Meanspeed Music in the Boston Globe : “Coldplay rockers dedicated to Tom Brady”

Coldplay rockers dedicated to Tom Brady

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 –
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New England Patriots [team stats] QB/QT Tom Brady [stats] took a pass on practice yesterday probably to rest up from the rockin’ Coldplay show he took in with glamazon galpal Gisele Bundchen at the TD Banknorth Garden!

Tom, who is reportedly a HUGE fan of Chris Martin & Co., blew out of a late practice at Gillette Stadium Monday night to join Gi and her GFs at the Garden shortly after the British rockers took the stage at 10 p.m.

In fact, Martin dedicated the last song, “Death and All His Friends,” a cut off the new CD, to Brady. Perhaps Chris’ good buddy, Bono of U2, told him a shout-out to No. 12 always brings down the Boston house!


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“I don’t want to do this really because it’s cheesy . . . but we’re great fans of his and he’s probably left the building anyway,” said the Coldplay frontman. “We’d like to dedicate this to Tom Brady – your quarterback. We’re big fans of his and very honored he came to the show, and I hope to goodness it was worth it.”

And then Martin flubbed the lyrics to the tune. But no biggie. Brady wasn’t on the floor at the end of the show anyway!

According to a music blog called meanspeed.com, the Pats QB has an iTunes playlist that starts off with Coldplay’s mega-hit “Speed of Sound,” and he’s been a “fan of the band for years now.”

Brady told the meanspeed blogger that he can be caught “patiently waiting for every album. Each has been better than the last.”

Also making the scene at Coldplay’s Garden party were Mrs. Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow, and her actress mom, Blythe Danner. They settled into seats in the third row of the Loge 13 with director Steven Spielberg and wife, Kate Capshaw; funnyman Jerry Seinfeld and wife, Jessica; and “21” star, Cohasset homegal Kate Bosworth, who played pingpong backstage before the show.

BTW, we don’t have any snaps of the celebs since LiveNation forbade the photogs covering the concert from shooting the stars. Apparently, they aren’t used to having cameras in their faces all the time.

Anyway, our spies in the primo seats said Gwynnie was “gazing lovingly at her hubby” and “singing along with him” while Gisele never stood up during the show. Ditto for Jerry.

“He didn’t move all night,” said Casey, a fan from Lynnfield who sat behind the comedian. “Might have been a statue, actually.”

Perhaps Jer was peeved when Martin poked fun at the crowd, congratulating them for coming out on a Monday night when they could be home watching “Home Improvement” or “Seinfeld” re-runs!

Not that there’s anything wrong with that . . .

Also mixing it up backstage was Toro chef/owner Ken Oringer and wife, Celine, who talked Spanish food with Gwyneth. No, she wasn’t hungry for some of Kenny’s authentic tapas. She and Chef talked about her soon-to-debut cooking road show with Mario Batali called “Spain . . .On the Road Again.” It’s supposed to debut this fall on PBS.

After the show, Coldplay was quickly escorted out of the arena, so there wasn’t a mob scene. Chris and the boys open the Asian/European leg of their tour in Osaka on Saturday.

Viva La Vida en Boston!

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Lindsay Davenport: “think about what [you] really want to accomplish”-Where Are You Going? Dave Matthews Band, meanemotion=enthusiasm, meanspeed=97.1

The next to last track from the Lindsay Davenport nikeplus.com iTunes Athlete Inspiration Playlist is a song by the Dave Matthews Band called “Where Are You Going.” The tennis phenomenon says:
“I think about this song in terms of where you are going in your life, what your plans are for the next few years. I think everyone could sit down and think about what they really want to accomplish, where they want to go with their lives. I’ve always felt really connected to this song.”

In regard to the song, it is one that is also on football quarterback Tom Brady’s Playlist, and this is the song analyzed by meanspeed music theory:



©2006, speed visual

As we have been asserting here at Meanspeed Trust, finding the songs that psyche you up can improve mental performance. Sometimes this enhanced mental performance is exhibited by the best athletes in the world.

iTunes
has embarked on a most fantastic project: putting together the playlists of the best athletes alive–and not surprisingly, such athletes have near perfect mental control in regard to timing. Therefore, on these pages we are most happy to begin featuring songs from these lists.

Two of my favorite athletes, Tom Brady, the quarterback of the New England Patriots and Lindsay Davenport, one of the best female tennis players to ever play the game both have shared their playlists with iTunes.

One song that is an absolute favorite of mine which is the only song common to both Tom’s playlist and Lindsay’s playlist is the song by the Dave Mathews Band, featuring drummer Carter Beauford, bass player Stefan Lessard, woodwinds player LeRoi Moore, violinist Boyd Tinsley. In sits in the meanemotion of enthusiasm: almost right at the top speed of that category, which meanspeed music theory asserts as 90-97 beats per minute. This song is especially fantastic, and I would encourage anyone to check out the athlete’s playlists and Dave’s songs on iTunes.

On a personal note, I turned 44 years old a couple of days ago, and I am still in wonder over the online/digital music in general:
a) the personalization of musical playlists,;
b) the ease with which one can explore the songs they like online in the comfort of [our] own homes;
c) the back-to-the-1970s FAIR price of 99¢ per single have made using music; and
d) the mental control that can be achieved through music, and the speed of that music .

The Meanspeed Frequencies™ of the song Where Are You Going are:
meanspeed=97.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=enthusiastic
meanspace=0.618 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.528 beats per second
meanpitch=414.293 hertz, 96 cents above G4=391.995 Hertz, 4 cents below G#4/Ab4=415.305 Hertz.

Ian Schneider
November 7,2006
NY, NY, USA