Curtain Call"--Meanspeeds and meanemotions of all 24 songs, including "Stan," live at the 2001 Grammy Awards with Sir Elton John

These are the 24 meanspeeds and meanemotions from the "Deluxe" version of Eminem's album Curtain Call. An informative article regarding this album can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain_Call:_The_Hits.

On this Meanspeed 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,

We see that Eminem is versatile, honest and almost brutally frank in speed and emotional selection. What is most striking are the 5 songs at the speed of loneliness and 5 songs at the speed of renewal. "Lose Yourself," the song I think has been this generation's equivalent of "Like A Rolling Stone" in terms of political impact, is at the speed of renewal—a reason, you think, the song is on almost everyone's playlist?

Here is the full song list, exact speeds, and corresponding emotional expressions:


1. "Intro"
meanspeed=62.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=ceremony

2. "Fack"
meanspeed=124.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

3. "The Way I Am"
meanspeed=87.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

4. "My Name Is"
meanspeed=85.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

5. "Stan"
meanspeed=80.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

6. "Lose Yourself"
meanspeed=85.7 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

7. "Shake That"
meanspeed=107.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

8. "Sing for the Moment"
meanspeed=82.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

9. "Without Me"
meanspeed=112.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

10. "Like Toy Soldiers"
meanspeed=81.8 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

11. "The Real Slim Shady"
meanspeed=104.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

12. "Mockingbird"
meanspeed=84.6 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

13. "Guilty Conscience"
meanspeed=91.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

14. "Cleanin' Out My Closet"
meanspeed=74.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

15. "Just Lose It"
meanspeed=121.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=victory

16. "When I'm Gone"
meanspeed=75.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

17. "Stan" (live with Sir Elton John at the 2001 Grammys)
meanspeed=80.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

18. "Dead Wrong (Remix)" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Eminem)
meanspeed=82.8 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

19. "Role Model"
meanspeed=92.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

20. "Kill You"
meanspeed=107.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

21. "Shit on You" (with D12)
meanspeed=109.6 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

22. "Criminal"
meanspeed=102.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

23. "Renegade" (Jay-Z featuring Eminem)
meanspeed=85.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

24. "Just Don't Give a Fuck"
meanspeed=85.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal


Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music
February 25, 2007

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College--The speeds and meanemotions of all 23 named tracks plus the hidden "What Will Become Of Me?"

1. "One Sweet World"
Meanspeed=109.4 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

2. "#41"
Meanspeed=108.5 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

3. "Tripping Billies"
Meanspeed=115.1 beats per minute
Meanemotion=foreboding

4. "Jimi Thing"
Meanspeed=103.3 beats per minute
Meanemotion=natural

4a. "What Will Become of Me?" (hidden track)
Meanspeed=104.5 beats per minute
Meanemotion=natural

5. "Satellite"
Meanspeed=129.8 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

6. "Crash Into Me"
Meanspeed=105.9 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

7. "Deed Is Done"
Meanspeed=108.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

8. "Lover Lay Down”
Meanspeed=100.8 beats per minute
Meanemotion=natural

9. "What Would You Say"
Meanspeed=107.9 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

10. "Minarets"
Meanspeed=107.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

11. "Cry Freedom"
Meanspeed=86.4 beats per minute
Meanemotion=renewal

12. "Dancing Nancies"
Meanspeed=113.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

Disc two

13. "Typical Situation"
Meanspeed=107.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

14. "Stream"
Meanspeed=154.0 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

15. "Warehouse"
Meanspeed=110.1 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

16."Christmas Song"
Meanspeed=50.5 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed slow

17. "Seek Up”
Meanspeed=107.0 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

18. "Say Goodbye"
Meanspeed=111.5 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

19. "Ants Marching"
Meanspeed=111.4 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

20. "Little Thing”
Meanspeed=90.6 beats per minute
Meanemotion=enthusiasm

21."Halloween"
Meanspeed=112.8 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

22. "Granny"
Meanspeed=104.8 beats per minute
Meanemotion=natural

23. "Two Step"
Meanspeed=112.6 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust


Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music
February 24, 2007

The most brilliant remake of the decade? Alanis Morissette, 'Jagged Little Pill': Sheet Music directions and all Electric Speeds, all Acoustic Speeds

The 1995 electric Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album and first internationally released album released by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The album was remade for a tenth anniversary Acoustic version.

