Generally I choose songs to analyze when the groove is infectious and after a couple of days of hearing it the main vamp or chord pattern is still dancing in my head.
little martha - contemporary tempo map
little martha
And so *I* want to know: exactly how fast is that?
I wonder if I could do something with this power – just being able to Create the rhythm in my head while someone else is acting confused and hesitating in thought and action.
little martha
According to the meanspeed music theory, Little Martha, Duane Allman’s only song which he wrote and recorded alone – said to be taught o him in a dream by Jimi Hendrix in a bathroom, mainly by varying the water pressure in the sink, should be a song that
1) is confident;
2) exudes enthusiasm; and
3) emotes happiness in anticipation. These would be songs generally between 90-97 bpm.
This song has a mean speed, or expected average tempo of almost exactly 92.0 beats per minute. The quarter note gets the beat, thefore each beat has a mean length of 652 milliseconds.
little martha
I looked through about 1,000 of the over 5,000 comments about, well, what the song is “about” to different people, what versions of covers people like. Frankly, lining up all the “f***8 awesome, dude”’s and the “Dyane was such a 89&*(87 genius, man”’s, and given that the song is instrumental, and given that there are no Thought Police making arrests yet (oh, yeah, there are Thought Police – but keep your nose clean and stay away from the telescreen at odd moments and you may be ok), I saw a preponderance of this: why does the song sound wrong? The answer turns out to be that Duane is playing in an open E EBEG#BE, and that is rough on the guitar, and if it doesn’t snap from pressure, good luck De-tuning it back to G. Actually, you can’t really do it without that “I’ve been stretched too far sound.” Much like a rotator-cuff, the guitar sting, especially the G, just never snaps back. But that of a Duane in very most likelihood playing the song on a guitar he kept tuned as that. On YouTube – a lot of men – I looked for women but all men – doing open D tuning in the same progression, DADF#AD, but, and as a middling pianist and drummer thins is funny to me, not with a capo (one guy had one), because, like, would Duane ever be seen on stage with a capo? Thank you!
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams is a contemporary piece of music by Green Day. The song, though released years ago, becomes more popular each day, holding at Google’s #7 on the trend list.
Meanspeed-Spencer Summary
song=”The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”
performer=Green Day
composer=Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool/Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe, Tré Cool
total time elapsed=2,198.23 seconds
total beat measured=3,060 beats
average number of beats per trial=340
average time per trial=244.24777 seconds
meanspeed/average velocity/standard tempo=83.5 beats per minute
emotive speed territory according to meanspeed music theory=loneliness
average beat=0.718 seconds
album=America Idiot
Size=8.1 MB
Bit Rate=258 kbps
Sample Rate=44.100 kHz
Volume (-13.0 dB)
File type=m4a
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
Encoded with iTunes v7.5, Quick Time 7.3.1
SWEET CAROLINE - Neil Diamond and the Dave Matthews Band 0 tempo map comparing speeds -bpm chart
From everything I have read this past decade, scientists have been able to separate the emotion of exteme happiness or pure joy from the satisfaction of victory itself. Not That victory cannot bring about joy, but no amount of joy can compete, literally and figuratively with the “thrill of victory.” Victory is a rush, and, as Jim McCay continued for ABC®’s Wide World of Sports®, over the “agony of defeat.” And as Joe Garagiola said after the Mets came back to defeat the Red Sox in the 1986 World series, “I don’t know who forst said this Vince [Sculley], but you see it heere, Losing feels worse than winning feels good.” That is axiomatic psychology. Even Dr. Phil watchers know that negative experiences average four times the intensity of positive experiences.
