Taylor Swift Glitchy Snake Gifs thread 2017 - Reputation

every time i hear the "baby let THE games BEgin" bridge in "ready for it" i think about fgti's posts about the awkward syllabic contortions in "wildest dreams"

"end game": ....🙅

there were bound to be a few songs i really loved on this, the first so far is "delicate"

the way she says "sad" really bugs me in "gorgeous"

"gorgeous" is easily my fav of the pre-release singles

oh hell yeah @ "getaway car"

i wish the whole album were like this :\

^^hm on second listen i think i just admitted that i want to hear a taylor album where she's just singing over bleachers songs

gotta be true to yourself

Maybe I came into this with very low expectations but it wasn't as bad as expected. "Look what you made me do" is way more bearable in the context of the album than as a single. And again, many of the "deep cuts" (??) are way better than the singles.

But she really needs to leave this "biggest pop star in the world" rat race she's in and go back to country ASAP. It's become a sort of trap that does not play to her strengths as singer/songwriter.

seriously the return to her roots swerve to elder stateswoman cannot come soon enough

Yeah, Getaway car is really good. It continues the trend of great swift songs featuring vehicles.

sorry to say but even in shitty N Ga country bars they have replaced bands with DJs, karaoke nights, etc.

some false advertising: the old taylor is alive, but just on “new year’s day”

Yes. It's Long Live part II.

well that wasn't very good, now was it

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i thought the Costello song title sounded like something people would give Swift shit for

you know what, i couldn't give one swift shit

^ sounds like a biggie lyric

I don't know that a reaction away from pop necessarily involves going back to country. There were a lot of styles she was exploring on Red in particular that seemed to really suit her - I think an album of fake rock (basically the space mapped out by "State of Grace" and "Holy Ground") would be a great look for her while still allowing her to "mature" in terms of tone, subject matter etc.

But if she does that, it probably will involve Dave Grohl, and noboby wants that.

I don't really care what she does as long as she uses a Pedal Cracker with some weird effects pedal to make her voice into something interesting.

unpopular opinion: an album full of "State of Grace" and "Holy Ground" would be beige and boring as fuck just like all of her output until recently

"you know what the world needs? more shit that sounds like ed sheeran"

"Shit that sounds like Ed Sheehan" could really mean anything but I assume you mean greyscale earnest soft-rock?

I was thinking more "Behind These Hazel Eyes" personally, though I could also see a Laurel Canyon detour happening.

i guess i need to listen to more ed sheeran

(i feel like that comes off as flippant but idk if there's stuff on divide that sounds like "state of grace" i'd be down)

oh yeah that's right "castle on the hill" is def in the realm

New Year's Day is really good, better than anything on 1989 IMHO. She hasn't lost her ability for positioning herself at the end of things and looking back on them with tenderness. I can't think of any other songwriter who's able to bring such perspective and to be so articulate about things that have ended very recently or are even still happening.

There are several other great tracks here. I really like Delicate, Don't Blame Me, Dress, Getaway Car, King of my heart. The singles and pseudo-singles sound much better in the context of the album.

i think this album is pretty awesome. if it was 12 songs instead of 16 it might be one of her three best records.

the songwriting is really strong throughout, i wish the production was more engaging but that feels like a bit of a minor complaint now

do y'all have promo copies or is this on apple music?

good tracks: Delicate, Getaway Car, Dress, New Year's Day. the emphasis on "de-li-cate" is a bit awkward though

a significant chunk of this feels like Bad Blood was the template which is really not a good thing. the production is generally bland. the I Did Something Bad bridge is especially odd?

Call It What You Want is almost good but I kept expecting a real chorus that never came and the title hook is really awkward rhythmically. the chorus feels more like it should be a pre-chorus or verse variation before the real thing when it happens the first time. King of My Heart suffers from its half-hearted cut-up post-chorus

I guess I just don't understand why all the old rockist tropes, long since thought dead, suddenly are valid when it comes to Taylor Swift

Got a girl from the south side, got braids in her hair
First time I seen her walk by, man I 'bout fell off my chair
Had to get her number, it took me like six weeks
Now me and her go way back like Cadillac seats

Body like a back road, drivin' with my eyes closed
I know every curve like the back of my hand
Doin' 15 in a 30, I ain't in no hurry
I'mma take it slow just as fast as I can

The way she fit in them blue jeans, she don't need no belt
But I can turn them inside out, I don't need no help
Got hips like honey, so thick and so sweet
It ain't no curves like hers on them downtown streets

Body like a back road, drivin' with my eyes closed
I know every curve like the back of my hand
Doin' 15 in a 30, I ain't in no hurry
I'mma take it slow just as fast as I can

We're out here in the boondocks
With the breeze and the birds
Tangled up in the tall grass
With my lips on hers
On the highway to heaven
Headed south of her smile
Get there when we get there
Every inch is a mile

Body like a back road, drivin' with my eyes closed
I know every curve like the back of my hand
Doin' 15 in a 30, I ain't in no hurry
I'mma take it slow just as fast as I can

I'mma take it slow
Just as fast as I can
(Body like a back road)
(Drivin' with my eyes closed) Got braids in her hair
(I know every curve like the back of my hand)

I also don't understand the levels of shitposting that are going on here, except that they're probably at my expense

Ann Powers--

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/10/562360434/the-old-taylors-not-dead

...Too often, African-American music has been treated as delicious forbidden fruit that white performers have plucked to become more sensual. From Mae West in the 1920s to Miley Cyrus in the 2010s, white women performers especially have slipped into something dangerously close to blackface when they long to publicly loosen up. Swift does not go that far on Reputation — it's no Bangerz — but she has stepped over a previously self-imposed line.

Would like Swift’s Dead Petz.

I swear this isn't a shitposting - I actually really like End Game. And I fear I'm the only person who does so :( I like how it's a little melodramatic and there's some yearning going on, but it doesn't take itself too seriously (unlike look what you made me do, which, ugh) also the guest verses are nice

I don't think Look What You Made Me Do is taking itself seriously, it's trying to be campy (see the video) but she can't really pull it off

dress is great

it really is

it really is

wow whoops

take the first three songs and "Look What You Made Me Do" off this and it's a pretty good pop album. Still not anywhere near the standard of 1989 or Red but not the disaster I was anticipating. The key change in "Getaway Car" is such a moment, I can't tell if it's shamelessly brilliant or just a step too far. I miss her lyrics being evocative rather than descriptive but some of the melodies are gorgeous.

Meanwhile Jeppo released another new single yesterday, it's the Kid Froopy situation all over again eh?!?!

I don't know, I've been through the album twice and the songwriting is inconsistent and maddening as fuck. Her talk-singing annoys me.

Lorde got more out of Antonoff.

The key change in "Getaway Car" is such a moment, I can't tell if it's shamelessly brilliant or just a step too far.

the key change bridge takes that song from "good" to "remarkable" imo

"Dress" uses her falsetto to better effect than "Wildest Dreams" did.