Daily Archives: March 12th, 2008

Praise on High: American Idol’s Simon Cowell “one of the BEST RECORDINGS EVER” - HALLELUJAH - Jeff Buckley - ‘Grace’ - meanspeed conjecture applied - charts, calibrations, iTunes

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tempo chart designed by Sophia St. John Newman - JEFF BUCKLEY, “HALLELUJAH”
It took a performance by Jason Castro of ‘Hallelejah’ to raise this version of the Leonard Cohen song to bring to the number 1 iTunes download today’s #1: the Jeff Buckley version from his album grace.

As Good as Castro was, the comment by Simon Cowell that “Hallelejah,” the Buckley version, as he praised Castro for a good try - given that he only gets a 1 minute 30 second clip, that impressed everyone.

meanspeed=67.6 beats per minute
average beat=888 milliseconds.

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. 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 minutemeanemotion=ceremony
2. “Fack”meanspeed=124.1 beats per minutemeanemotion=victory
3. “The Way I Am”meanspeed=87.3 beats per minutemeanemotion=renewal
4. “My Name Is”meanspeed=85.5 beats per minutemeanemotion=renewal
5. “Stan”meanspeed=80.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=loneliness
6. “Lose Yourself”meanspeed=85.7 beats per minutemeanemotion=renewal
7. “Shake That”meanspeed=107.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=lust
8. “Sing for the Moment”meanspeed=82.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=loneliness
9. “Without Me”meanspeed=112.2 beats per minutemeanemotion=lust
10. “Like Toy Soldiers”meanspeed=81.8 beats per minutemeanemotion=loneliness
11. “The Real Slim Shady”meanspeed=104.5 beats per minutemeanemotion=natural
12. “Mockingbird”meanspeed=84.6 beats per minutemeanemotion=renewal 13. “Guilty Conscience”meanspeed=91.2 beats per minutemeanemotion=enthusiasm
14. “Cleanin’ Out My Closet”meanspeed=74.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=grace
15. “Just Lose It”meanspeed=121.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=victory
16. “When I’m Gone”meanspeed=75.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=grace
17. “Stan” (live with Sir Elton John at the 2001 Grammys)meanspeed=80.1 beats per minutemeanemotion=loneliness
18. “Dead Wrong (Remix)” (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Eminem)meanspeed=82.8 beats per minutemeanemotion=loneliness
19. “Role Model”meanspeed=92.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=enthusiasm
20. “Kill You”meanspeed=107.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=lust
21. “Shit on You” (with D12)meanspeed=109.6 beats per minutemeanemotion=lust
22. “Criminal”meanspeed=102.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=natural
23. “Renegade” (Jay-Z featuring Eminem)meanspeed=85.0 beats per minutemeanemotion=renewal
24. “Just Don’t Give a Fuck”meanspeed=85.5 beats per minutemeanemotion=renewal
Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music
March 12, 2008