Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Oct 2010) - hype, anticipation &c

I do like that the boy in it is the least "pretty twink" of all the boys in her videos (aside from the dopey "Tim McGraw" boy), and therefore the most adorable one to me, though maybe it's partially his glasses.

Also this is the best part:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llqbxnVVLE1qcsl5z.gif

I might like this video more than I thought I did.

yeah i know she's gonna have like 4 more singles from this and everything but i'm still shocked "sparks fly" hasn't been one yet

^ shocks fly

Well, given how totally LITERAL all the music video interpretations have been thus far, Sparks Fly would awkwardly involve T-Swift picking a dude up at a bar for a random hookup, so perhaps they're waiting on that one until they've moved past the "Taylor sings lyrics, screen shows story" stage of the MV campaign.

In the exact opposite way, "Sparks Fly" has really grown on me, and I really hope that's the next single. Such a BANGER, and I love how she manages to sound sultry and excited and terrified and horny and coy all at the same time.

otm!

it was only seeing her live that really catapulted "sparks fly" into LIVE territory for me but my god is it ever there now.

i don't think taylor tends to make very interesting videos, really. "mean" maybe the best from this campaign, maybe because it's uncomfortably on the nose.

Oh this is a good video. Ending is great!

I just love this song, though. The 'we're not speeeeeeeaaaaaking' at the end. Lift-off achieved right there.

it was only seeing her live that really catapulted "sparks fly" into LIVE territory for me but my god is it ever there now.

lex otm, same for me too. on record it didn't have a spark, but live it made so much more sense. lyrically assertive but with the melody of the chorus a soft centre - the rise and fall of 'whenever you're around'.

any way to view the new video in the uk? mtv.com blocking access outside of the usa.

hopefully it'll be up on YouTube sooner than later

it's on vimeo

where

here's where it WAS before they took it down http://vimeo.com/24196116

btw it was posted to her official Vimeo account

http://vimeo.com/24206282

sparks fly and enchanted sound like a real 1-2 punch of singles to me.

"Enchanted" is so long though! And I don't see them editing it in such a way that does justice to the song's narrative, not that radio gives a shit about things like that.

The removal of an entire verse of "Fifteen" for radio always bugged me.

^^ yes, exactly.

Though now that I think of it, my station never lopped off a verse; it did remove the "take a deep breath, girl" at the end, which kinda takes out some of the magic of the song.

The removal of an entire verse of "Fifteen" for radio always bugged me.

i never knew this happened :o

which verse?

yet another listen never to listen to the radio imo

Pretty sure it was "and then you're on your very first date and he's got a CAR" which super annoyed me as that is maybe my favourite verse.

That is indefensible. Did they also cut out the "you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team" line? Because that's the moment I really went <3<3<3 for Taylor

heard "the story of us" on the local pop station for (i think) the first time earlier \(^o^)/

new interns have never heard of john coltrane or hank williams, cannot name a james brown song but we can talk about taylor swift all day

Just found out I'm getting media passes AND a photo pass to see Taylor next week. I'm allowed to shoot two songs from the pit. Psyched.

nice. tell her i said hi.

which two will you shoot? xp

(or do you even have a choice? is it the first two of the set?)

if u get to talk to her tell her u were enchanted to meet her

she hinted that "Sparks Fly" would be her next single, ask her about that

No interview or anything, just get to shoot the 2nd and 3rd songs.

I did take advantage of the upcoming show to commandeer 1,500 words in this week's issue of my paper, fwiw: http://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/jun/29/you-must-remember-this-taylor-swift-built-mega-sel/

That's a lovely article you wrote!

ayo i don't think i've read something that articulated so precisely what i love about her lyrically; way to go tipsy

that's a fantastic article tipsy!

Thanks! It was nice to have room to expound a little.

This and Theon Weber's insanely great Village Voice review are the best things I've read about Swift. The VV review for it's "iceberg songs" and this for getting at her ruefulness even in moments of joy, which has always been something peculiar and moving about her writing (and why "Mine" really grew on me after initially thinking it was just ok), and I hadn't seen it really discussed in such a manner. Really fucking excellent, tipsy.

Theon is our own difficult listening hour

Makes sense, considering dlh's awesome post way way way upthread

tipsy that article has excellent quote selection/commentary which when you're reviewing words is the most important thing; gr8 job. i didn't notice the "i feel you forget me like i used to feel you breathe" line until after i'd filed the vv review (thanks billy!) and i kicked myself.

ugh that line is maybe the most devastatingly sad thing she's written

Thanks for the kind words, Theon. I loved your review, it was the one I forwarded to Taylor-skeptic friends.

that's a really great piece, tipsy

tipsy, what a lovely piece. the themes of the ornate musical bridges and the 'snapshot' lyrics are what i've talked with my daughter about, and while i can talk a good taylor swift critique it's something else to write about it so well. quality.

yeah i loved that, tipsy

"The Story of Us" reviewed in today's Jukebox.

at first i thought it was a filler at best, but 'sparks fly' has become one of the best things she's done, for me. (comma important).

b michael's a friend but oh boy do i hate his "story of us" blurb

but then i have fought with him about this before

It's funny how, a day after reading one of the best things about Taylor Swift, I read one of the worst

Brad, did you two do that back-and-forth on 10L? I wrote a few things on that site when it was starting. I think if I had to write the pro-Speak Now parts it'd just be some ARRRGH U IZ FULLA RONG rants

yeah i wrote the pro-taylor swift parts. basically i ignored his whole argument, which was "i hate the facebook generation and this is emblematic of that self-involvement."

i was like "the lyrics are real good and the music is pretty and when i listen to her albums i cry a lot"