## OFFICIAL ## Taylor Swift thread (2 Viewers)

[Brony]

Big longtime fan of the Dessners/National. Looking forward to hearing this.

I am too. You should like this album. Sounds a lot like The National. 

 

[Tom Servo]

I really like the new album.

I'm waiting to see what @General Malaise has to say about it.

 

[prosopis]

I really like the new album.

I am moving into double digit listens of this album and it keeps getting better. This is some of her best stuff. Song writing is fantastic.

 

[Trey]

I am moving into double digit listens of this album and it keeps getting better. This is some of her best stuff. Song writing is fantastic.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm waiting to see what @General Malaise has to say about it.

Have only listened briefly as I've been slammed, but what I've heard has been excellent. 

 

[Foosball God]

This is a good sign.  I consider @General Malaise our resident Taylor Swift expert.

 

[General Malaise]

This is a good sign.  I consider @General Malaise our resident Taylor Swift expert.

Honestly, I didn't know much about her until I had a daughter.  So I'm still a rather new fan, but a fan I am.  I think she's brilliant.  

One of my HS buddies is a career musician, was the lead guitar player for Don Henley the last few years, got to tour with him.  Pretty rad.  But since Covid he's been essentially out of work, so every Thursday, he has a live performance on Facebook where he takes requests from his friends.  He's done a few songs for me - Beck, Van Morrison, Paul Simon.  Tonight I have requested a Swing song for my daughter.  He laughed but said he'll give it a go.  

 

[timschochet]

I am listening to the new album, Tortured Poets Department, with my daughters. Pretty good stuff.

“The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” is right up there with “Death On Two Legs” as one of the meanest songs I’ve ever heard.

 

[timschochet]

And now she releases 15 more songs overnight. Incredible.

 

[offdee]

Supposedly The Alchamy and So High School is about Travis Kelce.

And thanK you aIMee is about Kim Kardashian. Look at the letters capitalized.

 

[GroveDiesel]

My first impressions after first listen through:

I like the 2nd set of songs that dropped more than the initial group of songs. Felt like she leaned pretty hard into the “poor innocent girl that was wounded by all the jerk guys that she dated” thing that people have criticized her previously for. I say that as someone who generally likes her stuff. But a lot of it just felt like more of the same only with more f-bombs thrown in to show how sharp her edges are now or something.

The Alchemy is cute and very obviously about Kelce, but also felt overly cheesy with some of the lyrics feeling like something a comedian wrote mimicking what a TS song about a football player would sound like.

On first listen, Peter and Robin are my favorite on first listen. In general, the romantic relationship stuff feels stale to me while her songs hitting on larger life stuff landed more solidly. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I am listening to the new album, Tortured Poets Department, with my daughters. Pretty good stuff.

“The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” is right up there with “Death On Two Legs” as one of the meanest songs I’ve ever heard.

"Your Jehovah's Witness suit... who the #### was that guy?"

 

[Bob Loblaw]

"I can do with a broken heart" will be great live, with lots of potential for crowd involvement: "1, 2, 3, 4" and "the crowd shouted MORE!!!"

 

[Bob Loblaw]

https://www.tiktok.com/@theholdernessfamily/video/7359642746019187998 ha ha