I’ve never felt less accomplished then reading this lol. Covid started when I was in 7th grade, so I missed middle school. She wrote a whole album during that and I didn’t even learn a new skill
“Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)” was inspired by Taylor’s next-door neighbors, an old couple that had known each other since they were just kids. They were talking with Swift one night about how they met, and she was touched by the story. Swift has said: "I wrote this song about a couple who lived next door to us. They’d been married forever and they came over one night for dinner, and were just so cute. They were talking about how they fell in love and got married, and how they met when they were just little kids. I thought it was so sweet, because you can go to the grocery store and read the tabloids, and see who’s breaking up and cheating on each other, or just listen to some of my songs, haha. But it was really comforting to know that all I had to do was go home and look next door to see a perfect example of forever."
tied together with a smile was writen by taylor when she found out a friend of hers had an eating disorder. the re recording of this song is gonna have even more meaning, since taylor herself developed anorexia nervosa a few ears later and it still recovering from it
TIMESTAMPS💚 Tim Mcgraw 10:11 Picture to burn 15:35 Teardrops on my guitar 17:48 A place in this world 21:47 As cold as you 24:35 The outside 27:15 Tied together with a smile 29:40 Stay beautiful 32:29 Should’ve said no 34:54 Marys song (oh my my my) 38:20 Our song 40:41 I’m only me when i’m with you 43:53 Invisible 45:46 Perfectly good heart 48:29
Debut is really the basis for the rest of her career, and one significant song stands out when she talks about it. She says that she wrote the outside because she felt out of place, and "that's why I write songs" as she says.
Where to go to next? She has a LOT of other songs that aren't on albums that you can react to: Safe and sound, eyes open (both for The Hunger Games) Ronan (get the tissues ready) Christmas Tree Farm I'd lie Both of Us Babe (she wrote) Better Man (she wrote) Beautiful Ghosts (Cats movie, but original song) Only the young (from the Miss Americana doc) I don't wanna live forever (with ZAYN!) Sweeter than fiction (I love this one) Crazier (Hannah Montana movie) I heart? Permenant marker Two is better than one (with Boys Like Girls) Highway don't care (with Tim McGraw) Thug Story (with T-Pain)
Mary's song is about an older couple that lived near her childhood home. She looked up to the kind of love they had growing up. With should've said no, she did a CMT Crossroads with Def Leopard ( Andrea Swift, Taylor's mom knows the drummer and Taylor grew up listening to their music so when Def Leopard asked Taylor to perform with them she had to say yes) they ended up doing a mashup of Should've said no and Pour some sugar on me. I think you'd like that one. I'm only me when I'm with you was written about her friendship with Abigail, and her love for her family. The Outside was written about a group of popular girls that bullied her in middle school and all Taylor wanted to do was fit in. IMO Cold as you is going to hit so different after Sc*tt and Sc**ter and everything that went down the last 2 years.
“at 16 i was trying to figure out how to make my acne go away, at 16 i was trying to go into hogwarts” this right here is the most relatable thing ever
Pleaaaaase do Taylor's non album singles next. 🙏 1. Tim McGraw was about her high school ex who happens to a senior and she is in freshman. She wrote that as she knows that they will part ways as graduates. It is initially thought to be Drew Dunlap. 2. Picture To Burn - interestingly, this song has 2 versions. The first has the line "I tell mine you're gay" and changed it in the second one to "You won't mind if I say". 3. Teardrops On My Guitar - a song she wrote for her crush at the time, Drew Hardwick. They never became a thing. And Drew even went to ask Taylor but he was 2 years late. Interestingly again, this song has 2 versions too. The one you just listened was the "upbeat" one. And some lyrics were changed. In the slower version, the lyrics was "so damn funny" and in the upbeat one was "just so funny". Both versions have different instrumental intro. 4. A Place In This World - a song she wrote for herself trying to find her place in the music. 5. Cold As You - first of the famous Track 5, thought to be about Sam Armstrong (inspiration for Should've Said No). 6. The Outside - this is the second song she wrote after she learned to play guitar. It is her song feeling an outcast in school. 7. Tied Together With A Smile - a song she penned for a famous girl at school who she finds out that is struggling with eating disorder. 8. Stay Beautiful - a song she wrote for one of her crushes, Corey. 9. Should've Said No - a song she wrote for her ex boyfriend, Sam Armstrong after an on and off relationship. She performed a mash up of this in reputation Stadium Tour with Bad Blood. 10. Mary's Song - a song she wrote about the love story of her neighbors when they were still living in Pennsylvania. 11. Our Song - a song she wrote in her junior year when she joined a songwriting contest wherein she won first prize. It inspired by one of her high school exes (could be Sam or others). P.S. The Tim McGraw thing on the tracklist was a clever idea.
I'm told by several people she changed the line in PTB because it was gay-bashing. She's not about that. I was told (don't know, myself) that she dropped the song from her playlist when the tour was done?
Great video! I'll find a way to recover from the Stay Beautiful slander. 😅 It was great to hear an objective opinion. I'm always so busy singing along that I never fully appreciated how great her vocals are on this album.
