Shake If Off/Blank Space/Style vs Shower/Can't Stop Dancing/Lovin' So Hard?
I definitely vote the latter. So much effortless perfection. Doesn't sound belaboured or try hard, no chintzy production, no scratchy vocal and the melodies just HIT like cocaine.
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Jack Antonoff interviewed in today's Guardian. In part of it, he talks about Taylor.
Quote:
By all accounts, Antonoff is an ordinary guy who happens to have experienced extraordinary success, and it’s through that normalcy that he channels his creativity. Perhaps that’s the quality that connects him with other bold-faced names who feel the same way about their art – whether it’s his girlfriend, Girls star Lena Dunham, known for her raw honesty, or Taylor Swift, an artist famous for exuding a normal, everyday girl vibe, despite the fact she’s a worldwide superstar.
“I’ve worked with a lot of people who are 1/100th as successful as her and work in $2,000 a day studios, listen to music through $1,000 speakers, order expensive sushi, have an entourage around them and make it this whole ****ing thing,” he says of Swift.
“All of those distractions are designed to make the music less and less personal and compelling. I think one of the reasons why she’s so brilliant is that she just simplifies the process.”
For Antonoff and Swift, who collaborated on tracks like Out of the Woods, the first promotional single from her mega-successful fifth album 1989, that process consisted of Swift visiting Antonoff in the Brooklyn apartment he shares with Dunham. They would sit around, order lunch and get down to the nitty-gritty of songwriting.
“What’s incredible to watch about Taylor is she writes the same way I remember writing when I was 15,” says Antonoff.
“Just having an idea and a guitar and working it out. Other times, I’d email her a track I put together that I think she’d like. Twenty minutes later, she’d send me a voice memo of her singing this chorus on top of the track, and 20 minutes after that, she’ll send me a verse idea.”
“Her songs are about these personal things that everyone goes through and that she goes through as well, whether it’s feeling bullied and ashamed, or picking yourself up after you’ve been knocked down,” he says
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Fan Base: Taylor Swift (29)
Fan Base: Rihanna (29)
Fan Base: Britney Spears (23)
Fan Base: Lady Gaga (21)
Fan Base: Katy Perry (20)
Fan Base: Kelly Clarkson (8)
Fan Base: Beyoncé (6)
There's a rumor going around that "Blank Space" is the opening song for the tour and she is performing "I Know Places" but after the second chorus there will be a drum breakdown and she'll sing the chorus of "Holy Ground" skipping the bridge of "I Know Places" and going back into the song finishing with the chorus and outro.
I got this from a Tumblr but it was removed a few minutes later. Some Swifies are Tweeting about it though wondering why it got taken down.
There's a rumor going around that "Blank Space" is the opening song for the tour and she is performing "I Know Places" but after the second chorus there will be a drum breakdown and she'll sing the chorus of "Holy Ground" skipping the bridge of "I Know Places" and going back into the song finishing with the chorus and outro.
I got this from a Tumblr but it was removed a few minutes later. Some Swifies are Tweeting about it though wondering why it got taken down.
Most likely because it was true
But if she is opening with Blank Space im guessing she`ll snub WTNY. Which isnt all that weird considering she has never performed it outside of New York
But if she is opening with Blank Space im guessing she`ll snub WTNY. Which isnt all that weird considering she has never performed it outside of New York :ekk:
Exactly. We don't need "Welcome to New York" anyway. Every other song needs to be done from 1989 though except "You Are In Love".
I'm gonna fall to the ground when I see "I Know Places" live if she really incorporates the"Holy Ground" part My heart won't be able to take two songs from my trinities of both albums combined.
Ugh I see her September 12th So far away I have to resist watching videos and only look at photos, review, and the setlist like I did for artRAVE.
Exactly. We don't need "Welcome to New York" anyway. Every other song needs to be done from 1989 though except "You Are In Love".
I'm gonna fall to the ground when I see "I Know Places" live if she really incorporates the"Holy Ground" part My heart won't be able to take two songs from my trinities of both albums combined.
Ugh I see her September 12th So far away I have to resist watching videos and only look at photos, review, and the setlist like I did for artRAVE.
I kinda wanted IKP to be a piano performance kinda like the voice memo, but im here for this anyways idea anyways!
By the way, i never realized how much the breakdown in Holyground at the Red tour (1:56) sounds like SIO´s bridge
The concept will work really well if it is executed perfectly, which I'm sure it will be.
Omg wait out of all the times I've seen this performance I never realized how much it sounds like it What kind of witchcraft?!
Also she should have released a Red Tour DVD/CD like she did with Speak Now. I would have loved to see the performances filmed professionally, especially "Holy Ground", "State of Grace", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Treacherous", and the acoustic set.
I have very high expectations for this tour. I can't believe it's only about a month away!!
The concept will work really well if it is executed perfectly, which I'm sure it will be.
Omg wait out of all the times I've seen this performance I never realized how much it sounds like it What kind of witchcraft?!
Also she should have released a Red Tour DVD/CD like she did with Speak Now. I would have loved to see the performances filmed professionally, especially "Holy Ground", "State of Grace", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Treacherous", and the acoustic set.
I have very high expectations for this tour. I can't believe it's only about a month away!!
