From the Wog Archive

Mix/Standard Wog

Royalty
(34 Minutes, Moderate)

Pace Breakdown

Slow Walk
Mod Walk
Brisk Walk
Slow Jog
Mod Jog
Brisk Jog
Run

14:18

6:28
5:30
7:40


33:56

 

Distance: 1.5 to 2.3 miles
Speed: 2.7 to 4.0 MPH
Ave BPM: 117
Jog Beats: 46%
Pace Variability: High

As if you needed it, here’s proof that Rock does, indeed, rule. Of course the nature of its rule is up for debate—R.E.M.’s two kings are hardly typical monarchs. In this wog, anyway, it’s the queens who come out on top, and there’s nary a Prince to be found.

Title

Artist

BPM

Time

PC

Comment

Genre

Album/Source

King of Birds

R.E.M.

95

4:10

5

Snare drums evoke Civil War
SKBL

Alternative Rock

Document

Queen Of The Highway

The Doors

127

2:47

4

A princess in a sensual fairytale

Blues Rock

Morrison Hotel

It's Good to Be King

Tom Petty

148

5:11

5

Mr Petty makes a pretty cool monarch.
Sounds slower.
Outro

Americana

Wildflowers

Kid Charlemagne

Steely Dan

97

4:41

4

His reign is over
SKBL

Jazz Rock

The Royal Scam

Mister Kingdom

ELO

130

5:30

4

Dreamy, orchestral yearnings.
Sounds slower

Prog Rock

Eldorado

Mississippi Queen

Mountain

140

2:29

5

Brings you back to earth with COWBELL intro

Hard Rock

Climbing

King of Comedy

R.E.M.

120

3:41

5

Whoops, he’s not King after all, or Commodity either (whatever that is)

Alternative Rock

Monster

Black Queen

Stephen Stills

90

5:27

4

Black queen, blues guitar, white singer.
Intro, SKBL

Folk-Rock

Stephen Stills

BPM=Beats Per Minute; PC=Pace Consistency; SKBL=Skiplekable; NADL=Not currently available for download from Amazon or iTunes