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| Meanspeed Music Summary |
| “FOR NO ONE” |
| The Beatles |
| composer=John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| avg beat=0.735 seconds |
avg bpm=81.6
key in which song was recorded=B major
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composer=John Lennon & Paul McCartney
most interesting rhyme=’tears’ and years’
“..and in her eyes you see nothing
no sign of life behind the tears
cried for no one
a love that should have lasted years.“
This is an excellent example of why I catalog songs with speeds of approximately 79-84 beats per minute as have the likelihood of expressing loneliness, as this song certainly does, as it is one one the few songs on which the most tuned in (sorry) Beatles fans would agree is simply about loneliness and loss and the maudlin ‘what could have beens.’ This is the element of the never ending debate over Here, There and Everywhere as “Paul’s best song” that does not gets discussed – mainly because people just do not know. People tend to argue feelings, and we try to separate feelings – we don’t do feelings, we don’t deal in any way with the worst song ever recorded, Feelings – we deal in emotive expression. Big difference. The speed of Here, There & Everywhere is essentially the same as For No One – and the songs are a bit wailing and lonely.
 All calibrations, synthesis and chart making in general by Hunter Newman.
The song does not include George or John in any way. Paul played piano and clavichord while Ringo played drums and played. The band & recording & production team chose take 10 of 11 takes over 12 hours – 2:45 pm until 2:45 am. On take ten, Ringo added maracas and cymbals. George Martin rented the harpsichord.
A week later, May 16, 1966, Paul went back into the studio and completed the lead vocal. The French horn solo was overdubbed three days later. Thanks to N.S. & Mark Lewisohn for that information, which is found in Mark’s THE COMPLETE BEATLES CHRONICLES.
Hunter Newman
April 10, 2008
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Meanspeed-Carlton Summary, supervised by James C.C. Manning
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| song title=”Tomorrow Never Knows” |
| composer=John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| album=Revolver
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| beats calibrated, total=3,150 |
| total time, 9 trials=1,395.23 seconds |
| average beat=475 milliseconds |
| meanspeed/average tempo=126.3 beats per minute |
corresponding pitch=578 Hertz
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=victory.
This piece, the first recorded for the album called ‘Revolution’ by the Beatles was the first recorded. It took only three takes and is notable not only for the use of tape loops but also insofar as Paul’s C drone bass which only changes places with its minor 7th, Bb major.
This was the end of the beginning of contemporary rock music. I am sure this has been written somewhere, but ‘Revolution’ could have been called ‘Evolution.’ Track by track you can literally hear the cutting edge switch fron rhythm & blues to rock & roll.
Ian Andrew Schneider
meanspeed music conjecture
April 10, 2008
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Meanspeed-Carlton Summary, supervised by James C.C. Manning
|
| song title=”Tomorrow Never Knows” |
| composer=John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| album=Revolver
|
| beats calibrated, total=3,150 |
| total time, 9 trials=1,395.23 seconds |
| average beat=475 milliseconds |
| meanspeed/average tempo=126.3 beats per minute |
corresponding pitch=578 Hertz
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=victory.
This piece, the first recorded for the album called ‘Revolution’ by the Beatles was the first recorded. It took only three takes and is notable not only for the use of tape loops but also insofar as Paul’s C drone bass which only changes places with its minor 7th, Bb major.
This was the end of the beginning of contemporary rock music. I am sure this has been written somewhere, but ‘Revolution’ could have been called ‘Evolution.’ Track by track you can literally hear the cutting edge switch fron rhythm & blues to rock & roll.
Ian Andrew Schneider
meanspeed music conjecture
April 10, 2008
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