/Ian Andrew Schneider/
meanspeed music school
June 17, 2009
Sweet Caroline
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Sweet Caroline”
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album Sweet Caroline
Released
September 16th, 1969
Genre
Pop
Length
3:21
Label
UNI/MCA
Writer(s)
Neil Diamond
Producer
Tommy Cogbill
Neil Diamond
Chips Moman
Neil Diamond singles chronology
“Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show”
(1969)
“Sweet Caroline”
(1969)
“Holly Holy”
(1969)
“Sweet Caroline” is a pop song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16, 1969, as a single. There are three distinct mixes of this song. The original mono 45 mix had a loud orchestra and glockenspiel compared to the stereo version on the Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show LP. The third version was a remix found only on the initial CD release of Neil Diamond’s “His 12 Greatest Hits”. This version has the orchestra mixed down very noticeably and has the background vocals mixed up. It has a longer fade as well. The song reached #4 on the Billboard chart and eventually went platinum for sales of one million singles.[1]
SWEET CAROLINE – Neil Diamond and the Dave Matthews Band – tempo map comparing speeds 2
SWEET CAROLINE – Neil Diamond and the Dave Matthews Band 0 tempo map comparing speeds 1
Contents
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1At sporting events
1.1Teams that play it
2Covers
3In entertainment
4References
[edit]At sporting events
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“Sweet Caroline” is popular at sporting events. Sherrie Levy, Neil Diamond’s press agent, remarked, “I’m not sure how it happened, but we’re very pleased that it happened”. The song has been a tradition at Boston’s Fenway Park since 1997, played at every game in the middle of the eighth inning.
It has since become tradition at many other sporting events for professional and college teams.
The song began being used as a victory song for the New York Rangers during the 2005-2006 season when head coach Tom Renney would play it in the locker room following victories. Shortly thereafter, the song began being played at Madison Square Garden by the PA System at the end of games that the Rangers were winning. However, during that season there were a few times in which the song was played prior to the end of the game with the Rangers in the lead. Some of those even resulted in the Rangers eventually losing the game. Shortly after that, the song began only being played if a game was out of reach for the opponent or after the game.
Many fans substitute “”Ba, Ba, Ba,” by insulting teams they hate and chanting their team name in place of “So Good! So Good! So Good!”
University of Pittsburgh fans substitute with “Let’s Go Pitt!” and instead of “So Good! So Good! So Good!” replace with “Go Blue, Go Blue, Go Blue!”.[5]
The song is usually sung by supporters of English football team Arsenal and Northern Ireland fans where it is heard at Windsor Park before the match, at half time and after the final whistle is blown.
“Sweet Caroline” is the official club song at Brunton Park, home of Carlisle United FC of Football League One, where it is played as the players make their entrance; it is a fan favourite in Cumbria and was chosen by fan vote. In the past two seasons it has also been often used at Hereford United away matches, which is always started by a group of fans known as the ‘Fun Bus’.
In the 2005/2006 English Football season “Sweet Caroline” was adopted by the players of Reading Football Club. For many fans of Reading FC it evokes memories of the record breaking season of 05/06 when Reading scored 106 points to walk away with the Coca Cola Championship title.
At the annual Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, which draws large numbers of tourists to the city, “Sweet Caroline” is amongst the few songs which are hailed as anthems of the major sporting event/festival. The entire stadium tends to burst into simultaneous song during the chorus when the song is played during breaks between games.
In Australia, the song is recited at St. John’s College, University of Sydney after sporting events and at formal dinners where the residents wear academic attire.
[edit]Teams that play it
Edenton Steamers
New York Giants
Cleveland Cavaliers (during halftime)
Baylor University
Delmarva Shorebirds
Central Washington University Rugby Club
Northeastern University
University of Minnesota Duluth
Nashville Sounds
Auburn University
University of Pittsburgh
Harvard University
Boston College
Boston Red Sox (middle of eighth inning)
Penn State
The Ohio State University
Texas Christian University
Minnesota Twins
New York Mets (middle of eighth inning)
Detroit Red Wings
Washington Nationals (during the visiting team’s first pitching change, usually in the 6th inning or later)
Brooklyn Cyclones
Brevard County Manatees
San Jose Giants
Portland Beavers
Greenville Drive
Lowell Spinners (during the middle of the eighth inning)
University of Mississippi
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University baseball games
University of North Carolina
University of South Carolina
University of Wyoming
Florida State University sporting events
Purdue University
University of Kansas
Michigan State University
Davidson College
Union College
Brevard College
Charlotte Bobcats
Washington State University basketball games
New York Jets home games
UMass Amherst hockey games
Green Bay Blizzard
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Central Michigan University
Iowa State University football games
Bowling Green State University football and hockey games
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Bulls
Florida Panthers
Buffalo Sabres
Indiana University basketball
UCF Knights baseball games, usually in the 7th inning.
The Washington Glory of National Pro Fastpitch also play Sweet Caroline during their games.
The Carolina Panthers of the NFL play “Sweet Caroline” after a home game that ends in victory.
Somerville High School (Massachusetts)
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball games
Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL during the 2nd intermission of home games at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena.