There are exciting elements to the acoustic version. As a parallel top the electric version, it creates a three-way mirror in the listener’s head. The songs are the same, but he orchestration is toned down, mellowed and made to soothe at times where the original was meant to shock. Sometimes, as you will see below, the speeds are in the same meanemotion range, sometimes not. Here’s what shocked me: every acoustic song, as I could well guess by the measurements, was recorded on an electric sequencing device—in other words, from beginning to end, there is no acceleration or deceleration of the underlying speed of the song. Ah. So what? The same is true for the original Jagged Little Pill. Glenn Ballard, one of the top 10 most influential popular music producers of the last 50 years somehow brings the best out of musicians by literally forcing them to play in strict time.

What makes the greatest musicians? No one knows. My opinion is that the greatest can play on sequencers as this album, and upon listening, dare anyone to say whether the song was recorded live (these were not) or recorded on top of an electronic device. I could not tell—in fact, until the measurements, I had thought Alanis was playing live in the studio wit a band. She may have been—but if she did, they were all playing on top of a sequencer—all standard recording procedure. What is particularly refreshing is the fact that all the speeds are whole numbers—notice how in most songs, there is a spot, or a finger print: 74.3 beats per minute, many songs are literally 74.07 beats per minute—hence the reason you see sites as http://www.bpmdatabase.com plead that if you submit speeds of song, that you “round them off to the whole number” (something which I will not do). So said, as with very few albums---Genesis’ 1990 The Way We Walk is the same—each speed is a pure whole number. This in itself signifies bold, exceptional musicians. Here, Alanis sounds fantastic, and the musicians could not be any better, the orchestration and production are perfect.

Below are the speeds of the indicated in the Hal Leonard sheet music I bought this afternoon at the Colony at 49th and Broadway, the 1995 electric version speed and meanemotion, the 2005 acoustic speed and lastly the meanemotions to the songs on the acoustic version.

Because of the hype over Alanis’s second, third and fourth efforts in making albums, and the disappointments lying therein, this acoustic Jagged Little Pill was underrated. Frankly, many of the speeds we post are more enjoyable than others.

Congratulations on a fantastic album—and we look forward to a new studio album this year from the self described “Canadian-American” musician and actress Alanis Morissette.

Track #1
song title=“All I Really Want”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderately’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=93.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=90.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm


Track #2
song title=“You Oughta Know”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderate Rock’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=105.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=91.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm


Track #3
song title=“Perfect”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Smoothly’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=85.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=77.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=bittersweetness


Track #4
song title=“Hand In My Pocket”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderate Rock’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=92.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=75.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace


Track #5
song title=“Right Through You”
speed direction in Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderate Rock’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=81.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=81.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

Track #6
song title=“Forgiven”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderate Rock’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=80.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=75.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace


Track #7
song title=“You Learn”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderately Fast’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=84.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=80.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness


Track #8
song title=“Head Over Feet”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderate Rock’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=80.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=80.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness


Track #9
song title=“Mary Jane”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderately’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=99.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural

2005 Acoustic speed,

meanspeed=90.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm


Track #10
song title=“Ironic”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderate Rock’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=85.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=80.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness


Track #11
song title=“Not The Doctor”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderately’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=89.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

2005 Acoustiic,

meanspeed=82.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness


Track #12
song title=“Wake Up”
speed direction, Hal Leonard sheet music=’Moderate Rock’

1995 Electric speed,
meanspeed=95.4 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm

2005 Acoustic speed,
meanspeed=88.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

Track #13
song title=“Your House” (Hidden Track)

2005 (Acoustic only)
meanspeed=73.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

Ian Schneider
February 21, 2007
http://meanspeed.com

Justin Timberlake, "Cry Me A River," meanspeed=73.9, meanemotion=grace, therefore payback=well, you know, Revenge=Sweet

“Cry Me A River” is a song that is 73.9 beats per minute, a speed which has a preponderance of songs that emote “grace” according to this scale, developed in 1992, after measuring the speeds of 10,000 Western popular songs:

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, where each number is speed as beats per minute.

