Great song picks, playlist & links. Not a huge swift fan but respect her song writing and achievements. As an aside, that King Crimson vinyl album cover image that the youtuber used as their PFP on the white room post draws my attention every time I see it. That has got to be one of the best album covers of all time. I wore that record out.
I liked her early stuff, but as I mentioned, I’m not her audience now, and I absolutely get that - you only get the luxury of writing for yourself at the beginning and end of a career in the bigs - after that ya gotta write for your audience.
Her new album is genius. Her lyrics are personal and brilliant and full of the code her most devoted swifties love to decipher. I can’t say I am a bona fide hardcore swiftie but my husband is VERY tired of listening to this new album so I am probably on my way.
The compelling thing about so many of her songs is I don’t always like it on the first listen, but by the second or third listen in have new favorites that I previously didn’t love. She does have “weaker” songs on all her albums but TTPD is her strongest overall to date. There’s folk/pop/country sounds and phenomenal production on every song.
And yeah, as for Mr Keith, it’s a shame that his earlier catalog of fun, traditional country music would be overshadowed by a nationalist garbage take of a song written to make a profit by beating a war drum for a conflict he’d never have to fight in, but I digress. May he rest in peace.
You should look up a little musician lore about a suppose squabble between he and Kris Kristofferson. Interesting stuff.
Great post dad! Don’t forget to listen to the rest of the album!
Great song picks, playlist & links. Not a huge swift fan but respect her song writing and achievements. As an aside, that King Crimson vinyl album cover image that the youtuber used as their PFP on the white room post draws my attention every time I see it. That has got to be one of the best album covers of all time. I wore that record out.
I liked her early stuff, but as I mentioned, I’m not her audience now, and I absolutely get that - you only get the luxury of writing for yourself at the beginning and end of a career in the bigs - after that ya gotta write for your audience.
Loving the new logo, Michael! Nicely done!
Her new album is genius. Her lyrics are personal and brilliant and full of the code her most devoted swifties love to decipher. I can’t say I am a bona fide hardcore swiftie but my husband is VERY tired of listening to this new album so I am probably on my way.
The compelling thing about so many of her songs is I don’t always like it on the first listen, but by the second or third listen in have new favorites that I previously didn’t love. She does have “weaker” songs on all her albums but TTPD is her strongest overall to date. There’s folk/pop/country sounds and phenomenal production on every song.
And yeah, as for Mr Keith, it’s a shame that his earlier catalog of fun, traditional country music would be overshadowed by a nationalist garbage take of a song written to make a profit by beating a war drum for a conflict he’d never have to fight in, but I digress. May he rest in peace.
You should look up a little musician lore about a suppose squabble between he and Kris Kristofferson. Interesting stuff.
Great post dad! Don’t forget to listen to the rest of the album!
Also, the cat has more rights to your special chair than we ever got. What the heck? Standard shotgun rules with a cat?!
She likes Toby Keith, so I acknowledge her superior intelligence.