Just a Gay on ATRL Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 the 10 minute version easily. I was never a huge fan of the 5 minute version and it was one of those "overrated" songs to me, but when I heard the 10 minute version I changed the additional verse. You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath. The final outro. those additions elevated the song to a whole new level 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshwark Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 This is unmatched: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator feelslikeadream Posted August 21, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, naval23 said: the additional verse. You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath. The final outro. those additions elevated the song to a whole new level This. It was already one of her strongest songs lyrically, but the oath line is the best in the song, and only in the TMV. And I literally cried the first time I heard, "Cause in this city's barren cold / I still remember the first fall of snow / And how it glistened as it fell / I remember it all too well." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tistotal Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 ATW5M TV > ATW5M >>>>>>>>>>>> ATW10M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuelve88 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) The original 5 minute version is perfect. Edited August 21, 2023 by vuelve88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shookspeare Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I hate the new instrumental for the 10 minute version, so I prefer the original. if they had just kept it acoustic then the 10 minute version would clear easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk_Away21 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, vuelve88 said: The original 5 minute version is perfect. agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiss It Better Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 minute OG >>>>>> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue. Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, naval23 said: the additional verse. You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath. The final outro. those additions elevated the song to a whole new level The secret/oath line is a masterpiece and I can’t believe they would shave it. I also love the “I’ll get older but your lovers stay my age” and “twin flame bruise” lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 10 min > OG > TV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonginBey Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I love the extended version’s second verse, but that overall version doesn’t carry the same emotion as the og. It also starts to drag on after the bridge and goes from storytelling to just throwing shade which kinda messes up the flow of the story for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrowblue Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 the 2012 OG version that Liz Rose edited for a reason, plus Nathan Chapman on the production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarticle Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 10M outro > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIVERT Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 Minute TV >>>> 10 Minute TV. Like another user mentioned, the flow of the story kind of falls apart, and it turns into just shade. Another thing (and I hope I'm not attacked for saying it bc Taylor is one of my faves), there's no way this was the "original" 10 minute version lyrics. Like, they scream Swiftian lyricism from this decade, not 2012-era Taylor. So it just doesn't feel as genuine as the 5 minute version. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciencemagic Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 min OG >>> I do agree that the extra verses are great, but I just don't think they were super necessary, ie: whatever pruning Liz and Taylor did was worth it. And the 10 min version is basically an 8 minute version with an unnecessarily long 2 min outro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo22 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 10 minute is significantly better, never loved the 5 minute version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultraviolence.xx Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 the ten minute version is an epic. she snapped so hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenoftheclouds Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Taylor fanboy said: The only correct answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BtDecember Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 The perfect All Too Well for me would be: All of the 5-minute version plus: - the second chorus "you kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath" - outro, especially "'Cause in this city's barren cold / I still remember the first fall of snow / And how it glistened as it fell I remember it all too well..." The original production (soft rock) is better than Jack's new production, although I understand why they make it more pop. I love that in the original version, after the burst out line "hey you call me up again just to break me like a promise", everything just went quiet. I think that was perfect. On the othet hand, the 10-minute version just went on and on and on, which makes the bridge so exhausting for me. I also cringe a bit in some of the lines ("that's what happened, you" and "it's supposed to be fun, turning twenty-one"). Still Taylor's best song tho. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjorn Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 10 min version is superior. Her best song ever written. kbye sunshine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobynYoBank Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 ATWTMVTVFTV I fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashe Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 The 5 minute (Taylor's version). her more mature vocals >>>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 min easily … it was cut down for a reason. Liz Rose did an great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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