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POPGAF |OT3| Geo Da Silva > nails on chalkboard > Taylor Swift
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You can stop posting Rih news. Stan for Squints full-time plz.
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I stan for no one but she has enough gifs for almost every ocassion.does poopi18 actually stan for jessie j?
She's irrelevant AND her music is shit.
Anyway let the Baboons keep doing their thing.
I missed this one
People like Elevator music surprise.
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I thought we were past this when you forgave me like when Rih forgave Bruises?
Guess not.
State of Grace - A little meandering at times. Doesn't seem to really go anywhere and thus just *feels* too long. But I really liked her vocal. "Speak Now" era Taylor wouldn't have been able to sing this song. 3.5/5
Red - Dull and predictable. Taylor at her worst. I feel like any country tartlet with a Disney deal could have done this song. Sounds like it would be used as the the opening to some teen drama reality show that nobody would watch. 2/5
Treacherous - Great start, but quickly descends into predictable teen country hell by the first chorus. Utterly forgettable. Why am I even listening to this album? 2/5
I Knew You Were Trouble - Wow, if this isn't a breath of fresh air after those two terrible songs. Lyrics come off as believable teen angst without being too smarmy like "Red" and "Treacherous". Chorus beats "Love Story" as the catchiest thing she's ever done and, once again, I find myself impressed by a Taylor Swift vocal. I can't hate: this song slays. 5/5
All Too Well - Don't give a single fuck about your scarf, T-Swizzle. This song is like a livejournal post set to middle-of-the-road country production. 2/5
22 - Sounds like St!nk's "Raise Your Glass" got together with Hot Chelle Rae's "I Like It Like That" had a baby, and then abandoned it at a Walmart. Just fucking crap. 2/5
I Almost Do - Yet another livejournal entry about whining over a guy she's no longer with. This is getting tedious. Sure, most music relates to love, relationships and breakups, but Taylor makes no attempt to put a unique spin on the concept. Just straight up whine. At this point I really can't help but think that Taylor really needs to grow the fuck up. 2/5
We Are Never Ever Getting Ba - oh fuck it - Still think this song is kind of dull and basic, but I can't deny it's also catchy. And hey, I'm actually liking this song more after hearing it within the context of this shitty fucking album. Seriously, this album fucking blows. 3.5/5
Stay Stay Stay - Probably the worst song I've heard this year. How she managed to make such a repetitive song so easily forgettable is a feat that should be studied by the world's top scientists. 1/5
The Last Time - Suicidal thoughts are starting to creep in now. Not in the lyrics, but in my mind. Oh wait, the bridge is kind of nice and Gary Lightbody sounds great, this could have some potential.................uh, can they just fucking end this song now? 2/5
Holy Ground - Lyrically, this track is in the pits (like much of the album), but it's giving me 80s teas and I really like that. 3/5
Sad Beautiful Tragic - "And you've got your demons and darling they all look like me." Best line in the album. Love the dreamy production. Love the restrained vocal. Can't help but think that this is the direction Taylor's songwriting needs to take. Relatable without being so damn literal. 4/5
The Lucky One -
someone's having a Britney Spears "Lucky" moment. Very clever song, and very honest. Like this one. 3/5
Everything Has Changed - Ed Sheeran is completely useless. Typical Taylor Swift - a little dull, a little safe. Not as offensive as some of the worst tracks on this album, though. 2.5/5
Starlight - Gives me "Love Story" teas. A nice return to catchy after those last few tracks, but I can't help but feel this particular style of daydreamy, boy-obsessed Country-Pop is starting to feel a little too young, even for Taylor Swift. 3/5
Begin Again - Nondescript song. More relationship crap. Taylor kind of reminds me of that friend that EVERYONE has, the one that seems to be in a new relationship every few weeks and weeps over every breakup as if her life is over...until some guy (ANY guy) smiles at her from across the bar, and before she even knows his last name she's fantasizing about how many children they're going to have and what she's going to say at his funeral after 50 happy years together, and you just want to grab her by the shoulders, shake her violently and say "GURL! Maybe you should just try being ALONE for a little bit!"
Taylor is coming to a point where's she just not exploring any new ground with these love ballads, and it's reflecting in the production. Slow, plodding, predictable, uninspired, safe, etc...2/5
OVERALL
Taylor Swift is clearly entering a harrowing point in her career where she's torn between evolving as an artist and a woman, and hanging on to her country tween fanbase that made her famous. It's a transition that many women who started out young in the business do not survive (poor brave LeAnn Rimes), so trepidation is a bit understandable.
Nevertheless, Taylor needs to make a choice, because with RED she attempts to have her cake and eat it too, and the result is an album that is a strange mixture of messy AND boring that I previously did not think possible. The songs are boring and safe to the point of pandering, and if Taylor Swift is an artist known for her superb songwriting I don't see it here. Many of these songs contain lyrics that read as though they were directly ripped from a preteen, love-obsessed girl's Xanga from 1999. And that might be interesting coming from a 17-year-old just coming into the industry all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. But, when you're a woman in your 20s who's becoming more and more known for making the rounds through some of Hollywood's hottest (and horniest) bachelors, a little evolution is not only expected, but required. Not saying she needs to become the next Rihanna, but the virgin-like innocence she's selling in RED, with only tiny peeks at the woman she's growing into, is becoming dishonest. And never before has Taylor's songs felt more stilted as a result.
Interestingly enough, though, I was pleasantly surprised whenever Taylor stepped out of her box - particularly with "I Knew You Were Trouble". When I read that Taylor was experimenting with new sounds this album, I immediately suspected that the results of that would be try-hard tracks meant to broaden her demographic (and that's probably not completely off the mark). But, lo and behold, it's actually those songs that attempt to give us a Taylor that's a bit more grown-up.
Those moments are too far and few between to save this travesty of an album, though. Wow at the badness.
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I thought we were past this when you forgave me like when Rih forgave Bruises?
Guess not.
The #NAVY has dishonorably discharged you due to treason. Everything said in that chat has been NOTED and REVIEWED. We have decided to let you out of your #NAVY contract and pursue your squinty dreams.
Bye now
Roy's review is flawless. Hell must have frozen over considering Halcyon is more useful than boRED. Enjoy your coma-enducing music Taylor stans.
State of grace is great, though.
Taylor tried though.
Can you believe these baboons, sis?
Have they lost touch with their teenage selves? Did life treat them too hard when their fave flopped?
We truly are amongst the lucky (over 5 million in the US tho kii) who can appreciate TAYLOR's AMAZING MUSIC
http://www.youtube.com/elliegouldinglive
(It's not really Live, but they'll stop streaming it within 24 hours or something)
I doubt she's gonna do something like RED again tbh. I think its her swang song for her young years.
Its not like she HASNT done mature songs before. This is clearly the direction she wanted for the album.
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omg thank you sis <3
Here is the ellen performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fk2Mzw_CbDw
she slayed it *.*
OMG, WHAT A NOVEL FORMATTING.
TA-DA!
We must support these types of posts
You are welcome and she did *.*
Thanks for the recognition, Sis!
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Ride hew?
what is this from?
I had forgotten about these hussies. I wish VH1 would do a Behind the Music: Ratchet Edition for them.
Kyon and I rid the world of Perra tonight.
Kyon and I
Perra
KUNTY kept coming back <3 we killed ha!
She tried tho
xaosslug
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I've been jamming this all week after seeing it on another board and thought about posting it here before remembering that to much of pop-gaf, if it ain't on the charts then it ain't worth listening to. Their loss, I guess.
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