Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 27, 2017 23:31:44 GMT -5
So here is your top 10!
Forever & Always (Piano Version) Fearless Fifteen Love Story Hey Stephen White Horse You Belong With Me Breathe You're Not Sorry Forever & Always
Any predictions about the top 10? The lowest and highest SD are still in here, so have your predictions changed since the beginning as to what they might be?
I'm guessing "Love Story", "White Horse" and "You Belong With Me" are Top 5 for sure. I can see "Hey Stephen" and both versions of "Forever & Always" exiting soon. Highest ranking album track will (hopefully) be "You're Not Sorry".
Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:01:07 GMT -5
Regardless of what bboat11 says, he's not that important, so we'll proceed! But it's his bromance partner zaclord 🌈 's turn to lose his #1...
#10. "Forever & Always" (Piano Version)
Points: 303
Average: 10.2258
Standard Deviation: 5.3383 (5th Highest SD) Hidden Message: I still miss who I thought he was
The song that managed to reach the top 10 was the piano version of "Forever & Always". I thought this version would do better than the original version (which I prefer), but I guess I was wrong! "Forever & Always" is about one of the ex-boyfriends she really had, Joe Jonas. Taylor revealed on the Ellen Show that Joe broke up with her in a 27-second phone call, and this song was written in response to that incident. This year's PMA co-hosts zaclord 🌈 and .indulgecountry might have some talking to do...
This is a pretty good song. The reason it missed the top 10 in my list is because the piano ballad concept just does not hold my attention quite so much with Taylor's voice. The regular version has more pulse to it, which makes it more memorable. But honestly neither of the versions felt vastly superior to the other to me, so I would not be surprised to see the other version leave soon.
Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:23:26 GMT -5
#9. "Hey Stephen"
Points: 321
Average: 9.64516
Standard Deviation: 5.38545 (4th Highest SD) Hidden Message: Love and theft
This is the first song with multiple #1 losses, as two country posters lose their #1 here. I honestly didn't expect this song to do so well, so color me surprised! The hidden message in the liner notes refer to the country act Love and Theft, who opened for Taylor's 2008 tour. More specifically, this song is about Stephen Barker Liles, who apparently also had a crush on Taylor at that point so the crush was mutual (Fun fact, he co-wrote Martina McBride's top 15 country hit "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"). He wrote a song about Taylor too, called Try to Make It Anyway.
I am shocked to see "Hey Stephen" leaving already. This was by far one of my favorite discoveries of this rankdown. I could see the lyrics being cheesy because a male's name is specifically mentioned, but on the other hand this has the best chorus melody of the album. That definitely should have been enough to help it do better!
But on the other hand, the last rankdown proved that we can't count on Taylor Swift's biggest fans to have good taste in Taylor Swift's music, so I should stop being surprised when I see the songs that I think are good leaving too early
I am shocked to see "Hey Stephen" leaving already. This was by far one of my favorite discoveries of this rankdown. I could see the lyrics being cheesy because a male's name is specifically mentioned, but on the other hand this has the best chorus melody of the album. That definitely should have been enough to help it do better!
But on the other hand, the last rankdown proved that we can't count on Taylor Swift's biggest fans to have good taste in Taylor Swift's music, so I should stop being surprised when I see the songs that I think are good leaving too early
You can't just mention royalty and then leave us hanging!
Wow Martina appearing in a Taylor rankdown multiple times! Queen.
I'm pretty sure that now that you posted "The Time Has Come" in a Taylor Swift rankdown yesterday, the amount of people in the world who have heard of that song's existence has now doubled!
Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:50:28 GMT -5
#8. "Fifteen"
Points: 336
Average: 9.16129
Standard Deviation: 5.49543 (2nd Highest SD) Hidden Message: I cried while recording this
It was pretty obvious which song was coming next when I said the next one was a single, wasn't it? Well, bboat11 disagrees lol. The other four singles from the album are so much better imo, and Pulse seems to agree! Abigail, the girl she mentions in the song, is actually Taylor's best friend from her teenage years. It's a cute song and I like it, but for me it's one of those songs I appreciated more when I was around that age. Released as the fourth single from the album, it reached #7 on country radio, #10 on pop radio, and #23 on the Hot 100.
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