"I'm 30 and even more dramatic" Same my dude same LOL! Beveraggi spitting facts you guys! It's crazy because Tim Mcgraw just celebrated its 15-year releaseiversary and I'm just like dang I was 15 , like maybe a week before turning 16, when it came out and I first heard the song and I thought it was someone older because I didn't think someone my age could write a song that sounded that mature and when I found out I was shocked and have been a stan ever since. The Tim McGraw song is one called Can’t Tell Me Nothin' I don't think she sampled it or anything but it's a fun fact. Another fun fact is that this is the deluxe album and the original ended with Our Song and she purposefully had it be the last song because she wanted the last lines of her album to be "play it again "
I couldn't agree more. For me, Tim McGraw is such a beautiful song and it's one of her best imo. I could not really believe someone at 16 can write this song so mature.
@@KelseasComments She went to a private, Christian school for her elementary years; so she was not only in public school for the first time, but with a crowd of strangers who did not spend their first 6 grades in a school who's motto is " It is not about me"
The lyric from cold as you “Oh, every smile you fake is so condescending Countin' all the scars you've made” cuts me every time. I think it’s a better track five than white hourse
The lyric that kills me is: "you come away with a great little story Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you" I mean,,, a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you? She is genius
"I'm only me when I'm with you" is the first song from this album I heard from even before I was a swiftie. So it definitely has a special place in my heart.
Tied together with a smile has a special (slightly broken) place in my heart. It was one of the 1st songs i remember hearing and thinking 'that's me, that's how i feel'. It's so sad to sit and think at 11/12 years old i was feeling broken, unloved and pretty much worthless. It's a song i love, and the lyrics mean so so much but can only listen to in certain moods or if i need a good cry because it's just so potent in meaning. Regardless of personal meaning, it is crazy to think Taylor wrote these song at 15/16 years old - an icon!
To me, ‘tied together with a smile’ is so relatable because I’m that person that everyone thinks is fine all the time, but in reality I’m not, and I’m just putting up a front. I think she captures that feeling so well in this song!
Great Album Reaction! This was my first album that I ever listened to religiously for over a year. I still remember the first time I heard my first Taylor Swift song , it was Teardrops on my guitar waiting in my car in the school parking lot during my first semester of college. I have been a fan since I was 18.
Her songwriting is obviously amazing throughout her career but this album in particular I can’t help but be extra impressed by because she was barely out elementary school writing some of these songs: if that’s not a sign she is a natural…
I’ve been dragging these reactions out for so long because I’ll be sad when I finish all your Taylor album reactions lol so I’ve been watching a little at a time. I was 12 when this album came out and I loved Taylor since the moment I saw the Tim McGraw music video on CMT 😂this album is one of my grandmas favorite albums of all time. She’s a big country fan so she loves this version of Taylor best. I catch her listening to it in her CD player a lot lol ❤ so I’ve had Taylor’s songs with me at the most important times of being a young girl growing up and all the breakups and falling in love lol every time she released an album it’s like I was going through the exact same thing in my life. Love that and grateful to have had her music growing up!
According to Genius Lyrics, Mary's Song is inspired by an elderly couple who lived next door and shared with her the story of how they grew up together and fell in love.
This isn't just Taylor's debut: it it the first record ever produced by Nathan Chapman. He was a Nashville studio musician who made demos for other people; he made the first demos for Taylor to take to Big Machine. I think they improved on her vocal mixes as time went on; I suspect part of the reason her voice "improved" so drastically between this and Red or 1989 was how they EQ' d it and placed the instruments in the mix. I heard the label fixed her up with established producers -- who pretty much treated her like a brainless kid. She went back to Borchetta, told him she couldn't work with them, and wanted Nathan for the album. After two tries with other producers, Borchetta gave her what she wanted. True? Myth? who knows? Taylor was _always_ a co-producer after this debut; and Chapman was the main producer through Red, when she started working with Max Martin and Shellback (IKYWT, 22, WANEGBT -- all singles) and several other people.
I was a junior in high school when this came out and I had really never connected to an artist until her. This album truly brings be to tears remembering all of the emotions of high school (I was SUPER dramatic 😂) I can’t wait her her to re-record this so I can buy it! I forgot how much I missed these songs ❤️
I just hope that she will re-record this album n hear more stories behind the album songs n the vault, i just love this album, also remember this album introduced me to country genre for the very 1st time
Really loved watching you discover Taylor Swift! It's been such an amazing journey going back through all her albums with you. This particular album is legendary IMO - not only because it's the Taylor Swift's first album and broke records/won awards, but it showed so many young girls they too can write songs about their experiences and be successful telling their story, their way.
I’m so glad you like this album, I’m most attached to this album. It’s when my swiftie journey officially started, she had me as a ride or die from Tim McGraw her first single, discovered her on MySpace was a fan since then.
