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Where is the music?

Ditch Part 2 Amy. Instead listen to someone that changed music, turning the electric guitar into a “lead” instrument, the late great Duane Eddy. R.I.P Duane. 😉

The Beatles could be pretty corn pone sometimes, and they were good at it. Remember, corn is sweet.

To call her songs 'consistent' is the greatest of compliments. And quite true: all diatonic songs (every album), all five note 'melodies' (every album), and all about the same subject matter. (But she curses more nowadays to prove she's older 😉)

I find Taylor Swift to be an incredibly talented artist, she is so big she could do whatever she wants to do, unfortunately it's fairly standard pop music, in comparison The Beatles always pushed the envelope, probably too much to expect on my part

greogrian chants was a thing in the early 90s

As a swiftie gotta say that this album is the hardest to listen cause it's so lore-depended. But when you get the lyrics and the whole story behind it's really good. Especially The anthology. Anyway, love to see your blind reaction. I was confused too. :)

No disrespect but anyone that has anything to do with music of any kind to have never heard dire straits songs must have been living in a cave.

Keep fighting we the people win,as soon as a few more of the sleepers wake up❤

Listen to Postmodern Jukebox’s version with Haley Reinhart for an extremely well done different take. You’ll be glad you did.

I'm glad you mentioned the incredibly faint voice near the start. I think it is just singing the lyrics from the first In The Flesh? but very quietly. Up until now I had assumed I was imagining it.

This is truly awesome, Taylor's Marketing Department has won the day.

Terrible 😢😮😮😮

Sorry can't listen to this....

Lars is a very unique Drummer - his base is amazing - plus he was a very dominant member of the group

Taylor isn't even trying anymore.

I think your interpretation is so wonderful and probably what Björk was doing. I bet she would love your ideas on this.

I love the idea of including full album reactions in your weekend series. There are a lot of great possibilities. It is unfortunately that you ran into copyright issues with this one, since there are a lot of significant albums in rock history that should not have an issue. The advantage of covering a full album over a weekend is that it will allow you to get exposed to several songs from a key artist, in the same way we used to. Doing full albums this way will help keep you from getting bogged down like the more in-depth Wall type ones which require a lot of your time, although key albums like the Wall do deserve more than one weekend of attention. The level of attention that you give to the Beatles and Queen albums makes a good compromise between spending over a year on the Wall and covering a single album over one weekend. But I also think doing entire albums over the course of a weekend or two is a good approach for a lot of albums. Of course it is a very subjective call as to which deserve more time and attention. When dealing with Taylor you are very much in the realm of celebrity culture on the highest level. This alone drives a lot of the album sales. I don't read or watch celebrity gossip news, but it is hard to avoid a lot of the Taylor stories since they show up everywhere. I think this Taylor album is a good one to do to provide a contrast between the celebrity pop world of today, with a lot of the rock you have been hearing from the last 7 decades. Taylor is a very smart business woman who has a very powerful connection with her fans. The first billionaire to make most of her fortune from music. She also won Time Magazine Person of the Year Award at the end of 2023. I think she deserves some respect, whether or not we personally like her music.

TS is waste of time. Go to Amy Winehouse, last popular person making music.

Taylor's Marketing Department is awesome.

As for the relatively little of her music that I've consciously listened to (as opposed to hearing it being played in the background which is unavoidable if you spend any time in stores, cafes, restaurants, etc.), I mostly like it, can't say that I'd put any of it on my playlists (if I had playlists), but it also seems a bit too self-referential, biographical, self-pitying and even angry to me, i.e. reactive rather than creative. But then so much pop and rock music is like that, so it may not mean anything. But given that she's in her mid 30's now, maybe time to let some of that go already?

Taylor Swift’s two lockdown albums, Folklore and Evermore, are very good, especially Folklore. I’d put that album on a par with the great singer-songwriter albums of the early 1970s. I’m less impressed with this one.

