Taylor Swift - Folklore

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A "remix/mashup" of Mirrorball and This Is Me Trying, tagged as #Shoegaze. Probably closer to Noise Pop due to the blown-out nature of the mix. Pretty cool.

https://soundcloud.com/stpaulattheendoftheworld/mirror-trying-remix-mashup-of-taylor-swift-mirrorball-this-is-me-trying

Skrot Montague, Saturday, 8 August 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link

This album is so precisely my shit. Just killer track after killer track. Giving me a lot of mid-90s lo-fi indie vibes, Scrawl in particular. I don't think she's ever written better melodies or let herself just consistently stretch out like this. And when she has in the past the lyrics have always felt a bit cloying, like overcompensating or showy, and now its just so goddamn seamless. This is now up in competition with any of the classic singer-songwriter albums from the 70s or whatever. I absolutely didn't expect we could ever have chart-topping albums like this ever again.

Hakim Bae's TMZ (s.clover), Friday, 14 August 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link

even the "bad" ones have grown on me

it's a spicy dinner we're having (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 14 August 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link

also how tf did the whole conversation about "cardigan" revolve around ldr and not like early fiona apple? (and there's a lot of half-quotes of "wildest dreams" too)

Hakim Bae's TMZ (s.clover), Friday, 14 August 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link

the other comparison that came up apart from ldr wrt "cardigan" was tori amos which i agree with far more

ufo, Friday, 14 August 2020 03:06 (three years ago) link

um, Scrawl vibes?! guess I will listen to this after all

geoffreyess, Friday, 14 August 2020 03:16 (three years ago) link

hmmm but scrawl were good

unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 14 August 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link

I played this a lot those first few days, but haven’t been compelled to revisit it. I guess each album of hers (since Red) has had less staying power for me than the one preceding it.

Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Friday, 14 August 2020 03:58 (three years ago) link

I very much enjoyed relistening to this tonight although yeah you could cut 3-4 songs easy

sleeve, Friday, 14 August 2020 05:30 (three years ago) link

I resequenced the album and it made me love it a lot more

winters (josh), Friday, 14 August 2020 06:22 (three years ago) link

there's a natural flow to the songs on this album that isn't the official track listing, and it serves to highlight the songs that make up the album much more

winters (josh), Friday, 14 August 2020 06:23 (three years ago) link

without having to cut any songs if you don't want to -- it's definitely a slow burn of an album

winters (josh), Friday, 14 August 2020 06:23 (three years ago) link

josh post the sequence

unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 14 August 2020 06:47 (three years ago) link

here's my sequence! it sounds like a proper adventure through the wilderness with peaks and valleys along the way -- starts out slow and sunny, slowly shifts into sepia and somber, moves through those tones, then eventually finds some clearing at the end.

it may be helpful to view this sequencing in the LP format -- Side A: 1-4; Side B: 5-8; Side C: 9-12; Side D: 13-16

1. epiphany
2. mirrorball
3. august
4. invisible string
5. betty
6. the last great american dynasty
7. illicit affairs
8. cardigan
9. hoax
10. seven
11. mad woman
12. exile (ft. Bon Iver)
13. this is me trying
14. my tears ricochet
15. peace
16. the 1

winters (josh), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:06 (three years ago) link

i guess i shouldn't be surprised that ppl here are driven to resequence the best-sequenced taylor swift record since fearless but... whet?????? "the 1" last???? no way

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link

i mean not to knock the adventure you've created josh, it looks like a fun listen!

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:19 (three years ago) link

yeah there's nothing wrong with the sequence at all and i think her sequencing has usually been kinda dubious at best.

ufo, Friday, 14 August 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link

ha no big! we're all just having fun here

winters (josh), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link

guess it's just indicative of how I listen to music

winters (josh), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link

"the 1" last????

