Taylor Swift Appreciation Thread: SWIFTIES STAND UP!

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Decided to list my 10 favorite Taylor Swift songs. 1-5 is set in stone. 6-10 can honestly change on a whim depending how I feel lmao.

1. Change
2. Haunted
3. Wildest Dreams
4. All Too Well (10 Minutes Version)
5. Bad Blood
6. Should’ve Said No
7. The Story of Us
8. Anti Hero
9. Enchanted
10. Shake It Off

 

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Rolling Stone ranks ‘Mean’ by Taylor Swift as the 20th greatest country song of all time and the only 21st century country song on the top 20. Jolene by Dolly Parton tops the overall list. Tim McGraw by Taylor Swift has also made the list at #126.

“On the frolicking “Mean,” Taylor Swift sounds like she has queen bees, bullies, I’m-a-let-you-finishers, and corrosively cruel music critics in her banjo machine-gun’s sights. From 2010’s Speak Now, the song was an eventual Number Two country hit — and Number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 — partly because it captures the sting of “words like knives.” It’s real power lies in giving enough ammo to empower victims of bullying even worse than those Swift suffered (i.e., getting mixed reviews for a Grammys duet with Stevie Nicks). It’s the sound of a 19-year-old artist balancing her sound to pull in country fans while also opening the palace gates for the still-greater pop stardom that was just on her horizon. —R.F.”

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