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Über and Gone Before Their Time, a Tribute
(59 minutes, Moderate)
Pace Breakdown
Slow Walk |
16:18 |
Distance: 2.6 to 3.9 miles |
Seems that every generation has their fallen pop heroes, who through tragic circumstances found their lives cut short before they had a chance to mature as artists. All seventeen musicians in this list died too young, sometimes mysteriously, whether by violent accident, substance abuse, disease, or their own hands. I’ve chosen to forego the clever comments and just give their causes of death.
Title |
Artist |
BPM |
Time |
PC |
Comment |
Genre |
Album/Source |
Summer's Almost Gone |
The Doors (Jim Morrison) |
94 |
3:22 |
5 |
Drug or alcohol overdose (?) |
Psychedelic Rock |
Waiting for the Sun |
Time in a Bottle |
Jim Croce |
134 |
2:27 |
4 |
Plane crash. |
Singer-Songwriter |
You Don’t Mess Around With Jim |
La Bamba |
Ritchie Valens |
156 |
2:06 |
5 |
Plane crash |
Latin Rock |
Ritchie Valens |
Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) |
Janis Joplin |
111 |
3:57 |
5 |
Drug overdose |
Blues Rock |
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama |
Eternal Life |
Jeff Buckley |
96 |
4:52 |
5 |
Mysterious drowning. |
Alternative Rock |
Grace |
Carnival Song |
Tim Buckley |
134 |
3:13 |
5 |
Drug overdose. |
Singer-Songwriter |
goodbye and hello |
The Invisible Man |
Queen (Freddie Mercury) |
121 |
3:59 |
5 |
AIDS |
Glam Rock |
Greatest Hits II |
Sifting |
Nirvana |
120 |
5:22 |
3 |
Suicide |
Grunge |
Bleach |
Are You Experienced? |
Jimi Hendrix |
92 |
4:13 |
4 |
Drugs |
Psychedelic Rock |
Are You Experienced? |
Look at Little Sister |
Stevie Ray Vaughan |
113 |
3:06 |
5 |
Helicopter crash |
Blues Rock |
Soul to Soul |
Back & Forth |
Aaliyah |
94 |
3:51 |
5 |
Plane crash. |
R&B |
Age Ain't Nothing But A Number |
Free Ride |
Nick Drake |
120 |
3:07 |
5 |
Suicide or drugs |
Singer-Songwriter |
Pink Moon |
Between The Bars |
Elliott Smith |
137 |
2:21 |
5 |
Unknown. |
Rock |
Either/Or |
Wayfaring Stranger |
Eva Cassidy |
142 |
4:28 |
5 |
Cancer |
Singer-Songwriter |
Eva By Heart |
I Fall To Pieces |
Patsy Cline |
112 |
2:50 |
5 |
Plane crash |
Country |
12 Greatest Hits |
That'll Be the Day |
Buddy Holly and the Crickets |
127 |
2:18 |
5 |
Plane crash |
50s Pop |
America's Top 10 |
Outside a Small Circle of Friends |
Phil Ochs |
100 |
3:42 |
5 |
Suicide. |
Singer-Songwriter |
The War is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs |
BPM=Beats Per Minute; PC=Pace Consistency; SKBL=Skiplekable; NADL=Not currently available for download from Amazon or iTunes