Seconding the love for "I'm Only Me When I'm with You" which is fantaaaaaaaaaaassticcc!
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Also that performance of "Mine" upthread a bit is frickin' awesome.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
From the same show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg556inyAFw
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXUQg1_qe4
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
So..."Speak Now"
Not sure what I was expecting after 'Mine', but it wasn't this? There's something about this that feels quite different from her other stuff - not sure if it's a production touch, or vocals or something, but there's something kind of demo-ish or live about this. It's a nice sound for her.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:02 (thirteen years ago) link
LINK
the fuck is wrong with you
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:23 (thirteen years ago) link
iTunes.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:24 (thirteen years ago) link
It's the single, not the album, to clarify.
They are doing the same sort of countdown to the LP they did w/ fearless. one song a week until the release date
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:25 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnalIapimec
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link
word thankig u
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:27 (thirteen years ago) link
(i wouldn't ask for a link to an album link btw -- not on the board at least)
this does sound like a demo!
i'm not sure what i think of it
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Lyrics:
I am not the kind of girlWho should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasionBut you are not the kind of boyWho should be marrying the wrong girl
I sneak in and see your friendsAnd her snotty little family all dressed in pastelAnd she is yelling at a bridesmaidSomewhere back inside a room wearing a gown shaped like a pastry
This is surely not what you thought it would beI lose myself in a daydreamWhere I stand and say
Don't say, "Yes"; run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back doorDon't wait, or say a single vowYou need to hear me outAnd they said, "Speak Now"
Fond gestures are exchangedAnd the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death marchAnd I am hiding in the curtainsIt seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be
She floats down the aisle like a pageant queenBut I know you wish it was me,You wish it was me, don't you?
Don't say, "Yes"; run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back doorDon't wait, or say a single vowYour time is running outAnd they said, "Speak Now"
I hear the preacher say speak now or forever hold your peaceThere's a silenceThere's my last chanceI stand up with shaking handsAll eyes on me.
Horrified looks from everyone in the room But I'm only looking at you
So don't say, "Yes"; run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church at the back doorDon't wait, or say a single vowYou need to hear me outAnd they said, "Speak Now"
And you say, "Let's run away now;I'll meet you when I'm out of my tux at the back door.Baby, I didn't say the vowSo glad you were aroundWhen they said, "Speak Now"
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I like the live feel. The melody seems sort of blah at first, but like Mine is grows on you. This is far more awkward charm of Taylor 1.0 than polished Taylor of Fearless - I like this look for her. Also, while some lines are wordier than they might have been with a pro backing her up on songwriting, I quite like "rudely barging in on a white veil occasion."
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:33 (thirteen years ago) link
*but like "Mine", IT grows on you.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:34 (thirteen years ago) link
is it feminist to steal another chick's dude?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:34 (thirteen years ago) link
is it holy and puritan and christian to interrupt a wedding? and to take the groom's tux off in the parking lot?
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link
...and other future posts on Jezebel.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"And the organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death march"
Oh that is great.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 05:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Ugh. That giggle after the recapitulation of the first verse. Not quite as effective as it is when deployed in Hey Stephen, etc. but still delightful.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 06:13 (thirteen years ago) link
well i've played this once and have to dash off to a breakfast meeting and this will be going round and round in my head throughout it
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 06:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I liek it.
― altered boners (rennavate), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 07:16 (thirteen years ago) link
have listened to the youtube 5 times already. love it
― Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (dayo), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 07:22 (thirteen years ago) link
taylor did the 'boy says the chorus' trick again though
― Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (dayo), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
It's one of her go-to's.
― altered boners (rennavate), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 07:41 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, I complained about it upthread
― Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (dayo), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 07:45 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty much sets up a video sequel to "you belong with me," with bubbly blond taylor stealing boy from bitchy brunette taylor.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, this is way more interesting than "mine". <3
― prolego, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
more = less 4 me :(
― I'm gonna mention ilxor in everyone of my posts until I get dn'd (ilxor), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
this is already #1 on itunes. i don't think anyone else right now has her selling power.
― prolego, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Her new album's the #4 top seller on Amazon right behind Dylan, Clapton, Young -- and it's not even out for 3 weeks!
― I'm gonna mention ilxor in everyone of my posts until I get dn'd (ilxor), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
this song is so, so great. and (not to beat a dead horse) i love that it's about an "i'ma let you finish" public interruption moment of her own. she shoulda played this one at the VMAs!
― swvl, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Some of the lines, and her delivery of them, are downright hilarious. She's so snide, I love it.
― trippin lookin at my portfolio (billy), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i love how itunes sales right now are basically a taylor v kanye battle
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
love the giggle near the end
― dayo, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll meet you when I'm out of my tux at the back door.
hoping for a shirtless scene in the video
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 October 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
esp knowing taylor's taste in boys
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 October 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
have not heard this, but the lyrics are p interesting. what's the delivery like? -- the story as-read kind of suggests the dude does get married ie it's all in her head and remains there?
― goole, Thursday, 7 October 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
it's quite light and playful - like a scene in a rom-com, in the verses taylor's more laughing at the pomp and ceremony than tearing her heart out. i guess there's definitely an element of "all in her head", with the song mostly in a higher register that taylor's rarely used, but the last iteration of the chorus is pretty clear that dude does run away, so the overall effect is more that she knew from the start that she'd get him.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 October 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
But it's just a daydream, so she won't.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 7 October 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
the acoustic clips are nice. she does write good songs, i'd love to hear her music recorded in a non horrible fashion, god those drum sounds on "mine" and all the compression, barff
― 50.bison (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Back to December is out, in which we learn that Taylor Lautner was dumped quite suddenly, even as he tried to prop up the relationship with roses. If he had the musical talent of the other Taylor I can imagine how his song would've been. "I respect your space and never make you wait, and I call exactly when I say I will".
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
also it's gorgeous
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
So John Mayer DID get his way with Taylor. "Dear John":
"My mother accused me of losing my mind/But I swore I was fine..." "You'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand/And I'll look back in regret, I ignored what they said/'Run as fast as you can'.", plus a line about "all the girls that you run dry" and "I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town," :-0
― abcfsk, Monday, 18 October 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Thoughts on Mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H_a3pOCV2Y
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I clicked "Play" about 20 minutes ago and didn't think much of it... but that hook's still in my head 20 minutes later, so...
― ilxor is awesome what the fuck are you guys on about (ilxor), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 05:27 (thirteen years ago) link
"mean" is kind of bad :/
it definitely shouldn't have been released ahead of the album
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
(we didn't seem to cover "back to december" much though? that is incredible.)
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I really like 'Mean'. Sorta in the 'Tell Me Why' vein, which I thought was an underrated album track. She has a carefree way with those kinds of jovial country melodies.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
at this point I'm imposing a moratorium on pre-released tracks so I can get a proper 'album feel' when it finally comes out
― dayo, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link