I heard this album when it came out in 2006. My older sister was driving and put on Tim McGraw. Not sure why I remember that so vividly but that song was the first song of Taylor's that I heard. Then I think Our Song sold me and I bought the album. Pretty sure I played it on repeat for a while and Mary's Song was my favorite at the time. Now I think my fave is Tied Together With a Smile. It's so cool watching you appreciate something that I appreciated at 15. Been her fan ever since and I'm (newly) 30 now lol. Wow that's literally half my life 🤯
Loved going on this journey with you, even though I'm late haha. Just wanted to say, you HAVE to watch the 1989 World Tour! I found the recording of the tour in Sydney on UA-cam, don't know if that's the only concert of the tour you'll find, but it is IMMACULATE. TS10 has to be a rock album omggggggg.
I’m so excited for you to check out music videos! All of her videos are like mini movies, you really get to see her storytelling translate visually. Some of my favorite music videos are delicate, wildest dreams, bad blood, lover, and blank space
Ok two things: 1- sooooo excited for you to get to the music videos! They are cinematic masterpieces! 2- when you said that about the country bar in picture to burn I was sent directly to Hoedown Throwdown(a song from the Hannah Montana movie that besides being an amazing movie features a special appearance from Taylor where she sing probably my favorite song from her "Crazier")
Always love your reactions Michael. I am 75 yrs old and I so admire Taylor and her music. Could you pls react to The Complete Harvey College Concert? Pls, pls . And also the BBC sessions.
Harvey Mudd college concert was a VH-1 Songwriters special; the school won a contest to host it. BUT the VH-1 idiots don't have it on their channel. here is a link for the complete concert. ua-cam.com/video/BtFSokmpcV4/v-deo.html
If you’re interested in more of her live performances, her singing Cornelia street live in Paris always takes my breath away! Also her live performance of better man is amazing (try to find the video without 🛴 lol)
the one from the Bluebird Cafe documentary (not the whole song, but amazing sound!) or the one from the Formula 1 concert in Texas? Oh, that isn't Scooter in the documentary, it is Scott Borchetta, who still runs Big Machine Label Group as a subsidiary of Ithaca Holdings (Scooter Braun's holding company). Taylor Nation has a version that edited him out, leaving just Taylor singing. Amazing how both SOB's have the initials S. B. 😎
I've been such a huge Taylor swift fan since I heard this album when I was young in 2008. This will always be my favorite album of hers and my favorite of all time. It means so much!
I really believe it is the country roots, probably what her parents listened to as she was a kid, that brings her descriptive story writing into her music because quintessential 90s-00s country was just a story to some music.. as a texas girl growing up her music reminds me of that and always had because I have loved her since this album.. reminds me of like austin- blake shelton
The comment he read made me emotional too. I feel the same exact way about Speak Now, but I was 12 when it came out. I listened to the CD all day everyday, wanting to grow up and have dramatic teenage romances like Taylor. Now I’m 21 and it definitely wasn’t anything like that, but at least Taylor is STILL with me 24/7😂💜
I believe you remember Teardrops On My Guitar being a little bit faster because you probably have heard the Pop Version which is a bit more uptempo with a pop beat behind it!
i love mary’s song, it’s tied for favourite for my favourite taylor song. it’s her neighbour’s love story! they came over for dinner one night and told the story of how their grew up together and taylor was so inspired that she wrote a song about it🥹🥹🩷
You’re right that A Perfectly Good Heart’s lyrics are pretty straightforward but there’s one line in the chorus that I’ve always found to be particularly evocative and heartbreaking, “Why would you wanna make the very first scar?” It always made me think of the innocence and optimism of that first relationship when you don’t know any better yet. You don’t have any firsthand experience to know that it will likely end. You’re bright and shiny and new when you enter and for many of us who aren’t lucky enough to find our partner early, it’s the first of many scars. Our hearts will never be quite the same again and some scars are worse than others and yet we keep trying. I always think maybe I wouldn’t have entered into some of the relationships I did, especially as a young person, if I had known I’d be leaving scars behind on others, too. It’s not always been worth it.
My dad got this album for me right around when it came out. I was 8 or 9 years old and she near instantly became my favorite singer. I grew up listening to a lot of country as well so it was right up my alley of music. Mary’s Song was my favorite because hopeless romantic little me wanted a love story like that (the grow up together kind of love). A Place in this World and Cold As You were some that got me through a lot. When I saw her 1989 tour, she sang Should’ve Said No and it was one of the greatest moments of my life getting to hear it live knowing we were out of her country era (though now that influence has definitely returned to her music). It’s not the most sonically exciting album, nor is it very complex comparatively, but it’s beautiful and impressive for her age and I love it still.
One can't walk into a store at some time in their life without hearing her on the radio. Should've Said No" was one of her best ACM Awards in her early days.
