Steven Wilson - The Last Great American Dynasty (Taylor Swift cover)
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2020
- My final TFB session track of 2020 is something a bit different. To mark the end of the year I wanted to do a cover of someone else's song from 2020 rather than one of mine, and I’ve chosen one from Taylor Swift's fantastic Folklore album. This is a story-telling song with brilliant lyrics, and rather a lot of them. In fact it might be the most words I’ve ever had to sing in 3 and half minutes, which is why you’ll see me reading them off a cheat-sheet!
I love how the song starts off in the past in third person but becomes first person towards the end as Taylor Swift herself enters the story. You can read all about it at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Las....
My version is pretty faithful, maybe a bit too much, but in the spirit of the session concept it was learned and recorded quickly. Plus it just sounded so good the way she did it.
Happy New Year to you all, and best wishes for a wonderful 2021! S x
The Last Great American Dynasty - Lyrics (by Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift)
Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny
Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name, and money
And the town said "How did a middle class divorcée do it?"
The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
There's only so far new money goes
They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
The doctor had told him to settle down
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
And they said "There goes the last great American dynasty"
Who knows, if she never showed up what could've been
There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever
Flew in all the Bitch Pack friends from the city
Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names
And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet
And losing on card game bets with Dalí
And they said "There goes the last great American dynasty"
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
They say she was seen on occasion
Pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight sea
And in a feud with her neighbor
She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
Fifty years is a long time
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Free of women with madness
Their men and bad habits, and then it was bought by me
Who knows, if I never showed up what could've been
There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
I had a marvelous time
Ruining everything
A marvelous time
Ruining everything
A marvelous time
I had a marvelous time
Great track ❤
Beautiful dear Steven ! Happy new year 2021 of France !
Good cover. I feel the song gets a little run on ish and could use another change and a little less of the main verse, but that’s on the writer and me being me. From an
interpretation standpoint -well done.
The Guitar Lesson (Momus cover)
She wrote an entire novel in a song uhmm
*song has the word "Train" in the lyrics*
SW: it's free real estate
hahahahahaha everytime i see this...
This is the best comment
I don’t get it and I’m a SW fan!
@@757flyer Steven seems to be a huge fan of trains. Just look at how many of his songs have something about trains in the lyrics. Not to mention the song called "Trains". Fun trivia: a few years ago he played in Dresden in Saxony (Germany) and right next to the venue there runs a small train through the park, where the the stage is lokated. He even posted a picture of him riding it on his Instagram account.
@@SirRengeti thats funny !
I must be one of a very small crowd of people who has albums by both Steven Wilson and Taylor Swift among my top 5 albums of all time, so this is a real treat, I have to say.
Me too buddy.
Two excellent story tellers
Same here. Folklore and Hand. Cannot. Erase are on my top 10 favorite albums
@@DarthWolfie for me it is The Raven that Refused to Sing and Red
Same here!
He really is an international popstar
yep! I've watch that too! But who would have thought that one day he become one!?? ;))) Sadly i'm not a fan of these kind of changes...
I actually enjoy his new stuff but can't blame you man PT was something else
i was thinking of that too!! I'm greatly enjoying this
@@bars3543he has moments of genius still. Count of Unease comes to mind, but sadly I think his artistic peak has passed
That is why steve Wilson is great! He does what the fuck he wants!
Agree! Cuz He destroyed one of the greatest ProgRock Band in the History of Rock! However as a fan can't complain!!! Just miss that Band...
@@RF-pt9jx Porcupine Tree was going to break up eventually. And by all accounts, it was an amicable dissolution. Steven was getting tired of having to keep up PT’s image as a Prog Rock band, and wanted to explore other sounds. Gavin Harrison had complained about how demanding the songs were getting by the time the band broke up. I’d rather they cut their loses and stay on good terms, then pull a CCR and let the frustrations build to an explosion. Because the former means they might come together again one day
@@RF-pt9jx Totally agreed.
@@RF-pt9jx they‘re back btw - new single out now - new album and tour 2022 :)
@@thesadprofessor and the tour has been phenomenal! I went to the Boston show last Wednesday and it was incredible. I wish there were a few more people in attendance, but it didn't impact the evening at all. Never thought I would be able to say that I saw them live.
Never thought I'd see the day that Steven Wilson covered Taylor Swift
Aha, and here I thought that 2020 was done with unpleasant surprises.
Me neither, but it was definitely a pleasent surprise
Well he's already done ABBA and The Cure
@@Forest_Fifer ABBA is an honour, The Cure is definitely much more superior musically than this track.
