wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 I simply do not have the brain capacity to be well spoken today but I will be sending in annoying thoughts about each Redsurrection hymn I listen to. To begin, Sacrament of Grace... there was some Jesus Juice in the water at the studio. Whatever crack she put into the mix of this song is DIVINE, as in, literally too good to have come from this dusted planet. Very clearly her best opening song and a strong contender for her discography top 20. Like wow... what a way to kick this ***** off What gif are we spamming today girls? I haven't yet caught up from last night and would hate to use an outdated gif 3
every1blinks Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Whew, what can be said about Red, the original color. What I love about this album is Taylor's willingness to experiment with many different sounds while staying true to her roots. I remember watching the livestream announcing the album and gasping at the cover, scandalized when she said "16 songs on the album, not including any bonus tracks that might be anywhere.” I'll never forget where I was when I learned that there was a dubstep song on the album. And I'll never forget illegally hearing 22 for the first time and losing my mind. The album as a whole didn't hit me at first, but there was a night in February 2013 where it all came together. The run of The Last Time > Holy Ground > Sad Beautiful Tragic > The Lucky One is UNPRECEDENTED in music. And TREACHEROUS, you bless everyone who intentionally chooses to stream you. What a career high There's never been another album of hers like Red and I believe there never will be. It's the quintessential early-20s album where every emotion is felt — happiness, freedom, confusion, and loneliness to name a few — and there is a song here that will speak to anyone who listens. 4
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Re-e-e-edsurrection good sister let me sprinkle some praise your way. What a stupendous hook! She really had me and the girls grooving and swaying when she first put this one out. The little dubstep tease with those reverb chorus vocals, it was a THREAT. Are a few of the lines a little bit clunky (crossword nnn)? Well yes. But it's camp, it's *****, and it's queen. LOSING HIM WAS BLUE LIKE I'D NEVER KNOWN, MISSING HIM WAS DARK GREY ALL ALONE, FORGETTING HIM WAS LIKE TRYING TO KNOW SOMEONE YOU'VE NEVER MET, BUT LOVING HIM WAS- [gunshot]
Achilles. Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Just now, Dear Reader said: I could have way more, I stopped using lastfm from 2015-2019 Lmao I spent the summer of 2021 manually imputting all of my iTunes plays. 1
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 1 minute ago, every1blinks said: Whew, what can be said about Red, the original color. What I love about this album is Taylor's willingness to experiment with many different sounds while staying true to her roots. I remember watching the livestream announcing the album and gasping at the cover, scandalized when she said "16 songs on the album, not including any bonus tracks that might be anywhere.” I'll never forget where I was when I learned that there was a dubstep song on the album. And I'll never forget illegally hearing 22 for the first time and losing my mind. The album as a whole didn't hit me at first, but there was a night in February 2013 where it all came together. The run of The Last Time > Holy Ground > Sad Beautiful Tragic > The Lucky One is UNPRECEDENTED in music. And TREACHEROUS, you bless everyone who intentionally chooses to stream you. What a career high There's never been another album of hers like Red and I believe there never will be. It's the quintessential early-20s album where every emotion is felt — happiness, freedom, confusion, and loneliness to name a few — and there is a song here that will speak to anyone who listens. wastedpotential reacted "like" to your post in "Taylor Swift - 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'" 1
Dear Reader Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Just now, Achilles. said: Lmao I spent the summer of 2021 manually imputting all of my iTunes plays. maybe it's for the best that I stopped using it during puta and Loser 1
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Oh Preachersus... I sing this one in church at least once a week. It just moves me, spiritually. I know you girls get it! I want to liquidize the way she sings the word "touch" in "as long as they don't..." and inject it into my veins, thank you very much 1
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Now miss I Prayed You Weren't Sinful was a smash, lets absolutely not get it twisted. Yes, I did have to switch from my copy of Redvelations (New Testament) to Redvelations (Old Testament) for this one (just for personal reasons), but it's not her fault, IPYWS is unrelated to the deranged blonde woman who took a pickaxe to the production beauty of the Old Testament of the pop hymns on Redvelations. Anyway, that being said, this is just one of those songs where you knew where you were when you first heard it. Me? I was curled in a fetal position on the floor as it blasted from my iPod speaker dock, melting into oblivion at the overwhelming new sounds and smells. IPYWS was the day we crossed the Rubicon and left Kansas, so to speak. I think I knew, from that point, that global domination and flat out chart-tyranny was incoming. 1 1
TaylenaStan Posted April 12 Posted April 12 (edited) 5 days until the leak Edited April 12 by TaylenaStan
19SLAYty9 Posted April 12 Posted April 12 red… what an era. At that point I loved the singles from fearless and loved the speak now album, but didn't consider myself a Swiftie yet. I was huge into bubblegum pop at that age and was SHOOK the first time I heard WANGBT… I was obsessed. I also loved the title track and was SHOOK at IKYWT. At the time of release, I liked 22 but the rest of the album didn't hit me until about a year later when I was going through my first real heartbreak. That album got me through so much. Ahh. Memories.
