#i'm not a huge fan of the original but i do like billy joel as a songwriter... though we didn't start the fire is not his best

[britneyshakespeare]

i listened to the fall out boy version of we didn’t start the first (listing 1989-2023 world events) and can i just say. first of all the original song is silly and not that deep in its commentary but at least it was like an original idea. there’s a reason your 11th grade history teacher played it in your class in the cold war unit, right? it sets a scene and a mood without even having to do anything but listing a bunch of pop culture and political iconography. but there’s also like, a sequence of events. fob’s really just throws events and names of things together sloppily in no particular order other than if they kinda rhyme. it has a lot less impact when thinking about the recent historical or present moment bc it’s just like “thing you remember, other thing you remember, other thing you remember” but from one object to the next they have no particular connection to each other in space or time. it’s poorly associated. 

[kayliemusing]

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35 music-themed questions

an album you can’t stop listening to lately - Red (Taylor's Version) by TS

an album you wish you could hear again for the first time - Either the original red when it was out in 2012 or 1989 when it came out

a song you really like by an artist you otherwise don’t listen to very much (whether that’s because you usually don’t like their music, or just because you haven’t listened to the rest yet) - State Lines by Novo Amor

name 1-3 LEAST favorite songs off one of your favorite albums - Sad Beautiful Tragic (Taylor's version) by TS - Girl At Home (Taylor's version) by TS - Stay Stay Stay (Taylor's version) by TS (note: I will still go to bat for this song so don't try!!!!)

name an album you feel is perfect - Red (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift...again

from the album you feel is perfect, what three songs would you choose to eliminate if you absolutely had to? - how dare u. girl at home, state of grace acoustic version, and maybe stay stay stay rip. the rest are too good and although i'm not a huge fan of sad beautiful tragic it still belongs on this album 100%

do you have any concert tickets right now? if so, whose concert is it? - no :(

name an artist/band that isn’t touring at the moment who you’d really like to see in concert - Taylor Swift obviously

name a musician who is no longer living who you wish you could see in concert - hm...maybe michael jackson? or queen (freddie mercury)

what was your first concert? - jonas brothers in 2009 lmao

what’s a song that your favorite band doesn’t perform live, but you really wish they would? - My fav band is Of Monsters and Men but I don't really know what songs they don't choose to sing live. if i could hear any song live from them it would be wild roses, hunger, or sleepwalker

if you could hear any album performed live in its entirety, which would it be? - red taylor's verison by taylor swift

if you could talk to any musician, who would it be? what would you want to say? - Taylor Swift. I would probably just tell her that I was a writer too and how she's inspired me and stuff.

is there any band/musician who you really strongly dislike? if so, why? - Kanye West for obvious reasons

have you ever traveled outside of your area to see a concert? if not, would you want to? - No, but I totally would

have you ever been in the first row for a concert? if not, what was the closest seat you’ve ever had? - No, but I saw Marianas Trench in 2013 with my best friend and we were in the mosh pit right by the stage.

if you could go back in time and attend any artist/band’s concert that you were unable to attend, who would it be and when? - Taylor Swift bc I had an opportunity to get 1989 tickets but no one would come with me and i was too scared to go alone rip

what decade do you think had the best music? is there any particular year that you think was the best? - I really like the music era we're in now, but I also think the 80s and 90s had a really unique sound that will never be forgotten.

who is your favorite member of your favorite band? - Nana, from Of Monsters and Men

who (if anyone!) is your least favorite member of your favorite band? - Tbh I don't know the band members super in depth. I just really enjoy all their albums. Nana's my favourite because I love her voice the most, but i don't know enough about them to have a least favourite because they're all really good lol

what is a song that you like, but that you don’t listen to very often? - Piano Man by Billy Joel. I never search out to listen to this song but when it's playing, I love it so much

name a song that reminds you of one of your best memories - Barefoot Blue Jean Night by Jake Owen always reminds me of a time when I was in the seventh or eighth grade and my best friend (at the time) and I called into the radio station to play it and they did and we were so happy lol

name a song that you associate with being sad - I Almost Do by Taylor Swift but also Flowers For a Ghost by Thriving Ivory. Both songs give me very vivid flashbacks to when I was super sad. I Almost Do was a song I played in the apartment at the tom baker cancer center in calgary while my dad was in treatment so it was like a comforting-sad and then Flowers For a Ghost was a song I played relentlessly when my dad died so that one is a lot less comforting lol. It's almost hard to listen to.

name a song that you associate with being angry - mad woman by taylor swift

name a song that makes you think about someone you love - You're Beautiful by James Blunt

name a song that makes you think about someone you don’t like - tbh can't think of one right now oops!

name a song that you wish was longer - All Too Well (the version that's already 10 minutes long but I feel like could be so much longer and I would never be bored)

name a song (or a few songs) that would need to be included in a movie about your life - She's Got Her Ticket by Tracy Chapman, Mirrorball by Taylor Swift, Stop Making This Hurt by Bleachers, State Lines by Novo Amor, Walls by The Lumineers, Wild Roses by Of Monsters and Men, Wild Heart by Bleachers, Don't Kill My Vibe by Sigrid and Nothing New by Taylor Swift

is there any song that you mostly like, but there’s one specific part of it that you don’t like as much? if so, what is it? - You Need To Calm Down by Taylor Swift bc it's such a bop but I don't vibe with the lyrics "and we see you other there on the internet / comparing all the girls who are killing it" it just feels kind of awkward to me, but that's just me.

name an album you really love that you haven’t listened to in awhile - Speak Now by Taylor Swift. See also: The 1975 by The 1975

name an album you’ve wanted to listen to for a long time, but you haven’t gotten around to it yet - Any of Harry Styles albums because people always rave about his music so I've been meaning to listen but I just never got around to it

what is a band/artist you really wanted to start listening to, but you just really couldn’t get into it? - Phoebe Bridgers :( I love her lyrics but couldn't get into her music

do you wear a lot of band t-shirts? if so, do you like it when strangers comment on them? - No

pick one of your favorite bands/artists and choose a song by them that you associate with each season Taylor Swift baby. Spring: Speak Now Summer: August (also the entire folklore album) Fall: All Too Well Winter: Tis The Damn Season

name two musicians who haven’t already collaborated on anything who you think would sound great together - Kelsea Ballerini and Taylor Swift OR Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift