have you seen the 'touch me while your bros play grand theft auto' lyricI don't want to be mean but I am assuming this isn't representative of the quality of her writing?
have you seen the 'touch me while your bros play grand theft auto' lyricI don't want to be mean but I am assuming this isn't representative of the quality of her writing?
In the song that is specifically about her feeling like she is in highschool again that is not that weird.have you seen the 'touch me while your bros play grand theft auto' lyric
What? The entire point of those few lines is pointing out how shitty that time was. That taking all that shit stuff away basically ruined the entire concept of wanting to pretend to go back to those times.So I'll use this post as a springboard, my intent is not for you to feel as if I'm personally criticizing you.
When I said "sounds about right," I'm criticizing her. That dream of hers is very much idealized white girl who has zero issue going back in time to the "glory days." Nothing about the rest of her verse in that song acknowledges that...privilege of that desire.
What else is there in the 1830s but racism and sexism? An America unmolested by urbanization? Highways? Just white folks doing whatever they wanted in a world bent completely around them.
I doubt Taylor Swift thought three seconds more about this lyric than whatever her idyllic version of life would be in soon-to-be Civil War America (or imperial England). And it's not overly offensive to my tastes. But the reason why some black folks myself included, bristle at this line is because it's yet another telltale example of white folks having zero grasp of the topic, and it's coming from the most popular musician in the world.
The height of chattel slavery in America is a minor moral inconvenience to her otherwise idyllic dynastic dreams, which sounds about right.
i wasn't trying to imply it was weird, i'm implying its a bad lyricIn the song that is specifically about her feeling like she is in highschool again that is not that weird.
Guess that's just up to personal opinion.i wasn't trying to imply it was weird, i'm implying its a bad lyric
have you seen the 'touch me while your bros play grand theft auto' lyric
In the song "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" on the new album, Taylor sings the word:
Wow, endorse taking drugs much??? In the middle of an opioid crisis, she sings about freaking narcotics. Get this woman out of here #taylorsmithisoverparty
It's the Antebellum (pre-Civil War) South era, which is very idealized in the south.True, she could have picked a better year as an example. Dunno why she chose that decade.
The point is getting engagement online. Reality is irrelevant.Are people really being this dense about this? The context of this line in the verse is important. It's talking about how shitty the 1830's really were not looking back on it fondly or wishing to be there. The lyric feels a bit out of place I'll admit but the vitriol I've seen from people misunderstanding this shit is wild.
I am still confused when people say she is a good writer when she throws out clunkers like this all the time.
But has she seen how fun GTA is?
Twitter gotta be obsessed with drama. Reminded of the guy who tried to cause a thing with Jewel by taking a snippet out of Piece of You out of context.
no don't feed your golden retriever bf chocolate taylor he's going to die
greatest lyricist of our time lmao. also CHARLIE PUTH????
So I'll use this post as a springboard, my intent is not for you to feel as if I'm personally criticizing you.
When I said "sounds about right," I'm criticizing her. That dream of hers is very much idealized white girl who has zero issue going back in time to the "glory days." Nothing about the rest of her verse in that song acknowledges that...privilege of that desire.
What else is there in the 1830s but racism and sexism? An America unmolested by urbanization? Highways? Just white folks doing whatever they wanted in a world bent completely around them.
I doubt Taylor Swift thought three seconds more about this lyric than whatever her idyllic version of life would be in soon-to-be Civil War America (or imperial England). And it's not overly offensive to my tastes. But the reason why some black folks myself included, bristle at this line is because it's yet another telltale example of white folks having zero grasp of the topic, and it's coming from the most popular musician in the world.
The height of chattel slavery in America is a minor moral inconvenience to her otherwise idyllic dynastic dreams, which sounds about right.
The song is called 'So High School', it's pretty obvious it's the point. It's about how being in love with Travis is making her feel like she's in high school with a new boyfriend again.ok i have read the grand theft auto song, it's not that bad but it does read like fanfic from a high schooler written on a glittery journal, which... is perhaps the point.. not sure... like is the title of the album "tortured poets" about emo kids that write things like "you hurt me like a rose, i kiss your flower but touching you hurts"
They definitely would, because people are intent on finding the worst possible interpretation of what others say.Would talking about children pining for a bygone era of America without mentioning slavery sort of be rose-tinted glasses? You don't think people would be livid at her for not pointing out something so monstrous, no matter her background?
The song is called 'So High School', it's pretty obvious it's the point. It's about how being in love with Travis is making her feel like she's in high school with a new boyfriend again.
Yup
I figured the song 'So High School' that you picked up sounded like it was written by someone in high school with the lyrics...I wouldn't say it's obvious, but i don't really know her work, the only song i actually know is Shake It Off, and with that son in mind it seems like that's just how she writes and the adolescent style can just as well be her style instead of another part of the artifice. But again. My posts are dismissible because i'm not invested or investing in this enough to say one way or the other.
...would be kinda obvious that it's written about how being in love is making her feel like she's back in high school. Maybe I'm just so used to her lyrics that I can decipher it though.I'm watchin' American Pie with you on a Saturday night
Your friends are around, so be quiet
I'm trying to stifle my sighs
'Cause I feel so high school (Feel so high school) every time I look at you
I figured the song 'So High School' that you picked up sounded like it was written by someone in high school with the lyrics...
...would be kinda obvious that it's written about how being in love is making her feel like she's back in high school. Maybe I'm just so used to her lyrics that I can decipher it though.
I figured the song 'So High School' that you picked up sounded like it was written by someone in high school with the lyrics:
would be kinda obvious that it's written about how being in love is making her feel like she's back in high school. Maybe I'm just so used to her lyrics that I can decipher it though.
You need to have a high IQ to understand Taylor Swift lyrics, apparently.
My favorite part of the album, which I have not made it all the way through, is that she seems very mad her ex was a pothead.
no don't feed your golden retriever bf chocolate taylor he's going to die
greatest lyricist of our time lmao. also CHARLIE PUTH????
As always, Era is a great place for news, but a questionable place for opinions.
This, exactly. The entire Antebellum period has secured a deep place in a lot of middle-to-upper-class white peoples hearts (whether they're from the south or not) for one reason or another and it gets romanticized incessantly. 1830s falls right in there and is as good a decade as any to point out for the purposes of shooting holes in an unwarranted fantasy.
I'm surprised more people aren't catching this. The 1830s is squarely in the Antebellum period. When people are romantic over "the Confederacy" what they're likely actually romantic about is the Antebellum period, i.e. the period the Confederacy was formed to preserve. And of course that romantic vision of the Antebellum South is one that scrubs all of the evils of the period away, leaving behind a period of rich white folks living their own form of high-class life in their rich plantations with all their rich clothes.
A girl wanting to live in "the 1830s but without the racists"....is a girl wanting to be Scarlett O'Hara. Maybe not the actual character so much as the general cultural image of her. Old-fashioned as hell but Swift's still got country roots so it tracks.