Hi! I’m so glad I found your reactions. I truly love watching you love her. I was 15 when this album came out and I have loved her since. I love watching people love and appreciate her genius and the way she puts your feelings into words. It’s the best. ❤
I can't wait to see your reactions to her music videos! It's going to be a whole new universe for her. Taylor's videos are her vision. She has a lot of hidden messages there that she calls "Easter eggs," for her fans to hunt for :) There is nothing "accidental" in any of her videos. Plus, the actual visuals are phenomenally good. And then also watch her performing 1989 songs live at the Grammy Museum. Taylor + just one instrument is always a recipe for a fantastic performance. The way she sings "Wildest Dreams" with an electric guitar in her hands, is just out of this world. In other words, you have SO MUCH MORE to explore, and I can't wait to see your reaction :)
My fav from debut is Tim McGraw (that's the 1st song i ever heard from her & it's a lovely tune 😊), Our Song, Cold as You, Should've Said No, Mary's Song, The Outside, Picture to Burn & Teardrops on My Guitar. Its gonna be very interesting to see how debut gonna sound with her much more mature voice now when she re-record..+ what kind/how vault song gonna sounds like.. Also note: Our Song is her 1st chart topper on hot country songs chart (it also went to no 16 on BB100! ) & she wrote this tune by herself, + also make her the youngest artists to wrote & sing a #1 hot country song.
I've never looked into the meaning of Marys Song and on genius it says that she was talking to an old couple who told them about their love story. That is the cutest thing lol 🥲
I'm slowly working through all the Taylor reactions, but this one is funny since when I was 16, I almost crashed a car because I heard "Tim McGraw" on country radio for the first time 😅 But for "Should've Said No," she did a version with the Jonas Brother in their concert movie, and she also performed it on the ACM Awards in 2008 in a jaw dropping performance with a costume change and rain. It's not the best sounding live vocal of hers, but she made her presence known with that song. I was banned from watching country shows in my house after that because my non-country loving family was tired of me lol.
Did you hear about her announcement of Red album rerecorded in November? Especially 10 min version of All too Well. I listened to this when it came out and I was hooked.
I loved picture to burn and should’ve said no when this first came out! And of course teardrops on my guitar and our song. This album actually grew on me a lot and I realized there was a lot of maturity already in her lyrics 😊
if you plan to check out music videos, here are some i recommend: out of the woods blank space wildest dreams (the 1989 ones are all top tier) lover i knew you were trouble you belong with me or love story any from debut (teardrops, our song, tim mcgraw, etc) (feel free to comment any more suggestions!)
Mary's Song run so Timeless could walk 😭 dont know why I only saw this reaction when I've already watched all your TS reaction videos?!! Imagine the vault tracks we'll get when these gets rerecorded?????
She wrote most of these songs in middle school and freshman year, then recorded it her sophomore year. ❤️
I’ve never felt less accomplished then reading this lol. Covid started when I was in 7th grade, so I missed middle school. She wrote a whole album during that and I didn’t even learn a new skill
“At 16 I was trying to figure out how to get into Hogwarts” fucking SENT me 🤣🤣
imagine 31 years old Taylor singing all of this AGAIN with her perfect mature voice, i will not survive
Imma die
Sameeee. I can’t wait for this to be in Taylor’s version
I WOULD SOB
“Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)” was inspired by Taylor’s next-door neighbors, an old couple that had known each other since they were just kids. They were talking with Swift one night about how they met, and she was touched by the story.
Swift has said:
"I wrote this song about a couple who lived next door to us. They’d been married forever and they came over one night for dinner, and were just so cute. They were talking about how they fell in love and got married, and how they met when they were just little kids. I thought it was so sweet, because you can go to the grocery store and read the tabloids, and see who’s breaking up and cheating on each other, or just listen to some of my songs, haha. But it was really comforting to know that all I had to do was go home and look next door to see a perfect example of forever."
She did a mashup of 'bad blood' and 'should've said no' on the reputation tour, so you probably recognise the song from that :)
tied together with a smile was writen by taylor when she found out a friend of hers had an eating disorder. the re recording of this song is gonna have even more meaning, since taylor herself developed anorexia nervosa a few ears later and it still recovering from it
everytime i think about how she’s re-recording it it breaks my heart😅
This song saved my fucking life when I was that age. I listened to it on repeat and pretended Taylor was telling me not to jump in (unalive myself)
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TIMESTAMPS💚
Tim Mcgraw 10:11
Picture to burn 15:35
Teardrops on my guitar 17:48
A place in this world 21:47
As cold as you 24:35
The outside 27:15
Tied together with a smile 29:40
Stay beautiful 32:29
Should’ve said no 34:54
Marys song (oh my my my) 38:20
Our song 40:41
I’m only me when i’m with you 43:53
Invisible 45:46
Perfectly good heart 48:29
Thanks!
Thanks.
Thank you. You are a legend.
I hope you're blessed with lots of happiness
DEBUT walked so fearless, speak now, red, 1989, reputation, lover, folklore and evermore could RUN.
Debut is really the basis for the rest of her career, and one significant song stands out when she talks about it. She says that she wrote the outside because she felt out of place, and "that's why I write songs" as she says.
Where to go to next? She has a LOT of other songs that aren't on albums that you can react to:
Safe and sound, eyes open (both for The Hunger Games)
Ronan (get the tissues ready)
Christmas Tree Farm
I'd lie
Both of Us
Babe (she wrote)
Better Man (she wrote)
Beautiful Ghosts (Cats movie, but original song)
Only the young (from the Miss Americana doc)
I don't wanna live forever (with ZAYN!)
Sweeter than fiction (I love this one)
Crazier (Hannah Montana movie)
I heart?
