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American Idol: Moodagent compares Lee DeWyze and The Beatles singing Hey Jude

This week, American Idol contestant Lee DeWyze performed Hey Jude. Moodagent shows how — and how much — DeWyze changed the mood of the Beatles hit. In fact, his version more closely matches competing performances by fellow Idol contestants Casey James and Aaron Kelly than the Beatles version of Hey Jude.

The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders. DeWyze changed up Hey Jude by adding a huge dose of tenderness (orange). He also dialed down the passion (red), happiness (yellow), and tempo (gray).

As you can see, each version of Hey Jude generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. Casey James’ Jealous Guy places high on only one of the playlists. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Michael Lynche and The Beatles singing Eleanor Rigby

This week, American Idol contestant Michael Lynche was almost eliminated following his performance of Eleanor Rigby. Moodagent shows that he did alter mood of the Beatles song significantly, despite failing to wow the audience or the judges. The mood profile shows the biggest difference is the amount of passion Lynche expresses. His version is extremely passionate (red), whereas The Beatles version has very little passion. He also pours more happiness (yellow) and anger (purple) into the song.

He matches the standard on tenderness (orange) and tempo (gray).

In the end, the judges “saved” Lynche from elimination, urging him to up his game or risk being voted off again next week.

As you can see, each version of Eleanor Rigby generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Crystal Bowersox and The Beatles singing Come Together

This week, American Idol contestant Crystal Bowersox performed Come Together. Moodagent shows how — and how much — Bowersox changed the mood of the Beatles hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders: she raised the passion (red), tenderness (orange), and happiness (yellow). She matched The Beatles on anger (purple) and tempo (gray).

As you can see, each version of Come Together generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Andrew Garcia and The Beatles singing Can’t Buy Me Love

This week, American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia performed Can’t Buy Me Love. Moodagent shows how — and how much — Garcia changed the mood of the Beatles hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders: he added more passion (red), happiness (yellow), and anger (purple), and left out some of the tenderness (orange) you hear in the original. He matched the familiar tempo (gray).

As you can see, each version of Can’t Buy Me Love generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Siobhan Magnus and The Beatles singing Across the Universe

This week, American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus performed Across the Universe. Moodagent shows how — and how much — Magnus changed the mood of the Beatles hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders: she toned down the passion (red), expressed more happiness (yellow) and anger (purple), and slowed the tempo (gray). She stayed true to The Beatles’ high level of tenderness (orange).

As you can see, each version of Across the Universe generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Tim Urban and The Beatles singing All My Loving

This week, American Idol contestant Tim Urban performed All My Loving. Moodagent shows how — and how much — Urban changed the mood of the Beatles hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for all 5 of the 5 sliders: he added passion (red) and happiness (yellow), toned down the tenderness (orange) and anger (purple), and slowed the tempo (gray).

As you can see, each version of All My Loving generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Casey James and John Lennon singing Jealous Guy

This week, American Idol contestant Casey James performed Jealous Guy. Moodagent shows how — and how little — James changed the mood of the John Lennon hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for just 2 of the 5 sliders: he softened Lennon’s passion (red) and happiness (yellow). Otherwise, he matched the mood profile originally laid down by Lennon and earned accolades from Simon Cowell for his rendition.

As you can see, even with only a minor change in mood, each version of Jealous Guy generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Katie Stevens and The Beatles singing Let It Be

This week, American Idol contestant Katie Stevens performed Let It Be. Moodagent shows how — and how much — Stevens changed the mood of the Beatles hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders. She held back on much of the Beatles’ passion (red) and some of their tenderness (orange). She also infused more anger (purple). She kept both the happiness (yellow) and tempo (gray).

She said later that she was able to make an emotional connection with the song because she had been thinking of her grandmother during the performance.

As you can see, each version of Let It Be generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Aaron Kelly and The Beatles singing The Long and Winding Road

This week, American Idol contestant Aaron Kelly performed Long and Winding Road. Moodagent shows how — and how much — Kelly changed the mood of the Beatles’ classic. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders: his has more tenderness (orange), less happiness (yellow), and a slower tempo (gray). He matched the Beatles on passion (red) and anger (purple).

Kelly’s song profile closely matches another Idols recording this week — Lee DeWyze’s take on Hey Jude and Casey James’ rendition of Jealous Guy.

