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Post by desertfloods on Oct 23, 2010 0:18:15 GMT -5
Long Live should've been replaced by one of the bonus tracks.
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Post by Stephen on Oct 23, 2010 0:20:36 GMT -5
Speak Now > Fearless, tbqh. The only awful song is Long Live. That combined with Innocent make her sound as if she's got a superiority complex, and she doesn't. So, it feels weird. LOVE DJ.
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Post by Kyla on Oct 23, 2010 0:21:58 GMT -5
I love "Long Live" and I think it's the perfect album closer. And it's one of the non-relationship songs.
My favorite bonus track by far was "If This Was a Movie", but there was no chance of that making the album since that's the one song with a co-writer (it's an old song).
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Post by desertfloods on Oct 23, 2010 0:43:21 GMT -5
Speak Now > Fearless, tbqh. Artistically, I agree with this. Fearless had more instant hits material though. I wonder how she will fare with sales and radio hits this time around. But overall, good album. LOL. I couldn't even get past the whole song of Long Live.
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Oct 23, 2010 0:44:45 GMT -5
Speak Now is Taylor's graduation ceremony.No matter how it does commercially,I think Taylor effectively threw off the shackles of the "teen-sensation" tag with this album without having to go with the obvious route of overtly sexing up her image.
Adults will take this album seriously but the teen girls who have looked up to Swift as some sort of a role model won't feel abandoned by her like they did with Miley Cyrus.
Good Job Taylor!(FWIW,I suspect Speak Now may challenge Fearless as Taylor's best selling album)
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Post by music2011 on Oct 23, 2010 1:23:02 GMT -5
After 1st listen:
LOVE:
Sparks Fly Back to December Dear John The Story of Us Enchanted Better Than Revenge Innocent Haunted Last Kiss If This Was A Movie
LIKE:
Mine Speak Now Mean Superman
OKAY:
Never Grow Up Long Live Ours
IMO, this album is MUCH BETTER than Fearless. What an AMAZING album! Simply the BEST ALBUM of 2010! GREAT GREAT GREAT! My expectation was low after Speak Now and Mean were released and the fact that Mine does not do well. But after 1st listen, I LOVE this album!
My strategy for this album:
1st single - Mine 2nd single - Back to December 3rd single - The Story of Us 4th single - Haunted 5th single - Enchanted/Speak Now
I doubt Sparks Fly (because it's an unreleased song, but who knows it might get a chance, it's a great song anyway) will be released as a single.
Dear John, Last Kiss, Innocent and Better Than Revenge won't be released as well i think.
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Post by strikeleo on Oct 23, 2010 1:38:40 GMT -5
I love the whole 'please don't be in love with someone else' part in Enchanted.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Oct 23, 2010 2:03:46 GMT -5
Love: Speak Now, Enchanted, Sparks Fly, Back To December (esp the "acoustic" version now) Really Like: The Story Of Us, Haunted, Mean, Ours
I can honestly say the only song I won't be listening to on a regular basis is Dear John. It's just TOO LONG. But :o at the song on first listen.
Enchanted is the main song I've had on repeat. It's just lovely.
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Post by Spidey on Oct 23, 2010 2:19:31 GMT -5
PM please?
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desertfloods
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Post by desertfloods on Oct 23, 2010 2:25:54 GMT -5
LOVE: Speak Now Enchanted (love the same part that strikeleo mentioned above) Mean Last Kiss Never Grow Up LIKE Back To December Dear John Sparks Fly Ours MEH Story of Us Innocent If This Was A Movie Mine DISLIKE Better Than Revenge Haunted (unpopular opinion here I guess ) Superman Long Live
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Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 23, 2010 2:28:36 GMT -5
I woke up today with the songs playing in my head. I could only sleep 6 hours. Yeah, I love this!
