speak now stans rise...what an underrated album. loved the write up and I agree that “you made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter” is her best lyric ever!!
Even with the slight vocal lyric changes I still 100% enjoy it! Wish she kept "she's better known for the things that she does on the mattress" though. I've seen some people say that "he was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches" is too much of a quill and ink lyric vs the glitter gel pen nature of the rest of the songs lol. As misogynistic as it may be, or as much as TS wanted to convey the song "as she intended," the rerecords are supposed to be almost a more ethical preservation of the songs.
Concerning the vault tracks they are very... of the time I suppose? In a fun way. For me, Timeless and Foolish One fit in Speak Now the same way Message In A Bottle did for Red.
What about yours? Ps. my favorites are When Emma Falls In Love and I Can See You ;)
The days before Taylor became a marketing machine...
speak now stans rise...what an underrated album. loved the write up and I agree that “you made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter” is her best lyric ever!!
aw thank you so much! this article was really fun to write as it's one of my favorite albums like... ever lol 💗
Now that speak now taylors version is out, i’d love to hear about your thoughts! Especially regarding the vault tracks :)
Even with the slight vocal lyric changes I still 100% enjoy it! Wish she kept "she's better known for the things that she does on the mattress" though. I've seen some people say that "he was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches" is too much of a quill and ink lyric vs the glitter gel pen nature of the rest of the songs lol. As misogynistic as it may be, or as much as TS wanted to convey the song "as she intended," the rerecords are supposed to be almost a more ethical preservation of the songs.
Concerning the vault tracks they are very... of the time I suppose? In a fun way. For me, Timeless and Foolish One fit in Speak Now the same way Message In A Bottle did for Red.
What about yours? Ps. my favorites are When Emma Falls In Love and I Can See You ;)
hahaha it’s wonderful! also letting you know ‘auxiliary complex’ is such a good substack title and I’m jealous
lowkey, i was unsure of it at first but it's too late to turn back now!