Permenant marker
Two is better than one (with Boys Like Girls)
Highway don't care (with Tim McGraw)
Thug Story (with T-Pain)
Don't forget Thug Story with T-pain🤣🤣
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Ronan breaks me every time💔
YES THUG STORY PLEASE. We were betrayed when there was no Taylor’s version of this song
plus she wrote a hannah montana song and this is what you came for by calvin harris
Actually tied together is about her friend who was suffering from bulimia. So it’s really heartbreaking and very mature.
when i found this out it broke me:(
My favourite from the album 😭
Mary's song is about an older couple that lived near her childhood home. She looked up to the kind of love they had growing up.
With should've said no, she did a CMT Crossroads with Def Leopard ( Andrea Swift, Taylor's mom knows the drummer and Taylor grew up listening to their music so when Def Leopard asked Taylor to perform with them she had to say yes) they ended up doing a mashup of Should've said no and Pour some sugar on me. I think you'd like that one.
I'm only me when I'm with you was written about her friendship with Abigail, and her love for her family.
The Outside was written about a group of popular girls that bullied her in middle school and all Taylor wanted to do was fit in.
IMO Cold as you is going to hit so different after Sc*tt and Sc**ter and everything that went down the last 2 years.
Mary's song is about Taylor's old neighbors in Nashville whom she always saw and was a great model of a good relationship and marriage for her.
“at 16 i was trying to figure out how to make my acne go away, at 16 i was trying to go into hogwarts” this right here is the most relatable thing ever
still trying for both :(
My acne is gone, but I am still waiting on that goshdarn letter(it's over 23 years late).
Pleaaaaase do Taylor's non album singles next. 🙏
1. Tim McGraw was about her high school ex who happens to a senior and she is in freshman. She wrote that as she knows that they will part ways as graduates. It is initially thought to be Drew Dunlap.
2. Picture To Burn - interestingly, this song has 2 versions. The first has the line "I tell mine you're gay" and changed it in the second one to "You won't mind if I say".
3. Teardrops On My Guitar - a song she wrote for her crush at the time, Drew Hardwick. They never became a thing. And Drew even went to ask Taylor but he was 2 years late. Interestingly again, this song has 2 versions too. The one you just listened was the "upbeat" one. And some lyrics were changed. In the slower version, the lyrics was "so damn funny" and in the upbeat one was "just so funny". Both versions have different instrumental intro.
4. A Place In This World - a song she wrote for herself trying to find her place in the music.
5. Cold As You - first of the famous Track 5, thought to be about Sam Armstrong (inspiration for Should've Said No).
6. The Outside - this is the second song she wrote after she learned to play guitar. It is her song feeling an outcast in school.
7. Tied Together With A Smile - a song she penned for a famous girl at school who she finds out that is struggling with eating disorder.
8. Stay Beautiful - a song she wrote for one of her crushes, Corey.
9. Should've Said No - a song she wrote for her ex boyfriend, Sam Armstrong after an on and off relationship. She performed a mash up of this in reputation Stadium Tour with Bad Blood.
10. Mary's Song - a song she wrote about the love story of her neighbors when they were still living in Pennsylvania.
11. Our Song - a song she wrote in her junior year when she joined a songwriting contest wherein she won first prize. It inspired by one of her high school exes (could be Sam or others).
P.S. The Tim McGraw thing on the tracklist was a clever idea.
Thank you for all the information, it was really interesting!
I'm told by several people she changed the line in PTB because it was gay-bashing. She's not about that. I was told (don't know, myself) that she dropped the song from her playlist when the tour was done?
I'm so hyped for this video. I've never seen anyone react to Debut before. Hardly anyone even talks about it, but it's such a special album to me.
Great video! I'll find a way to recover from the Stay Beautiful slander. 😅 It was great to hear an objective opinion. I'm always so busy singing along that I never fully appreciated how great her vocals are on this album.
she wrote a wholeass movie in one song at 16 with Mary's Song. 😭
The "I'm only me when I'm with you" is a friendship song about her and her highschool best friend, Abigail. They are still very close friends.
"I'm 30 and even more dramatic" Same my dude same LOL! Beveraggi spitting facts you guys!
It's crazy because Tim Mcgraw just celebrated its 15-year releaseiversary and I'm just like dang I was 15 , like maybe a week before turning 16, when it came out and I first heard the song and I thought it was someone older because I didn't think someone my age could write a song that sounded that mature and when I found out I was shocked and have been a stan ever since. The Tim McGraw song is one called Can’t Tell Me Nothin' I don't think she sampled it or anything but it's a fun fact.
Another fun fact is that this is the deluxe album and the original ended with Our Song and she purposefully had it be the last song because she wanted the last lines of her album to be "play it again "
The Original Standard is didnt exist anymore in any platforms
I couldn't agree more. For me, Tim McGraw is such a beautiful song and it's one of her best imo. I could not really believe someone at 16 can write this song so mature.
There is a really epic performance of Should've Said No at the ACM awards from years ago that you should check out.
This album is very underrated. For me is one of the best debut ever
Taylor was 12 when she wrote the outside
THIS. And it's about being bullied and left out at school.