As I wrote yesterday, a woman must know, as he calmly, with poise and grace in the video—a true act of revenge: He makes the statement: If you want to sexually betray that of a Justin Timberlake, the price you will pay is very high. He’s getting by just fine, Thank You Very Much. It is she, and in this case after the woman at whom the song was made freaked out this weekend, shaved her head, you know the rest, that will pay the price. This is the guy who brought sexy back. Betray him? You will pay. And Cry A River.

Information about the song can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_%28Justin_Timberlake_song%29

other songs at a similar speed, measured by Meanspeed music--

Blue Moon Revised (Song For Elvis)
Breakfast In America
Chicago
If These Walls Could Speak
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)

iTunes Single of the Week/free download-- Consequence, “Callin’ Me” meanspeed=99.0 beats per minute, meanemotion=Natural

This week’s iTunes “Single of the Week” is by Consequence and [his] song: “Callin’ Me.”
iTunes is an enormous stage upon which to be featured, and this is why the Apple owned music site chose this song this week, in their own words:
“First, a little back story. Consequence used to be heavily involved with the A Tribe Called Quest crew and can now count Kanye West as a friend and producer. For this track from his debut, ‘Don’t Quit Your Day Job,’ Consequence keeps it mellow and heavy with a funky snare loop that hits like a bomb. His writing style is quit witted and smooth.”

Genre according to Apple=Hip-Hop/rap
Release Date=February 20, 2007

Meanemotion=natural
Meanspeed=99.0 beats per minute.

These songs have similar or identical speeds:

Bad U2 98.6
Backstreets Billy Joel 98.6
Cross The Heartland Pat Metheny Group 98.6
Crystal Blue Persuasion Tommy James and The Shondells 98.6
Do The Best You Can The Hollies 98.6
Foxy Lady Jimi Hendrix 98.6
Headlights On Parade Blue Nile 98.6
In The Air Tonight Phil Collins
Live-Serious Hits 98.6
Love Ghetto Nena Cherry 98.6
Over My Head Fleetwood Mac 98.6
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 98.6
Darkest Hour Arlo Guthrie 98.7
Hellhound On My Trail Robert Johnson 98.7
Higher Love Steve Winwood 98.7
I R.E.M.ember California R.E.M.
Live-Tourfilm 98.7
Last Tango In Paris Herb Albert & TJB 98.7
Love's In Need Of Love Today Stevie Wonder 98.7
Mr. Charlie Grateful Dead
Live-Europe '72 98.7
Mr. Tanner Harry Chaplin
Live-Greatest Stories 98.7
Undercover Man B.B. King 98.7
You Oughta Be With Me Barry Manilow 98.7
Jupiter's Child Steppenwolf 98.8
Puttin' On The Ritz After Eight 98.8
Breaking Point Eric Clapton 98.9
I'm Gonna File My Claim Marilyn Monroe 98.9
(Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon 98.9
Joy The Sundays 98.9
Living For The City Stevie Wonder 98.9
Storm Front Billy Joel 98.9
Tumblin' Down Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers 98.9
25th Of December Roberta Flack 98.9
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross 99.0
Baby, I'm Yours Barbara Lewis 99.0
Drink With Me Les Miserables/English Cast 99.0
For You Tracy Chapman 99.0
Wait Sarah McLachlin 99.0
We Don't Need Another Hero Tina Turner 99.0
When You Can Dance I Can Really Love Neil Young 99.0
You'd Be Surprised Marilyn Monroe 99.0
Ain't No Woman The Four Tops 99.1
Bo-Time Mar-Keys 99.1
Broken Wings Mr. Mister 99.1
Deee-Lite Theme Deee-Lite 99.1
Emily Elton John 99.1
Empty Pages Traffic 99.1
Higher Love Depeche Mode 99.1
If Ever I'm In Your Arms Again Peabo Bryson 99.1
Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner 99.1
I Want Your Sex (Monogomy Mix) George Michael 99.1
Tom's Diner Suzanne Vega 99.1
When The Music Is Over The Doors 99.1
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Shawn Colvin
Live-Cover Girl 99.1
Follow Me Home Dire Straits 99.2
Love Is All Around The Troggs 99.2
R.E.M.ember Jimi Hendrix 99.2
Revolution 1 The Beatles 99.2
Take The Money and Run Steve Miller Band 99.2
Thousand Roads David Crosby 99.2
What Is Success Bonnie Raitt 99.2
Witchy Woman The Eagles 99.2

Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 20, 2007

Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around…/…Comes Around"--meanemotion=Grace, meanspeed=76 beats per minute: Lust, Betrayal and the Power of Karma

The Number One downloaded video for today is Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around…/…Comes Around." The elemental speed of the song is 76.0 beats per minute, thus falling into the meanemotion of Grace.

