el Fenomeno wrote: » It's very good. Exile - the duet with Bon Iver - is a special piece of music. She's always been a fantastic songwriter to be fair.
Deleted User wrote: » I actually think that's one of the weaker tracks on the album..bon iver is a one trick pony..
Zardoz wrote: » I think thats the best song on the album. Vernon is only singing on the song ,he didn't write it. Its written by Swift and a certain William Bowery ,who could be a pseudonym. Overall the album is good ,Antonoff and Dessners influence and song writing is very obvious though,I suspect that they did alot of the heavy lifting.
CruelSummer wrote: » Has anyone heard of a William Bowery before?
Zardoz wrote: » No . Its most likely a pseudonym.
Man with broke phone wrote: » Hi guys can I ask what age you are. With all the hype from this album I gave it a listen and was very disapointed. I can understand if you are all teenagers but there is no way somebody listened to this album and rushed to the internet to discuss it. Im half thinking of reporting some posts on this forum for shilling. Hum drum music and lyrics by numbers. Try Joni Mitchel ladies of the canyon for comparison.
CruelSummer wrote: » I’m very familiar with Joni Mitchell, as is Swift herself & is a big fan of her too. Unfortunately music snobbery will persist here in Ireland as we seem to think we are superior to others in this area when in actual fact nothing but over-rated mediocracy has come out of here in the last 10 years music wise. I think for example when Swift came to town in 2018 with a world class show getting rave reviews, it didn’t sell out... I was at the show & it was absolutely brilliant. However instead of selling out...people forked out the same price that summer to see Ed Sheeran on stage by himself for the most part messing with a loop machine in stadiums around the country...not my idea of value for money for a stadium concert but there you go.
Zardoz wrote: » Its funny that Joni Mitchell was mentioned as some people think she could be William Bowery. To say her gigs didn't sell out is a bit of an understatement ,they were a disaster sales wise . Livenation gave away about half of the tickets for free to try and fill the place up . The prices were crazy ,150 euro for the lower tier and pitch seats. From what I've heard MCD only wanted to have one gig but Livenation demanded 2 ,which was insanity. I'm not complaining anyway as I got a good few free tickets for friends . I honestly wouldn't cross the road to see her myself. Taylor ripped her fans off massively on that tour ,with that ill fated ultracynical Ticketmaster Verified fan malarkey in the US where people spent a fortune on merchandise to try and get access for presale tickets for the tour only to be offered crap seats at exorbitant prices . As for Sheeran ,I've seen him a couple of times , he is terrible .
CruelSummer wrote: » But I don’t think that’s how the presale works? I’ve signed up for notifications on her website after ordering a vinyl last year. I get emails of presale access to her concerts ever since, it’s great. Two days to purchase before the tickets are released to the general public. The first concert sold fine, but the second was a disaster. Funny you say they were exorbitant prices, the Celine Dion tickets I tried to purchase recently for relatives were mad dear, as were many other prices I’ve seen for other artists. But as usual Swift gets vilified for what all Artists are doing currently.
CruelSummer wrote: » “Taylor Swifts fans are mostly kids ,they don't have much money so charging 150 euro a ticket is unfair as its the parent who have to fork out.” I forgot the memo that we’ve still to pretend her fans are all ‘kids’ to stay cool. She has mass appeal to all ages in my opinion depending on the songs, genre, etc. people like. It’s funny because the stand we were in was full of people in their 20s / 30s, some who even went to the trouble to bring snakes, etc., which was a theme of the tour. I was actually sitting beside a couple from the North who we’re approaching 60 and seemed big fans.
[Deleted User] wrote: » I had never listened to a Taylor Swift album before this one, I found some of her previous singles fairly enjoyable ("I Knew You Were Trouble", "Shake It Off" and, despite its flat chorus, "Look What You Made Me Do") but it was never enough to make me want to actively investigate her more. When I saw The National promoting this one, curiosity got the better of me. After a couple of listens I would say that it's quite a good album, not amazing but still very worth a listen. Its biggest weakness is being a bit too long, there are a couple of tracks that could have been shaved off. But the highlights are very good indeed; "Epiphany" is a beautiful song, "Cardigan" has a very nice Lana Del Rey-esque vibe to it and "This Is Me Trying" is another one I liked. Will I actively listen to more of Taylor Swift's back catalogue? Unsure. Am I more interested in what she does in the future as a result of this album? Yes, definitely.
CruelSummer wrote: » Thanks for the feedback. If you like some of her acoustic/rock/country songs, you might be interested in the songs Speak Now, Haunted, White Horse, Back to December, Sparks Fly, State of Grace, The Moment I knew, Sad-Beautiful-Tragic, Begin Again, I Almost Do. There’s also Innocent on the album Speak now and many others.
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