@@KelseasComments She went to a private, Christian school for her elementary years; so she was not only in public school for the first time, but with a crowd of strangers who did not spend their first 6 grades in a school who's motto is " It is not about me"
finally her debut album getting some love, is such an amazing album and so underrated
also Marys song is the story about her neighboors
The lyric from cold as you “Oh, every smile you fake is so condescending
Countin' all the scars you've made” cuts me every time. I think it’s a better track five than white hourse
The lyric that kills me is: "you come away with a great little story
Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you"
I mean,,, a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you? She is genius
Her Tiny Desk show is amazing!
I’m Only Me When I’m With You is about her best friend Abigail (of Fifteen fame) and her family.
she wrote it at 13!! one of my favs
"I'm only me when I'm with you" is the first song from this album I heard from even before I was a swiftie. So it definitely has a special place in my heart.
LMAAAOO THE PICTURE OF YOUUUU OH MY GOD I DID NOT EXPECT THAT
lmao that afterglow reaction was iconic
There is actually another version of Tear drops on my guitar where it’s a little faster. I believe it’s the radio version
there's also teardrops pop version as well, which is a banger
When everybody is saying she has nine albums and I’m just remembering her Christmas album
Also, the EP Beautiful Eyes, from 2007.
Tied together with a smile has a special (slightly broken) place in my heart. It was one of the 1st songs i remember hearing and thinking 'that's me, that's how i feel'. It's so sad to sit and think at 11/12 years old i was feeling broken, unloved and pretty much worthless. It's a song i love, and the lyrics mean so so much but can only listen to in certain moods or if i need a good cry because it's just so potent in meaning. Regardless of personal meaning, it is crazy to think Taylor wrote these song at 15/16 years old - an icon!
To me, ‘tied together with a smile’ is so relatable because I’m that person that everyone thinks is fine all the time, but in reality I’m not, and I’m just putting up a front. I think she captures that feeling so well in this song!
Great Album Reaction! This was my first album that I ever listened to religiously for over a year. I still remember the first time I heard my first Taylor Swift song , it was Teardrops on my guitar waiting in my car in the school parking lot during my first semester of college. I have been a fan since I was 18.
She wrote "our song" in her math class in her freshman year for her school's talent show.
Her songwriting is obviously amazing throughout her career but this album in particular I can’t help but be extra impressed by because she was barely out elementary school writing some of these songs: if that’s not a sign she is a natural…
Loved the compilation at the beginning 🧡 let’s continue in this way
This is one of my favorite albums like how could anyone sleep on this😭💚
I’ve been dragging these reactions out for so long because I’ll be sad when I finish all your Taylor album reactions lol so I’ve been watching a little at a time. I was 12 when this album came out and I loved Taylor since the moment I saw the Tim McGraw music video on CMT 😂this album is one of my grandmas favorite albums of all time. She’s a big country fan so she loves this version of Taylor best. I catch her listening to it in her CD player a lot lol ❤ so I’ve had Taylor’s songs with me at the most important times of being a young girl growing up and all the breakups and falling in love lol every time she released an album it’s like I was going through the exact same thing in my life. Love that and grateful to have had her music growing up!
According to Genius Lyrics, Mary's Song is inspired by an elderly couple who lived next door and shared with her the story of how they grew up together and fell in love.
This isn't just Taylor's debut: it it the first record ever produced by Nathan Chapman. He was a Nashville studio musician who made demos for other people; he made the first demos for Taylor to take to Big Machine. I think they improved on her vocal mixes as time went on; I suspect part of the reason her voice "improved" so drastically between this and Red or 1989 was how they EQ' d it and placed the instruments in the mix.
I heard the label fixed her up with established producers -- who pretty much treated her like a brainless kid. She went back to Borchetta, told him she couldn't work with them, and wanted Nathan for the album. After two tries with other producers, Borchetta gave her what she wanted. True? Myth? who knows? Taylor was _always_ a co-producer after this debut; and Chapman was the main producer through Red, when she started working with Max Martin and Shellback (IKYWT, 22, WANEGBT -- all singles) and several other people.
Nathan Chapman is not credited enough.
OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS REACTION MICHAEL I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE 😭
She did do 'Should've Said No' on the Reputation tour! She did a mashup with 'Bad Blood'
I was a junior in high school when this came out and I had really never connected to an artist until her. This album truly brings be to tears remembering all of the emotions of high school (I was SUPER dramatic 😂) I can’t wait her her to re-record this so I can buy it! I forgot how much I missed these songs ❤️
I just hope that she will re-record this album n hear more stories behind the album songs n the vault, i just love this album, also remember this album introduced me to country genre for the very 1st time
Really loved watching you discover Taylor Swift! It's been such an amazing journey going back through all her albums with you. This particular album is legendary IMO
- not only because it's the Taylor Swift's first album and broke records/won awards, but it showed so many young girls they too can write songs about their experiences and be successful telling their story, their way.
I’m so glad you like this album, I’m most attached to this album. It’s when my swiftie journey officially started, she had me as a ride or die from Tim McGraw her first single, discovered her on MySpace was a fan since then.
