One of my very favorite bands is Pearl Jam, the dominant early 90s grunge band featuring another great Eddie besides the one making this post, Mr. Eddie Vedder. In their popular hit "Even Flow", Eddie rips off a sick guitar solo at 3:01. The song is 4:54 in length...
294/181 = 1.624
Fibonacci is not far off and it's great to see an example of the sequence in such a well known band that happens to be one of my playlists' regular artists..
This is also a fine example of a facemelting guitar solo serving as the climax of a great song...
Long live Pearl Jam!
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Monday, December 4, 2006
Journey
I wanted to look at one of the best arena rock bands of the 1980's, Journey. I started with their hit single "Anyway you want it."
duration = 203 seconds
climax = 126
203/126 = 1.611..pretty much directly on the golden section!
The climax is a bone crushing guitar solo that definitely gets the crowd pumped up just in time for Steve Perry to come back in with his magical vocals to close out the song.
duration = 203 seconds
climax = 126
203/126 = 1.611..pretty much directly on the golden section!
The climax is a bone crushing guitar solo that definitely gets the crowd pumped up just in time for Steve Perry to come back in with his magical vocals to close out the song.
Hey Mama (no offense Amy)
The next Black Eyed Peas song I looked at off the Elephunk album was "Hey Mama." This again is easily recognizable but it sadly did not pass my grandfather test. However, I decided to look at it anyway since its off a top selling album as well as received tons of radio play.
The song was hard to come up with a climax as it followed a pattern that would suggest multiple climaxes. One of those climaxes occurred at the 2:12 mark where Fergie sings "Common Papa" and it leads into the chorus. However, one could argue that the climax could have occurred right before the other choruses as well. If you guys have extra time, take a listen and let me know what you think. I really wish there was some way we could pool together or even tag the songs we identify, so we can all download them in case others on the blog do not have the CD.
Duration: 214 seconds
Climax: 132 seconds (although you could argue other spots)
214 by 132 equals 1.6212
The song was hard to come up with a climax as it followed a pattern that would suggest multiple climaxes. One of those climaxes occurred at the 2:12 mark where Fergie sings "Common Papa" and it leads into the chorus. However, one could argue that the climax could have occurred right before the other choruses as well. If you guys have extra time, take a listen and let me know what you think. I really wish there was some way we could pool together or even tag the songs we identify, so we can all download them in case others on the blog do not have the CD.
Duration: 214 seconds
Climax: 132 seconds (although you could argue other spots)
214 by 132 equals 1.6212
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Let's Get It Started
Fitting song title to start linking hits to the golden section, "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eye Peas which is hard to argue against it being a hit. Its the censored verison because this blog is PG-13. The album, Elephunk, sold millions as well as the song is probably recognizable to both males and females and to most ages. I even played the song to my grandfather and while he couldn't name the artist, he knew of the song.
The climax starts at the 2:18 mark where you here the "yaya"s that lead into a rap solo thats ends before the last chorus. Its sort of the moment where you are all pumped up waiting for the last "Let's Get It Started".
Duration: 217 seconds
Climax: 138 seconds
217 by 138 equals 1.5725 which is close enough by our rules. I believe this is the first rap song and Black Eyed Peas song we've done. I'll at more soon to see if theres any correlation.
The climax starts at the 2:18 mark where you here the "yaya"s that lead into a rap solo thats ends before the last chorus. Its sort of the moment where you are all pumped up waiting for the last "Let's Get It Started".
Duration: 217 seconds
Climax: 138 seconds
217 by 138 equals 1.5725 which is close enough by our rules. I believe this is the first rap song and Black Eyed Peas song we've done. I'll at more soon to see if theres any correlation.
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Nickelback
As I racked my mind to think of other popular music artists to analyze for Fibonacci's Sequence, I thought of the suprisingly popular Canadian group Nickelback....
Their recent song "Far Away" is 3:58 in lenght. The instrumental climax occurs from 2:16 to 2:38 in the song
2:38 - 2:16 = 22 seconds
Adding 11 seconds to 2:16 leaves us with 2:27 as the middle of the climax
3:58 / 2:27 = 1.619
THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO FIBONACCI!
I will continue to probe into the works of Nickelback despite the annoying voice of lead singer Chad Kroger...
Their recent song "Far Away" is 3:58 in lenght. The instrumental climax occurs from 2:16 to 2:38 in the song
2:38 - 2:16 = 22 seconds
Adding 11 seconds to 2:16 leaves us with 2:27 as the middle of the climax
3:58 / 2:27 = 1.619
THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO FIBONACCI!
I will continue to probe into the works of Nickelback despite the annoying voice of lead singer Chad Kroger...
Friday, December 1, 2006
Another from our friends The All American Rejects
In the first really popular song (to my knowledge) by the AAR, "Swing, Swing", the climactic guitar solo begins at 2:10 of the 3:28 second song.
208 / 130 = 1.6
This falls within a reasonable deviation from the Fibonacci Sequence and represents the second AAR song that I have discovered to correspond appropriately....
208 / 130 = 1.6
This falls within a reasonable deviation from the Fibonacci Sequence and represents the second AAR song that I have discovered to correspond appropriately....
What every man needs
"Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison, I got the song off "The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison." Its amazing how timeless this song really is, I bet you if you played the song for someone under the age of 12, they would either recognize or love the song.
The climax of the song is when Roy goes to hit the high note on "tonight" during the verse "Come with me baby, Be mine tonight." I think most people have a guilty pleasure of trying to match Roy on that note whether in their car or in the shower. Well, at least I do.
Duration: 178 seconds
Climax: 110 seconds
178 by 110 equals 1.6182. That's as close as we'll probably get folks. There's got to be some sort of correlation between all these hit songs and the golden section.
The climax of the song is when Roy goes to hit the high note on "tonight" during the verse "Come with me baby, Be mine tonight." I think most people have a guilty pleasure of trying to match Roy on that note whether in their car or in the shower. Well, at least I do.
Duration: 178 seconds
Climax: 110 seconds
178 by 110 equals 1.6182. That's as close as we'll probably get folks. There's got to be some sort of correlation between all these hit songs and the golden section.
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