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Friday, November 6, 2009

Taylor Swift By Caroline H.

Taylor Swift, the young 19 year old, has already been on Oprah, interviewed by an 11 yr. old, gone on tours, and has her music on iTunes.
Here is a review on Love Story, a recent hit:
Singing-
The actual singing, I have to hand it to her. Taylor has a phenomenal voice that she has been using since she was 11, when she wrote her first song. The one thing is that I occasionally notice her taking a breath that makes the song sound breathy, a quality that music shouldn't have unless it is supposed to.
The Message:
Taylor's message was not too good, almost like it's saying to act before you think. The basic storyline is she meets this guy who she absolutely loves. Then she sneaks out to meet with him and directly disobeys her father, who is very opposed to this. She just goes out to a garden in the middle of the might with a guy? Not the smartest thing to do.
The Words:
The words are in general very repetitive. I tracked the song and she repeated the phrase "Romeo save me... It's a love story baby just say yes" over five times almost in a row. Her words were telling a story that she just could've told speaking instead of singing, granted that it would sound better sung but all the same she just could've talked.
Here are some comments from the people that have listened to this:
"Bravo. She wrote a cliché-packed pop song with a theme stolen from the only book she ever read."
"Needs to display the theme better."
But there were some positives:
"I don't normally go for this type of stuff, but I can't deny that this song's catchy. And it makes some interesting Shakespeare references."
"I find this song heart touching."
There were many more opinions some much stronger than the ones above, and some less. Being a Taylor Swift lover myself, this made me come to my senses this song is not extremely good, just catchy. But isn't that what music business is about? Catchy? Truly?

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