Taylor Swift - folklore (July 24, 2020) Album • Page 108

That's insane haha

 

Big fan of the lyrical move where an artist sings a part twice but holds out on the last line the first time. In hoax when she comes through with that “but what you did was just as dark” it’s just like ahhhhhh my heart

 

I just think she's handled some of the Kanye stuff just as messy as his handling of stuff towards her. I find the parts directed at Kanye are out of place on an otherwise great song.

 

Really? I honestly don't know what from the song could even be considered messy or scathing, it's pretty tame... I also don't feel comfortable criticizing a woman for responding to the terrible things a man did to her in real life, by singing about it.

 

This from @Anna Acosta is quite good: On Taylor Swift and the Myth of “Limited Space”

 

I perfectly understand the context and have spent more time thinking about their relationship and its socio-cultural connotations than I'd like.

That fact remains that both times in her discography, she sings about a black man in his 30s and 40s in a way that treats him like a child. Even putting his mental health challenges aside, it's something that currently doesn't sit right with me when I hear it.

EDIT: Upon reading Anna's piece, this paragraph is significant to what I'm saying above:

 

It looks like that co-sign from Taylor grew this person's twitter following by almost 70,000. Insane.

 

Taylor look at my embroidery challenge

 

the lyric is changed to "Would you tell me to go straight to Hell?"

 

Wait for real?

 

"Don't call me kid, don't call my baby" - loveeeeee that passage of the song, with the layered vocals in the background

 

gotta say I really don’t care what any white person (or any person) says about Kanye vs Swift, especially in the year 2020

 

this simply does not slap the way "would you tell me to go fuck myself" does

 

this album resists any attempt at ranking its tracks because each serves a purpose in the overall flow, which is impeccable, best sequencing of her career, etc. etc. but

invisible string
the 1
august
seven
mirrorball
illicit affairs
peace
my tears ricochet
betty
cardigan
the last great american dynasty
this is me trying
mad woman
epiphany
hoax
exile

that was unsatisfying

 

Really enjoy and appreciate everyone’s attempt at ranking the songs. I can’t bring myself to do it, but it does seem like I’m lower on august than the consensus and higher on mad woman. Always fun to see how my thoughts differ from others.

 

exile last??

 

it was exiled

 

something had to be last. i love "exile"

 

ok we good, we good

 

I still can't bring myself to rank the songs but I think "this is me trying" is the track I absolutely cannot stay away from

I start my day with it because girl, me too

 

Not gonna rank but I find myself thinking about cardigan, last great american dynasty, seven, Betty, and hoax the most

 

rank or gtfo cowards

 

I just ordered my first ever Taylor Swift anything, the “meet me behind the mall" deluxe edition CD - am I a Swiftie now?

 

Not ranking

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