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Michael Lynche and India.Arie singing Ready for Love

This week, American Idol contestant Michael Lynche performed Ready for Love. Moodagent shows how — and how little — he changed the mood of the India.Arie hit. The mood profile shows his cover has a different setting for just 1 of the 5 sliders: he added a little anger (purple), but otherwise stayed true to India.Arie’s version. He matched her on passion (red), tenderness (orange), happiness (yellow), and tempo (gray).

As you can see, even with only a minor change in mood, each of these versions of Ready for Love generates a different playlist from my personal music collection. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Casey James and Sam & Dave singing Hold On, I’m Coming

This week, American Idol contestant Casey James performed Hold On, I’m Coming. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Sam & Dave hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders: he cranked up the passion (red), toned down the happiness (yellow), and boosted the anger (purple). Plus, he slowed the tempo (gray). He kept one emotional signature of the soul men’s original intact: tenderness (orange).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Hold On, I’m Coming. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Andrew Garcia and Chris Brown singing Forever

This week, American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia performed Forever. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Chris Brown hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders: he cooled the passion (red) and happiness (yellow), and added a little more anger (purple). He matched Chris Brown on tenderness (orange) and tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Forever. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Tim Urban and Anita Baker singing Sweet Love

This week, American Idol contestant Tim Urban performed Sweet Love. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Anita Baker hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders: he added more tenderness (orange), happiness (yellow) and anger (purple), and slowed the tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Sweet Love. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Crystal Bowersox and Gladys Knight singing Midnight Train to Georgia

This week, American Idol contestant Crystal Bowersox performed Midnight Train to Georgia. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Gladys Knight hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders: she dialed back on tenderness (orange) while conveying more happiness (yellow) and anger (purple). She matched Knight on passion (red) and tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Midnight Train to Georgia. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Didi Benami and Jimmy Ruffin singing What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

This week, American Idol contestant Didi Benami performed What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Jimmy Ruffin hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders: she cranked up the tenderness (orange), toned down the happiness (yellow), and slowed the tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of What Becomes of the Brokenhearted. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Lee DeWyze and Cornelius Brothers singing Treat Her Like a Lady

This week, American Idol contestant Lee DeWyze performed Treat Her Like a Lady. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Cornelius Brothers hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders: he cooled the passion (red), added tenderness (orange), toned down the happiness (yellow), and boosted up the anger (purple). He kept the tempo (gray) of the original version.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Treat Her Like a Lady. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Siobhan Magnus and Chaka Khan singing Through the Fire

This week, American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus performed Through the Fire. Moodagent shows how little she changed the mood of the Chaka Khan hit. Her cover has the same mood profile settings for all 5 of the 5 sliders: she matched Chaka Khan’s passion (red), tenderness (orange), happiness (yellow), and anger (purple). She even matched the tempo (gray).

While she repeated the original mood profile, she did change other production aspects in her American Idol recording. As a result, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Through the Fire. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Katie Stevens and Aretha Franklin singing Chain of Fools

This week, American Idol contestant Katie Stevens performed Chain of Fools. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Aretha Franklin hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders: she matched Aretha’s passion (red), but raised the song’s tenderness (orange) and toned down the happiness (yellow) and anger (purple). She also slowed the tempo (gray) quite a bit.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Chain of Fools. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Aaron Kelly and Bill Withers singing Ain’t No Sunshine

This week, American Idol contestant Aaron Kelly performed Ain’t No Sunshine. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Bill Withers hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders: he added more passion (red) and tenderness (orange), and slowed the tempo (gray). He made no variations in happiness (yellow) or anger (purple).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Ain’t No Sunshine. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Crystal Bowersox and Janis Joplin Singing Me and Bobbie McGee

This week, American Idol contestant Crystal Bowersox performed Me and Bobbie McGee. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Janis Joplin hit. The mood profile shows that once again this week, Crystal’s cover has different settings for all 5 of the 5 sliders. She took down the passion (red) and happiness (yellow), and raised the tenderness (orange) and anger (purple). She also slowed the tempo (gray) way, way down – just as she did last week.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Me and Bobbie McGee. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Casey James and Huey Lewis Singing Power of Love

This week, American Idol contestant Casey James performed The Power of Love. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Huey Lewis & The News hit. The mood profile shows his cover has a different setting for only 1 of the 5 sliders: he added some happiness (yellow). He made no variations in the passion (red), tenderness (orange), anger (purple), or tempo (gray) of the standard.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of The Power of Love. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Siobhan Magnus and Stevie Wonder Singing Superstition

