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Post by elementd5 on Oct 25, 2010 20:34:10 GMT -5
I love the wide range of opinions on "Enchanted". From what I've seen, everyone either lists it as a favorite or as one of the throwaway songs on the album. Personally, I think it's probably my favorite TS song ever. It just sounds so different from anything else. And it has some of her best lyrics. Simple phrases really connect with me. I don't even know the lyrics to most of Enchanted, yet, but the "I was enchanted to meet you-ooo" at the end of the chorus is absolutely magical. I listen to the song just for that. It's my new "Fearless" form "Fearless" of course.
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Post by dbt on Oct 25, 2010 20:39:55 GMT -5
My favorites are:
Innocent Never Grow Up Speak Now Mean Back to December Ours
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Post by Rεvôlvεr† on Oct 25, 2010 20:39:58 GMT -5
My singles would go like this:
o1. Mine o2. Sparks Fly o3. Back To December o4. Haunted o5. Better Than Revenge o6. Enchanted/Long Live
Although, I will say.. she could easily have different singles for different formats, and still smash and do just fine! This is a solid album for sure.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Oct 25, 2010 20:40:59 GMT -5
Enchanted is easily, far and away, my favorite Swift song ever.
I STILL haven't listened to any other songs on the album because all I want to hear is Enchanted. (I did accidentally listen to Better Than Revenge because I forgot to replay Enchanted)
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Post by Rεvôlvεr† on Oct 25, 2010 20:43:36 GMT -5
Haunted is the best song she's ever done IMO.
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 25, 2010 20:45:08 GMT -5
I would go:
2. Sparks Fly 3. Back to December 4. Enchanted 5. The Story Of Us 6. Re-release?
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Post by Rεvôlvεr† on Oct 25, 2010 20:46:16 GMT -5
I'm having trouble with my list, because I keep thinking about it.
She could EASILY release 4 singles for country, and release 4 different songs for Pop.
Haunted, and Back To December are the two songs that DEFINITELY need single releases.
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Post by strikeleo on Oct 25, 2010 20:47:32 GMT -5
If I were to pick singles, I would choose all the wrong ones, so, yeah, I'm glad I'm not the one choosing them. It'd go like this: Dear John Enchanted Last Kiss anyway, I'm still not over how beautiful Dear John is. My favorites are: I also like the song Dear John but the whole John Mayer stuff creeps me out a bit. I'm one of the few fans who has never heard the song that John & Taylor did together that he put on his album because I was always disgusted with the way he mistreats women. Even though Taylor is my favorite artist, I just couldn't ever bring myself to listen to a song he was involved with because he makes me sick. I don't know, he may be a jerk but he's such a good songwriter. and half of my heart is a beautiful song, so, even if he as a person sucks, I gladly overlook it in favor of his music, because he is really talented when it comes to writing.
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Post by CammyCan on Oct 25, 2010 20:47:41 GMT -5
I think "Last Kiss" is my favorite Taylor song.
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Post by maria4hitz on Oct 25, 2010 20:48:56 GMT -5
Haunted is the best song she's ever done IMO. After listening to it a couple hundred times, I agree. This song took over my brain.
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Post by #brayden on Oct 25, 2010 20:50:52 GMT -5
I love 'Haunted' as well. But it just doesn't seem appropriate for either country or pop, IMO.
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Post by maria4hitz on Oct 25, 2010 20:53:44 GMT -5
No, I wouldn't choose Haunted as a single either.
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Post by elementd5 on Oct 25, 2010 20:53:57 GMT -5
Haunted is the best song she's ever done IMO. After listening to it a couple hundred times, I agree. This song took over my brain. It sounds like something straight off of Kelly's My December album. It's definitely a strong track.
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Post by maria4hitz on Oct 25, 2010 20:55:16 GMT -5
Yeah, considering there is a song called Haunted on My December haha
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Post by elementd5 on Oct 25, 2010 20:56:49 GMT -5
^Didn't even remember that 0.o. That's eerily cool, though.
