The villain and his friend laugh as she sits there helpless. But later in the song she escapes as the two people sleep, drunk and tired. However, Swift and the others are hardly the only victims in the video. A montage of Swift plucking away at her banjo is shown alternately throughout the video with scenes of a boy being bullied while reading a fashion magazine in a locker room by the football team, and a girl, wearing a fast-food uniform, who is being made fun of by her peers with her job promotion.
Another cut-scene shows a girl who was not welcomed by the girls to sit with the popular clique at lunch, and had to eat lonely in the girls' washroom. The next scene shows that the stage is transformed into a bright and ritzy stage, with the singer all dazzled up in a sparkly flapper gown performing in the big leagues.
After the bridge of the song, it is revealed that the boy reading the fashion magazine is now a famous fashion designer; the fast food girl saves up for college and is a big-time executive.
The final scene shows the other girl sitting as an audience watching and applauding as Swift finishes performing.
I get it that not everyone is going to like everything that you do, and I get that no matter what, you're going to be criticized for something.
But I also get that there are different kinds of ways to criticize someone. There is constructive criticism. There's professional criticism. And then, there's just being mean. I love the article Triggerman. I do somewhat respect Taylor Swift for atleast attempting to be somewhat wholesome role model for little girls to aspire too.
Not like their drugged up whore ex beauty queen Miley Cyrus leading all our daughters to next decade to total whoredom. I think the problem is when grown adults confuse kiddy buble gum music to legitimate music. Thats why I like it when you come in and tell everyone how it is. Karen May 22, pm. CJ May 24, am.
The Triggerman May 24, pm. It may be years before we know. Sinn May 25, pm. It seems to me CU and Lady A. Is it jealousy by these other big lights in the music industry or what, that provokes these sorts of crude, back-handed compliments and jabs. As for the person suggesting Trig ask Taylor about the chorus lines in the song..
I read a very intelligent break-down of the song somewhere not long after it came out. CJ May 28, am. Her singling out Taylor is what baffles me, that and that she deemed it necessary to mention Taylor is a pop singer. So many artists delve into pop country now, you mention Underwood and Lady Antebellum among those.
Backhanded compliment, you guys are right. Miranda makes good music I do not question that. And this baffling little comment on Taylor. SH May 28, am. I must agree with anyone who has commented on taylors attributes as a positive role model in and outside of her music as well. VA Bluegrass May 26, pm. Trig, your posts on Taylor Swift are terrific. It all looks very manufactured did someone mention the Monkees? Check out her album Myth of the Heart no, I am not affiliated in any way.
Your column of advice to her was spot-on: find your roots, and lead your fans there. Mattwrotethis June 22, am. So Confused December 8, pm. If you wanted to, you could probably move your whole house from one city to another within hrs.
Money is a powerful motivator. Also…what does living in a big old city have to do with anything? There is no better revenge than living well. Why not gather up and collect friends? Sunnie January 7, pm. I like your blog! I happen to like both her pop and country songs.
I think any age can relate to her songs and to the songs subjects. I am 53 years old, but I have been there and done that and then some! Just saying! Derrick April 21, pm. Actually, I really liked this article. And I loved it. Personally, music is fucking music. Music should be categorized in order for efficiency, like when browsing a music station that advertises the type of music you want to listen to say country. However, artists should never be criticized by the genre of music they are in and to stay true to it; true artists make music to make music… not to just sound within the context of a genre.
Most albums from most artists have songs that sound like they belong in different categories. Who defines these categories? Her songs still sound the same way before and after she is categorized. The only thing this does, is mark the person making the criticism. They make music to make music… not to appease the ones who must categorize them.
Lori August 7, pm. Ok first of all why in her song would she say cause all your going to be mean and a lier and pethetik and lonley lived and mean about a person in a song i know she rights alot of songs about boys but REALLY!!!!!! Critic's Critic August 11, pm. I guess its true. Tay August 13, am. Taylor Swift writes her own music. Taylor Swift January 2, pm. Writing Dissertation November 11, pm. CountryMusicIsDead March 14, am. Country music sucks, anyway.
A little pop in there makes it more tolerable. The only country music I could stomach was John Denver until Swift came along. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. Duck Hunting with Cody Jinks. Get over it. Who gives a shit? Really who…? Thanks for reading. It seems you are making the argument that Swift deserves more credit simply because she writes a different style of music and uses more limited scope of lyrical subjects.
I also think you might be surprised to learn Gaga has more international appeal than Swift, but no matter.
I agree with him on that. To people who are not her die hard fans, I think she seemed legitimate. But in that setting, among professionals, tanking like she did, it just made her come across as inexperienced, unprofessional, etc. The Grammys performance along with most of her other televised performances demonstrated that she has most definitely been doing some faking too. And certainly nobody has done it in such a way as to strike a chord with so many other females of all ages a and quite a few men as well..
Or they try to be as punk as any guy…punk-rock, leather jackets, cigs, f-bombs every other verse. Taylor has given a voice to the average girl, as she grows. Her fans admire her for her prodigy-like lyrical gifts, her soul-baring honesty, her eye for details, her ear for memorable phrases and hooks, and her passion and emotion. She is first and foremost a story-teller and a communicator. NOT a dance music-artist. Not a blues-belter. The kind of artist who expresses exactly what her fans feel, in words that ring true.
Jan, I have to address some misrepresentations in your last 2 posts. Where she does name people, they tend to be boys she crushed on Stephen, Drew , whose biggest failing was being oblivious to her worship — hardly ridicule. She has never confirmed the targets of her angriest songs. That a guy told her forever and always? That a much older guy played mind games with a naive year-old? I have in front of me the Bob Lefsetz letter on the Grammys, from Feb.
In one fell swoop, Swift consigned herself to the dustbin of teen phenoms …. Songs are where Swift expresses what she really feels.
And it ends by very astutely advising him of the path where bitterness and anger will lead. The Grammy performance, in all probability caused by a faulty earpiece anyway, is just irrelevant. If anything, that momentary failure just makes her all the more vulnerable and real to her fans.
AS- you should know better. Not to mention this is another terribly written song by taylor swift. Now… who is really wrong here? Please have ALL of the facts and let us not take sides like we are immature school children. Only members can comment. Become a member. Already a member? Log In. For the latest songwriting tips, reviews, podcasts, and more. Facebook Twitter instagram pinterest youtube.
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