On this Meanspeed 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,


why do we label the emotive element of the song 'Grace ' and not 'Loneliness'? Because "meanemotions" are about the expression inherent in the time sequencing of the beat. Thus, while James Blunt's "You're Beautiful," which is 6 beats per minute faster, would at first thought be the song that has an emotional expression of Grace, it does not work that way. Meanemotions are about the attitude of the expression of the song.

Therefore, in Justin's video of "What Goes Around…/…Comes Around," although his love interest, played by the actress Scarlett Johansson, is unfaithful to him, Justin remain poised, confident and almost mocking. In a case of instant karma, the love interest that cheated is burned up in a car crash at the end of the song. Mr. Timberlake is shown with his arms spread out, singing the song in mansions with a sense of satisfaction without arrogance. There is no "I told you so"—J.T. just does not need them. He's saying: If you want to fool around on that of a Justin Timberlake, well, what goes around comes around.

In contrast, James Blunt's plaintive whining, "You're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful, it's true/I saw your face/In a crowded place and I don't know what to do," emotes loneliness.

This is the heart of the irony that made me see the patterns in Meanspeed theory—after listening to thousands of examples of the same situation: nature's trick. It is the speed slightly slower that emotes poise, confidence and gratitude—grace. It is only when an almost indiscernible 5% more speed is added that we find a category of loneliness (79-84 beats per minute).


If it were not for a rhythm exercise using a metronome, I never would have noticed it. I didn't invent it, I didn't patent it—it's just a pattern in nature.

These songs are of a similar or identical speed to "What Goes Around…/…Comes Around." All these speeds taken from Meanspeed.com and measured by the staff:

Imagine John Lennon 75.6
I Love Her Too Aaron Neville 75.6
Plenty Of Room Anita Baker 75.6
You're A Big Girl Now Bob Dylan 75.6
You're Having My Baby Paul Anka 75.6
Cherry Oh Baby UB40 75.7
Golden Slumbers Paul McCartney 75.7
Please Don't Make Me Cry UB40 75.7
Dream On Aerosmith
Live-Classics 75.8
The Heart Is A House For Love The Dells 75.8
It Doesn't Matter Anymore Linda Ronstadt 75.8
Version Girl UB40 75.8
Bullet The Blue Sky U2 75.9
Chevy Van Sammy Johns 75.9
Fine, Fine Day Roberta Flack 75.9
Wild For You Baby Bonnie Raitt 75.9
It's So Like Candy Elvis Costello
Live-SNL 5/18/91 75.9
This Guy Is In Love With You Burt Bacharach 75.9
Wicked and Cruel Squeeze 75.9
Country Road James Taylor 76.0
Bullet The Blue Sky U2
Live-Rattle and Hum 76.0
Gentle Man Sybil 76.0
The Great Suburban Showdown Billy Joel 76.0
Wild World Cat Stevens 76.0
Blood of Eden Peter Gabriel 76.1
Blood of Eden Peter Gabriel
Live-Secret World 76.1
Daddy's Little Girl The Mills Brothers 76.1
Happy Birthday To John F Kennedy Marilyn Monroe 76.1
Two Sleepy People Art Garfunkel 76.1
You're a Special Part of Me Dianna Ross and Marvin Gaye 76.1
And It Stone Me Van Morrison 76.2
Careless Whisper Wham! 76.2
Cry Baby Cry The Beatles 76.
Distances David Crosby 76.2
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother The Hollies 76.2
The Parable of Ramon Richie Havens
Live-Richard P. Havens 1983 76.2
Stand Back The Allman Brothers Band 76.2
Can You Read My Mind Maureen McGovern 76.3
Home Sweet Home Motley Crue 76.3
The Story of My Life Neil Diamond 76.3
Texan Love Song Elton John 76.3
Angel of The Morning Juice Newton 76.4
Beggar At the Feast Les Miserables/Engish cast 76.4
The Great Pretender The Platters 76.4
It's My Turn Diana Ross 76.4.

An excellent article about the song and video may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Goes_Around...

