Precision analysis: of *unconscious* tempo? Like Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins’s First Stays in the 55-58 bpm range – eschewing the 60 bpm seriousness. Calibration, timing analysis, tempo maps by the NJ Free School. Videos..

Phil Collins’s first major single was ”Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now).”

According to the people’s encyclopedia, wikipedia, ” The song was the main theme for the 1984 film of the same name, and first appeared on its soundtrack. It is a ballad in which its protagonist implores his/her ex-lover to “take a look at me now,” knowing that reconciliation is “against all odds” but worth a try. It has been covered by several artists.”

/Mariano Carlton/

/James Manning-san/

NJ Free School

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February 13, 2010