This week, American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus performed Superstition. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Stevie Wonder hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for all 5 of the 5 sliders. She added emotional intensity in passion (red), happiness (yellow), and anger (purple), and set the song to a slightly faster tempo (gray). The one element she toned down was the degree of tenderness (orange) in Stevie’s version.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Superstition. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Didi Benami and Linda Ronstadt Singing You’re No Good

This week, American Idol contestant Didi Benami performed You’re No Good. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the You’re No Good hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 2 of the 5 sliders. She injected more passion (red) and took the tempo (gray) down. Otherwise, she was consistent with the Ronstadt’s version – singing with the same levels of tenderness (orange), happiness (yellow), and anger (purple).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of You’re No Good. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Michael Lynche and Percy Sledge Singing When a Man Loves a Woman

This week, American Idol contestant Michael Lynche performed When a Man Loves a Woman. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Percy Sledge hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders. He cooled the passion (red) and tenderness (orange), and brought up the anger (purple).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of When a Man Loves a Woman. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Lee DeWyze and The Box Tops Singing The Letter

This week, American Idol contestant Lee DeWyze performed The Letter, the break-away hit written by Alex Chilton, who passed away on March 17th. Moodagent shows how — and how much — Lee changed the mood of the The Box Tops’ hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 4 of the 5 sliders. He kept the same passion (red) and changed up the rest. His cover has less tenderness (orange). Instead it has more happiness (yellow) and anger (purple) and a faster tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of The Letter. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Andrew Garcia and Marvin Gaye Singing I Heard It Through the Grapevine

This week, American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia performed I Heard It Through the Grapevine. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Marvin Gaye hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 2 of the 5 sliders. He added passion (red) and slowed the tempo (gray). Otherwise, he made no changes in the moods conveyed. He went with Marvin’s expressions of tenderness (orange), happiness (yellow), and anger (purple).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of I Heard It Through the Grapevine. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Aaron Kelly and Aerosmith Singing I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing

This week, American Idol contestant Aaron Kelly performed I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Aerosmith hit. The mood profile shows his cover shares the passion of the Aerosmith performance but puts much more emphasis on tenderness (orange), while downplaying happiness (yellow) and anger (purple). He kept the same tempo as the original.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. What playlists do you get?

American Idol: Moodagent compares Tim Urban and Queen Singing Crazy Little Thing Called Love

This week, American Idol contestant Tim Urban performed Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Queen hit. The mood profile shows his cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 sliders. He dropped the amount of tenderness (orange), boosted up the anger (purple) and slowed the tempo (gray) a little. He expressed the same levels of passion (red) and happiness (yellow) as in the Queen version.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Crazy Little Thing Called Love. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Katie Stevens and Fergie Singing Big Girls Don’t Cry

This week, American Idol contestant Katie Stevens performed Big Girls Don’t Cry. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of Fergie’s hit. The mood profile shows Katie’s cover has different settings for all 5 of the 5 sliders. She toned down the passion (red) and happiness (yellow), and and slowed the tempo (gray). She heightened the tenderness (orange) and anger (purple).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a somewhat different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Big Girls Don’t Cry. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Paige Miles and Phil Collins Singing Against all Odds

This week, American Idol contestant Paige Miles performed Against All Odds. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Phil Collins hit. The mood profile shows her cover has different settings for 2 of the 5 sliders. She cranked up the tenderness (orange) and slowed the tempo (gray). She made no changes to the original intensity in passion (red), happiness (yellow), or anger (purple).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a slightly different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Against All Odds. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Crystal Bowersox Cover of You Can’t Always Get What You Want with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Crystal Bowersox performed You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows her cover has a different setting for all 5 of the 5 sliders: she cranked up the passion (red) and tenderness (orange), toned down the happiness (yellow), and boosted up the anger (purple). She also took the tempo (gray) way, way down.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of You Can’t Always Get What You Want. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Aaron Kelly Cover of Angie with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Aaron Kelly performed Angie. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. Aaron made few changes to the standard. The mood profile shows his cover has a different setting for just 2 of the 5 sliders: he toned down the happiness (yellow) and slowed the tempo (gray).