Ian Schneider with Sarah Anthony

February 20, 2007

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Kelly Clarkson's debut album, 'Thankful'--Elemental speeds and meanemotions of all 12 songs

Kelly Clarkson’s first album is called Thankful. An excellent article on this album may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thankful_%28Kelly_Clarkson_Album%29.

The elemental speeds of each of 12 tracks were measured as:

Track #1
song title="The Trouble With Love Is"
meanspeed=61.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

Track #2
song title="Miss Independent"
meanspeed=87.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal

Track #3
song title="Low"
meanspeed=71.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

Track #4
song title="Some Kind Of Miracle"
meanspeed=40.0 beats per minute featuring prominent triplets
meanemotion=[mixed slow]

Track #5
song title="What’s Up Lonely"
meanspeed=94.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

Track #6
song title="Just Missed The Train"
meanspeed=74.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

Track #7
song title="Beautiful Disaster"
meanspeed=107.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust

Track #8
song title="You Thought Wrong" (featuring Tamyra Gray)
meanspeed=97.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm

Track #9
song title="Thankful"
meanspeed=69.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

Track #10
song title="Anytime"
meanspeed=64.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=ceremony

Bonus Tracks:

Track #11
song title="A Moment Like This" (New Mix)
meanspeed=73.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

Track #12
song title="Before Your Love"
meanspeed=70.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace

Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 16, 2007

Meanspeed Music measures the precise speed of a piece. The scale which we have used since 1993:

30-54=mixed slow
55-58=melodrama
59-62=sincerity
63-69=ceremony
70-77=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,

All numbers represent speed as beats per minute. Each correlative is an emotional expression of the speed of the music rather than the emotional reaction of the listener. For example, just as Sting says, “Happy songs make me miserable,” lonely songs may make Mr. A or Ms. B feel graceful. For more information visit http://meanspeed.com

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Alanis Morissette, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie--Elemental speeds of all 17 songs

On November 3, 1998, Alanis Morissette released an album called Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie. An outstanding article about this album appears at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supposed_Infatuation_Junkie.

The elemental speeds of each of 17 tracks on the album were measured as:

Track #1
song title=“Front Row”
meanspeed=98.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.612 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.63 beats per second
meanpitch=418.47 hertz, cents higher than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz, cents lower than A4=440.000 hertz.

Track #2
song title=“Baba”
meanspeed=65.7 beats per minute
meanemotion=ceremony
meanspace=0.913 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.10 beats per second
meanpitch=280.48 hertz, 20 cents higher than C#4/Db4=277.183 hertz, 80 cents lower than D4=293.665 hertz.

Track #3
song title=“Thank U”
meanspeed=92.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.651 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.54 beats per second
meanpitch=393.01 hertz, 4 cents higher than G4=391.995 hertz, 96 cents lower than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz.

Track #4
song title=“Are You Still Mad”
meanspeed=61.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=sincerity
meanspace=0.984 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.02 beats per second
meanpitch=260.27 hertz, 86 cents higher than B3=246.942 hertz, 14 cents lower than C4=261.626 hertz.

Track #5
song title=“Sympathetic Character”
meanspeed=84.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.707 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.42 beats per second
meanpitch=362.32 hertz, 63 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 37 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #6
song title=“That I Would Be Good”
meanspeed=82.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.731 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.37 beats per second
meanpitch=350.31 hertz, 5 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 95 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #7
song title=“The Couch”
meanspeed=111.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust
meanspace=0.540 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.85 beats per second
meanpitch=474.13 hertz, 29 cents higher than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz, 71 cents lower than B4=493.883 hertz.

Track #8
song title=“Can’t Not”
meanspeed=74.6 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace
meanspace=0.804 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.24 beats per second
meanpitch=318.34 hertz, 39 cents higher than D#4/Eb4=311.127 hertz, 61 cents lower than E4=329.628 hertz.

Track #9
song title=“UR”
meanspeed=90.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.666 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.50 beats per second
meanpitch=384.43 hertz, 66 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 34 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Track #10
song title=“I Was Hoping”
meanspeed=106.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust
meanspace=0.565 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.77 beats per second
meanpitch=452.80 hertz, 49 cents higher than A4=440.000 hertz, 51 cents lower than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz.

