evermore (Taylor Swift) First Impressions RD (Revealing)

[kimberly]

oh thank god. this is a snooze fest. she rhymes "you" with "you" and says "happiness" three times in a 12-word chorus. some of the most uninspired penmanship of her career.

[taylor]

LMAO sorry that took so long...Google Drive is something I'm not used to!!! I don't wanna f**k up the settings fearlessarrow has set on this graph, so I don't know how else to prepare reveals more quickly, because I don't know how to sort the reveals for each song so that the numbers are in ascending order, so I have to just manually input the numbers as they are...and then manually sort them into ascending order.  So we might be here awhile, unless anyone else uses Google Drive and can help me out!

Anyways, "happiness" leaves us as #13. This is a beautiful song, with some of Taylor's career-best lyrics. No one teaches you what to do when a good man hurts you and you know you hurt him too? Excuse me?!?! My apologies to those of you who lost your #1!

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Sometimes, it’s too long for me, but the imagery is gorgeous and something I need

It’s a beautiful song

Honey when I’m above the treeeeeez

[nick64]

This one has grown on me so much that last week or two, only ranking I really regret.

[deepston]

LMFAO
‘Happiness’ is quite literally perfection: from its melody, to the lyrics and to Taylor’s delivery. It’s such a standout song and I’m mad that most of you don’t recognise it as such. But yeah, I’m not surprised either

[taylor]

Hey Dorothea
Do you ever stop and think about me?
When we were younger
Down in the park
Honey, making a lark of the misery
You got shiny friends since you left town
A tiny screen's the only place I see you now
And I got nothing but well wishes for ya

12. dorothea


Points: 420
Average: 9.92
Std. Dev.: 4.2234

samo🦕 - 1
Exclusive - 2
trilogy - 3
bboat11 - 4
ClevelandRox - 4
dgarcia3377 - 4
Leo ✔ - 4
Kanenrá:ke - 4
Rose "Payola" Nylund - 4
Fire - 5
castleoblivion26 - 6
ethanhunt - 6
someguy - 6
neverduplicated - 7
willapted33 - 7
lady𝓐fan - 8
@mirza - 8
aznsinger - 9
deepston - 9
dremolus - solarpunk - 9
†ealsünset - 9
wrip - 9
DistrictTwelve - 10
fearlessarrow - 10
.indulgecountry - 10
jodakyellow - 10
austin - 11
LBTrocks - 11
kimberly - 11
nickd - 11
Raccoon - 11
American Idiot - 12
BB🌕 - 12
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 - 12
MOWE - 12
Mylo13 💜 - 12
Okay - 12
bat1990 - 13
@greento - 13
schnetzka - 13
sapphire - 14
taylor - 14
nick64 - 14
Troublemaker - 14
@jadenlefranks - 14
woods - 14
joesuda - 15
tim - 16
toomuchboy - 16
GrinningLikeADevil - 17
born - 17
marsblyr - 17

[Deleted]

Can’t believe all of these are leaving before cowboy like me.

I think I underranked this slightly

[born]

hey bore-othea, they don't wanna be ya

[taylor]

I can't believe I didn't think of this, but I decided to just open a new Numbers sheet and copy the names and numbers for the reveals, and then sort them in ascending order there, because I'm more specialized in Numbers! The only reason this took long too is because I wound up running into a forgery error 

"dorothea" leaves us next at #12. This one acts as a sequel, or even prequel, to "tis the damn season," as they have the same subject of a girl who goes to Hollywood to pursue her acting dreams...and then, as we know, comes home and finds that things have changed. Sorry to samo🦕 who loses his #1!

[samo🦕]

[taylor]

You booked the night train for a reason
So you could sit there in this hurt
Bustling crowds or silent sleepers
You're not sure which is worse

Because I dropped your hand while dancing
Left you out there standing
Crestfallen on the landing
Champagne problems
Your mom's ring in your pocket
My picture in your wallet
Your heart was glass, I dropped it
Champagne problems.

