|
Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 25, 2010 10:20:58 GMT -5
Out today!
Target $9.99 (DE $14.99) Best Buy $9.99 (w/ guitar $299.99!)
|
|
|
Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 25, 2010 10:27:08 GMT -5
I am currently chatting with an iTunes representative regarding the complete my album feature. She is consulting with her senior advisor
|
|
|
Post by picklerclarkson on Oct 25, 2010 10:32:11 GMT -5
Why is it out in a Monday? ???
|
|
|
Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 25, 2010 10:45:47 GMT -5
After consulting with the advisor, the person I am chatting with said he told her that the singles we bought are not eligible for the Complete My Album feature. So I linked her to the countdown's page on the iTunes store and quoted the sentence that said they are. She is reconsulting with a different advisor.
|
|
|
Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 25, 2010 11:06:13 GMT -5
Final resolution: The songs are not eligible. I just spend 40 minutes chatting with her. She said she'll refund them and I can buy the whole album. I told her to issue the refund tomorrow, maybe things would work out by then.
|
|
SHOOTER
Diamond Member
3x Poster Of The Year!!!
Phony ponies on full display. #FreePalestine
Joined: April 2006
Posts: 76,152
|
Post by SHOOTER on Oct 25, 2010 11:06:16 GMT -5
No hidden messages in the lyrics sheet this time?
|
|
|
Post by neverduplicated on Oct 25, 2010 11:13:46 GMT -5
Final resolution: The songs are not eligible. I just spend 40 minutes chatting with her. She said she'll refund them and I can buy the whole album. I told her to issue the refund tomorrow, maybe things would work out by then. !!! What are Itunes trying to pull with this? They always let you complete your album and as you said the countdown page actually said it would count towards the purchase of the album. Ugh, amazon is the way to go apparently.
|
|
|
Post by strikeleo on Oct 25, 2010 11:15:00 GMT -5
No hidden messages in the lyrics sheet this time? there was an article on wikipedia that said there was, but I'm still waiting for someone to confirm.
|
|
austin
9x Platinum Member
Pulse Survivor Sri Lanka Sole Survivor
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 9,333
|
Post by austin on Oct 25, 2010 11:27:32 GMT -5
No hidden messages in the lyrics sheet this time? there was an article on wikipedia that said there was, but I'm still waiting for someone to confirm. The messages are there. I haven't decoded them to make sure the ones posted are correct, but she did do it again. There are capital letters all throughout the booklet.
|
|
freeman
Platinum Member
Joined: January 2008
Posts: 1,327
|
Post by freeman on Oct 25, 2010 11:29:46 GMT -5
Final resolution: The songs are not eligible. I just spend 40 minutes chatting with her. She said she'll refund them and I can buy the whole album. I told her to issue the refund tomorrow, maybe things would work out by then. The same thing happened to me when I purchased the prerelase singles from Sugarland's "The Incredible Machine" it would only allow me to purchase the deluxe edition for the discounted price, and I just wanted the normal version. I got a refund to buy the whole album aswell... Itunes really needs to pay better attention... And especially because there is only one version of Taylor's album on itunes...
|
|
Spidey
Diamond Member
Joined: July 2008
Posts: 16,681
|
Post by Spidey on Oct 25, 2010 11:40:00 GMT -5
Um....I want a complete my album option...