Track #11
song title=“One”
meanspeed=89.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.673 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.48 beats per second
meanpitch=380.14 hertz, 46 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 54 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Track #12
song title=“Would Not Come”
meanspeed=90.1 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.666 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.50 beats per second
meanpitch=384.43 hertz, 66 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 34 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Track #13
song title=“Unsent”
meanspeed=89.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.673 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.48 beats per second
meanpitch=380.02 hertz, 46 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 54 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Track #14
song title=“So Pure”
meanspeed=112.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust
meanspace=0.535 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.87 beats per second
meanpitch=478.21 hertz, 43 cents higher than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz, 57 cents lower than B4=493.883 hertz.

Track #15
song title=“Joining You”
meanspeed=100.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.600 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.67 beats per second
meanpitch=427.02 hertz, 12 cents higher than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz, 88 cents lower than A4=440.000 hertz.

Track #16
song title=“Lullaby”
meanspeed=55.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=melodrama
meanspace=1.074 second per beat
meanphase=0.93 beats per second
meanpitch=238.37 hertz, 38 cents higher than A#3/Bb3=207.652 hertz, 62 cents lower than B3=2246.92 hertz.

Track #17
song title=“Your Congratulations”
meanspeed=59.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=sincerity
meanspace=1.015 seconds per beat
meanphase=0.98 beats per second
meanpitch=252.16 hertz, 34 cents higher than B3=246.942 hertz, 66 cents lower than C4=261.626 hertz.




Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 14, 2007

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iTunes Single of the Week: Jesus from Savior to a metaphor for an artist's infatution: Borne, "The Guide" meanspace=666 milliseconds per beat

This week’s iTunes Single of the Week, downloadable free this week only, is a song by Borne, called “The Guide,” a song that shines as a symbol for what we can do here and what we cannot do if the West is overtaken.
What does that mean? In the song, Borne sings about the joy of his new love. The song blasphemes Christianity in the process: the love object, presumably a woman, has become such an important focus of the Borne’s attention that we are told, “You are, My Jesus/You are, My Savior…” Is it an accident that there are 666 milliseconds for each beat he plays? Yes! A numerical quirk only, sorry.
Ok—he’s rocketed into enthusiasm by this new love-- I can understand that. But: “You are my Jesus, you are my Savior???” Sex is the only religion left, apparently, for many. I saw Sting last year with Annie Lennox where Gordon pronounced: “Music and sex are the only religion.” Ok, whatever. Flaunt that atheism!—Lord knows I’ve seen enough tacky crucifixes in my day, so why not proclaim your atheism, as this song does?
There are so many “blasphemous” songs, you say—why single this one out for criticism? Answer: there’s a term we all know and we all know why I cannot use it—but it is a word that describes a man that is, well, overly in love with his woman. I’ve been there—I can understand that completely. What baffles me is the ‘Jesus/Savior’ line. In other religions, using parallel terms for the [Force], you’d get beheaded in town square—a Fatwah might even be issued against your whole family.
Put it this way: Borne, if she’s your Jesus and Savior: great! Just make sure you don’t fall out of love with her, then in love with a strict Islamist and start throwing parallel language around, ok? There are enough fatwahs against the West in general already.
The elemental speeds of the recording are:

meanspeed=90.1 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.666 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.50 beats per second
meanpitch=384.52 hertz, 66 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 34 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 13, 2007

Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill: Elemental speeds for each of 13 tracks of #327 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album and first internationally released album released by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. Released on June 13, 1995, the album broke into the mainstream with Morissette's confessional and emotional lyrics and vocals. The album garnered major success, spending twelve non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, and became one of three albums, along with Thriller by Michael Jackson and Falling into You by Celine Dion, to remain in the top ten for over a year (with sixty-nine weeks). It is one of the best selling albums of all time. It is #327 in Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The elemental speeds of the original release of all 13 tracks of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill are:

Track #1
song title=“All I Really Want”
meanspeed=93.0 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.645 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.55 beats per second
meanpitch=396.80 hertz, 21 cents higher than G4=391.995 hertz, 79 cents lower than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz.

Track #2
song title=“You Oughta Know”
meanspeed=105.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.570 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.76 beats per second
meanpitch=449.51 hertz, 36 cents higher than A4=440.000 hertz, 64 cents lower than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz.