I also have huge expectations for this tour. She is really gonna bring it with her pop era
By the way, i dont think we are ever getting another concert DVD from her:
iClayd said that he asked Andrea about the Red Tour DVD in one of the secret sessions, and then told us this:
"okay so andrea answered this in two ways.
1) she said that to properly film a tour, there are cameras swooping everywhere, and with how technical it gets, it becomes more about the filming, and takes away from the audience experience. and taylor didn't like the idea of taking away from any one audience just to film something, because it's not fair to that crowd.
2) filming for a tour dvd could cost up to the millions when you take into consideration production and post production and distribution, so they had to weigh out if it's worth it. because the only real way for that to be viable these days is if a tv network like NBC or HBO film it for you, and pay you millions to air it. otherwise, the only other option is to have a cinema release, where you guarantee financial return, and that's not what taylor wants for her audience. she wants them to see it live, and not go to the cinema and lose that live interaction. and that that just seems like a money making ploy"
I also have huge expectations for this tour. She is really gonna bring it with her pop era
By the way, i dont think we are ever getting another concert DVD from her:
iClayd said that he asked Andrea about the Red Tour DVD in one of the secret sessions, and then told us this:
"okay so andrea answered this in two ways.
1) she said that to properly film a tour, there are cameras swooping everywhere, and with how technical it gets, it becomes more about the filming, and takes away from the audience experience. and taylor didn't like the idea of taking away from any one audience just to film something, because it's not fair to that crowd.
2) filming for a tour dvd could cost up to the millions when you take into consideration production and post production and distribution, so they had to weigh out if it's worth it. because the only real way for that to be viable these days is if a tv network like NBC or HBO film it for you, and pay you millions to air it. otherwise, the only other option is to have a cinema release, where you guarantee financial return, and that's not what taylor wants for her audience. she wants them to see it live, and not go to the cinema and lose that live interaction. and that that just seems like a money making ploy"
Mmmmm okay
What are your ideas for this tour? Setlist, outfits, stage, props, lighting, etc.?
I also have huge expectations for this tour. She is really gonna bring it with her pop era
By the way, i dont think we are ever getting another concert DVD from her:
iClayd said that he asked Andrea about the Red Tour DVD in one of the secret sessions, and then told us this:
"okay so andrea answered this in two ways.
1) she said that to properly film a tour, there are cameras swooping everywhere, and with how technical it gets, it becomes more about the filming, and takes away from the audience experience. and taylor didn't like the idea of taking away from any one audience just to film something, because it's not fair to that crowd.
2) filming for a tour dvd could cost up to the millions when you take into consideration production and post production and distribution, so they had to weigh out if it's worth it. because the only real way for that to be viable these days is if a tv network like NBC or HBO film it for you, and pay you millions to air it. otherwise, the only other option is to have a cinema release, where you guarantee financial return, and that's not what taylor wants for her audience. she wants them to see it live, and not go to the cinema and lose that live interaction. and that that just seems like a money making ploy"
I haven't read this before. I understand it, but it's a shame
I hope HBO films it for her then, I would like to watch it
What are your ideas for this tour? Setlist, outfits, stage, props, lighting, etc.?
I hope she brings the visuals. If its something like her BRIT awards performance, i know i´ll like it
The setlist, i dont know. If i could choose, i´d like it if she threw Our Song and Mean somewhere in there!
And the following songs would work very well if performed back to back, as they are kinda sonically cohesive!
Love Story (New Version) / Out Of The Woods
I Knew You Were Trouble / Wonderland
22 / How You Get The Girl
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together / Bad Blood
I hope she brings the visuals. If its something like her BRIT awards performance, i know i´ll like it
The setlist, i dont know. If i could choose, i´d like it if she threw Our Song and Mean somewhere in there!
And the following songs would work very well if performed back to back, as they are kinda sonically cohesive!
Love Story (New Version) / Out Of The Woods
I Knew You Were Trouble / Wonderland
22 / How You Get The Girl
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together / Bad Blood
Agreed!
I hope she keeps the "I Knew You Were Trouble" performance from the Red Tour besides the violin into.
I wonder if "Love Story" will be one of the last songs she performs this time.
I want the "Style", "Clean", "Out of the Woods", "I Wish You Would", "Love Story", and "Shake It Off" performances to be the best and really stand out.
Also I think a three punch of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "All You Had to Do Was Stay", and "Bad Blood" be perfect.
I hope she keeps the "I Knew You Were Trouble" performance from the Red Tour besides the violin into.
I wonder if "Love Story" will be one of the last songs she performs this time.
I want the "Style", "Clean", "Out of the Woods", "I Wish You Would", "Love Story", and "Shake It Off" performances to be the best and really stand out.
Also I think a three punch of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "All You Had to Do Was Stay", and "Bad Blood" be perfect.
Im kinda anxious for this tour already. Its so close but yet so far away
So much effortless perfection. Doesn't sound belaboured or try hard, no chintzy production, no scratchy vocal and the melodies just HIT like cocaine.
Thank God I'm preoccupied with my other fave. There's really nothing to talk about Taylor or her career anymore.
My heart won't be able to take two songs from my trinities of both albums combined.
So far away 