But it's Nice!
I guess 2020 had one last twist to offer.
😆😂
seems like steven had a marvelous time anyway...
hahahahahahaha best comment here
Hahahahahaha loved this comment
one last Swift maybe... ;-) :-)
I'm manifesting a Taylor Swift album produced by Steven.
God fucking dammit YES.
You mean it might actually be good???
@@martharunstheworld Folklore was great, check it out. I'm not a big Taylor fan, but I really loved that album
Out of curiosity I've been listening to TS last two albums. Very interesting change. Definetely going indie. I wouldn't be surprised if SW gets a production gig
If that means she delves a little more into the progressive rock scene then I'm all for it because she is damn talented and would be a great addition to the genre.
Steven Wilson + Taylor Swift. My two true passions.
I thought I was the only one!
@@tukushbanerjea You're not alone people.
Imagine Taylor Swift discovering our boy Steven for the 1st time 🙌🏽😁
Yes!! please!! I love both.
"Taylor Swift - Trains Cover"
hand cannot erase would be perfect
Duet maybe? :)
ha
Plot twist, even for someone who always followed Wilson's career very closely
True! But this was really good!
Not significantly different than when he covered Alanis Morrisette. Great cover, either way.
@@Devilwoman tf no. Taylor Swift version is better than this NGL
How is it a plot twist if the song has a word "train" right in the first line😆
When things were at their very worst:
2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy.
The first sign - the Earth will spin faster.
The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin.
Scientists will say it was a global illusion.
Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again.
After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way.
Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet
- will seem to rise from the dead
- will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one.
One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist.
Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent.
- banking collapse was deliberately masterminded by the Antichrist
- Antichrist will step in and create a false peace in the state of Israel by joining them with palestine in an unlikely alliance.
- „He will recite extracts from My Teachings, which he will passionately proclaim from every secular stage in the world, until people sit up and take notice of him.“
The Book of Truth
mdmlastprophet.com/there-will-be-different-levels-in-the-new-paradise-of-12-nations/
mdmlastprophet.com/after-the-world-war-will-come-the-famine-and-then-the-plagues-yet-prayer-can-mitigate-the-chastisement/
When you like Steven Wilson and Taylor at the same time... that's absolutely awesome!
YES
Except the part where I like the Taylor Swift version better than SW
As a huge Steven Wilson and Taylor Swift fan, I'm both incredibly confused and extremely happy.
Don't think it's a great cover per se, but still good to see.
But when you kind of like Wilson for his early works you start judging.
A big fan of SW and TS too 💖
Am I the only one that thinks this actually suits him pretty well? It's not too far off from some of the music he was doing with PT around Lightbulb Sun-In Absentia. I get Collapse The Light Into Earth vibes from this, it works incredibly well. I'd love for him to do more folky pop songs like this.
Not the only one :)
Yes, you are the only one
i think it would fit perfectly in Hand Cannot Erase
@@darich44nope, not at all.
To reciprocate Taylor Swift has just recorded Raider ll. Happy New Year Everyone!
lol
Best of 2021 lol
I would love that actually
@@EdwardInSpiteOfMe is that an import? haha
@@snowdog87 wut?
I was a music purist, I just liked Rock music for years, but I fell in love with Taylor´s music. Folklore and Evermore are amazing.
stop it
Genuinely very solid, pleasant and moody albums.
Same here!!!
@@MalFunktion2024nah, broaden your horizons. Outside of the pop appeal dynamic she’s a legitimately talented songwriter.
I think it's the guy who produced Opeth's Blackwater Park
Yes
This is the guy that wrote Stop Swimming
The Sky Moves Sideways too - this is the guys who's done tons of amazing stuff going back to 1987.
I don’t really understand these comments. For years and years he has been doing this. He used to be infleced by the different music generes. You would never hear The Sky Moves Sideways or Up The Downstair would if he was not listening a trip hop, and techno at some stage. Almost the whole Blackfield catalogue are pop songs.
Is any of this new stuff as good as black field though?
Wow what a tribute steve. I actually started listening to Taylor for the first time after hearing you. Thanks for opening up my musical horizons a little more.
Taylor Swift is one of the few contemporary young pop artists that I respect. But I never thought about the question how a cover of one of her songs by my personal music hero would sound like. Well, what can I say? Well done, Steven!
He was bored, at home alone, blame it on the convid
Same here. I don't listen to her music, and I dislike some of her songs/lyrics, but she seems genuine as an artist and has done good music. That's something really hard to find in today's mainstream.