Awesome! I’ve been with her since Tim McGraw as well. I remember her MySpace days!
She was a riot on MySpace LMAOOO
I remember listening to this album in elementary schoool because it came out in 2006 and I started listening to Taylor swift when I was 8
I heard this album when it came out in 2006. My older sister was driving and put on Tim McGraw. Not sure why I remember that so vividly but that song was the first song of Taylor's that I heard. Then I think Our Song sold me and I bought the album. Pretty sure I played it on repeat for a while and Mary's Song was my favorite at the time. Now I think my fave is Tied Together With a Smile. It's so cool watching you appreciate something that I appreciated at 15. Been her fan ever since and I'm (newly) 30 now lol. Wow that's literally half my life 🤯
Loved going on this journey with you, even though I'm late haha. Just wanted to say, you HAVE to watch the 1989 World Tour! I found the recording of the tour in Sydney on UA-cam, don't know if that's the only concert of the tour you'll find, but it is IMMACULATE. TS10 has to be a rock album omggggggg.
What a journey this has been.
I’m so excited for you to check out music videos! All of her videos are like mini movies, you really get to see her storytelling translate visually. Some of my favorite music videos are delicate, wildest dreams, bad blood, lover, and blank space
Ok two things:
1- sooooo excited for you to get to the music videos! They are cinematic masterpieces!
2- when you said that about the country bar in picture to burn I was sent directly to Hoedown Throwdown(a song from the Hannah Montana movie that besides being an amazing movie features a special appearance from Taylor where she sing probably my favorite song from her "Crazier")
Always love your reactions Michael. I am 75 yrs old and I so admire Taylor and her music. Could you pls react to The Complete Harvey College Concert? Pls, pls . And also the BBC sessions.
Harvey Mudd college concert was a VH-1 Songwriters special; the school won a contest to host it. BUT the VH-1 idiots don't have it on their channel. here is a link for the complete concert. ua-cam.com/video/BtFSokmpcV4/v-deo.html
When I was 16 I was recording songs from the radio and then listen to them on my cassette player and that was my playlist.
If you’re interested in more of her live performances, her singing Cornelia street live in Paris always takes my breath away! Also her live performance of better man is amazing (try to find the video without 🛴 lol)
the one from the Bluebird Cafe documentary (not the whole song, but amazing sound!) or the one from the Formula 1 concert in Texas? Oh, that isn't Scooter in the documentary, it is Scott Borchetta, who still runs Big Machine Label Group as a subsidiary of Ithaca Holdings (Scooter Braun's holding company). Taylor Nation has a version that edited him out, leaving just Taylor singing. Amazing how both SOB's have the initials S. B. 😎
I love every taylor album and I've been a fan since this one came out. But i think this is probably my fave still. Or reputation
I’ve been a fan since debut as well.
I've been such a huge Taylor swift fan since I heard this album when I was young in 2008. This will always be my favorite album of hers and my favorite of all time. It means so much!
Your Taylor reactions are my favourite 💕 I was thinking about rewatching your Red reaction especially All Too Well. X
Omg let's go . Do her bbc live performances next .
I really believe it is the country roots, probably what her parents listened to as she was a kid, that brings her descriptive story writing into her music because quintessential 90s-00s country was just a story to some music.. as a texas girl growing up her music reminds me of that and always had because I have loved her since this album.. reminds me of like austin- blake shelton
The comment he read made me emotional too. I feel the same exact way about Speak Now, but I was 12 when it came out. I listened to the CD all day everyday, wanting to grow up and have dramatic teenage romances like Taylor. Now I’m 21 and it definitely wasn’t anything like that, but at least Taylor is STILL with me 24/7😂💜
I believe you remember Teardrops On My Guitar being a little bit faster because you probably have heard the Pop Version which is a bit more uptempo with a pop beat behind it!
I really recommend the Taylor Cinematic Universe video
i love mary’s song, it’s tied for favourite for my favourite taylor song. it’s her neighbour’s love story! they came over for dinner one night and told the story of how their grew up together and taylor was so inspired that she wrote a song about it🥹🥹🩷
You’re right that A Perfectly Good Heart’s lyrics are pretty straightforward but there’s one line in the chorus that I’ve always found to be particularly evocative and heartbreaking, “Why would you wanna make the very first scar?” It always made me think of the innocence and optimism of that first relationship when you don’t know any better yet. You don’t have any firsthand experience to know that it will likely end. You’re bright and shiny and new when you enter and for many of us who aren’t lucky enough to find our partner early, it’s the first of many scars. Our hearts will never be quite the same again and some scars are worse than others and yet we keep trying. I always think maybe I wouldn’t have entered into some of the relationships I did, especially as a young person, if I had known I’d be leaving scars behind on others, too. It’s not always been worth it.