11. champagne problems









































SIKE!!!!!  :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii: :kii:

[samo🦕]

i was gonna say...no

[Fire]

goddamn it i got scared there

[taylor]

Hey December
Guess I'm feeling unmoored
Can't remember
What I used to fight for.

I rewind the tape but all it does is pause
On the very moment all was lost
Sending signals
To be double crossed.

And I was catching my breath
Barefoot in the wildest winter
Catching my death
And I couldn't be sure
I had a feeling so peculiar
That this pain would be for
Evermore.

11. evermore (ft. Bon Iver)


Points: 446
Average: 9.42
Std. Dev.: 5.1348

Fire - 1
wrip - 1
willapted33 - 1
bat1990 - 1
Okay - 1
@greento - 2
@jadenlefranks - 3
Troublemaker - 3
marsblyr - 3
BB🌕 - 3
sapphire - 5
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 - 5
ClevelandRox - 6
schnetzka - 6
American Idiot - 6
nick64 - 6
toomuchboy - 6
LBTrocks - 6
joesuda - 7
bboat11 - 7
†ealsünset - 7
deepston - 8
born - 9
taylor - 9
castleoblivion26 - 9
trilogy - 10
Rose "Payola" Nylund - 10
tim - 10
Mylo13 💜 - 10
ethanhunt - 11
dgarcia3377 - 11
.indulgecountry - 11
fearlessarrow - 12
GrinningLikeADevil - 12
DistrictTwelve - 13
neverduplicated - 13
nickd - 13
dremolus - solarpunk - 14
Raccoon - 14
lady𝓐fan - 14
samo🦕 - 14
jodakyellow - 15
aznsinger - 15
someguy - 15
Exclusive - 16
woods - 16
Kanenrá:ke - 16
Leo ✔ - 16
@mirza - 17
austin - 17
MOWE - 17
kimberly - 17

[Fire]

"Fire - 1
wrip - 1
willapted33 - 1
bat1990 - 1
Okay - 1"

the only rankings i consider correct

[Leo ✔]

evermore is a bore, worst than exile.

[taylor]

Feb 14, 2021 18:58:51 GMT -5 Fire said:

goddamn it i got scared there

What a cruel host I am! I give you a heart attack, and then I take your #1!!

"evermore" leaves us next, just missing the Top 10. I'm glad I gave this song a second listen while letting the album sink in just a bit during the first week after release, because at first the tempo change left a sour taste in my mouth. Now, I get why the tempo changes and actually don't mind it! I put this at #9, but if we ever wind up updating the individual folklore/evermore rankdowns, this will likely be up even higher because I now love it very much.

[taylor]

The autumn chill that wakes me up
You loved the amber skies so much
Long limbs and frozen swims
You'd always go past where our feet could touch
And I complained the whole way there
The car ride back and up the stairs
I should've asked you questions
I should've asked you how to be
Asked you to write it down for me
Should've kept every grocery store receipt
'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me
Watched as you signed your name Marjorie
All your closets of backlogged dreams
And how you left them all to me.

10. marjorie


Points: 448
Average: 9.38
Std. Dev.: 4.088

Rose "Payola" Nylund - 1
tim - 1
bat1990 - 2
@mirza - 3
GrinningLikeADevil - 3
@greento - 4
aznsinger - 4
lady𝓐fan - 4
born - 5
dremolus - solarpunk - 5
ClevelandRox - 5
Fire - 6
dgarcia3377 - 6
Troublemaker - 6
Leo ✔ - 6
jodakyellow - 7
trilogy - 8
Mylo13 💜 - 8
fearlessarrow - 9
schnetzka - 9
joesuda - 9
Exclusive - 9
taylor - 10
MOWE - 10
nick64 - 10
willapted33 - 10
LBTrocks - 10
Kanenrá:ke - 10
kimberly - 10
wrip - 11
American Idiot - 11
toomuchboy - 11
neverduplicated - 11
woods - 11
deepston - 11
Raccoon - 12
DistrictTwelve - 12
samo🦕 - 12
.indulgecountry - 12
castleoblivion26 - 12
nickd - 12
@jadenlefranks - 13
someguy - 13
BB🌕 - 13
†ealsünset - 13
austin - 14
bboat11 - 14
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 - 15
sapphire - 16
marsblyr - 16
Okay - 16
ethanhunt - 17

[lady𝓐fan]

Unlike some other tracks on evermore, “marjorie” has zero burn rate for me. The lyrics are so poignant and I love how it builds and builds.

