Mr. GRAY: (Singing) Life in slow motion, somehow it don't feel real.

NPR: David Gray, Beyond 'Babylon'

Thanks to the shift from airy falsetto to harmonizing, and the slow but propulsive beat, he sounded as if he were singing from about four feet above the ground.

NEWYORKER: Boyz II Man

Mr. RAYMOND: (Singing) I just want to take it nice and slow.

NPR: 'In The Mix' Marks Usher's Film Debut

Ranging from 1919 to 1994, the set is divided into sections on the blues, church roots, party songs, standard tunes (slow and up-tempo), jazz originals, scat-singing and novelties, though the compiler acknowledges that many of his pieces overlap their pigeonholes.

ECONOMIST: Jazz singers

Ms. FEIST: (Singing) There's a limit to your love, like a waterfall in slow motion.

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