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Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 23, 2010 2:30:34 GMT -5
LOVE: Speak Now Enchanted (love the same part that strikeleo mentioned above) Mean Last Kiss Never Grow Up LIKE Back To December Dear John Sparks Fly Ours MEH Story of Us Innocent If This Was A Movie Mine DISLIKE Better Than Revenge Haunted (unpopular opinion here I guess )Superman Long Live How could you?
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Post by desertfloods on Oct 23, 2010 2:32:54 GMT -5
LOVE: Speak Now Enchanted (love the same part that strikeleo mentioned above) Mean Last Kiss Never Grow Up LIKE Back To December Dear John Sparks Fly Ours MEH Story of Us Innocent If This Was A Movie Mine DISLIKE Better Than Revenge Haunted (unpopular opinion here I guess )Superman Long Live How could you? How could I what? not love Haunted?
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Post by mrossp24 on Oct 23, 2010 2:33:38 GMT -5
WOW. On first listen, my favorites are Sparks Fly, Dear John, Enchanted, Better Than Revenge, Haunted, and Last Kiss. She is definitely one of the best writers out there today; she's grown so much as an artist since Fearless IMO.
Here are the lyrics for Dear John, btw:
Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you Counting my footsteps Praying the floor won’t fall through again And my mother accused me of losing my mind but I swore I was fine
You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain And I lived in your chess game But you changed the rules everyday Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone tonight Well I stopped picking up And this song is to let you know why
Dear John I see it all now that you’re gone Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with The girl in the dress cried the whole way home I shoulda known
Well maybe it’s me and my blind optimism to blame Or maybe it’s you and your sick need to give love and take it away And you’ll add my name to your long list of traitors who don’t understand And I’ll look back in regret how I ignored when they said run as fast as you can
Dear John I see it all now that you’re gone Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with The girl in the dress cried the whole way home Dear John I see it all now that was wrong Don’t you think nineteen’s too young to be played by your dark twisted games When I loved you so I shoulda known
You are an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry Never impressed by me acing your test All the girls that you’ve run dry Have tired lifeless eyes cuz you burned them out But I took your matches before fire could catch me So don’t look now I’m shining like fireworks over your sad empty town
Dear John I see it all now that you’re gone Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
I see it all now that you’re gone Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with The girl in the dress wrote you a song You shoulda known You shoulda known
Don’t you think I was too young You shoulda known
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Post by otternobetter87 on Oct 23, 2010 2:56:52 GMT -5
Ughh theres so many bad links out there.. makes it difficult to find..
If anyone wants to send me a link i would REALLY appreciate it!...
..and Sorry for asking. i know its annoying.
ETA: I'm in love with literally every song...
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Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 23, 2010 2:58:14 GMT -5
LOL
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Post by BurnItUp (with Kerosene) on Oct 23, 2010 4:20:27 GMT -5
Listened to Dear John (waiting on the rest for now); it didn't really live up to the (massive) hype for me, and wasn't nearly as scathing (which I'm glad) or epic as it was made out to be. I did like it, but I actually think I would have liked it better if it didn't reference "Dear John" though. That when combined with the John Mayer riffs was a bit too in-your-face, and makes it more about the sensationalism of "OMG, it's about JM" and less about the song.
The Mayer-y sounding backup singer was frankly really creepy (which I loved). As was her childlikeness in the lyrics; it was almost like listening to a daughter to father (which I found disconcerting, and was probably the point).
I'm on the fence about whether she is completely out of her mind to call out John Mayer in a song or not (in any capacity) given his lack of...discretion regarding talking about past relationships. (And I still think Innocent is about him, probably from before things went wrong.)
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Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 23, 2010 5:27:22 GMT -5
Enchanted is just amazing! Never Grow Up is very sweet! I love it
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Post by musicintervention on Oct 23, 2010 5:39:44 GMT -5
Her song writing is incredible. Amazing ALBUM, she deserves every award she receives. This is obviously gonna reach #1 album of 2010.
