meanspeed music contemporary tempo map - SWEET JANE _ Lou Reed- - speed of desire
meanspeed music contemporary tempo map - SWEET JANE - LOU REED - speed of sex
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Meanspeed-Carlton Summary
sing title=Introduction/Sweet Jane
performer=Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground are:
mean speed/average tempo/median velocity=110.6 beats per minute
emotional concept according to meanspeed music theory=lustful
mean slow phase=1.843 beats per second
average beat=543 milliseconds per beat.
mean pitch=471.893 Hertz, 20.5 cents above A#4/Bb4=466.164 Hertz, 79.5 cents below B4=493.883 Hertz
tempo graphic=©2006-2009, meanspeed®music
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meanspeed music contemporary tempo map - SWEET JANE - LOU REED - speed of sex radar
FROM THE OUTSTANDING ARTICLE IN WIKIPEDIA.ORG (in red)-
“Sweet Jane” is a song by the Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was written by Velvet’s leader Lou Reed, who continued to join the song into his own live performances years later as a solo artist. The song is a fan favorite and often appears on classic rock radio stations.
When Loaded was originally released in 1970, the song’s bridge was edited out, possibly to shorten the song for radio airplay. The box set Peel Slowly and See and reissue Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition restored the missing section. According to Reed, the deletion was made by Warner Brothers and it greatly upset him, as the bridge is what takes the three (or four, depending on the version)-chord chorus to a two-chord plagal cadence chorus. The band’s bassist/vocalist, Doug Yule, says that Reed was present for the majority of the album’s editing, sequencing, and mixing, and that the edits to “Sweet Jane” were done with Reed’s full approval — in fact, Reed suggested them in the first place. The fact that Reed went on to perform the edited version of the song for the bulk of his career lends support to Yule’s argument.
The version of “Sweet Jane” on 1969: The Velvet Underground Live is an early version with a simpler chord progression (three-chord instead of four-chord chorus) and a notably different lyric. It was recorded during October or November 1969. The chord progression consists of three basic major chords over two measures, in D, (D-A), G, (G-A), D, used both in the verses and the chorus. Instead of opening with a standard verse, this version starts with what will later be used as a transitional pre-bridge piece, using the same chords as the verses but a different melody (“Anyone who ever had a heart wouldn’t turn around and break it”). After one chorus, there are two measures of D, followed by the bridge, consisting of two progressions: D C#m G# A B B (x2), over which the “Heavenly wine and roses” lyrics are sung, followed by E B D A (x2), accompanied by “la-la-la…”. The coda of the song, which follows, is like the chorus.
The full-length version of “Sweet Jane”, released on Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition, was recorded in early 1970. A Bm chord has been added to the main riff: D (D-A) G (Bm-A) D. The new version starts with a new introduction, and a verse. The chorus begins as a two-chord plagal cadence and its second part has the new four-chord riff. The start of the early version of “Sweet Jane” has been changed to a pre-bridge piece, which has been inserted before the chorus preceding the bridge. The bridge is used to transition from the E B D A sequence to a plagal cadence version of the chorus, D G (dropping the transitional A and Bm chords).
The version of “Sweet Jane” that was originally released on Loaded in 1970 was edited to remove the bridge. If left the “Anyone who ever had a heart” part to transition from a four-chord riff to the two-chord plagal cadence. This simplifies the original song effectively to two progressions: D (D-A) G (Bm-A) for verses and D A for the chorus. This is the version of “Sweet Jane” that most people are familiar with.
Reed has performed “Sweet Jane” in two keys: the 1969 and 1970 versions were in D. On 1972′s American Poet, 1973′s Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal, and 1978′s Take No Prisoners, the song is in E, while on 1984′s Live in Italy the song is back in D.
The song also appears on the albums Live at Max’s Kansas City; 1969: The Velvet Underground Live; Peel Slowly and See; Live MCMXCIII; Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition; American Poet; Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal; Live: Take No Prisoners; Live in Italy; The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Rock and Roll: an Introduction to The Velvet Underground; Live on Letterman: Music from The Late Show and Berlin: Live at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
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