|
|
|
Post by fullonrainstorm on Oct 25, 2010 11:43:40 GMT -5
No hidden messages in the lyrics sheet this time? Mine - TOBY Sparks Fly - PORTLAND OREGON Back To December - TAY Speak Now - YOU ALWAYS REGRET WHAT YOU DON'T SAY Dear John - LOVED YOU FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY Mean - I THOUGHT YOU GOT ME Story Of Us - CMT AWARDS Never Grow Up - I MOVED OUT IN JULY Enchanted - ADAM Better than Revenge - YOU THOUGHT I WOULD FORGET Innocent - LIFE IS FULL OF LITTLE INTERRUPTIONS Haunted - STILL TO THIS DAY Last Kiss - FOREVER AND ALWAYS Long Live - FOR YOU
|
|
|
Post by jumpupandburst on Oct 25, 2010 11:45:53 GMT -5
i love the alternative/rock songs....i bet she and her band has the talent to produce a couple of rock albums.. =)
|
|
|
Post by heartbreaklullaby on Oct 25, 2010 11:50:59 GMT -5
Itunes Update
10.Mean 11.Sparks fly 12.The story of us 14.Innocent 15.Dear john 16.Better Than Revenge 19.Haunted 20.Enchanted 23.Last Kiss 24.Long Live 25.Never Grow Up 30.Mine 37.Back to December 71.Speak now 186.You belong with me 198 Mean (Album version)
|
|
|
Post by fullonrainstorm on Oct 25, 2010 12:07:25 GMT -5
Swift bares all of her emotions on 'Speak Now'Musician's skills evolve as she opens up about the pain of her relationships By Melinda Newman In interviews, Taylor Swift often comes across all wide-eyed wonder, preternaturally sweet, and with girlish, bounce-on-the-bed enthusiasm. And, most importantly, she's very careful to reveal nothing. It turns out thatâs because sheâs been saving all the good stuff for âSpeak Now,â her new album out Oct. 25. Her first two collections, 2006âs self-titled effort and 2008âs âFearless,â were just warm-up acts. On âSpeak Now,â sheâs slashed open an emotional vein and sheâs let it bleed all over the tracks. When âSpeak Nowâsâ first single, âMine,â came out in late summer, it sounded pretty much like more of the same, albeit in the romantic ditty she clearly was showing that she wasnât a minor anymore. She even had a drawer at her boyfriendâs place, for gosh sake. The track wasnât different enough to reveal if Swift was going to be able to make the leap from teenager to adult. Was she still the band geek swooning over the quarterback? Was she still singing about being 15 in a way that carried none of the emotional heft of the benchmark song about the hell of those teenage years, Janis Ianâs âAt 17â? In a word: no, she is not. The Swift on âSpeak Now,â has a lot to say and youâre going to hear it. If you have ever done her wrong, sheâs coming after you. For as popular as sheâs become, Swift still comes across as an outsider looking in, easily hurt and some times befuddled by the actions of others who donât treat her well. The slights â perceived or real â have left their scars. She remembers every smite, every cross look and she has taken these brick bats and built a mighty wall of sound with them. Whether itâs her scathing missive, âDear John,â allegedly about John Mayer, or her take-no-prisoners âBetter Than Revenge,â she shows that underneath that sparkly exterior is a woman scorned who will retaliate if you throw the first punch. Wide open A number of things make Swift so appealing here. First off, as we say in the south, she is wide open. She holds nothing back and is utterly fearless when it comes to revealing the gaping maw of her hurt in such an un-self-conscious way that it seems almost possible to believe she forgot that other people â millions of them â will hear her pain writ large. When she wistfully sings, "I don't know how to be something you miss" to an ex on the slow, echo-y "Last Kiss," it's heartbreaking. Secondly, her skills as lyricist, always her strongest point, continue to evolve. Unlike so many current writers, she knows how to tell a story. I found myself listening to the songs unable to predict how they would end. Would she and her former love reunite on âStory of Us?â Does she get the boy in âSpeak Now?â Iâm not telling. But letâs get back to âDear John.â Singing slowly and mournfully, with a pedal steel echoing her melancholy, she pointedly asks: âDonât you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark, twisted games when I loved you so?â and then âMaybe itâs you and your sick need to give love and take it away.â I want to see her and Jessica Simpson on a very special episode of âOprahâ with Mayer left to squirm (Note to Taylor: if it's not about Mayer, you might want to say something). Boys arenât her only target. On the throbbing Kelly Clarkson-like âBetter Than Revenge,â she lets loose on some starlet whoâs gone after her man. The femme fatale may be fooling everyone else, but not Swift. âSheâs not a saint, sheâs an actress/Sheâs better known for the things she does on the mattress,â Swift sings in the only reference to actual sex on the whole album. âShe should keep in mind thereâs nothing I do better than revenge.â Thereâs blood in that vein Swift has opened, but thereâs ice water too. Most of the romances, âMineâ is a notable exception, are either outright disasters or, at the very least, have dark edges, such as on the mid-tempo, layered âSparks Fly.â