Love the arrangement of a pretty good “story song”. People seem to knock Taylor Swift but she is a pretty good introspective songwriter along side Lana Del Ray. The lyrics are awesome too! Wilson’s interpretation is pretty freaking good IMO. He never disappoints and his solo studio style is shining through.
Unexpected but awesome! You’re the man, Steven!
Folklore is one of the best albums released this year.
In my top 20 for sure.
I'm with you
Dude are you high? Best album👎try worst. Snoozefest
@@Emp158 How would I know that I don't like it if I hadn't listened to it?
@@Emp158 Are you dumb or just pretend? Work on your comprehensive ability
I’m a lifelong swiftie but also a die hard steven wilson addict - i never thought i’d ever say this but THIS is what i have always wanted.
As a prog rock fan and Swiftie - this makes me so happy!!
It's less than 2 hours until 2021. I just finished watching "A Silent Voice" with my sister and I still have tears in my eyes. And then I saw this and yet another flood came. But I'm in a quite good mood right now. Awful year of 2020 ends on a happy note for me and I'm glad I can end it with this totally unexpected cover. Thank you Steven! See you next year, everybody!
So glad to hear this! It's nice to see someone being touched in their heart and soul. Can't forget happy! You have a great evening and a Happy New Year! 💋💋❤
Amazing movie, made me quite sad too but the ending was at least satisfying.
Feliz año esteban wilson
Esteban Hijo de Guillermo
Esteban Guillermez
Whichever musical path you wish to take Steven Wilson, may it be the best for your soul. very happy new year!!!
Great to hear you tackling this. People are far too snobby about pop music, but there's some fantastic writing here
Dig that... and these TFB videos shows these 'snobs'(myself included, sometimes, tbh) that it's very much made the same way. Recording a song you like is it's own joy, and he's such a professional about the process. So cool to get inside his studio, and witness that energy!
The lyrics of this album are amazing; thank you for your comment.
That was fun :)
A good song is a good song no matter the genre. I think is a great idea to do these kind of covers. You prog fans can cry wherever you want.
Indeed
#TRUTH
I feel like most prog fans would like this sort of thing - I certainly do. I've long said that people like Taylor Swift are talented artists, I just don't like pop, so I didn't really even bother listening to her until these last two albums were labelled as folk/indie.
John Mitchell has been releasing various covers on his UA-cam page. It’s been a lot of fun to listen to.
Steven has been my favorite musician for about 13 years now, last year I connected with Taylor’s music and now I love her too ❤ this cover is so gorgeous!
I'd never think i was loving Taylor Swift so much
Steven is like flowing water; unfettered, breaking boundaries; exploring. He is now feeding himself from different tributaries and expanding his sea of musical knowledge.
2020 has been a harsh year. To be constantly criticized yet keeping afloat by holding on to the variety of music that the world has to offer. His persistence by drowning the negativism at the cost of losing many entitled followers. That is something. That is truly being true to self.
Salty people should take a back seat for once. We dont need a toxic fandom. Thank you. Happy new year.
Well Steven, you've managed at the very last moment to surprise me yet again this year
What a delightful New Year's Eve gift. Always the unexpected from Steven! I love it all!
Great new album!! Thank you Steven!!
🦭
Jamás imaginé que steven haría un cover de taylor. Me encanta!! Además, es de las primeras canciones que más me gustaron de folklore.
real recognizes real
What a perfect way to lift our spirits. You rock so hard.
This was a GREAT cover! Thanks for doing this, Steven!
OMG! I can't believe this happened. You are my favorite musician and Taylor Swift is my favorite singer. This is so precious and the lyrics are the best. I love both.
Never heard the original, but this seems very similar to what you've been writing and singing recently. Really enjoyed this actually and I'll have to check out the original and the album it came from. See you in Glasgow next year, and cheers for the great videos during lockdown! :)
Not too far off from the original
Porcupine Tree fan here - the Taylor Swift album it's off is her best yet - she's always struck me as very heartfelt in her songwriting and that really comes across in her vocals on the original. This was a cool surprise. I'd like to hear TS covering Lazarus!
I didn't expected, that's really great.
Absolutely love it! Thanks. Happy New Year!
My husband showed me this, I've seen y'all live, but I'm a bit more taylor myself... you ROCK this. It's a truly great version of it and a really great balanced cover song.
I dig it. Let's get Taylor to cover PT's Futile.
:-) I would love to listen to this cover. Her voice would fit Steven's songs much better than Ninet Tayeb's voice.
