Comments on: Taylor Swift, “Picture to Burn”

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:09:22 +0000

okay i know its been forever since someone commented on here but i think its kind of important to not only compare some of these songs to her newer ones but also to say something about her. i live in hendersonville, where she lives, and i have to say to seth finley, i’ve met her and had numerous conversations with her (enough to where she remembers my first and last name) about everything from music to favorite colors to the weather on a random day. she’s not self-centered and never has been. personally, although the constant talk of her around town can be irritating at times, i love her and have always been a fan. she writes about things on a personal level, and they’re not all about boyfriends and ex’s. the only reason people think that thats all she writes about is because there isnt a ton of music people listen to thats NOT about ex’s and crushes and boy/girlfriends. if you listen to the song ‘fifteen’ she talks about a tough time abigail(her best friend) went through and she talks about the struggles for a freshman in high school and how her life changed when she moved to tennessee as opposed to pennsylvania. if you listen to ‘never grow up’ she talks about the joys of childhood that no one can really experience anymore because it goes by too quickly. she talks about how she wishes she could go back to a time when her life wasn’t as complicated and when all she had to worry about was what princess dress she would wear to her next tea party. if you listen to ‘the best day’ its a song about her love for her family and their love and support for her. it was a mothers day present for her mom. she talks about her dad and her little brother and her mom and her life that she loves and how she could never thank them enough for giving her the chance to follow her dreams. i AM a high schooler, and maybe im biased because of it, but i have been in an extremely tough situation lately and honestly the only music ive listened to lately is taylor swift and whitney houston. now that ive said that, dont come back at me by saying that whitney houston could never be compared to taylor swift because i know that whitney had one of the most memorable voices in music history and honestly once taylor dies she will be remembered just not at the same magnitude. but anyways, i listen to whitney because she was what i listened to when i was little and i listen to taylor because she is so relateable. when my ex first dumped me for another girl, all i listened to was ‘i will always love you’, ‘teardrops on my guitar’, and ‘white horse’ for about a week simply because my heart was to weak to listen to anything else. then, when i felt a little better, i started listening to songs like ‘a perfectly good heart’. and after a few weeks when i was annoyed that i had been dumped for the first time, i listened to songs like ‘picture to burn’, ‘better than revenge’, and one of her newest songs, ‘i knew you were trouble’ because i could relate to them at different times. after a few months i started devoloping a new crush and i listened to songs like ‘you belong with me’ and ‘hey stephen’ because they’re about a girl and a boy liking each other. now my crush and i are dating and have been for a while and i can listen to all her songs because the happy ones dont make me sad and the angry ones dont make me revengeful.

i know ive said a lot but if you dont remember anything, or even if only on person reads this, just remember that her fanbase is high schoolers with relationship issues and she is so successful because she can connect with them in a way that singers like kelly clarkson and kenny chesney can’t simply because they havent gone through the issues as recently as taylor has.

By: seth finley from sfx

seth finley from sfx — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:22:58 +0000

don’t have a cow, megan, we are all entitled to our opinions.

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:51:03 +0000

Ok obviously yall don’t know what teenagers like. Any girl who just got out of a tough relationship can always rely on Taylor Swift’s music to get them through. She writes songs about her own experiences she goes through that any normal teen goes through. She’s 18 years old and is one of the best in country music so how bout back off and stop running your mouth about her. She is awesome!!!!!

By: Erik North

Erik North — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:41:21 +0000

I think the problem with Taylor Swift really has to do with the way the Nashville music machinery works. Anybody these days with youth, looks, and a bunch of catchy songs can get instantly signed to a recording deal because everybody’s looking out for the next big thing. Taylor has all of those things.

But beyond her being a teen, and beyond the argument as to how mature or immature her songs sound, in the end it all comes down to the Voice, and not all the surface things. And having heard “Picture To Burn” and several of Taylor’s other songs on the radio, at this stage, I am not convinced that she is that good of a singer by any credible stretch. I’m kind of being charitable when I say I find her singing to be more than a little irritating.

By: seth finley from sfx

seth finley from sfx — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:36:19 +0000

taylor swift? o please. i can take comfort in the fact that she herself knows she sucks, and is getting shafted by it. i can easily obsolve her. she’s wild. she’s rowdy, and she’s self centred.

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:46:53 +0000

Okay, so I like how a bunch of middle aged people are bashing on a 18 year old girl (16 at the time of releasing this song.) Real cute. It’s people like you that make our young girls feel like they HAVE to mature. Why do you think there are so many teenage pregnancies these days? Pressure from parents, stress and sometimes it feels like the only way out. get pregnant and leave home. I think it is a hillarious song.. and I bet her daddy felt REALLY good that she was tellin a boy that her daddy loves her more. And she will still be able to write songs from experiences. They come everyday, famous or not. She can write from friends experiences, from family experiences. She’s a great singer/songwriter and I believe she has a lot of potential. I like how she takes her youth and lives it day for day. She’s not gunna be an old lady with a cob up her you-know-what because she didn’t take the time to enjoy her youth. I’m sure she enjoys it everyday. And I’m glad she writes songs like this. It shows us how beautiful youth was and how crazy it was.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:30:23 +0000

Spencer,
I know where you’re coming from. I feel the same way about this song and “Our Song.”

You’re right, guilty pleasures would be a fun blog topic!

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:19:18 +0000

When this song came out, I completely agreed with the review and found the song to be really sophomoric. Our Song and Teardrops on My Guitar both got on my nerves too, so it’s fair to say I wasn’t a Taylor Swift fan.

Now, while I still think the review is on target, I find myself enjoying it and turning it up when it comes on the car radio to my horror.

This falls under the Guilty Pleasures: Songs You Like Despite Knowing Better category, which would be a great blog topic if it wasn’t so embarrassing. I still don’t like her other songs, though.

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Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:56:41 +0000

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By: big matt

big matt — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:16:28 +0000

I hated this song, to high pitched for me.