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Altar to Worship... there are no words left in the English language that I could string together that haven't already been said about this song. Am I suffering a bit from not like the other girlsitis, and does that make me want to discount its excellence publicly? Yes. But I am holding strong. I've switched back to Redvelations (New Testament) for a quick minute here, because I think the guitar choices are better here, though whoever clipped together that "okay" in the first "I might be okay but I'm not fine at all" will be BURNING IN HELL for leaving in such an obvious vocal glitch. But wow, what a sad song this truly is. She flayed Jake Gyllenhaal alive (and the continued to **** him for like a year and a half after this but that's none of my business) and Swifties kinda tore apart the corpse for fun a few years ago. I really enjoyed doing that, I know we decided it wasn't very kind, but it brought me quite a lot of joy. We should've done the same for John Mayer... Alas. "casually cruel in the name of being honest" remains like... the lyric. The way it was recycled from Mr. Perfectly Fine and we didn't know for years, what a fun little joke she played on us with that one 1
Epica Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Red is a cornucopia of musical genius, a veritable tapestry woven with the threads of emotional verisimilitude and melodic complexity. It stands as a testament to prodigious talent for encapsulating the vicissitudes of the human heart. The album's soundscape is replete with lush arrangements and intricate acoustic underpinnings. Her lyrical prowess is on full display throughout Red, with her penchant for poignant storytelling taking center stage. Her words are not merely sung; they are felt, as if each syllable carries the weight of a thousand emotions. Moreover, Red is an exemplar of her evolution as an artist, marking a pivotal point in her discography where she begins to eschew the confines of genre. The album is an alchemy of introspection and experimentation, a bold foray into new musical territories while still retaining the heartfelt sincerity that is quintessentially. It is a narrative arc that bends towards self-discovery, a journey through the emotional landscape that is both deeply personal and resoundingly relatable. In summation, TTPD will need to replicate this alchemical formula to even grasp the surface of quality that Red as an album represents.
queenoftheclouds Posted April 12 Posted April 12 16 minutes ago, every1blinks said: scandalized when she said "16 songs on the album, not including any bonus tracks that might be anywhere.” And Now we have 32 Songs on it 1
folkloreking Posted April 12 Posted April 12 The sacRED singles were truly everywhere. My 12 year old self had the IKYWT music video on repeat… I waited almost ten years for her to gag me with another beat drop after it and Wondergod, which finally happened with Lordbyrinth. We should only be so lucky to receive a similar revelation on TTPD, perhaps with an abrupt guitar riff.
ttds Posted April 12 Posted April 12 opening the album with state of grace -> red -> treacherous oh sacRED you'll always be famous 1
beckyswift Posted April 12 Posted April 12 15 minutes ago, wastedpotential said: Oh Preachersus... I sing this one in church at least once a week. It just moves me, spiritually. I know you girls get it! I want to liquidize the way she sings the word "touch" in "as long as they don't..." and inject it into my veins, thank you very much all the other hymns getting long paragraphs from you EXCEPT preacherous...
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Back to the Old Testament for Trinity, Too! She really encapsulated what it's like to be the most annoying people know in their early 20s, and I adore it because I was also the most annoying person many people knew when I was 22. Like I WAS going to have a good time, and everyone else just had to get on board with that. The little kick line on the Eras Tour? Obnoxious and yet endearing. I'm always mournful that we lost the bridge to this because Max wanted more chorus, because I just know it would've been a collapse. Ugh, Lord, why didn't you fight to keep the bridge here? Me to the TT bridge: You look like bad news, I gotta have you!
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Just now, beckyswift said: all the other hymns getting long paragraphs from you EXCEPT preacherous... Oh it's overwhelming I simply have no words, no notes, no comments. It's immaculate, it's perfection and who am I as a mere mortal to make a comment about it?
beckyswift Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Just now, wastedpotential said: Oh it's overwhelming I simply have no words, no notes, no comments. It's immaculate, it's perfection and who am I as a mere mortal to make a comment about it? we as mere mortals bow down to the book of REDelations preacherous is literally the voice of god speaking to us all why wasn't it submitted for best gospel performance/song 1
HappierJealousy Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Wake up and the skip now praise disappear (a nightmare), on the contrary there is sacRed praise everywhere Literally a dream come true 1
wastedpotential Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Yet another switch back to the New Testament for I, Angel Disciple. What an excellent and even quite original concept for a song. I used to listen to this on the bus in the rain and look out the window and just wallow in misery, as if I was a young patient with an incurable disease in some tragic movie. On an album of BRIDGES™, this one stands out as being especially holy and excellent. The way she coos "and I confess, baby" oh I just shattered into a million pieces. Now, this isn't a song I return to all that often, just because it's kinda in the way of two pop bops, and despite being an avowed everwhore (and thus, expected to enjoy the folkier and country-er elements of this album more (and I think objectively I do)), I am always more inclined to strihm the pop bops. I love this as a concept in my mind and as a collection of sounds on this album more than I actually want to listen to it, but it's still excellent and FAR too under appreciated by us loser mortals Also, can anyone help re a gif to spam today? 1
Timeless Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Judging by the track length, But Daddy I Love Him will be the first track 6 that is not a bop - The Outside - You Belong With Me - Mean - 22 - Shake It Off - Look What You Made Me Do - I Think He Knows - mirrorball - no body, no crime - Midnight Rain
beckyswift Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Just now, HappierJealousy said: Wake up and the skip now praise disappear (a nightmare), on the contrary there is sacRed praise everywhere Literally a dream come true watch it...
Dear Reader Posted April 12 Posted April 12 Nobody and I mean NOBODY entertains this thread like WastedTalent, mind you! Spoiler @wastedpotential this is my daily appreciation post of you 1
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