The best song they ever did.

Excellent idea as Swift is a once in a lifetime musical phenomenon akin to the Beatles for millennials and gen Z. I’m 64 and even though her music is not of my personal choice, but this was also true of older people during my generations musical revolution which produced many super bands we now consider iconic rock n roll. Nothing wrong with being a Swifty, she brings hope and inspiration to millions. Cheers to you! 🙏💜

I'm not a fan of Taylor Swift. I have nothing against her, I'm just not interested. So I'll be skipping this whole series. If you want to react to a great modern artist listen to Demi Lovato. She's known for pop rock, but she can sing style. I suggest you listen to her last album "Holy Fvck", which is more hard rock. Another good choice if you want to do an all female heavy metal band is Kittie. This is a perfect time to jump in. They has been on hiatus for 13 years and just started releasing new matetial. The new songs they have out so far are "Eyes Wide Shut" and "We Are Shadows". Both are killer tracks. This year is also their 25th anniversary. The original band started and got their first album out when the members where all around 14 years old.

I'm from Costa Rica and Post from Bjprk was the first CD I ever bought back in 1997 I think. Imagine the impact this song had on me comming from such a different culture

As a musician, I respect all genre's of music, whether I like something or not. I have a massive respect for Megadeth, and the technical ability it takes to play "Holy Wars". I also love classical music for the same reason. That being said, Im trying to wrap my head around this visual of a beautiful woman, sitting so beautifully dressed in that beautiful wood adorned room with her beautiful voice, sitting in front of a beautiful harp, while Holy Wars is blowing up my headphones, knowing that she is listening to the same song... This is gonna take a few minutes🤣

I think that it makes every sense for Amy to react to contemporary pop and rock music and if you're going to do that then you absolutely have to listen to some of today's biggest pop and rock music stars, which obviously has to include Taylor Swift, along with Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, the Weeknd, Bad Bunny, and a bunch of other artists I've never heard of or can't recall, than nearly anyone in their teens and 20's could instantly name. Swift is, in terms of popularity, success, record sales, output, talent, etc., effectively the Beatles of our era, or one of them at least, and deserves her due for that alone, whatever one thinks of her music, and understanding why she's so popular and successful might give some insight into why the Beatles were in their day, or Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Cure, U2 and Nirvana were in their day. These artists all had certain things in common whether or not one likes their music or even their music genres. Music reaction channels don't exist merely to react to what we want them to react to but also to what their reactors want to react to, and believe is worth reacting to, for various reasons. Btw none of this means that you have to like everything that they react to or reserve criticism of that which you don't like, so long as you do so in a civil and hopefully substantive manner. Reaction channels are are discussion, among other things.

The Who made some double albums. 😉

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He wasn't a good human being. He turned into a self centered ahole. Look at all his tv interviews after he met yoko and Beatles broke up. He was an acid head ahole. Btw, I don't want to imagine that there is no heaven.

Been watching the channel for a while, love this idea. I will also admit I am a GenX Swiftie. Ready for the ride! ❤

I think that is one of the best endings in rock/pop music... When the orchestra and the effects fall away.. and leave the accoustic guitar alone.

Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees is also one of those CPR songs.

I would also suggest that you check out some newer stuff that is off the beaten path. One I would very much suggest is "Black Country, New Road" and their "Live at Bush Hall" performance. Of course more teen girls will listen to Taylor Swift in a day than will listen to BCNR in a year. But they really demonstrate that is still very creative, unique music being made by younger folks these days.

I wonder what percentage of your audience listens to or knows much about Taylor Swift. The initial draw to your channel was to follow someone who has never hear a single song by The Beatles or Queen, or to watch you take in a Pink Floyd album. But I have really enjoyed and supported your expansion of the genres of music you have been listening to. Rock has a very wide umbrella - I believe that if ‘80s new wave or Leonard Cohen fits under it, so does this! Diversity is good. I started here because enjoy seeing you react to the kinds of music I know and love, but I also really enjoy when your take on something I am unfamiliar with, like an obscure metal band or Taylor Swift. Then, I feel like I’m going on the ride along with you, listening for the first time, learning and expanding my musical knowledge, even if I have a negative reaction - reacting in my own way and sharing in the experience in this communal forum.