She wants her boy to âmeet me in the rain/kiss me on the sidewalk/take away the pain,â but she knows heâs a âbad idea.â On the shimmery âBack to December,â about Taylor Lautner, sheâs the one asking for forgiveness. A certain sweetness At an age where most girls are blissfully unaware of the pains to come, Swift seems to have suffered the slings and arrows of every possible love, but in the past, it was combined with a naivete and wrapped in a certain âI still believe in unicornsâ sweetness. (The exception being the excellent, sadly resigned âWhite Horse,â from âFearlessâ) Here, sheâs not quite 20-going-on-45, but a little weariness â and wariness â is sinking in. Thatâs what makes these songs work no matter what age you are if youâre still dealing with romance and all its seemingly endless heartaches. Not everything succeeds. Many of the songs could use a good editing, with Swift going on a minute or two too long, as if repeating her point will make it more poignant (Yes, we mean the nearly 7-minute âDear John.â ) Two songs, âEnchantedâ and âLong Live,â are throwaways compared to the rest. âInnocent,â written about the Kanye West kerfuffle, doesnât really hold up on its own other than as a very direct response to West. Swift wrote all the words and music alone on âSpeak Now,â a first for her, and that may explain a certain sameness to many of the melodies. She needs no help as a lyricist â thatâs very clear â but it might be nice to see her work with a more experienced composer to expand her melodic sense. Country radio still claims her as its own and she courts them with the solid smarts of someone who knows that format will still embrace her should the more fickle pop world turn its back. However, this is a pop record. Thereâs enough here for country to gravitate toward because the genre leans so pop now. Surprisingly, âDear Johnâ is one of the most country-sounding songs on the record, along with the banjo-laced âMeanâ and the spare, lovely âNever Grow Up.â Genres, however, donât necessarily matter any more in Swiftâs world as sheâs become a true multi-format star...so much so that the interwebs are clogged with speculation as to whether âSpeak Nowâ will have the biggest opening week of the year, and, even, could it top 1 million its first week? Sadly, those days are gone, but if any album has a shot, itâs this one. Copyright 2010 by HitFix.com today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39804612/ns/today-entertainment/
|
|
Spidey
Diamond Member
Joined: July 2008
Posts: 16,681
|
Post by Spidey on Oct 25, 2010 12:19:26 GMT -5
This is $8.00 on Amazon vs. $13.99 on iTunes.
|
|
đ Eloquent â˘
Diamond Member
TSC: Certified Member
Joined: September 2007
Posts: 21,971
|
Post by đ Eloquent ⢠on Oct 25, 2010 12:45:57 GMT -5
I actually kind of agree with the part about Mean. As much as I like the song, the "drunk and grumbling about how I can't sing" is kind of annoying because she really, to be honest, can't. This statement is ridiculous. For some reason, a fairly significant number of members on Pulse seem to view vocal ability through a black and white filter. There is area between an amazingly gifted vocalist and someone who can't sing at all. Taylor doesn't posses some unearthly set of pipes and might go off key during a good portion of live performances, but she can sing. Despite having a very limited range, she works well with what she has (which is highlighted in songs like "Last Kiss", "Dear John", and "Haunted"). Is she a consistently good live vocalist? Hardly. Does she have a large range and great power? No. Can she sing? Absolutely. I find the same to be true for other artists who members constantly claim "can't sing" (Britney Spears immediately comes to mind). Eh, not really much of a valid comparison here. In "Mean" Taylor's addressing a critic who has continuously been unnecessarily negative, someone who seems to go out of his/her way to demean her at every turn. Though every singer should expect a certain level of criticism (it's only natural), there is a difference between criticisms that are constructive and those that are just vicious. It's quite different, actually, than Taylor finally addressing someone who stole her boyfriend (it's not as if she's been mudslinging the girl for years or that her statements aren't justified).
