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“GIRL” by the Late-Monkee, Mr. Davy Jones – Tempo Analysis of the Brady Bunch Performance – Season 3, Episode 12 | meanspeed maps, Frequencies, video

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Davy Jones, member of the Monkees, played a cameo role on The Brady Bunch in the 1970s.  The show was one in which Marcia, played by Maureen McCormick had a crush on the Monkee lead man, who at 66 years old earlier in 2012 joined all of our friends in heaven.

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Not since Mickey Rooney had a man of such short stature been such a huge sex symbol, defying the stereotype, in being so short of stature yet just as tall sex symbol-itude.  In regard to being the perfect gentleman, after Harry Connick Jr. hit the music scene did we see a man as able to hold both men and women in the palm of his hand with his perfectly pitched sweet tone and timing: nearly flawless.

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As you can  see in the tempo charts on this page, there are measures in this song of 81 measures which are as fast as 138 beats per minute, some as slow as 128 beats per minute: yet, given this range, at the end of the song when all trends are taken, *overall*, there is no acceleration or deceleration that is not perfectly placed without the aid of electronic devices.  His whole era of innocence, which was embodied in the Golden Era Of The United Sates television program where the biggest problem people had was the non-problem of the cold war.

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United States intelligence did a good job on that to the point that as much as people are driven by fear today, we were driven by love in the 1970s.

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Rest in Peace Davy – say hello to Breitbart, Houston and Martin for everyone.

Meanspeed-Carlton Summary
song title=Girl
median expected tempo/mean speed=132.4 beats per minute
average beat as quarter note in common time=0.453.2 milliseconds

corresponding frequency=564.9 Hz where, in equal temperament where D#3/Eb5=554.9 Hz and D5=587.33 Hz.

songs withing 1% of GIRL

“Candyman,” Sammy Davis, Jr.

“Roundabout,” Yes

“When The World Is Running Down, You Make The best Of What’s Still Around/Bring On The Night,” Sting, the live Best Album of 1986 version featuring Kenny Kirkland, Darryl Jones, Omar Hakim, and Branford Marsalis

“Get Back,” Paul McCartney, live Tripping The Live Fantastic

“Talk About The Passion,” R.E.M.

Behind Blue Eyes, (part 2), The Who

performer=Davy Jones

Ian Andrew Schneider

mean speed® therapy

March 31, 2012

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Mr. MONTELL JORDAN: “This Is How We Do It” – Stuck In A Man’s Head: Can meanspeed® therapy help get it out?

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Last week someone was on Twitter and complained of 10 months of having the song THIS IS HOW WE DO IT running as a tape loop in their head – unwanted nonstop. I tried finding that person after getting the song stuck in *my* head (on purpose) to test whether I could remove it by matching a song of a speed with one percent of the speed of the song. I did an analysis:

Meanspeed®-Carlton Speed Summary

Song=THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
Montell Jordan

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song title= “This Is How We Do It”
Average measure=~1.626 seconds
Average beat=~0.40662 second
Median expected tempo/mean speed=147.6 bests per minute
This_Is_How_We_Do_It-meanspeed_map-bpm_scan+MONTELL+JORDAN_+re-elect_Obama

This_Is_How_We_Do_It-meanspeed_map-bpm_scan+MONTELL+JORDAN_+re-elect_Obama

Corresponding frequency tonality=629.55 Hertz, where D#5/Eb5=622.25 Hz, E5=659.26 Hz

EP=This Is How I Do It
®2009 the bicycle music company File type=purchased AAC audio file
size=7.6 MB
bit rate to=256 kbps
sample rate=44.100 kHz
volume=-7.6 dB
profile=low complexity
channels=stereo
extension=m4a
seller=iTunes® by Apple®
genre =rhythm and blues/soul p
(no lyrics given legally)

I could not find the original member of Twitter® who posted about the song – but I did look:

Ashley Catimon Ashley Catimon ‏ @ashley_catimon

This is how we do it *raise the roof*

Taylor Delasbour Taylor Delasbour ‏ @Taybae_Duhh

” This is how we do it ” is stuck in my head from dance central ! I feel like playing !
arg ‏ @thingsandstuffs

Realized moments ago that I’ve had ‘this is how we do it’ stuck in my head all day and I’ve suddenly lost the will to go on.

Emily Marre ‏ @marremee

the song “This is how we do it” has been stuck in my head since spanish class when i sang it out loud

Deja Kai ❌⭕♉ ‏ @dejavuall_over

Pretty J. Pretty J. ‏ @Pretty_Jjb

“@Mr_Dancer305: «@Pretty_Jjb “This Is How We Do It” is the best old school song ever!» ocontrer I think it was just kick it. By. SWV” #true

Tyler Oravits ‏ @TOravits7
Travis Dotson Travis Dotson ‏ @datboi_TDOT

“This is how we do it” #classic

It’s time for #Spurs basketball, and this is how we do it!! #TeamSpurs!! #GoSpursGo! #DriveFor5! #RingForTJ!!

Brianna Wilson Brianna Wilson ‏ @BeingbreezyB

This drunk keeps singing this one little line, “this is how we do it” lol sm

b o m b DIGGITY b o m b DIGGITY ‏ @tiannabrie143Vybinn to the music this is how we do it all night cruising down freeway just me and my baby in our ride : )
Lauren Thornton Lauren Thornton ‏ @LalaCoca2u

RT @fairley_fckedup: I love my deck….so much room for activities lol

Beautiful Chelle Beautiful Chelle ‏ @American__Rebel

Montel Jordan “This Is How We Do It” is the national party song

Ali Ashford Ali Ashford ‏ @AliAshford

This is how we do it lol we go hard @KReidlinger http://pic.twitter.com/kPRQAzgX

11h Jordan Snapp Jordan Snapp ‏ @JSnappp

@idelieee “this is how we do it in the chi”

12h Yolanda Armendariz Yolanda Armendariz ‏ @yayaarmendariz8

I’m kinda buzz its all because THIS IS HOW WE DO IT !

As we see it is a song that is catchy for most, *too* catchy for others.

The METHOD to remove this earworm would be to find another song at a speed within 1% of the original and literally play the offending song while yelling the lyrics of one or more of these songs with it. If this problem happens to you – 1) I heard about an app called “unhearit” which through some algorithm employs the same method. Whether they use exact tempo or not I have no idea am not affiliated with the company.

Songs within 1% of the tempo of THIS IS HOW WE DO IT:

“De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da,” The Police

“Born To Run,” Bruce Springsteen

“Say A Little Prayer For You,” Dione Warwick
“Abraham, Martin & John,” Dion”

“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” Otis Redding (Stax Records)

“Twenty-Five Or 6 To 4,” Chicago.

Best,
Ian Andrew Schneider
meanspeed® therapy
March 29, 2012