This is the Meanspeed scale, developed in 1992, where all numbers represent speed as beats per minute, and emotions are expressions, not necessarily emotional reactions:
54-58=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,
Applying this scale to one of a david Bowie and his album of his 20 “Greatest Hits”, we see that David is versatile, honest and most importantly, rocking, in speed and emotional selections across the entire spectrum of speed. In this post, you can see the many ways that which is otherwise invisible – speed itself – is illustrated in meanspeed charts developed in the way described on meanspeed.com. The method is described in an absolutely spread open, clear way. If you follow the simple steps, you can reproduce any of these charts. It is this very element, the repeatable tests, that allow you to give us feedback with all the information we have.
1. “Space Oddity”
meanspeed=68.6 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=ceremony
meanspeed=112.6 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=lust
3. “Suffragette City”
meanspeed=143.0 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=[mixed fast]
4. “Ziggy Stardust”
meanspeed=80.1 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=loneliness
5. “The Jean Genie”
meanspeed=129.2 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=[mixed fast]
6. “Rebel Rebel”
meanspeed=126.2 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=victory
7. “Young Americans”
meanspeed=83.6 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=loneliness
8. “Fame”
meanspeed=95.8 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=enthusiasm
9. “Golden Years”
meanspeed=109.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust
10. “Heroes”
meanspeed=112.7 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=lust
11. “Ashes To Ashes”
meanspeed=120.7 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=victory
12. “Fashion”
meanspeed=108.3 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=lust
13. “Under Pressure”
featured artist=Queen
meanspeed=113.6 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=foreboding
14. “Let’s Dance”
meanspeed=115.1 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=foreboding
15. “China Girl”
meanspeed=134.6 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecturemeanemotion=[mixed fast]
16. “Modern Love”
meanspeed=183.4 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=[mixed fast]
17. “Blue Jean”
meanspeed=124.7 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=victory
18. “Dancing In The Street”
featured singer=Mick Jagger
meanspeed=130.9 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=[mixed fast]
19. “This Is Not America”
featured band=Pat Metheny Group
meanspeed=115.3 beats per minute
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=foreboding
20. “I’m Afraid Of Americans”
mean emotion according to the meanspeed conjecture=loneliness
Ian Andrew Schneider
