Meanspeed Music Summary
song title=”Hometown Glory”
composer=Adele Adkins
performer=Adele Adkins
average tempo/mean speed=122.6 beats per minute
mean beat length=0.489 seconds
time calibrated, total=1,814.85 seconds
beats calibrated, total=3,708

Intellectual Property=© 2008 XL
Kind=Protected AAC Audio file
Size=3.4 MB
Bit rate=128 kbps
Sample rate=44.100 kHz
Volume=(-8.9 dB)
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
FairPlay Version=2
genre according to iTunes®=Alternative
expression category according to mean speed music theory=victory

most interesting rhyme=’opaque’ and ’shades’ -

“I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque

I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades”

Here, as R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” song in minor keys at victory speeds can work with a deep rich intensity.

Ian Schneider
March 14, 2008