Putting aside whether Taylor Swift is a "pop" artist or a "rock" artist, I think this is a great idea as long as the albumn was created as a whole, and not as just compilation of "singles". So many of the albums of rock such as the Wall, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band, and many others were created to be listened to as a whole. So I'm interested to hear what this brings to the conversation. I am not a "fan" of Taylor Swift, as I don't listen to her stuff, but I am an admirer of her for the wonderful person and song writer that she is.

To react to several comments here: I agree with those who say she should be allowed to make up her own mind about certain music. That said, I'm also, frankly, glad there's a lot of people here who feel the same way about Swift's music as me; I don't hate it, you know, "just" think it's unbelievably overhyped by people who treat her like she's the new Bob Dylan or something (or let's rather say a better Lana Del Rey, whose music I LOVE, you know, so it's obviously neither resentments against female artists nor against newer music!). And I hope it's OK if I take this opportunity to humbly point out that I myself have been active as a singer-songwriter on CZcams for more than ten years now (to, I must admit, frustratingly little to no resonance so far...), as which I've actually recently reacted to the phenomenon with a song actually called 'Taylor Swift", btw!) So, if you're interested in sad, but atmospheric (I hope) music (which can also get sarcastic to extremely silly at times, though!) that's a little different from today's standard pop, it would ve really cool if you would check it out; thanks a lot in advance! 🙂

Back in the day of vinyl only releases, as we listened to it for the first time, we would also have the information written on the packaging. The lyrics, plus recording info, would usually be printed either on the back of the album cover or on a separate sheet that came inside the package. That way we had the option of following along on the page. Many people didn't bother trying to figure out the lyrics until later, believing that the first time should be a purely auditory experience.

Thank you for this, I think Taylor is great but there's a lot of older people mostly men who might give you grief.

Her voice sounds like torture to me, but I think it is logical to know what her "music"is all about.

What a bunch of close minded old whiners we have here today. And I'm no spring chicken but I try my best to be open-minded and not live in the past.

This might be her worst album so far lol (along with Reputation)

One thing to keep in mind about this comment section is that Taylor Swift is known for being decidedly anti-Trump. I hate to bring him up but that context matters as far as reactions to public figures goes today. There is NOTHING more divisive in American culture right now than being on one side or the other about him and you can bet there will be comments here from people who've never listened to this album.

I'm a 62yr old male, classic rock junkie, lifelong Beatles fan, etc. Found Taylor Swift 6 month ago after seeing her at a Chiefs game and deciding to give her music a quality listen. Sorry folks, but I LOVE THIS ALBUM. On the TTPD double album alone, there are a least a dozen songs that stir a strong emotion because of a connection to a past experience, or empathy for the story teller. As Amy describes, her story telling of deeply emotional experiences is what pulls you into her music. Her songs mostly resonate with young female listeners, but this time she touched a crusty old classic rocker. Well done. And, thanK you aIMee (Amy).😉

If you allow me to give an advise, not only for this video. Try to run through the songs without too many and long pauses, at first audition. It takes you and us out of the song’s charm. Do one or max two short interruptions, and when you do the second song run, go into deep details. Just a recommendation 😁. Also, why do I have a feeling that Vlad is Romanian 😜…

Just info : a-ha is a Norwegian new wave/synth-pop band. The trio, composed of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed in 1982 and left Oslo, Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business.

You're smart, the drummer and the guitarist were brothers, they had been playing together since they where kids

Well another lost weekend. Will listen to Dark Side of the Moon a few more times, while waiting for this channel to get to something interesting.