My dad got this album for me right around when it came out. I was 8 or 9 years old and she near instantly became my favorite singer. I grew up listening to a lot of country as well so it was right up my alley of music. Mary’s Song was my favorite because hopeless romantic little me wanted a love story like that (the grow up together kind of love). A Place in this World and Cold As You were some that got me through a lot. When I saw her 1989 tour, she sang Should’ve Said No and it was one of the greatest moments of my life getting to hear it live knowing we were out of her country era (though now that influence has definitely returned to her music). It’s not the most sonically exciting album, nor is it very complex comparatively, but it’s beautiful and impressive for her age and I love it still.
YES I CANT WAIT FOR MUSIC VIDEOS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES 😭😭😭
One can't walk into a store at some time in their life without hearing her on the radio. Should've Said No" was one of her best ACM Awards in her early days.
Hi! I’m so glad I found your reactions. I truly love watching you love her. I was 15 when this album came out and I have loved her since. I love watching people love and appreciate her genius and the way she puts your feelings into words. It’s the best. ❤
Thanks for reacting.Love your reactions.
I can't wait to see your reactions to her music videos! It's going to be a whole new universe for her. Taylor's videos are her vision. She has a lot of hidden messages there that she calls "Easter eggs," for her fans to hunt for :) There is nothing "accidental" in any of her videos. Plus, the actual visuals are phenomenally good. And then also watch her performing 1989 songs live at the Grammy Museum. Taylor + just one instrument is always a recipe for a fantastic performance. The way she sings "Wildest Dreams" with an electric guitar in her hands, is just out of this world. In other words, you have SO MUCH MORE to explore, and I can't wait to see your reaction :)
WHY AM I SEEING THIS 11 HOURS LATER?! So excited
I think you are right about teardrops on my guitar, the radio version has a slightly faster tempo and they added some different instrumentation
I love your comparison of age 16 at the beginning. I was laughing so hard.
The outside is about being bullied and left out at school. Listen to it with that in mind. Trust me.
Stay Beautiful was my favorite song when this album first came out when I was about 12
should’ve said no was in a mashup with bad blood on the reputation tour!!!
this on my recommended made me so happy !!
My fav from debut is Tim McGraw (that's the 1st song i ever heard from her & it's a lovely tune 😊), Our Song, Cold as You, Should've Said No, Mary's Song, The Outside, Picture to Burn & Teardrops on My Guitar.
Its gonna be very interesting to see how debut gonna sound with her much more mature voice now when she re-record..+ what kind/how vault song gonna sounds like..
Also note: Our Song is her 1st chart topper on hot country songs chart (it also went to no 16 on BB100! ) & she wrote this tune by herself, + also make her the youngest artists to wrote & sing a #1 hot country song.
Nice. I’ve also been with Taylor since Tim McGraw. It’s so nice to find people from the beginning.
You‘re actually right, Teardrops on my guitar is slower in the first album than the radio and music video version
Picture to burn is one of my favorites
There are so many music videos from her shortest album lol! So that's a good place to start. Picture to Burn is hilarious
I've never looked into the meaning of Marys Song and on genius it says that she was talking to an old couple who told them about their love story. That is the cutest thing lol 🥲
Love your reaction, you’re one of my favs! Would love to see you react to kacey musgraves album called golden hour!! 💛
I am dying at the “at sixteen” intro. 😆♥️🌵
Thanks. I needed something to watch. Haha.
Also still waiting for Norman f Rockwell reaction 🙂
I'm slowly working through all the Taylor reactions, but this one is funny since when I was 16, I almost crashed a car because I heard "Tim McGraw" on country radio for the first time 😅 But for "Should've Said No," she did a version with the Jonas Brother in their concert movie, and she also performed it on the ACM Awards in 2008 in a jaw dropping performance with a costume change and rain. It's not the best sounding live vocal of hers, but she made her presence known with that song. I was banned from watching country shows in my house after that because my non-country loving family was tired of me lol.
Poor pennies. 😢
I collect old pennies and the oldest I’ve found has been one from 1902!
Did you hear about her announcement of Red album rerecorded in November? Especially 10 min version of All too Well.
I listened to this when it came out and I was hooked.
A Place in this World is my favorite on the album. It was in a movie from my childhood called Ramona and Beezus 💙
RED(Taylor's version) is coming 😂
Nov 9!!
totally understand your point about them blending!
are you going to be doing her reputation tour and her miss Americana documentary?
The Outside always makes me cry 😢
picture to burn is one of my favorites song´s EVER she is genious arrgh
teardrops on my guitar also has a more upbeat pop version. maybe that’s what you remember hearing
I loved picture to burn and should’ve said no when this first came out! And of course teardrops on my guitar and our song.
This album actually grew on me a lot and I realized there was a lot of maturity already in her lyrics 😊
if you plan to check out music videos, here are some i recommend:
out of the woods
blank space
wildest dreams
(the 1989 ones are all top tier)
lover
i knew you were trouble
you belong with me or love story
any from debut (teardrops, our song, tim mcgraw, etc)
(feel free to comment any more suggestions!)
and look what you made me do!
Yes, you heard Should've Said No on reputation Stadium Tour, it's in a medley with Bad Blood
Mary's Song run so Timeless could walk 😭 dont know why I only saw this reaction when I've already watched all your TS reaction videos?!! Imagine the vault tracks we'll get when these gets rerecorded?????