Taylor Swift - 1989

she talked in the livestream about her inspiration from late 80s nyc bohemian freedom doing whatever you want and loving who you want

wow

that video is like watching your grown-up kid make unfortunate choices

plus as a bald man the thing about the "hella good hair" just hurts.

song sounds even worse in the cold light of day. oh god, even apart from the obviously terrible bits like the spoken word/rap and the horrible video, the lyrics are so basic. the woman who wrote "tim mcgraw" at 16 is resorting to scavenging through katy perry's bin for rejected lyric sheets??

i mean yeah i was not enthused by WANEGBT on first listen for similar reasons but this is a hundred times worse

I'll just give her the benefit of the doubt and assume those lyrics were written entirely by max martin or whoever the producer was. I mean,

I stay up too late, got nothing in my brain
That’s what people say, that’s what people say
I go on too many dates, but I can’t make them stay
At least that’s what people say, that’s what people say

seriously..

there is no way "I go on too many dates, but I can’t make them stay" was written for anyone in music besides taylor swift, and likely *by* swift, given how much shit she's taken from tabloids for exactly that

IDK, they feel like her lyrics. It isn't rigid / perfect in that max martin sort of way. There's awkward numbers of syllables.

And yeah, unapologetically basic is the new aesthetic.

here for unapologetically basic anything/everything

I go on too many dates
*trademark knowing chuckle*
but I can’t make them stay

Earl Sweatshirt Slams Taylor Swift for “Inherently Offensive” Video

the taylor swift video is offensive but anyone in odd future can sit alllll the way down given that "being offensive" is their entire fucking shtick

Loving the big echo-ey MUAH's!

should i buy keds, guys?

gotta say, if you take out the problematic bits then the video's really fun to watch

this is basically taylor swift wanting her very own 'Problem', isn't it?

taylor's manager a few months ago in an interview was talking about how best to avoid ariana's "ascendancy" release as if she were her chief competition

I guess with the max martin productions that's where they see her right now

*and release schedule

I listened to this, and my youngest daughter, in another room, was humming it when I got back into the room. "what was that?" she asked, and I explained. "it's not very good," she replied, then continued humming it.

Getting a strong Avril meets Fergie vibe with a "I think everyone forgot about Hey Ya!" twist. Or that video for "Intuition" by Jewel; anyone remember that?

The strangest thing is this whole "It's so 80's!" undercurrent. I understand that half of the people writing these pieces were probably born in the early 90's, but like, there is absolutely nothing 80's about this song.

^otm.

Like maybe I can hear a little Belinda Carlisle or something in the melodies, but this is firmly a mid-2000s joint.

The only 80's tune I can think of any resembelance is Toni Basil's Mickey, and that's probably only for the chearleader-esque chant part. But definitely not anything from the year of the album title.

the people who mention "late '80s" are likely doing so because taylor herself brought it up in the presser, as far as I can tell. this isn't that, though. it's pure disneypop -- jobros' "pom poms," bella thorne's "call it whatever," nods to "dancing on my own" and "come on over baby"

there's also the fact that the video is so so so so phil collins

he liked a twerpy horn section on the uptempo stuff too

phil collins? more like high school musical

any superstar who makes a wacky video where they prance around in front of a variety of pop archetypes as if they don't belong there owe phil a royalty

but this ain't a binary, yes this max martin pop resembles disney pop and yes this superstar horn-fueled tomfoolery resembles phil collins

it is funny how "Mickey" has become this singular touchstone that Gwen and Avril and the JoBros and now Taylor have all kind of used for YAY CHEERLEADERS '80S POP YEAH shorthand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoTz3WgZm4c

xpost -- Does that make Nirvana the exception that proves the rule?

more like "jerk it off"

more like "ienjoysnotclogs"

he liked a twerpy horn section on the uptempo stuff too

to be fair that horn section was earth wind & fire

Or that video for "Intuition" by Jewel; anyone remember that?

"First documented pop album" made me immediately think of

http://www.jewelwiki.com/uploads/Albums/0304/0304-front.jpg

he liked a twerpy horn section on the uptempo stuff too

to be fair that horn section was earth wind & fire

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:39 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

womp womp

pretend i said "chipper" instead of "twerpy"

i was always under the impression he recorded the horn charts himself while wearing a variety of funny hats

i mean that's just part of his artistry, that he gives you that impression

http://res.cloudinary.com/dyfxt8ggh/image/upload/c_scale,h_377/v1381843804/Patrick_Bateman_Christian_Bale__You_like_Phil_Collins_American_Psycho_2000_film_daqwex.jpg

it is funny how "Mickey" has become this singular touchstone that Gwen and Avril and the JoBros and now Taylor have all kind of used for YAY CHEERLEADERS '80S POP YEAH shorthand

― some dude, Tuesday, August 19, 2014 12:07 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i watched Five Easy Pieces the other day and Toni Basil was listed as being in the movie according to the opening credits but i never spotted her

She's the less butch lesbian hitchhiker.

Basil also plays the New Orleans hooker who isn't Karen Black in Easy Rider.

this isn't as bad as i thought it would be from ppl's descriptions but still... yikes. the video is horrible.

any superstar who makes a wacky video where they prance around in front of a variety of pop archetypes as if they don't belong there owe phil a royalty

― da croupier, Tuesday, August 19, 2014 1:06 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://planetmcal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/david-lee-roth-just-a-gigilo-310x168.jpg

but i keep cruuuuising

Toni Basil also choreographed Talking Heads a bit.

maybe don't click on this link if you're a taylor swift fan.

https://twitter.com/Tayswiftsong/status/501737788484882432

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i think i'd do anything to relive the news ed sheeran would be on red 2 years ago now

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