LOL
@@Dennis_Rieger can't even imagine taylor in place of Ninet... Ninet has something so good in her voice.
That's true, her voice is great. That's the reason why she won a casting show. On the other hand, I can't emotionally connect to the parts of the songs on "Hand. Cannot. Erase" or "To the Bone" she is singing. I'm just not a fan of technically perfect voices.
Steven doesn't seem to be the best singer in the world, but you can always hear that he truly feels the lyrics he is writing. When you compare the two versions of one of my favourite songs, "Don't Hate Me", it becomes obvious that Ninet Tayeb is technically a (much) better singer than Steven. Nevertheless, I prefer the old version of the song on "Stupid Dream" because Steven's voice in this song sounds much more "honest" to me.
You are love Steven ! ♥️
This makes me happy
This will be crazy to a lot of people, but I've actually been a Taylor Swift fan for about 10 years longer than I have been a Steven Wilson fan. 2007 and 2017 respectively.
Really glad to see this cover as I really enjoy her new albums and this song in particular.
Great job. Love all of the content you have given us this year.
Thank you!
LOVE IT! Best crossover ever! Here a swiftie & hardcore fan of Steven who is very happy for this cover :)
Unexpected cover from him again!
Happy new year Mr. Steven and all of you here!
Wilson is so good that he can make such wonderful song even better in his studio alone. Big congrats!
King Crimson XXXL t-shirt fans don't like this.
Lmao
Applies to all sizes
Superb
HAHAHAHAHA
Amo a King Crimson. Y este cover me parece SENSACIONAL
Cuando leo a tantos “seguidores” de SW sentirse traicionados con este cover... 🤔 pienso en si alguno de ellos ha escuchado el álbum COVER VERSION. Primer cover de ese álbum THANK YOU de ALANIS MORISSETE. SW es sinónimo de música realizada e interpretada con buen gusto, sea PROG, ROCK, ELECTRO o POP. Feliz 2021, más música y menos etiquetas!
También el público rockero debería reconocer cuando un artista pop hace un álbum más alternativo. Los dos discos que sacó Taylor Swift este año tienen un sonido bastante indie, me parece bastante razonable que le gusten a Steven. Además ella es compositora y toca instrumentos, ella no es la típica cantante que sólo canta.
Sí, SW nunca fue bandera de complejidad musical (aunque haya tenido memorables acercamientos). En lo personal, agradezco a SW el acercarme a esa maravillosa época de los 70, donde no importaban etiquetas y se rompía intencionalmente con el formato establecido. Hoy en día esa sed de explorar la música mediante la complejidad ha muerto y SW es un ejemplo más.
Absolutely made my night
Feliz new year Steven! Rock on ❤
progsnob.exe stopped working (great job anyway!)
I hope Taylor sees this! Great cover from this legend.
Thank you Steven, happy new year 🎈🎊
A GOOD VOICE OF 2021 I HEARD TILL NOW.
Sounded great.
I am also enjoying everyone pretending this is their first time hearing a Taylor Swift song.
Just teasing...happy new year!
I love this song on a different level for different reasons. Happy New Year Steven and whoever is reading this..
Thank's so much. Have a great New Year, you and yours. Cheers!
Here is the place where my an my daughter's sense of music meets :)
I really like it!!😃👌👍💯💎♦️
Not very easy studio job... ( OMG...How many lyrics)!....
But the shine of joy is on your face and body...
Exapsis...
I use to hear when I run....and everything is...all right in my mind...
I love you just the way you are...Steven....😊🎧♥️🎹♥️🎙♥️💖💕💓🌬🌊🎶🎵
First Taylor Swift song I've ever heard. Interesting. Guess I'll have to listen to the original now. Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr 2021! Happy 2021!
All of folklore is a great listen. Genuinely a great album, even if you don't like pop music.
Same here hahaha
@@DeepitMagee That's mostly cause it isn't pop.
I love the lyrics to this song, Taylor did an amazing job telling the story about her home in rhode island
A well rounded musician, love this cover.
Steven is a Soul that changes like the time.
I'm only vaguely familiar with her music so if it hadn't been stated that this is a cover I would have happily accepted that this as a SW original. Very enjoyable.
Same here haha
The album that this came off is this year's _Folklore_ and it's quite good. I'm usually not a Taylor Swift fan, either her early bubblegum country stuff or her mainstream pop stuff, but this new album is something else, and quite good.
honestly, the original is way better imo, you might like 'Folklore'!
