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It’s hard for me to believe that September is over! I can’t believe that I’ve finally listened to all of Taylor’s music and watched all of the music videos. In this post I want to wrap it up by talking about the documentary and ranking her albums. It’s been the most interesting month and I’m so glad I ended up doing this.
The Albums Ranked
So, before I listened to all of the albums, this was my ranking:
#1: Red
#2: folklore
#3: 1989
#4: reputation
#5: Lover
This is my rankings having listened to all of the albums:
#1: Red
#2: folklore
#3: 1989
#4: Lover
#5: reputation
#6: Speak Now
#7: Fearless
#8: Taylor Swift
My Favorite Songs
Taylor Swift has over 100 songs to choose from and now that I’ve listened to them all, I figured that I would make a list of 50 songs I love. I gave myself a single rule: I was not allowed to list every song from an album (namely Red and folklore). That rule limited my favorites to less than 50 songs!
- Love Story–Fearless
- White Horse–Fearless
- Enchanted–Speak Now
- Back to December–Speak Now
- Dear John–Speak Now
- Long Live–Speak Now
- The Last Time–Red
- All Too Well–Red
- Holy Ground–Red
- Begin Again–Red
- The Moment I Knew–Red
- Red–Red
- State of Grace–Red
- I Knew You Were Trouble–Red
- I Almost Do-Red
- Everything Has Changed–Red
- Clean–1989
- New Romantics–1989
- Wonderland–1989
- You Are In Love–1989
- Style–1989
- I Know Places–1989
- You Are In Love–1989
- Wildest Dreams–1989
- Call It What You Want–reputation
- Getaway Car–reputation
- Dress–reputation
- Delicate–reputation
- I Did Something Bad–reputation
- Call It What You Want–reputation
- New Year’s Day–reputation
- False God–Lover
- Cornelia Street–Lover
- Cruel Summer–Lover
- Death By A Thousand Cuts–Lover
- Afterglow–Lover
- Daylight–Lover
- exile–folklore
- the lakes–folklore
- mirrorball–folklore
- epiphany–folklore
- my tears ricochet–folklore
- august–folklore
- peace–folklore
- invisible string–folklore
- cardigan–folklore
- this is me trying–folklore
- hoax–folklore
- Safe and Sound–random
- Eyes Open–random
My Thoughts On Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
For a very long time because I wasn’t all that interested in it. While I didn’t dislike Taylor Swift, and loved several songs of hers, I also want’t the biggest fan. She was an artist whose music I enjoyed at times but not someone that I followed religiously. However, when I was going to listen to all of her music–some for the very first time–I figured that it made sense to watch this.
I don’t know what I expected to get from this documentary but I left it with more respect for Taylor Swift than I did before. While I still have criticism of her–and I probably always will–I did understand her a lot more. This showed me various aspects of her experience that I hadn’t thought about.
Her eating disorder
I wasn’t aware of this until I watched this documentary. Again, I didn’t follow her a lot so I wasn’t even sure if her fans also know this was such a big moment for her. It’s not surprising that being in the public eye for so many years, and from such a young age, would have such an impact on her. When there is so much scrutiny surrounding how a person looks, I can only imagine how much this would change for people.
I do remember seeing her weight change as the years went on and I’m glad that she’s now in a good place. I could not imagine going through my teenage and younger 20s in the public.
The 2009 MTV Music Awards
I remember watching this as it happened on TV and what a moment it was. It’s interesting to watch this documentary now, after so many years have passed and so many things have done down, to really understand what her emotions were like. I had no idea that she thought all of the booing from the crowd was for her. I think we can all agree that it would have an impact on our emotional and mental state.
The Songwriting
I watched several of her “Making of A Song” for her reputation album which was the coolest thing. She truly is such a gifted writer. Now that I’ve finally listened to all of albums, I can see that she has grown as a writer. But she’s always had very moving lyrics throughout her career. Some of her most moving songs were written when she was thirteen or fourteen.
I’ve broken down all of her songs this month and I wrote an entire post about my favorite lyrics. I definitely believe that her songwriting is what has gotten her this far and why so many people are her fans.
Overall Thoughts
I can’t believe that I have come to the end of this month. When I randomly decided to do this, I had very minimal expectations. I knew the music I loved by Swift and wasn’t as interested in listening to her previous, Country albums. I’m so glad that I took the time to listen to all of her music and try and understand her better.
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