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Oct 23, 2010 6:17:34 GMT -5
Listened to Dear John (waiting on the rest for now); it didn't really live up to the (massive) hype for me, and wasn't nearly as scathing (which I'm glad) or epic as it was made out to be. I did like it, but I actually think I would have liked it better if it didn't reference "Dear John" though. That when combined with the John Mayer riffs was a bit too in-your-face, and makes it more about the sensationalism of "OMG, it's about JM" and less about the song. The Mayer-y sounding backup singer was frankly really creepy (which I loved). As was her childlikeness in the lyrics; it was almost like listening to a daughter to father (which I found disconcerting, and was probably the point). I'm on the fence about whether she is completely out of her mind to call out John Mayer in a song or not (in any capacity) given his lack of...discretion regarding talking about past relationships. (And I still think Innocent is about him, probably from before things went wrong.) I think this is one time where we can take Taylor's statements at face value.She's always said that songs are the only time where she can cut loose,be completely honest and naked emotionally.Whereas in real life,she holds back for diplomacy's and self-preservation's sake. I previously thought she was just being cute in the past when she said that.Now with the release of Speak Now,I'm beginning to think this girl means business. If she continues in this vein,she could end up being the female country version of Mayer.It's just rare for female artists to be so uncensored and exposed lyrically in their songs.Talk about suffering for your art(especially if and when Mayer decides to lash back with a song of his own).
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Post by NorthernDownpour on Oct 23, 2010 7:08:14 GMT -5
Great album. Just as good as Fearless IMO.
Singles: 1 Mine 2 Sparks Fly 3 Story of Us 4 Dear John 5 Speak Now/Back to December
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Post by applechic on Oct 23, 2010 9:31:51 GMT -5
I LOVE LOVE LOVE "The Story of Us" (UK version). I thought she can't do better than "Haunted" but apparently she can! My favorite song off this album keeps changing every 2 minutes. That must be a good thing!
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Oct 23, 2010 9:56:46 GMT -5
I LOVE LOVE LOVE "The Story of Us" (UK version). I thought she can't do better than "Haunted" but apparently she can! My favorite song off this album keeps changing every 2 minutes. That must be a good thing! Yeah, this is one of the first albums where one or two tracks haven't garnered the majority of plays within the first few days of release on my Ipod; they're all spread out evenly. I have like 8-10 absolute favorites. lol
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Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 23, 2010 10:14:59 GMT -5
^ True Even though the one with the most plays (apart from the pre-releases) is actually Enchanted. All I can say is I am enchanted by that song
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Post by Illusions on Oct 23, 2010 10:30:04 GMT -5
^ True Even though the one with the most plays (apart from the pre-releases) is actually Enchanted. All I can say is I am enchanted by that song Totally agree! It's my favorite so far.
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Post by Sarah. on Oct 23, 2010 10:43:40 GMT -5
I've kind of avoided Taylor Swift because I'm pretty anti-country. I have downloaded some of her popular songs though. I downloaded this album, and it is really good! The more pop-leaning ones are what I'll be listening too, but even the more country ones aren't bad to me. And that's saying something from me lol
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 23, 2010 11:18:49 GMT -5
I love the whole 'please don't be in love with someone else' part in Enchanted. Same. It kinda freaked me out the first time listening it on my iPod, though. It sounded as if she was speaking it right into my ear.
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Oct 23, 2010 11:25:32 GMT -5
Not sure how accurate this is but here's the hidden messages :
* 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. * The Story of Us: 2009 CMT Music 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: For ever and always. * Long Live: For you.
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Post by tsharky on Oct 23, 2010 11:29:57 GMT -5
Who is the girl she is referring to that betrayed her and is an "actress mostly in mattresses" or something like that? Is it Demi since she dated Joe Jonas after Taylor? just curious. lol
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 23, 2010 11:34:01 GMT -5
Who is the girl she is referring to that betrayed her and is an "actress mostly in mattresses" or something like that? Is it Demi since she dated Joe Jonas after Taylor? just curious. lol LOL
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