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Post by Rurry on Oct 25, 2010 20:57:06 GMT -5
It sounds like something straight off of Kelly's My December album. Except it doesn't suck.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 25, 2010 21:02:12 GMT -5
It sounds like something straight off of Kelly's My December album. Except it doesn't suck. Don't be hatin'. ;)
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 25, 2010 21:05:05 GMT -5
I have always, and will always think that "Innocent" is really about John. She said that she puts little clues or whatever in her songs so that the person knows it's about them. Like using 'wonderstruck' in "Enchanted". And there are SO many JM references in 'Innocent'. I know, right? Innocent has that line about the lunchbox that reminds me so much of John's 83. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's about John. But, if it's about Kanye, so be it. what about the hidden message "Life is full of little interruptions," and the line in the album prologue "To someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world?'
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Post by Kyla on Oct 25, 2010 21:10:08 GMT -5
what about the hidden message "Life is full of little interruptions," and the line in the album prologue "To someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world?' No one's deny that she's implying it's about Kanye. She played it on the VMA's after a tape of the incident. I'm just not convinced the song was originally written for Kanye.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 25, 2010 21:11:54 GMT -5
what about the hidden message "Life is full of little interruptions," and the line in the album prologue "To someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world?' No one's deny that she's implying it's about Kanye. She played it on the VMA's after a tape of the incident. I'm just not convinced the song was originally written for Kanye. So do you think it was written about John, and re-appropriated to be about Kanye to make it more marketable?
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Post by Kyla on Oct 25, 2010 21:16:53 GMT -5
No one's deny that she's implying it's about Kanye. She played it on the VMA's after a tape of the incident. I'm just not convinced the song was originally written for Kanye. So do you think it was written about John, and re-appropriated to be about Kanye to make it more marketable? I think she performed it at the VMA's, because she felt it fit the situation. I mean, it's kinda funny that even a detail like the person's age, could apply to more than one person. And I don't think it's that's different than her performing 'White Horse' with Joe in mind at the AMA's a couple years back. Even though the song was written about someone else. But from the VMA's onward, 'Innocent' will forever be labeled the 'Kanye song'. So I think she's just going with it (besides, John has other songs). The secret message for "Mine" is 'Toby' and the song's not about him. She hadn't even met him until they filmed the video for "Mine".
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Post by maria4hitz on Oct 25, 2010 21:22:50 GMT -5
The story of us moves up to #4 on Itunes :) Officially 3 songs in the top 5 :
2. Sparks fly 4. Innocent 5. The story of us
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Post by never stop on Oct 25, 2010 21:44:46 GMT -5
What bugged me the most wasn't her calling someone mean for saying she can't sing but the fact that she wrote in her prologue:"because the only words you'll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone."
Eh, how is saying "better known for what she does on the mattress" NOT trying to intentionally hurt someone.
And Enchanted is the best song on the album, that is all.
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Post by Kyla on Oct 25, 2010 21:56:32 GMT -5
I think "Last Kiss" is my favorite Taylor song. I'm falling in love with it again. Finding out who it was about threw me off a little. But I'm trying to get past that. Because it's an amazing song.
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Post by Nic (Britney Spears) on Oct 25, 2010 22:06:45 GMT -5
who is "Last Kiss" about? I assumed it was about Joe Jonas but idk.
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Post by justlurkingaround on Oct 25, 2010 22:12:39 GMT -5
I like to think Taylor is f-cking with us all and Innocent is also about John Mayer. I mean, it's confirmed both Dear John and Story Of Us are, after she said they have the same subject... This. Totally agree. Edit: iTunes finally let me complete my album
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Post by Mark on Oct 25, 2010 22:14:17 GMT -5
I just can't handle all this Taylor smashing. I fucking love it.
That's all.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2010 22:15:44 GMT -5
Innocent could be about whoever for what it's worth and I would still love it as much as I do now .
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Post by freeman on Oct 25, 2010 22:16:00 GMT -5
I'm pretty disappointed by this album, but the part in Enchanted near the end of the song when she says
"Please don't be in love with someone else Please don't have somebody waiting on you Please don't be in love with someone else Please don't have somebody waiting on you"
Is brilliant. I just listen to that over and over again!!!
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 25, 2010 22:26:59 GMT -5
I just can't get enough of this album! Each time I listen to something else, two songs later I'm back to listening to this on repeat.
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