Lake Erie Monsters
Syracuse Crunch Toward the end of the second intermission.
Guilford College baseball games
Odessa RoughnecksIndoor Football League team
University of Miami baseball games at the end of 6.
Baylor University
Ottawa Rapids bankrupt
New York Rangers last minutes of the 3rd period in MSG if the Rangers have a substantial lead or in the Rangers locker room.
[edit]Covers
In his February 1970 shows at the International, Elvis Presley first sang “Sweet Caroline”, it was so popular, the song remained in his set list for many years. On the first released version from the On Stage album Presley introduced it “A guy had a song out last year. It’s a beautiful song and the guys name is Neil Diamond. I’d like to sing it for you now. Another live version from August 1970 was released in the movie Elvis - That’s The Way It Is.
In 1970, Anthony Armstrong took the song into the Top 40 of the country charts. In 1972, Bobby Womack took it into the Top 20 of theR&B charts {#16). A number of other artists have recorded covers, including Andy Williams, Bobby Goldsboro, Elvis Presley, the Ventures,Ray Conniff, Boots Randolph, Frank Sinatra, Guster, and Waylon Jennings.
In the 1996 film Beautiful Girls, Timothy Hutton leads a sing-along performance of the song in a Massachusetts bar.
In Ireland, in December 2001, a dance version by Dustin the Turkey reached number one in the singles charts, his last number-one hit to date. It was also covered by the punk music band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Have a Ball. “Sweet Caroline” has also been covered by Reggae group Bunny Rugs & The Upsetters in 1974 on their album To Love Somebody.
In September 2004, Jimmy Buffett included “Sweet Caroline” in a medley with “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” during both of his Fenway Park shows (September 10/12, 2004) stating, “Never again will those songs be played together in one medley at Fenway Park.”
Dave Matthews Band followed suit and performed “Sweet Caroline” at Fenway Park on July 8, 2006 and again on March 24, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
During U2’s PopMart Tour, U2’s guitarist The Edge performed several karaoke versions of “Sweet Caroline”.
The song was covered by The Railbenders, a Denver-based hard-country band on their 2003 release Segundo.
Angelo Venuto recorded a techno version of the song.
Bobby Darin performed the song live, but at a slower, more dramatic tempo. This cover is available on the HYENA DVD Bobby Darin- Seeing Is Believing.
Jonathan Coulton often performs the song with Paul and Storm as part of his encore.
According to the album literature of 1996’s In My Lifetime, Diamond came up with the famous A6 chord (used in the “…hands, touching hands” portion of the song) in the song in a hotel room one night.
Sweet Caroline is regularly sung by Anthony Cumia (Opie and Anthony) during Pest gatherings.
On season 7 of American Idol, runner-up David Archuleta performed this song the night Neil Diamond mentored the contestants.
Joe Dolan recorded a cover shortly after his death.
It is said to be that the Jonas Brothers on their 2009 World Tour will perform a cover on it.
[edit]In entertainment
The song served as the opening theme for Caroline Rhea’s short-lived 2002 talk show. The audience often sang along with the song as well.
The song was heard as Detroit Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland’s ringtone in a December 2007 press conference.
The song was often played in tribute to the offshore radio station Radio Caroline in documentaries about the radio station, such as ‘The Story of Radio Caroline’ by former Radio Caroline DJ Ted Payne.
The song appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Party.
The “so good, so good, so good, so good” wrinkle was first observed being played during the 1970s on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, by the duo Paul Presto & Jackie Vee at the Surf City Hotel. And it went on — and on — from there.
Sweet Caroline is now a Neil Diamond fan community.
The song is featured in a montage of Fenway Park in Fever Pitch (2005 movie) (starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore).
[edit]References
^ “”Neil Diamond: Biography”". Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
^ Dan Glaister (2007). ”Neil Diamond reveals secret of Sweet Caroline”. The Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on November 21 2007.
^ Carol Beggy and Mark Shanahan (2007). ”‘Sweet Caroline’ revealed”. The Boston Globe. Retrieved on March 15 2008.
^ Cohen, Sandy (20 November 2007). “‘Sweet Caroline’ was Caroline Kennedy”. Newsweek. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
^ [The origin of the "Go Blue" chant|www.thegreatestsiteintheuniverse.com]
The song is also on the soundtrack to popular disney movie Cars.
“To whom much is given, much is expected. To whom much more is given, much more is expected” – The Gospel According to St. Luke, quoted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
