I think an upbeat song like Our Song would’ve been a better choice. But it also limited her target audience to his fans, when her most supportive demographic ended up being young girls who probably didn’t listen to Tim McGraw. Singles: my fav is TOMG! I understand her record label’s logic for having the lead single be the song named after a currently popular country singer, because it would grab the attention of his fans. In my opinion her voice sounded like it struggled to hit higher notes, especially in Should’ve Said No, but I’m excited for how it will sound re-recorded. The lyrics also have the most stereotypical country references, such as pick up trucks.
This album has the most country twang, as you can hear in her accent and the instruments. It has some really mature songwriting on it (I'll defend Cold As You, Tim McGraw, and Mary's Song to my death) and some really interesting foreshadowing for the rest of her career.Īlbum: My favorite song is Teardrops On My Guitar. Nobody would describe her debut album as edgy but it was definitely experimenting with things that got put on the shelf starting with Fearless because she decided that wasn't what her target audience was interested in.įans often dismiss debut as immature, mostly because of her vocals, and they shouldn't. That's not to say she wasn't marketing herself and her music - obviously she was, she was stuffing CDs in envelopes and giving homebaked cookies to radio hosts to thank them for playing her songs and personally emailing fans to ask them to buy her album if they liked her concert - but it's not a coincidence that debut has her casually drop a couple minor swear words that then get scrubbed completely from her vocabulary to the point that people are shocked, SHOCKED I tell you when she describes a Hollywood starlet as getting "the hell out" on RED (when she's 22 years old!) and practically go into swooning fits when she drops the word "shit" on reputation.
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By the time Fearless came out she'd figured out her target audience and how to market herself but for debut she was just throwing everything out there. The trash can drums!ĭebut era was particularly notable because she hadn't really refined Taylor Swift The Brand yet. Oh, and for non-award-show performances, the live performances of Should've Said No on tour while she was an opening act are great.
But it's so cute when she wanders up to Tim and Faith and goes "hi I'm Taylor" and Faith just beams at her while Tim shakes her hand. Is it a particularly ambitious performance? No. Throwing the guitar! The costume change! The rainfall! I also have an irrational fondness for her performance of Tim McGraw at the '07 ACMs. Performances: The Should've Said No performance at the '08 CMAs is, again, iconic. That's the closest thing to drama I can think of. She mentioned that Drew Dunlap (Tim McGraw/Our Song) had a new girlfriend who wasn't a fan but she mostly seemed amused by that. Drew Hardwick eventually showed up on her driveway with flowers and she laughed in his face (but politely) but I don't think that was until the Fearless era. Notable drama: Was there any? She namedropped Drew Hardwick (Teardrops On My Guitar) and Sam Armstrong (Should've Said No) but nobody really knew who they were.
I kind of miss the skull-and-crossbones cowboy boots. The sundresses! The skull-and-crossbones cowboy boots! The super-heavy makeup! She looked like a Nashville teenager in the mid-2000s who kind of wanted to be edgy but wasn't sure how. And to break into the country music scene at sixteen years old with "when you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me"? Seriously. It's such a perfectly nostalgic look back at an old love that it's stunning to remember that she reportedly wrote it before they broke up, lol. Honestly all the singles from debut were perfectly chosen but Tim McGraw has a special place in my heart. "You come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you" is a killer line but we don't talk enough about "I start a fight cuz I need to feel something and you do what you want cuz I'm not what you wanted".įavorite single: The iconic, the original Tim McGraw. I love debut! Happy to share some thoughts.įavorite song: Cold As You! Such an eloquent and heartbreaking song about a toxic relationship.
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