162 Taylor Swift We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 8.105
489 Taylor Swift Red 1.418
586 Taylor Swift Begin Again 1.102
737 Taylor Swift I Knew You Were Trouble 846
798 Taylor Swift Love Story 768
11. Holy Ground
This is a pretty innocuous track with an obvious background vocal track meant to make the song catchy, but instead it just comes across as rehashed from another popular songs whose name is on the tip of your tongue. Another filler track that could have been left off, but certainly not as evil as some of Red‘s other offerings.
Our friends at Gurl.com called you “the next Taylor Swift.” What do you think of that comparison?
I live in Nashville, and I actually live in her building, so I’ve met her a few times. She lives a few floors above me, and she’s a sweetheart. When you’re a superstar like that, you’re going to catch a lot of criticism, and I think especially for her she gets a lot of criticism for trying to be country but people think her music is just pop. But I think she’s a terrific songwriter. I think that her lyrics are amazing, and I think that looking back on the music of our generation, people are definitely going to think of her. I’m 22, so I’m her age. When she came out with her first album that was all about unrequited love, and growing up and being a girl trying to find a place, I really related to it. So for me, it’s a huge compliment.
When I made my first record, I wanted to be a country singer. But see something has happened to country where it doesn’t mean the same thing that it used to. I don’t like what it means anymore. Taylor Swift actually works for herself. I mean she’s the least of our worries, the LEAST of our worries. I think where country music went wrong in the first place is when it lost its connection to the blues. Hank Williams introduced the 12-bar blues into country music, where the stars before him like “Uncle” Dave Macon were nowhere near as popular as he was. But he (Hank Williams) introduced the 12-bar blues to the Grand Ole Opry and changed country music. - Justin Townes Earle (via SCM)
And at the end of the days, the Lord will remain winning, more loved, and more respected.
The delicate beginning rush,
The feeling you can know so much,
Without knowing anything at all.
And now that I can put this down,
If I had known what I'd known now,
I never would have played so nonchalant.
Taxi cabs and busy streets,
That never bring you back to me,
I can't help but wish you took me with you...
Dudes and dudettes, after I read the "22" original lyrics from Wal-mart zinepack, I'm getting even more angry at MM for his craptastic production, and how he dared to switcher that brilliant bridge with that repetitive BS.
Dudes and dudettes, after I read the "22" original lyrics from Wal-mart zinepack, I'm getting even more angry at MM for his craptastic production, and how he dared to switcher that brilliant bridge with that repetitive BS.
OMG.
She could have done an acoustic version of '22'(with the original bridge) and 'IKYWT(with just the piano) and put them as bonus tracks instead of the original demos. That would have been amazing
She could have done an acoustic version of '22'(with the original bridge) and 'IKYWT(with just the piano) and put them as bonus tracks instead of the original demos. That would have been amazing
That fail Ke$ha-style is not making "22" to be a better song at all.
"Sometimes it hits me,
We're moving too quickly,
Toward something hazy
A future I can't see,
Let's break the old rules,
While we're still 22,
You look like bad news,
I gotta have you"
And with the original bridge and better production, "22" can be a much deeper song than just "having fun with my girls".
At least that's the case with me. Loving the acoustic takes on MM tracks, but I loathe the album version.
Even I find SCM to be on the same page with me on "22"
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I may catch hell for saying this, but I think this song has a little something. What does it have? I don’t know because I can’t quite put my finger on it through the awful production. But I think Taylor might be trying to speak about the shallowness of the young 20′s party life we’re all sold as being so glamorous through popular culture. But instead, Martin/Shellback make “22″ a purveyor of it.
"Taylor hasn't yet mastered the ability to make a 'fun' and 'mature' song. Her songwriting is best when she's tackling darker issues and oddly enough when she's talking about the immediate spark of love as on Enchanted and State of Grace. What she needs to work on is making a song like 22 where every lyric is as necessary and polished as State of Grace or Safe and Sound."