|
|
Cerbius
3x Platinum Member
Joined: April 2010
Posts: 3,703
|
Post by Cerbius on Oct 25, 2010 12:50:55 GMT -5
Country iTunes:
|
|
|
Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 25, 2010 12:53:02 GMT -5
^ I saw that and laughed so hard But I was in the midst of me quarreling with the iTunes people so forgot to comment about it over here
|
|
|
Post by otternobetter87 on Oct 25, 2010 12:53:27 GMT -5
^^ lol that's ridiculous.
|
|
Taylor.
Moderator
Joined: January 2007
Posts: 18,869
Staff
|
Post by Taylor. on Oct 25, 2010 13:01:02 GMT -5
Another positive review from Entertainment Weekly:
The music industry has no shortage of show ponies, but it doesn't often find a unicorn like Taylor Swift. She is that rare commodity: a global superstar who somehow retains her naĂŻf-next-door appeal; a one-girl empire of dear-diary reveries, dominating two genres with guileless (or so it seems) ease.
That mix of fame, youth, and earnest transparency can often make listening to Speak Now, Swift's third album, an exercise in name-that-celebrity Whac-a-Mole. And its smattering of banjo pluck and dainty twang makes only the most nominal swipe at coming off ''country.'' What Swift does extremely well, though, is tell a story: Speak's 14 tracks are perfectly contained snow globes of romance and catharsis, whole cinematic narratives rendered in four-to six-minute miniatures.
Her gift for mainlining sentiments straight from the twitterpated heart of teendom (Swift is now 20) may be lost on the more grizzled listener. Still, she does stretch here, as on the surprisingly sharp-toothed ''Better Than Revenge'' and elegiac ''Innocent,'' an olive branch extended to onetime maligner Kanye West. Elsewhere, Harry Chapin's 1974 tearjerker ''Cat's in the Cradle'' finds its soft-focus flip side in fragile lullaby ''Never Grow Up,'' ''Back to December'' offers a plaintive mea culpa, and the alternately tart and yearning title track imagines a Graduate-style rescue at the altar. Beneath Swift's not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness lurks a rigorous and very skillful technique; love may confound her, but the art of expert songcraft clearly doesn't. B+
|
|
đ Eloquent â˘
Diamond Member
TSC: Certified Member
Joined: September 2007
Posts: 21,971
|
Post by đ Eloquent ⢠on Oct 25, 2010 13:01:20 GMT -5
iTunes Update:
10. Sparks fly 11. Mean 12. The Story Of Us 13. Innocent 14. Dear John 15. Better Than Revenge 17. Haunted 18. Enchanted 20. Last Kiss 22. Long Live 23. Never Grow Up 31. Mine 38. Back to December 74. Speak Now
For comparative purposes, here's where tracks from Fearless were at the same point:
|
|
|
Post by jumpupandburst on Oct 25, 2010 13:10:53 GMT -5
^you mean at 2 pm est on the first day of the release of Fearless on itunes?
|
|
|
Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 25, 2010 13:11:47 GMT -5
^^ I'm hoping all the songs up to Enchanted crack the all genre top 10.
|
|
đ Eloquent â˘
Diamond Member
TSC: Certified Member
Joined: September 2007
Posts: 21,971
|
Post by đ Eloquent ⢠on Oct 25, 2010 13:14:39 GMT -5
^you mean at 2 pm est on the first day of the release of Fearless on itunes? The positions came from 12:38pm the day of release, whereas the positions for Speak Now came at around 1:00pm the day of release (but yeah, more or less it's around the same time).
