I heard so many meh punk rock singers in my 20s that Swift's vocals didn't bother me that much with Nicks. Yes, they were weaker, but it wasn't that big a deal.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Just bought tickets for next year's tour. Watched some Fearless tour special the other day and it sounded great.
― abcfsk, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I've ordered this but it's not coming until the first week of November because of something else I've ordered with it. So anyway, I am going to try to avoid checking it out until then, but I just wanted to say I am in, in terms of caring about it.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
if any of the teenpop crew is still bouncing around on livejournal or tumblr or whatever & are writing about the album, someone plz link
― J0rdan S., Monday, 25 October 2010 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
^^
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
weak pop/country singing >>>>>>>>>>> average indie whine
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
just made a cup of coffee, putting this on for the first time, so excited
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
:-D
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
My take.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
haha 'mean' is great
feel like I need to give 'dear john' a few more listens before it sinks in
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:07 (thirteen years ago) link
"dear john" is really great, the last minute or so is just a hammer
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
it's nice to see taylor add some new production tricks to her songs. the l/r whisper/wail on 'enchanted' is omg
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
'she thinks I'm psycho because I like to rhyme her name with things'
hahahaha <3
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
this is such a burn
But I took your matches before fire could catch me so don't look now.I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
hahah yeah, list of things I don't want to ever do in life1. lose a limb2. piss off taylor swift
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
3. Be one of John Mayer's tattoos.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
4. Be one of John Mayer's fingers
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
5. Be John Mayer
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
eh
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
what, you want to be John Mayer?
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
boinked taylor swift iirc
― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
great reason to want to be someone else
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i would put up with john mayer's discography & tattoos (and the adulation of jann wenner) if i could have his bank account
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
just got done, don't know if there's anything as instantly massive as 'you belong with me' but I feel this may be a slow burner compared to her last one
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Wouldn't mind having a drink and a grope with Mayer tbh.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
omg @ "Long Live" <3<3<3<3<3
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i51.tinypic.com/o6kzft.jpg
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
just listened all the way through for the first time. my list of outright winners: mine, sparks fly, back to december, dear john, mean, the story of us, never grow up, better than revenge, last kiss. songs i like and might get to like more: enchanted, innocent, haunted. songs i feel pretty eh about: speak now, long live. and there's a good chance of upward revisions of at least a few of those. good record. now i'm going to listen again.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost: really? "long live" feels pretty victory lap-ish to me, and not just in its lyrics. it's ok, but reminds me of "change" in being a sort of empty, crowd-pleasing closer.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
it is a total victory rap! and it's not empty at all to my ears! it's triumphant!
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
uh, victory lap
would buy a Taylor Swift rap record tho
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it'll sound good in stadiums, for sure.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the timpani drums on 'enchanted' are a great touch
― dayo, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I adore "Change" too, fwiw
― markers, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
How could you not want to smash
http://www.drfunkenberry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/john1.jpg
― Tim F, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
He's okay from the neck up, honestly.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man "enchanted", holy shit
― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit holy shit
― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link
that kelly shit in the chorus - tay how long have you been able to do that, what the fuck
― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
who is "long live" to, anyway? all i can think is maybe hayley williams?
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
and i have thought this about her before, but the new album reinforces that she could really teach a master class in bridge-writing. even the weaker songs have great bridges.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm never gonna finish this album if i keep repeating "enchanted"
god she fucking goes for it all here huh
― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"never grow up" i think is a pretty sophisticated piece of writing, the way it slowly reveals that she's talking to/about herself. and, i mean, it ends pretty darkly otm: "i just realized everything i have is someday gonna be gone." word.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:26 (thirteen years ago) link
OTM about "Never Grow Up" except the chorus is a bit too one note and the production on the entire song feels very thin compared with its surroundings. I dunno. It's not bad, it just doesn't entirely work. Haunted is another grower. Otherwise, this is all leaps and bounds, pretty much.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i like how "story of us" steals all the good parts from "mr. brightside." (which is mostly the chorus. her verses are better.)
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
(predict eventual massive-hit status for that song, btw.)
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Um...also
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvRq_bbgmWg
The O.G. version of Sparks Fly is apparently a bit more risque? Noticed a comment somewhere about how she'd rewritten the lyrics, and the original seems to be about a hotel bar hook up? The writing and imagery on this version are probably stronger - not sure why it got rewritten, but nonetheless, an interesting look at her creative process either way.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
"dear john" is just...
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 October 2010 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link