4Real Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 A career highlight that gets overlooked for being a bonus track on a bad album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Bubble Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 5 minutes ago, Forever Winter said: 25. Would've, Could've, Should've 8.627 Saviours (11s): terrorblade, tb6591, NEX, tjspy, Mezik, fridayteenage, StonedSoulPicnic Stans (10s): Vespertine, chosensparkles, Soobin, sanzo, Live To Tell, Solaria, Forever Winter, Achilles., Starchild, blown away, Klein, PaloSanto, pinkbowvintage, DevilsRollTheDice, MidnightsAtPeace, 4Real, a_d_22, Namigo, Arrows, itsjem, Life Savers, folkloreking, reputation1989, D-@-N, AshleyLovescats887, iamanearthling, AbeHicks, frankvert, vinicius, wastedpotential, Prismee, Great Username, burninredhot, Supernatural, Ger.vaz, Holy Ground, RihannaLoverrr, Dear Reader, Strawberry Bubble, TheArgonaut, Hooker Barbie, twoheadlightshine, SleepingTigers, Heldenzeit, beagle, Diarrhoea, Kyle-x, jacklovesyou1, greeneyedsoul, blown away, Bartender, Blood Magic, TMRA, SoSickOfThatSOL, Bosque, Top Dash, NewStanner, Achilles. Admirers (9s): Velvet Night, Kyungsoowift, byzantium, Lazuli, NordicGuy, LastKiss, The Music Industry, SLUTTVFTV, 305, freakum., idkwiam, Tedwards, Bussea, PoisonedIvy, Where are you now?, Bindi, llikeh, badidearight, Enrique523, Axolotl, G.U.Y_Del_Rey, LVP, GuyNextDoor, paulyyyozd, ellis-bell, Quicksand, fab, enchanted0, pavi, Sanguine, heckinglovato, wehavetostan, Ms. Togekiss Haters (1s): KillingYourCareer, Støned, FolkLover1989 Saboteurs (0s): None Comments Forever Winter 10 - "Best song on Midnights. Not a song that I can relate to but I have teared up to the bridge of this song many times because it's just that impactful. I play this in the car while I'm speeding and I get a rush every time. Anyone who was there when she performed this live for the first time...I hope you perish." Achilles. 10 - "This is the pinnacle of Midnights as both the song that best fits the album's alleged concept and lives up to the era's misleading aesthetic. The verses and chorus are great, but its the bridge that fully knocks it out of the park—so glad she repeats it as an outro." blown away 10 - "A career highlight." wastedpotential 9.7 - "Oh ****, where to start with this. JOHN MAYO YOU WILL BURN IN HELL FOR ETERNITY, AND FOR ANOTHER ETERNITY AFTER THAT PASSES. You were a nasty and evil man and you deserve immense comeuppance. Now, I do feel the need to condition this comment with the fact that I once called this Lord's Happier Than Ever, and I don't think I'd go that far anymore. It's excellent and well written and explodes with sound and emotion at the end, but the shock factor did wear off after the first few listens (and also the contrarian in me is tempted to sabotage this score since I know y'all will praise this one to the High Heavens, but a 9.7 is as low as I could bring myself to go lol). I know this must've been cathartic for Lord, quite possibly relieving Her of some of Her most damaging baggage. You can hear in the song just how much weight has been lifted from Her shoulders by the end of the song, with the key change and the head voice and honestly some of the righteous shouting here. I don't think I'll be able to offer many original thoughts to the lyrical content here, so I shall merely comment that I'm glad to see She has John Mayo's ugly head mounted above Her fireplace. Held over the fire and burning in hell is exactly what he deserves! Oh, and I don't think we really recognize or appreciate the religious trauma undercurrents here, which I would think would be front of mind for a bunch of religiously scarred homos. Still, next time you listen to this hymn, I'd suggest you pay attention to that specific angle as you critically re-analyze the lyrics. I certainly feel a deep connection to the religiously "pure" before times, and then the... point I'm at now, where I feel disconnected from the belief structure I was raised with. I still have thoughts to sort out (so maybe my comments for the next rate will be more eloquent), but this one means a lot to me." SLUTTVFTV 9.6 - "John Mayer you will NEVER be forgiven of your crimes." Where are you now? 9.5 - "The level in which one can write such an intense song with so much passion and detail as if it all had happened yesterday rather than over a decade prior is impressive to behold. Love when this comes on during a run." 1989 8.5 - "Good, but still not the masterpiece Dear John is." this not being a top 10 song doesn't feel right at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Winter Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 Songs Remaining Taylor Swift - 0/14 Spoiler Fearless - 2/25 Spoiler Love Story You Belong with Me Speak Now - 3/23 Spoiler Sparks Fly Back to December Enchanted Red - 4/28 Spoiler State of Grace Red All Too Well Begin Again 1989 - 6/22 Spoiler Blank Space Style Out of the Woods Wildest Dreams Clean New Romantics reputation - 1/15 Spoiler Getaway Car Lover - 1/19 Spoiler Cruel Summer folklore - 4/17 Spoiler cardigan my tears ricochet mirrorball august evermore - 2/17 Spoiler 'tis the damn season tolerate it Midnights - 0/22 Spoiler THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT - 1/31 Spoiler Guilty as Sin? No Album - 0 Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 3 minutes ago, Forever Winter said: Every Midnights song is officially OUT! Truly the best song of DIVINEKNIGHTS Aaron and Taylor did THAT! