My Guilty Pleasure: Taylor Swift

I mean, how can you not love Taylor Swift???

But really, I do love the girl and I really do like all of her music. I don't know where my obsession started but in the past couple of years it has really taken off. It's not an attempt to attract girls or anything either, and even if it was it hasn't worked. I just really like her music... I don't know if it's her voice or what but I'm just attracted to her. It would normally seem like a crazy obsession, but I think it's ok because I'm going to marry her some day, yeah.

I started listening to her after the release of her second album, Fearless. I very much enjoyed that album and several of the different versions of songs featured on the album's Platinum Edition stood out to me.

For example the Piano Version of "Forever & Always":

Also the "Clear Channel Stripped Version"s of "Untouchable" and "Fearless":

I didn't really enjoy her next album very much, Speak Now. It was a good album, but nothing really stuck out to me. My favorite song from the album is probably "Long Live".

Taylor's most recent album, Red, released on October 22, 2012, and you bet I was there at Target at 10 in the morning to get that Target Exclusive Deluxe Edition with the 6 bonus tracks. It was clear not only through Taylor's changing image, but also through her music, that she was growing up and maturing. I find it very interesting to watch as Taylor changes as she grows and discovers herself through her relationships and emotions. My favorite songs from this album are as follows:

"State of Grace" ( Acoustic) on the Deluxe Bonus CD thingy. I find something magical about acoustic versions of songs. I find this song in particular to be more emotional and down to earth, similarly to the Piano version of Forever & Always.

"All Too Well" is up there in my top favorite as well. 

I also really like "22". It is just such a fun upbeat song. 

In addition to those songs, there are three distinct parts of songs on the album that I like. 

1. In "22" when she says "hipsterzz", I don't know, I just love it!

2. In "Stay Stay Say" at the very end when she say "That's so fun!" it's just so genuine seeming and cute.

3. In "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" When she says "you call me, I love you". It's so freaking cute. I don't even like this song that much it is so over played it's sickening. 

And I also had the opportunity to attend her concert in Cleveland last Thursday, April 25th. It was too amazing. Probably one of the best nights of my life and one of the like top two concerts I've been to, the other being Elton John at Blossom. I took the following pictures at the concert:

 

 

In addition to being so amazing and cute, she has the cutest cat in the world, Meredith.

I also LOVE her performance of Train's "Drops of Jupiter" that she did on the Speak Now Tour and that appeared on the Speak Now: World Tour Live album.

She also did a cover of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and Uncle Kracker's "Smile" on that tour as well.

I just think Taylor Swift is freaking cute and a great musician in addition to an excellent performer. I look forward to her future work and hope that she can some day find true love.