As you can see, even with these subtle changes, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each version of Angie. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Lee DeWyze Cover of Beast of Burden with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Lee DeWyze performed Beast of Burden. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows his cover has a different setting for 3 of the 5 sliders: he cooled the passion (red), stayed steady on the tenderness (orange), upped the happiness (yellow), and stayed steady on the anger (purple). He slowed the tempo (gray), too.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Beast of Burden. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Paige Miles Cover of Honky Tonk Woman with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Paige Miles performed Honky Tonk Woman. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows she came close to leveling out all the different emotions expressed in the original version. Her cover has a different setting for all 5 of the 5 mood sliders: she turned up the passion (red) and tenderness (orange), and toned down the happiness (yellow) and anger (purple). Finally, she slowed the tempo (gray) dramatically.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Honky Tonk Woman. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Siobhan Magnus Cover of Paint It Black with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus performed Paint It Black. Moodagent shows how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows her cover has a different setting for 2 of the 5 sliders: she cranked the passion (red) way up, but made no changes in tenderness (orange), happiness (yellow), or anger (purple). She did slow down the tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Paint It Black. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Tim Urban Cover of Under My Thumb with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Tim Urban performed Under My Thumb. Moodagent shows how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows his cover has a different setting for 4 of the 5 sliders: he cranked the passion (red) way up, added more tenderness (orange), stayed with the happiness (yellow), took out most of the anger (purple). Finally, he took the tempo (gray) way, way down.

Urban went so far as to change the genre of Under My Thumb, from rock to reggae. You can see this in the playlists Moodagent generates based on each version. Bob Marley comes up next for me, based on my personal music collection.

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Lacey Brown Cover of Ruby Tuesday with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Lacey Brown performed Ruby Tuesday. Moodagent shows just how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Rolling Stones‘ hit. The mood profile shows her cover has much more passion (red), a little less tenderness (orange), the same level of happiness (yellow), a little more anger (purple), and she stayed true to the tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Ruby Tuesday. What playlists do you get?

In addition to Lacey’s performance video (below), you can download her performance on the Ellen Degeneres Show from iTunes. Free!

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Didi Benami Cover of Play With Fire with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Didi Benami performed Play With Fire. Moodagent shows just how — and how much — she changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows her cover has a little more passion (red) and surprisingly, her arrangement has a slightly faster tempo (gray). Tenderness (orange), joy (yellow) and anger (purple) are all about the same as the original.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Play With Fire. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Casey James Cover of It’s All Over Now with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Casey James performed It’s All Over Now. Moodagent shows just how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows his cover has a different setting for 4 of the 5 sliders: passion (red) is up, tenderness (orange) is down, happiness (yellow) is up quite a bit, anger (purple) is about the same, and his arrangement has a slightly faster tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of It’s All Over Now. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Andrew Garcia Cover of Gimme Shelter with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia performed Gimme Shelter. Moodagent shows how he achieved a different mood with the Rolling Stones hit. He made his radical change to the listening experience of this rock classic with a few adjustments in mood and a major upshift in tempo. His cover has different settings for 3 of the 5 mood sliders: he dropped the passion (red), kept the tenderness (orange) and happiness (yellow), tweaked the anger (purple) a bit higher, and performed the song at a much faster tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Gimme Shelter. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Katie Stevens Cover of Wild Horses with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Katie Stevens performed Wild Horses. Moodagent shows just how little she changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood sliders show her cover expresses the same levels of passion (red), tenderness (orange) and anger (purple). She toned down the happiness (yellow) and also gave her arrangement a slower tempo (gray).

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Wild Horses. What playlists do you get?

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American Idol: Moodagent compares Michael Lynche Cover of Miss You with Rolling Stones

This week, American Idol contestant Michael Lynche performed Miss You. Moodagent shows just how — and how much — he changed the mood of the Rolling Stones hit. The mood profile shows his cover version has a little less passion (red) and is happier (yellow) yet has a slightly slower tempo (gray). Tenderness (orange) and anger (purple) are about the same.

As you can see, Moodagent generates a different playlist from my personal music collection for each of these versions of Miss You. What playlists do you get?

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We love this event!

Don’t miss Silicon Valley Rocks on December 9 in San Francisco to see all of your favorite geeks rock out to raise money for an excellent cause: All of the event proceeds go to Music in Schools Today, which advocates and supports music-in-education programs in the Bay Area. What’s better than that?

Twitter’s MusicMonday

If you love music, you’ll love Mondays a lot more thanks to Twitter. Twitter’s #musicmonday. Every Monday, people tweet their favorite tracks, albums or bands. Some include links, some list the names or titles. It’s a fun way to kick the week into gear.

Britney changes mood with You Oughta Know

Britney Spears fans have been buzzing over her surprise on-stage cover of Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know”. The big story is that she sang without a backup track. There’s another story here, and it’s about the mood she conveyed by choosing the Morisette song.

Until the Greensboro concert last night, she apparently mimed her way through her Circus tour performances, singing only “a few rare vocals on drippy ballad Everytime”.