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch22 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Midnight 2nd album totally out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewStanner Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, Forever Winter said: Songs Remaining Taylor Swift - 0/14 Reveal hidden contents Fearless - 2/25 Reveal hidden contents Love Story You Belong with Me Speak Now - 3/23 Reveal hidden contents Sparks Fly Back to December Enchanted Red - 4/28 Reveal hidden contents State of Grace Red All Too Well Begin Again 1989 - 6/22 Reveal hidden contents Blank Space Style Out of the Woods Wildest Dreams Clean New Romantics reputation - 1/15 Reveal hidden contents Getaway Car Lover - 1/19 Reveal hidden contents Cruel Summer folklore - 4/17 Reveal hidden contents cardigan my tears ricochet mirrorball august evermore - 2/17 Reveal hidden contents 'tis the damn season tolerate it Midnights - 0/22 Reveal hidden contents THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT - 1/31 Reveal hidden contents Guilty as Sin? No Album - 0 Reveal hidden contents Guilty As Skip sticks out like a sore thumb in this collection of amazing songs, there's MANY more better songs on TTPD alone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Winter Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 For our #24 song, user comments: Quote "Extremely relatable and beautiful production, reminiscent of Medicine by The 1975." Quote "Gifted from the heavens down to this insufferable undeserving squalling fandom. Random but it's ingrained in me that the verses are the chorus and vice-versa." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 3 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said: WCS is trash I am glad it's out I wanted to give 0 but that's for something else soon Everyone wants a desperate tryhard attention seeker moment or whatever 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartender Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Guilty as Jesus better be Top 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Winter Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, NewStanner said: Guilty As Skip sticks out like a sore thumb in this collection of amazing songs, there's MANY more better songs on TTPD alone Which are? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolkLover1989 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, wastedpotential said: Everyone wants a desperate tryhard attention seeker moment or whatever Just telling the reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolkLover1989 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, wastedpotential said: Everyone wants a desperate tryhard attention seeker moment or whatever Just telling the reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewStanner Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, Forever Winter said: For our #24 song, user comments: Just played that Medicine song and the instrumentals remind me of epiphany, which is long gone, so what is the truth? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Summer Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 7 minutes ago, Dear Reader said: I arrived to put the cvnt back in cuntry and say that at least one Debuté song should've made top 25 A slay of a pic for a slay of an opinion, Mary's Song TV and Teardrops TV will have their unholy revenge on Poplor in the 2026 rate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blown away Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Not WCS, that song is a masterpiece. John Mayer was (and still is) trash with mediocre music, the only positive thing is that every song that Taylor wrote about him is sooooo good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Ampersand13 Posted September 8 ATRL Moderator Share Posted September 8 Why WCS was the track from Midnights to make it the farthest is beyond me... Great song but the album has better cuts in my opinion 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, FolkLover1989 said: Just telling the reality Oh sis it must be bad for you when no one takes the bait 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Summer Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 4 minutes ago, Forever Winter said: For our #24 song, user comments: Noooooo not my GAS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor fanboy Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, NewStanner said: Just played that Medicine song and the instrumentals remind me of epiphany, which is long gone, so what is the truth? lol same me when it didn't sound like Getaway Car. