Sting - "I Burn For You" - meanspeed=144 bpm - Seven speed graphs in 2 and 3 dimensions - One of the Most Underrated Live Recordings of All-Time

I Burn For You is a song by Sting, an excellent background article about which is found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_on_the_Night

We used the methodology described on this site to synthesize each speed graph above. These visual representations are based on careful measurements in order to be able to see speed itself, and the manner in which a performer's movement through a time of as a line of advance in two dimesions and the filling of space with speed in three dimensions.

This is Sting at his prime, with Omar Hakim on drums in this song with Sting's vocal and bass adding to one of the most overlooked pop masterpiece live songs of all-time. The album on which it is found, Bring On The Night, won the Grammy Award for Best Record of The Year, 1987.



James C.C. Manning
Meanspeed Music
July 27, 2007