[neverduplicated]

Happiness, evermore, and Marjorie were the hardest for me to rank. They are all deeply emotional and meaningful songs that work gorgeously with the album but I don’t really crave them in the way I do songs that I ranked higher. Dorothea is a real highlight for me. I almost had a heart attack when I thought champagne problems was at #11. I’m betting that’s a top 3.

[taylor]

Heading into the Top 10, we lose "marjorie." This song, like folklore's own Track 13 "epiphany," is a tribute to one of Taylor's grandparents. In this case, it's her maternal grandmother, Andrea Swift's mother, Marjorie Finlay. Born on October 5, 1928, Marjorie was herself a celebrity, having been a famous opera singer and television personality. She passed away at the age of 74 on June 1, 2003, when Taylor was....13 years old (this is why 13 plays such a huge role in her life and career--ever since Marjorie went up above, she's made 13 her granddaughter's lucky number). Taylor has long cited her grandma as a major inspiration and catalyst in pursuing a music career, and this song not only details her grief over having lost her and her guilt at not cherishing moments with her more fondly while she was still here, but it also samples her voice. The final time Taylor sings "I'd swear you were singing to me now," an operatic voice starts singing--that's Marjorie Finlay.

Apologies to tim and Rose "Payola" Nylund for losing their #1s now. This song is very emotional, especially for me--I can relate to Taylor's grief and guilt, having lost my aunt in 2017. Due to this, I don't often seek this one out, but it's a beautiful song.

[tim]

What can I say...I just effing love sad songs and "marjorie" is all of that and then some. I've cried my eyes out to this more than I'd like to admit to.

[taylor]

I'm not done revealing just yet--I'm in charge of handling the next four songs! But first, a recap:

10. marjorie

11. evermore (ft. Bon Iver)

12. dorothea

13. happiness

14. right where you left me

15. coney island (ft. The National)

16. it's time to go

17. closure

Songs Remaining:

willow

champagne problems

gold rush

'tis the damn season

tolerate it

no body, no crime (feat. HAIM)

ivy

cowboy like me

long story short

Which of these songs will miss the Top 5? I'll be coming back around in a couple hours to let you know!

[willapted33]

exile is still really good but i prefer evermore

as for the remaining songs, hoping for tolerate it, ivy (stream blonde) & cowboy like me to leave sooner rather than later

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

"ivy", "cowboy like me", and "long story short" are all missing the top 5. not sure what #6 will be - maybe "tis the damn season"?

i hope "willow" doesn't win

[castleoblivion26]

if I were to do my ranking "marjorie" would be a lot higher, sorry to those that ranked this high, it deserved better.

[deepston]

“Champagne Problems” at #11 would have actually been a better ranking than the song even deserved 🤪

[nick64]

Prediction for the remaining nine:
9. Tolerate It
8. Ivy
7. Cowboy Like Me
6. ‘Tis the Damn Season
5. Gold Rush
4. Long Story Short
3. Willow
2. Champagne Problems
1. No Body, No Crime

I’m like 98% sure the Top 3 will be those three songs, but the order could be anything.

[kimberly]

Feb 14, 2021 21:17:52 GMT -5 nick64 said:

Prediction for the remaining nine:
9. Tolerate It
8. Ivy
7. Cowboy Like Me
6. ‘Tis the Damn Season
5. Ivy
4. Long Story Short
3. Willow
2. Champagne Problems
1. No Body, No Crime

I’m like 98% sure the Top 3 will be those three songs, but the order could be anything.

yessss miss "ivy" deserves two spots

[taylor]

Alright, I'm back! It's 9:40pm and 9 + 4 = 13, so let's see what missed the Top 5!

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