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewStanner Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, Forever Winter said: Which are? Fortnight The Tortured Poets Department My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys Florida Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? loml I Can Do It With A Broken Heart The Alchemy imgonnagetyouback The Albatross Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus How Did It End? I Hate It Here So High School The Prophecy Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Winter Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 24. mirrorball 8.634 Saviours (11s): Axolotl, modern thing, wehavetostan, Safe&Sound, Venice B, badidearight, greento, folkloreking Stans (10s): Ampersand13, wastedpotential, Forever Winter, 1989, TaylenaStan, Dear Reader, FolkLover1989, Klein, byzantium, Bussea, Achilles., Cruel Summer, My Tears Ricochet, tb6591, pinkbowvintage, DevilsRollTheDice, a_d_22, Namigo, 305, Tusk, Riverbank, Enrique523, AshleyLovescats887, Uncatena, AbeHicks, PerfectSacrifice, Fitzswiftie, Yog, Prismee, Great Username, Supernatural, Strawberry Bubble, paulyyyozd, TheArgonaut, Hooker Barbie, twoheadlightshine, SleepingTigers, Diarrhoea, Kyle-x, sparrowblue, enchanted0, pavi, Bartender, Blood Magic, Sanguine, K$Ellie, Bosque, Top Dash, Bindi, LoveInStereo, heckinglovato Admirers (9s): reputation1989, Where are you now?, The Music Industry, LVP, Peroxide, holyground13, NordicGuy, MidnightsAtPeace, tjspy, PaloSanto, Soobin, Velvet Night, SLUTTVFTV, Kyungsoowift, SoSickOfThatSOL, PoisonedIvy, Avrileon, Arrows, Theluckyone, halcyonday, iamanearthling, jacobhalkohit, djcalpal, liam13, GuyNextDoor, burninredhot, Nein, fridayteenage, makeawish, RihannaLoverrr, Catch22, BOAZ, Flower, Heldenzeit, yourfaveisaflop, chiliam, greeneyedsoul, Don, Starchild Haters (1s): LovaticSwiftie, By the Water Saboteurs (0s): ONOPKA Comments wehavetostan 11 - "The best song ever? quite possibly." greento 11 - "Extremely relatable and beautiful production, reminiscent of Medicine by The 1975." Yog 10 - "Love love love this track." Bosque 10 - "Flawless." Achilles. 10 - "Feel like this also could have been a modest hit under the right circumstances." wastedpotential 10 - "My favorite song on faithlore changes probably once a week, if not more frequently, just depending on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking about myself and others. Right now, I think this is my favorite song for this week, and the only reason it doesn't have the 11 is because other songs will get rated less fairly and need that buffer, and I know this is pretty beloved, and so that's not really a concern of mine now. The extended metaphor here is not for everyone, I can certainly admit that. However, for the people it IS for, it's so special and masterfully crafted, that it could truly only be the work of a Wordsmith. The first verse into the chorus, with the subtextual dual meanings behind basically everything is... a lot and took me a long time to really get. "Spinning in my highest heels, luv", to me is a flashback to the 2021 BRITS and the new hair debut, the night things really felt like they were changing for the better and we were truly past the covid-induced promo gap (also probably when things first started to falter with Hobo after their covid reconciliations, but that's a digression. At the same time, there's the thoughts of being a million things to a million people in an effort to please them all that's doomed to fail, something that definitely speaks to me. The bridge exceeds even Taylor's most stringent standards, and shoots the song from the greatness tier to the God-tier. I feel like I'm rambling incoherently, and this is the final entry I'm writing and it's way past 2:30 am, so I'm just going to call this done now and hopefully dedicate more time and energy to writing these up next time! That said, I really wish this one had a moment on tour. I think that would be really special. At the same time, this being the first surprise song of the entire tour is so ******* iconic and I wouldn't change that for anything. In addition to that, I think the long pond version of this song is truly a work of God. Whatever effects they had playing in the background (that wall of shimmering and waving sounds?) is peaceful and tranquil and fits the soundscape incredibly well. This is another enduring Taylor classic written from a niche perspective with mass applicability and universality. She was really good at pulling that off during the folkmore era. Anyway, Praise the Lord!" sparrowblue 10 - "Jack gets an ounce of acknowledgement on this track." Where are you now? 9.9 - "Gifted from the heavens down to this insufferable undeserving squalling fandom. Random but it's ingrained in me that the verses are the chorus and vice-versa." Peroxide 9.7 - "One of the most tender, vulnerable moments on the album." SLUTTVFTV 9.5 - "The secret supermodel of folklore. She needs to make more shoegazey Mazzy Star music like this." gagacasanova 8.5 - "*inserts Peter Griffin twirling gif*" Edge of Glory 8.5 - "One of her most relatable songs for me. :sadchick:)" blown away 8.3 - "I didn't remember this being so good. Aged like a fine wine." 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Summer Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, Cruel Summer said: Noooooo not my GAS? I GOT A CROHN'S DISEASE AD AFTER POSTING THIS LMAO 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles. Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THE CITY LIGHTS ON THE WATER YOU SAW ME START TO BELIEVE FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU MADE A REBEL OF A CARELESS MANS CAREFUL DAUGHTER YOU ARE THE BEST THING THATS EVER BEEN MINE 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Summer Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Quote wehavetostan 11 - "The best song ever? quite possibly." Wise and correct actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Bubble Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, Forever Winter said: 24. mirrorball 8.634 Saviours (11s): Axolotl, modern thing, wehavetostan, Safe&Sound, Venice B, badidearight, greento, folkloreking Stans (10s): Ampersand13, wastedpotential, Forever Winter, 1989, TaylenaStan, Dear Reader, FolkLover1989, Klein, byzantium, Bussea, Achilles., Cruel Summer, My Tears Ricochet, tb6591, pinkbowvintage, DevilsRollTheDice, a_d_22, Namigo, 305, Tusk, Riverbank, Enrique523, AshleyLovescats887, Uncatena, AbeHicks, PerfectSacrifice, Fitzswiftie, Yog, Prismee, Great Username, Supernatural, Strawberry Bubble, paulyyyozd, TheArgonaut, Hooker Barbie, twoheadlightshine, SleepingTigers, Diarrhoea, Kyle-x, sparrowblue, enchanted0, pavi, Bartender, Blood Magic, Sanguine, K$Ellie, Bosque, Top Dash, Bindi, LoveInStereo, heckinglovato Admirers (9s): reputation1989, Where are you now?, The Music Industry, LVP, Peroxide, holyground13, NordicGuy, MidnightsAtPeace, tjspy, PaloSanto, Soobin, Velvet Night, SLUTTVFTV, Kyungsoowift, SoSickOfThatSOL, PoisonedIvy, Avrileon, Arrows, Theluckyone, halcyonday, iamanearthling, jacobhalkohit, djcalpal, liam13, GuyNextDoor, burninredhot, Nein, fridayteenage, makeawish, RihannaLoverrr, Catch22, BOAZ, Flower, Heldenzeit, yourfaveisaflop, chiliam, greeneyedsoul, Don, Starchild Haters (1s): LovaticSwiftie, By the Water Saboteurs (0s): ONOPKA Comments wehavetostan 11 - "The best song ever? quite possibly." greento 11 - "Extremely relatable and beautiful production, reminiscent of Medicine by The 1975." Yog 10 - "Love love love this track." Bosque 10 - "Flawless." Achilles. 10 - "Feel like this also could have been a modest hit under the right circumstances." wastedpotential 10 - "My favorite song on faithlore changes probably once a week, if not more frequently, just depending on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking about myself and others. Right now, I think this is my favorite song for this week, and the only reason it doesn't have the 11 is because other songs will get rated less fairly and need that buffer, and I know this is pretty beloved, and so that's not really a concern of mine now. The extended metaphor here is not for everyone, I can certainly admit that. However, for the people it IS for, it's so special and masterfully crafted, that it could truly only be the work of a Wordsmith. The first verse into the chorus, with the subtextual dual meanings behind basically everything is... a lot and took me a long time to really get. "Spinning in my highest heels, luv", to me is a flashback to the 2021 BRITS and the new hair debut, the night things really felt like they were changing for the better and we were truly past the covid-induced promo gap (also probably when things first started to falter with Hobo after their covid reconciliations, but that's a digression. At the same time, there's the thoughts of being a million things to a million people in an effort to please them all that's doomed to fail, something that definitely speaks to me. The bridge exceeds even Taylor's most stringent standards, and shoots the song from the greatness tier to the God-tier. I feel like I'm rambling incoherently, and this is the final entry I'm writing and it's way past 2:30 am, so I'm just going to call this done now and hopefully dedicate more time and energy to writing these up next time! That said, I really wish this one had a moment on tour. I think that would be really special. At the same time, this being the first surprise song of the entire tour is so ******* iconic and I wouldn't change that for anything. In addition to that, I think the long pond version of this song is truly a work of God. Whatever effects they had playing in the background (that wall of shimmering and waving sounds?) is peaceful and tranquil and fits the soundscape incredibly well. This is another enduring Taylor classic written from a niche perspective with mass applicability and universality. She was really good at pulling that off during the folkmore era. Anyway, Praise the Lord!" sparrowblue 10 - "Jack gets an ounce of acknowledgement on this track." Where are you now? 9.9 - "Gifted from the heavens down to this insufferable undeserving squalling fandom. Random but it's ingrained in me that the verses are the chorus and vice-versa." Peroxide 9.7 - "One of the most tender, vulnerable moments on the album." SLUTTVFTV 9.5 - "The secret supermodel of folklore. She needs to make more shoegazey Mazzy Star music like this." gagacasanova 8.5 - "*inserts Peter Griffin twirling gif*" Edge of Glory 8.5 - "One of her most relatable songs for me. :sadchick:)" blown away 8.3 - "I didn't remember this being so good. Aged like a fine wine." you fought well, mirrorball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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