Taylor Swift - RED - October 22

lmao does she have a scarf of yours that you want back

she made me one actually i still have it it's my primary scarf :/ song gets me

yes the first 9 tracks are ludicrously good but the drop-off doesn't seem severe to me... "holy ground" and "begin again" are among my favourite things she's ever done. in previous years 'i guess we fell apart in the usual way / and the story's got dust on every page' would be the basis of the entire song, i love how her relationship themes have developed

"sad beautiful tragic" is nice and moody, "starlight" would be the most incredible thing ever at a cheesy club at 4am, the duets and "the lucky one" are a bit whatever but not actively awful.

"treacherous" => "i knew you were trouble" => "all too well" is the best 3-track run in the history of music i'm pretty sure

I don't like "22" *ducks*

where's the synth sound on Red?

I think "Red" is the best song on the album, love love love her voice on it, the most country singing on the album

& is that banjo throughout? it's such a cluttered production & I love it for that

Several of her songs use that trick of having burbling banjo that you only really register if you listen for it. ("You Belong With Me," e.g.) I sort of think Mutt Lange pioneered that with Shania, but I haven't actually traced its genesis. It gives enough of a "country" gloss to pass muster at country radio, but not enough to put off the non-country contingent.

Iirc that's what you thought about her past albums too so whatevz

Not really. For the first time I really like what she as a singer and/or lyricist is bringing here, like, I dunno, a PG Ke$ha of intriguing quirks and ticks. I think she makes the music better. But the music doesn't do too much for me, which may be what I said before. Though it is definitely still full of some distinctive highs. I vote for the album as interesting transition that makes me excited about what she does next.

Production-wise, it really does float in that purgatory between pop and country "remixed" to be poppier, a la Shania. Maybe Taylor Swift will release an "international" version, like "Come On Over."

She's had pop mixes of a bunch of her singles, going back at least to "Love Story."

Oh, I know. I just mean the whole album feels like that this time, or at least much of it.

I think this album actually has meant the most to me of any of her four to date, but that may be less due to the album in itself and more the sense that with each album I feel more involved in the character.

I think this album actually has meant the most to me of any of her four to date, but that may be less due to the album in itself and more the sense that with each album I feel more involved in the character.

otm. but also her singing improves so much from album to album that i have a tough time revisiting the others for a while

http://www.mtv.com/videos/taylor-swift/864179/i-knew-you-were-trouble.jhtml#id=1698833

lmao

lol

Sorry, this video is not available in your region.

I AM GOING TO FUCKING MURDER SOMEONE OVER TERRITORIAL RESTRICTIONS ONE OF THESE DAYS

~SPOILER~ I was hoping that the video would have ended with him getting killed by those pool players

Song doesn't work for a "We Found Love" video.

The new video is not Tay's finest hour. Kind of looks like a generic modern pop video. Even though this video follows the same basic "plot" as the "Begin Again" video (Taylor meets Cute Guy), it's hard to believe that the two videos were made by the same artist.

these extended monologues in music videos need to fucking stop

driver 8 otm

oh dear, that's not good. the song isn't BIG enough to bear the weight of portentous spoken word monologues, all the imagery is just ~edgy~ by numbers, and taylor looks vaguely uncomfortable throughout. cringe @ the literalism of "now i'm lying on the cold hard ground". lol @ how the video is kind of her slut-shaming herself.

it's odd, for an artist i love so much she's made zero videos i really love. they all paint in the broad, clichéd brushstrokes that her songs avoid.

Nice to see you say something negative about her.

;)

it's odd, for an artist i love so much she's made zero videos i really love. they all paint in the broad, clichéd brushstrokes that her songs avoid

The "You Belong With Me" video is pretty charming. And I like Taylor's princess dress and the overall faux-Jane Austen vibe of the "Love Story" video. And, while I could do without the Afterschool Special-style anti-bullying vignettes in "Mean," the performance half of that video is probably her best video.

The I Knew You Were Trouble video clip appears to be a morality tale about the consequences of bad haircuts.

lol

really love the videos for "ours" and "safe and sound"; have been indifferent to the last three

Am I the only one who's madly jealous seeing her with Harry Styles?? It came to the point that I don't listen to her music as often as before.

your reactions to taylor have not been amongst the most pure

HAYLOR IS FAKE LARRY IS REAL

Harry Styles sounds like a love interest name from a gay James Bond movie.

don't be creepy

― call all destroyer, Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:31 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait confused. who are we jealous of there?

because while mr. styles is not the top 3 most attractive of his, the mad jealousy definitely flows in that direction if you get my drift.

and mostly it's just high five taylor way to make out with a skinny british boy with adorably terrible hair.

>.<

can't believe you guys made me look up harry styles and figure out what the hell y'all are talking about.

haha.

sorry. my rule of thumb is that whenever internet conversations about female musicians get male gaze-y and i don't have the desire/time/energy to rant, I just put the shoe on the other foot.

plus, the point of boy bands is more or less to be pretty. so.

I watched her Storytellers this weekend and it just made me adore her all the more.

Ha: http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/12/17/taylor_swift_eurozone_crisis.html

That is exactly how i would expect a joke post from Yglesias about Taylor Swift to read.

Right down to the surprisingly close lyrical reading for satirical purposes.

for some reason this album sounds a lot better to me now that it's like 15 degrees out

one of the great things about tay's albums for me is that when I think I've "mastered" the album or even got kinda bored of it there's a song that just came out of nowhere and be my new jam. currently the song is "i almost do".

Middle eight on "I Almost Do" is classic 4 eva

"tay"!!

yes triple-d is on close personal terms with taylor

'i almost do' is a great song

I really love the rhythm of the line about sitting in your chair by the window looking out at the city.

OTM

one of the great things about tay's albums for me is that when I think I've "mastered" the album or even got kinda bored of it there's a song that just came out of nowhere and be my new jam

yeah totally

how is "tay" surprising in an age of riri, cici etc.