Track #3
song title=“Perfect”
meanspeed=85.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.706 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.42 beats per second
meanpitch=362.67 hertz, 65 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 35 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #4
song title=“Hand In My Pocket”
meanspeed=92.3 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.650 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.54 beats per second
meanpitch=393.97 hertz, 85 cents higher than G4=391.995 hertz, 15 cents lower than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz.

Track #5
song title=“Right Through You”
meanspeed=81.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.736 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.36 beats per second
meanpitch=347.67 hertz, 92 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 8 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #6
song title=“Forgiven”
meanspeed=80.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.748 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.34 beats per second
meanpitch=342.20 hertz, 64 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 36 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #7
song title=“You Learn”
meanspeed=84.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.713 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.40 beats per second
meanpitch=358.92 hertz, 47 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 53 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #8
song title=“Head Over Feet”
meanspeed=80.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.747 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.34 beats per second
meanpitch=342.50 hertz, 66 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 34 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #9
song title=“Mary Jane”
meanspeed=99.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.604 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.66 beats per second
meanpitch=424.19 hertz, 36 cents higher than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz, 64 cents lower than A4=440.000 hertz.

Track #10
song title=“Ironic”
meanspeed=85.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.703 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.42 beats per second
meanpitch=364.02 hertz, 71 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 29 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #11
song title=“Not The Doctor”
meanspeed=89.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.672 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.49 beats per second
meanpitch=381.22 hertz, 51 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 49 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Track #12
song title=“Wake Up”
meanspeed=95.4 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.629 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.59 beats per second
meanpitch=406.83 hertz, 64 cents higher than G4=391.995 hertz, 36 cents lower than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz.

Track #13
song title=“You Oughta Know” (‘Alternate Take’)
meanspeed=105.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.571 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.75 beats per second
meanpitch=448.00 hertz, 31 cents higher than A4=440.000 hertz, 69 cents lower than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz.



Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 13, 2007

The late Godfather of Soul's "It’s A Man’s World,” performed by Christina Aguilera live on the Grammy Awards, February 11, 2007

Last night, Christina Aguilera performed the James "Godfather of Soul" Brown's song, “It’s A Man’s World.”

The elemental speeds of the performance were:

meanspeed=53.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=surreal
meanspace=1126 milliseconds per beat
meanphase=0.89 beats per second
meanpitch=227.59 hertz, 58 cents above A3=220.00 hertz, 42 cents below A#3/Bb3=233.082 hertz.


Ian Schneider
meanspeed.com
February 12, 2007

Grammy Awards 2007: Smokey Robinson performs “The Tracks Of My Tears,” meanspace=699 milliseconds, meanemotion=renewal

Last night at the Grammy Awards, Smokey Robinson performed his Motown song “The Tracks Of My Tears.”

The elemental speeds of the song performance were:
meanspeed=85.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.699 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.43 beats per second
meanpitch=366.41 hertz, 32 cents higher than D4=293.665 hertz, 68 cents lower than D#4/Eb4=311.127 hertz.

Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 11, 2007

"For Once In My Life," Stevie Wonder and Tony Bennett, winner for the best collaberation vocal performance Grammy Award

Last night at the Grammy Awards, the winners for best duet with vocals were Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder.

The elemental speeds of the award winning duet, “For Once In My Life,” are:

meanspeed=70.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace
meanspace=0.855 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.17 beats per second
meanpitch=299.27 hertz, 32 cents higher than D4=293.665 hertz, 68 cents lower than D#4/Eb4=311.127 hertz.

The elemental speeds of the song as originally performed by Stevie Wonder, solo, when he was seventeen years old, a fact which he told the audience as he broke up accepting the award in the “memory of his mother” are:

meanspeed=108.9 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust
meanspace=0.551 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.81 beats per second
meanpitch=464.44 hertz, 93 cents higher than A4=440.000 hertz, 7 cents lower than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz.




Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 12, 2007

Grammys 2007: The Police open the show with “Roxanne,” meanspeed=141.0 beats per minute, meanspace=426 milliseconds per beat

Last night at the Grammy Awards, the Police reunited and open the show with their song “Roxanne.”

The elemental speeds of the performance:
meanspeed=141.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=mixed fast
meanspace=0.426 seconds per beat
meanphase=2.36 beats per second
meanpitch=601.60 hertz, 41 cents higher than D5=587.330 hertz, 59 cents lower than D#5/Eb5=622.254 hertz.




Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 12, 2007