|
|
|
Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 25, 2010 13:17:37 GMT -5
I am obsessing over "If This Was A Movie"
I have found myself unknowingly singing the chorus all day.
|
|
|
Post by heartbreaklullaby on Oct 25, 2010 13:28:11 GMT -5
09. Sparks fly 11. The Story Of Us 12. Mean 13. Innocent 14. Dear John 15. Better Than Revenge 17. Haunted 18. Enchanted 19. Last Kiss 21. Long Live 22. Never Grow Up 31. Mine 38. Back to December 76. Speak Now
Also, the album is now at #2 on UK Itunes Albums Chart
|
|
đ Eloquent â˘
Diamond Member
TSC: Certified Member
Joined: September 2007
Posts: 21,971
|
Post by đ Eloquent ⢠on Oct 25, 2010 13:35:22 GMT -5
Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now': The 10 best lines from her new album by Leah Greenblatt Categories: Ah, Youth, New Stuff, Snap Judgment, Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has a new album due this week; perhaps youâve heard?
In the weeks leading up to the release of Speak Now, parsing the lyrics of crossover popâs premiere confessetrix has become something of a national pastime. (Is âBack to Decemberâ really the story of her doomed affair with Twilightâs topless teen wolf? Does âDear Johnâ reveal the cold-eyed love assassin hidden behind Mr. Mayerâs O-face? Only nine million speculating journalists know for sure.)
What may be lost in the shuffle of conspiracies and suppositions, however, is what Swiftâs songs say, as much as who they areâor arenâtâabout. So refer below to our list, in chronological order, of the ten best couplets (and occasional triplets) from Speakâs lyrics sheet:
1. âYou made a rebel of a careless manâs careful daughter / You are the best thing thatâs ever been mineâ (from âMineâ)
2. âYour guard is up and I know why, because the last time you saw me is still burned in the back of your mind / You gave me roses and I left them there to dieâ (from âBack to Decemberâ)
3. âI am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion / But you are not the kind of boy who should be marrying the wrong girlâ (from âSpeak Nowâ)
4. âYouâll add my name to your list of traitors who donât understand / And Iâll look back and regret how I ignored when they said, Run as fast as you canâ (from âDear Johnâ)
5. âYou with your switching sides and your wildfire lies and your humiliation / You have pointed out my flaws again, as if I donât already see themâ (from âMeanâ)
6.âI used to know my place was the spot next to you / Now Iâm searching the room for an empty seat / âCause lately I donât even know what page youâre onâ (âThe Story of Usâ)
7. âThere I was again tonight, forcing laughter faking smiles / Same old tired, lonely place / walls of insincerity, shifting eyes and vacancy / Vanished when I saw your faceâ (from âEnchantedâ)
8. âSheâs not a saint, and sheâs not what you think / Sheâs an actress, whoa / But sheâs better known for the things that she does on the mattressâ (from âBetter Than Revengeâ)
9. â32 and still growing up now / Who you are is not what you did / Youâre still an innocentâ (from âInnocentâ)
10. âThe cynics were outrage, screaming this is absurd / âCause for a moment a band of thieves in ripped jeans got to rule the worldâ (from âLong Liveâ)
|
|
fridayteenage
5x Platinum Member
Shake it Off
Joined: April 2008
Posts: 5,462
|
Post by fridayteenage on Oct 25, 2010 14:14:12 GMT -5
23. Never Grow Up 31. White Horse
Interesting; the lowest album track (non-previously released digital single) now is higher than the highest track then. Of course there is massive front-loading, but still impressive.
|
|
SHOOTER
Diamond Member
3x Poster Of The Year!!!
Phony ponies on full display. #FreePalestine
Joined: April 2006
Posts: 76,152
|
Post by SHOOTER on Oct 25, 2010 14:38:51 GMT -5
This album's definitely a grower; haven't had time to really invest in it but off the first couple of listens, I love The Story of Us and Enchanted.
|
|