You should hear my "Wish" resequence that starts with "End" and ends with "Open." Totally changes your perspective, makes you think! No wonder Robert Smith is struggling with the remaster.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 August 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link

(I can totally imagine resequencing "Folklore." Tbh, I doubt there are many 70 minute, 17-song albums that couldn't be successfully shuffled.)

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 August 2020 13:37 (three years ago) link

I should try a resequence, like josh's, because my attention runs out of steam by the last three songs, which I'll probably love should I be more receptive to listening to them carefully

Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:39 (three years ago) link

Whoever mentioned Scrawl in this thread, thanks! I don’t hear this album at all but I discovered a band I’d never heard of and immediately like

a hoy hoy, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link

awesome, Scrawl are great

sleeve, Friday, 14 August 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link

travel on rider is dope

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 August 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link

bonus track "the lakes" is now available to hear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOHcAc3r2kw

monotony, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 07:39 (three years ago) link

not bad but the album is definitely better without it

ufo, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 08:42 (three years ago) link

I woke up with "Mirrorball" and "The 1" in my head, a lovely way to wake up.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 10:07 (three years ago) link

"the lakes" is fine but a song that references twitter would strike a false note on the album

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link

No song that alludes to Wordsworth and Coleridge can't be a bad song.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link

uh lol can be a bad song

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link

i want auroras and sad prose
i want to watch wisteria grow
right over my bare feet
because i haven't moved in years

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link

actually when i heard "the lakes" last month i immediately thought of it as a decoder for the rest of folklore, it sets the intentions

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link

The album's now split into EP-size chunks ("the escapism chapter," "the sleepless nights chapter")?

“Pizza House!” (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 03:41 (three years ago) link

This is definitely the 2020 album on top of 'recently' in spotify that I just gravitate towards and end up listening to even when I've entered with different intentions

abcfsk, Tuesday, 25 August 2020 07:23 (three years ago) link

It goes well with anything — brunch, cocktails, late nights. The perfect 2020 lifestyle accessory album, which I mean in a good way.

No song that alludes to Wordsworth and Coleridge can't be a bad song.

uh lol can be a bad song

Agree that Genesis's "The Colony of Slippermen", Rush's "Xanadu", and Iron Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" are classic.

The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link

otm

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link

\m/

The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link

I Designed A Taylor Swift Theme Park w/60+ Attractions!

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 August 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pno5g88MONo

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 August 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link

(That was a C&P error, I didn't design this, lol)

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 August 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link

taking stannery to a whole new level..... I admire his Virgo mastermind energy

winters (josh), Monday, 31 August 2020 04:25 (three years ago) link

this is the best movie of 2020 — his love of her music is so sweet and sincere

winters (josh), Monday, 31 August 2020 04:40 (three years ago) link

For anyone who care, here is how those aforementioned "EPs" break down:

folklore: the saltbox house chapter
last great american dynasty
august
the 1
seven
peace
betty

folklore: the sleepless nights chapter
exile (feat. Bon Iver)
hoax
my tears ricochet
illicit affairs
this is me trying
mad woman

folklore: the escapism chapter
the lakes
seven
epiphany
cardigan
mirrorball
exile (feat. Bon Iver)

It's weird that "Exile" appears twice? Or maybe not weird, I'm sure there's some logic behind it.

“Pizza House!” (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link

Probably wanted to make it an even 6 for each EP, but only had 17 songs to work with. Also throwing some more streaming change at her buddy Mr. Iver.

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link

Good song to repeat, IMO

“Pizza House!” (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link

("Seven" is also repeated, fwiw)

Listening thru these EPs, I don't feel like the track order is an "improvement" in how they present the songs - I would stick with the album running order.

“Pizza House!” (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link

I missed something ... is this "three EPs" thing something Taylor has put forth? or is it just a fan theory kind of thing?

alpine static, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link

Seems to be official - they're on the streaming services (as her "latest releases"). I haven't seen them discussed anywhere, but I also haven't looked.

“Pizza House!” (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link


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