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“Lie In Our Graves” - Dave Matthews Band - mean speed=110.8 beats per minute - mean emotion=lust

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speed visual by Meanspeed Music, ©2008

This is an elemental 2-dimensional speed visual ® of the entirety of the song “Lie In Our Graves” by the Dave Matthews Band from the album Crash, one of the best albums of the 1990s, a fantastic article of which is found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_%28Dave_Matthews_Band_album%29. An excellent article is found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Chicago_12.19.98. The band played the song for 12 minutes and 38 seconds during that show.

A) mean speed=110.8 beats per minute

B) average tempo=0.542 seconds

C) mean emotion=lust– here, as lust for life itself.

Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music
July 21, 2008

Musical Determinism in Action: Speed Territory Dictates that which is Emoted - Frank Sinatra - “Witchcraft” - Speed, Beats and Lyrics & Foxytunes Link

The song breaks down as below. This is a manner in which you can follow the performance lines on the speed graphs -
1-16 - instrumental introduction;
17-19 - Those
20-23 - fingers in my hair, That
24-27 - sly come hither
28-32 - stare
33-35 - That strips my conscience
36-39- bare, It’s
40 -47- witchcraft!
48-51 - And I’ve got
52-55 - no defense for it,
56-59 - The heat is
60-64- too intense for it.
65-67 - What good would
68-71 - common sense for it
72-79 - do? ‘Cause it’s
80-83 - witchcraft,
84-87 -Wicked
88-92 - witchcraft,
93-96 - And al-
97-99 - though I
100-103 - know it’s strictly
104-111 - taboo!
112- 115 - When you a-
116-119 - rouse the need in me,
120-123 My heart says
124-127 - yes indeed in me,
128-131 - Proceed with what
132-135 you’re leading me
136-143- to!
144-147 - It’s such an
148-151 - ancient pitch,
152-155 - But one I
156-159 - wouldn’t switch,
160-163 - ‘Cause there’s no
164-167 nicer witch than
168-207 - you!

208-211 - ‘Cause it’s witchcraft,
212-215 - That crazy
216-223 - witchcraft, And al-
224-227 - though I
228-231 - know it’s strictly ta-
232-239 - boo!
240-243 - When you a
244-247 rouse the need in me,
248-251 - My heart says
252-255 - yes indeed in me,
256-259 - Proceed with
260-271 what your leading me to…
272-275 - It’s such an
276-279 - ancient pitch,
280-283 - But one that I would
284-287 - never switch,
288-291 - ‘Cause there’s no
292-295 - nicer witch than
296-320 - you!”

(emphasis added)
lyrics courtesy of foxytunes.com

Meanspeed Music Summary, calibrated by Hunter Newman, supervised by James Manning -
song=”Witchcraft”
performer=Frank Sinatra
total time=1,494.87 seconds
beats counted =2,880
beats per trial=320
mean time per trial=116.1 seconds
mean speed=115.6 beats per minute
average beat=0.519 seconds
mean emotion according to mean speed music theory=foreboding.
mean slow phase=1.93 cycles per second
recording source=iTunes
Sample Rate=256 kbps
album=Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances. 1953-1960

recording company=© 2000, Capital Records, Inc.
Kind=Purchased AAC audio file
Size=5.8 MB
Sample Rate=44.100 kHz
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
corresponding pitch=493.2 hertz, ≤Bb4 , ≥C5 - an excellent article about this appears at -
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-64509/tuning-and-temperament.

In order to enter the speed into your iTunes player, simply - though Apple is not talking about speed -YET-

highlight the song -

press Command/I on Windows, apple/I on mac, where upon doing that the screen below will emerge -


tough part here -put the cursor in the BPM box, type in the bpm which in iTunes and most players is properly rounded off to the whole number, as 115.6 beats per minute becomes 116 -

Close and you can create lists as -

Voila!

The best on the web have seen for information about The Chairman is found FoxyTunes.com -
Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 199 8) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. Many critics place him alongside Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and The Beatles as one of the most important popular music figures of the 20th century. Sinatra launched a second career as a dramatic film actor, and became admired for a screen persona distinctly tougher than his smooth singing style. Sinatra also had a larger-than-life presence in the public eye, and as “The Chairman of the Board” became an American icon, known for his brash, sometimes swaggering attitude, as embodied by his signature song “My Way”. more…

[via FoxyTunes / Frank Sinatra]

and

http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/frank_sinatra#/track/witchcraft

All speed graphs © 2007, meanspeed music

James C.C. Manning
John Paul Newman
Sarah Jane Bristol
Sophia Newman
July 18. 2008

BO DIDDLEY invented shuffle: As per “Iko, Iko” and “Not Fade Away”! A Completely new rhythm: “da-da-da-da—DA-DA-DA!” - #62 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs list

The Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time ranks “Bo Diddley” by Bo Diddley as the 62nd greatest song ever recorded.

In the magazine’s special online version of the ranking the greatest songs of all-time, there is a section which answers the question: “Are you allowed to take someone else’s speed?” Short and long answer: ONE CANNOT COPYRIGHT SPEED. From the article, found at–
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595907/bo_diddley:

“Diddley’s first single went to Number One on the R&B charts and immortalized the bedrock beat that would turn up everywhere from Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” to the Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now.” Diddley had studied violin as a child and built his own violins and guitars. His songs were deceptively simple, laden with rhythm play between the bass, drums and his tremolo guitar. But you can’t copyright a rhythm, and Diddley never got paid for his greatest rock innovation.” (my emphasis).

A speed summary of “Bo Diddley” after 8 measurements were made as 27 contiguous groups of 10 beats were entered in spreadsheet software my Microsoft Excels’s spreadsheet and synthesizing the charts below.



Meanspeed-Carlton Summary® -
beats counted in song=270
rhythm=4/4, quarter note receives 4 beats per measure
mean time=2 minutes, 33.60 seconds
mean speed=105.5 beats per minute
mean space=569 milliseconds per beat
meanemotion according to meanspeed music theory=lustIn regard to the digital music player screenshots below, one simply can highlight the song on their digital program, simultaneously press the COMMAND and I keys at the same time, and a menu will arise allowing you to input the beats per minute measurement. This is “Bo Diddley” appearing among the Rolling Stone’s to 62 songs of all-time in context of descending speed–

This is “Bo Diddley” appearing among the in context of descending speed of songs on the Meanspeed Music digital player in general–

Ian Schneider
meanspeedmusic.com

6/11/8