Please... If you're a SW fan you know right away it's not one of his song. It's pop, just boring and annoying pop
@@kombuchaaentuboca3372 folklore is anything but "boring and annoying pop". I was skeptical at first but it was actually really deep, so...
I know you don't read comments, but just in case you stumble upon this. Thanks Steven for these. It really has helped make this year less shitty! I hope these continue in 2021! Can't wait for my "Deluxe Edition Box Set" of The Future Bites to arrive. Stay safe and hope you and your family have a Happy New Years.
Feliz año nuevo SW!!! We love you!!!! ❤️
I love this song, and it's amazing to hear it from SW!
A good song is a good song, doesn't matter who wrote it! :) I hadn't heard that one before, liked it a lot!
(nice flourish at the end too!)
I definitely was not expecting for this
We too, Beethoven, we too.....
ua-cam.com/video/rGuhrCD2XkI/v-deo.html
You can check
King ghost cover, one with guitar solos.
Anyone who loved Porcupine Tree would find this version beautiful.
I dig it. I love your aesthetic sensibilities, Steven!
Awesome. :) I love the Folklore album and I love this cover.
It sounds like blackfield so.. it doesn't bother me at all.
No, it doesn't
I never heard Taylor Swift, but your cover sounds great. I might absorb the lyrics. Thank you Steven for all TFB Sessions songs. All were so marvelous.
I love it!!
You did an absolutely amazing job
Such a pleasant surprise from my favorite musician! Maybe I'll become a Taylor Swift fan?
Brilliant Steven, nice use of the Ebow.
Happy New Year Steven!!! Been a fan for 20 plus years.....here’s wishing you a safe, happy and successful 2021!!!
Definitely one of the highlight songs from Folklore. Good cover :)
Happy new year! Looking forward to the new SW album next year.
Interesting! Folklore and Evermore are great albums that I recently discovered via her songs with Justin Vernon. Really cool that Aaron Dessner from the national collaborated on these albums with her. Looking forward to the future bites!
Great cover, I'm so glad that someone from the prog fraternity has recognised how good Taylor Swift is, and how good the folklore album is. It will be a much better world if we can all see outside of our own bubbles and recognise achievements beyond our own noses. You've kicked off 2021 in great style with this cover and my appreciation for everything you do has only increased.
happy new year steven wilson =)
Love it.
I am living for all the music snobs in the comment section realising that Taylor is an amazing songwriter and not just another vapid pop star. Cheers.
The fans are the worst part of Prog music, by far
To everyone who just knows Taylor Swift for her radio hits, the two albums she released this year are different. Sure, they're still poppy, but they're much more creative and inspired than what you hear on the radio. The style is actually often very similar to what Steven has been into, which is why this cover makes total sense.
Respectfully disagree, suffered through her both new albums and didn't find anything noteworthy. This very song doesn't have even a passable melody! Steven disappoints me once again. Coming down from covering ABBA's perfect The Day Before You Came to this generic bland song?!🤦
@@vladilenasmusiccollection9309 Respectfully disagree. Great melody is great melody no matter if you are a metalhead, jazzist, musical omnivore, whatever. This song is a disaster.
I gave a try now to criticallly acclaimed Folklore number one record of the year for a couple of minutes but then I remebered there is a new Lucinda Williams one I didnt have the time to spin so I am listening now to her whiskey soaked vocal cords because get f* real .
@@helenhunt5414 Go to King Crimson youtube channel.
@@helenhunt5414 Helen Hunt: The CEO Of Passable Melodies
Aww, I love that the dog was Included, so cute. Happy New Year!
As always great shot👍
Haven't heard the original version. However, this melody sounds just fantastic in Steven's vocal tones and character.... His champion qualities imprinted, beautiful cover... Now I'll listen to Taylor Swift one as well
Great fun this one Steven
Thx & Rgds
'Cause baby now Steven and PT got bad blood
. You know it used to be mad love.
loved it!.
This is wonderful! Though prog is a significant segment of my musical diet (and though I had never bought a Taylor Swift record previously), the “folklore” record got me through the last half of 2020. It was exactly what my soul needed. And now I see that Steven not only appreciated it, but also made this cover....so, so cool.
Now Taylor has to cover Routine...
Dang, and I had written off most modern pop music. This is brilliant writing, and now I absolutely love the original version. Her voice is fucking golden.
Thanks, as always!
(Also more obscure Rush covers please! Neil Peart would be proud! You may be the only person to ever cover Twilight Zone.)
Who Expected... Loved it
Happy new year, Steven!