Genesis, _Seconds Out_ /live – bpm radar scans, mean free path, video and tempo map analysis: opening song, 1976
I was never sure what a ‘squonk’ actually was/ It does start with a heavy downbeat at ~90 bpm with an E minor seventh chord on top of an A drone, to the next measure where the E-7 gave way to a simple A major.
That was enough to get me hooked on Genesis – all Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Chester Thompson and Steve Hackett.I’m still have no idea what the lyrics mean – but the opening, ” LIKE father like *Son*!” was the end of top 40 radio for me.
For some reason, the character portrayed by Jack Wagner called Nick Marone on the World most watched program in the entire world, and last week won the Emmy® Award as the Best Drama on daytime television: The Bold and The Beautiful®.
NIck has just found out…well, some very strange and harsh news, I do not want to give away the plot though – in England the show is very popular but running two a days is still a year behind us, so I will not give away why Marone embodies the boldness and enthusiasm that is real and strong and optimistic.
Meanspeed®-Carlton Summary
song=SQUONK
band=Genesis
composer=Genesis
album=Seconds OUt
arithmetic mean speed/average expected tempo/mean free path=90.8 beats per minute
average beat=0.6608″
American composer-musician Pat Metheny & Polish vocalist: Most Underrated album of decade? / “TAM, GDZIE NIE SIEGA WZROCK” (“FOLLOW ME”) – Pat Metheny and Anna Maria Jopek – Upojenie – precise meanspeed® music tempo analysis
A “TAM, GDZIE NIE SIEGA WZROCK” (“FOLLOW ME”) – Pat Metheny and Anna Maria Jopek – Upojenie – precise meanspeed® music tempo
analysis comes from the downloaded version of the song from Apple®’s iTunes®.
Meanspeed®-Carlton Speed Summary
composer=Pat Metheny
average velocity/arithmetic mean speed/mean fee music path=112 1/10 BPM
average beat=0.5352 seconds
vocal=Anna Maria Jopek
language of vocal=Polish
originally recorded by=Pat Metheny Group on the album IMAGINARY DAY
mood/emotional expression as would be anticipated by the meanspeed® music theory=lust/desire/visceral passion (see scale at sidebar)
key=G major
high interesting element of song=Pat’s use of harmonics
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Ian Andrew Carlton-Spencer
James Manningsan
Meanspeed® Music Open Education
June 25, 2010
















