When Taylor Swift first sang to me through my radio, I loved her. That "Tim McGraw" song actually makes me recall a few LBD (little black dress) moments in my life. I only liked her more when I found out her age and the fact that she plays guitar and writes (or at least co-writes) her own songs. I went out and bought the CD and was very impressed with most of the other songs on it as well.
When I saw her first video on TV, I realized how beautiful the girl is. She got to play dress up and look really pretty in her video.
Some other songs on her CD make me wonder how a girl so young could have already experienced so much intense boy drama. I mean, I can relate to songs like "Picture to Burn" and "Should've Said No" but I'm surprised that she has before age 18.
Then I saw her perform "Should've Said No" on some music award show, which she chose to also use as her video for the song. It was absolutely ridiculous. If you haven't seen it, you should. You will lose a little bit of respect for her. At the end, she is on-stage in a LBD singing under artificial stage-hand created rainfall. She is singing while getting soaked.
I thought that the video for "Picture To Burn" was awesome though!
Also, when I have heard her sing live, her voice isn't so great. Anyone can sound good if edited enough in a studio. Hearing her live makes me really question her singing ability.
Even though I do really like most of her songs, my highly musical friend, Sarah Riley, pointed out to me how juvenile some of her lyrics are. An example is in "Teardrops on My Guitar." One lyric says "wishin' on a wishin' star." Well, first of all, that line is redundant. Why not say "shooting star" instead?
Her first hit on her next CD is called "Love Story." I must admit that I do like the song. It has a good beat and a good sound that kind of infects me and makes me tap my foot and sing out loud. However, the girl has clearly never read Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Apparently she's been living under a rock for her entire life and she's never even heard of the general plot or seen one of the movie versions.
Nevertheless, I do intend to buy her next CD when it comes out and I expect it to be pretty good. I suppose her publicists have done a great job because they have my attention and I'm buying in spite of her obvious shortcomings.
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Hey Amy! I haven't talked to you in a while, but I do want to share a lyric from a Taylor Swift song that drives me nuts!
In her Tim McGraw song she says, "When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me."
I'm disturbed by how often this boy would be thinking about a male celebrity! Althought it might have messed up her lyrics, "When you hear Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me" would seem a little more appropriate!
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