22 Days of Music: Day 18

[rsadelle]

I was explaining this project and my downloading of fic soundtracks to a friend and trying to make him understand that I'm not one of those cool people who likes obscure music. But despite the inclusion of Paula Abdul and Vanilla Ice, I think this project doesn't really tell you how uninteresting my music likes are. So today's piece is a currently popular song that I absolutely love every time I hear it on the radio: Taylor Swift's "Love Story." (Is she more or less cool if Sasha Frere-Jones of the The New Yorker raved about her and my parents really like her?)

Love Story - Taylor Swift

Comments

[glendaglamazon.livejournal.com]

I, too, love this song. I heard it on the radio when I was driving with my little sister. I felt horribly ashamed when I discovered it was Taylor Swift, but I can't help it. I love the song.

[rsadelle]

Hee! I actually really liked one of her other songs, too - "Teardrops On My Guitar." I'd probably like more of her if I heard any of it, and Sasha Frere-Jones does make a good case for her being a truly talented artist. I only know that my parents like her because my mom mentioned flipping channels and coming across something with Taylor Swift singing on it (possibly a Christmas special of some sort), and my dad, who is not a big TV watcher and doesn't know anything about pop culture, wouldn't let her change the channel because he wanted to watch Taylor Swift.

[allegram.livejournal.com]

Yah, but your parents are pretty cool, so their liking it doesn't automatically make it squares-ville!

[rsadelle]

True. That's why I'm not sure if this makes Taylor Swift more or less cool!

[dedalvs.livejournal.com]

It's closing in on the fourteenth, and you haven't listened to this song (http://www.imeem.com/people/H52itd2/music/NwegQGr-/future_bible_heroes_im_a_vampire/) yet. What's it going to take?! (That's an iMeem link, just for you.)

[rsadelle]

An easy-to-use link, apparently. It's not going to beat out anything I have planned for the last three days, but if you like geeky music, might I recommend fuckit: a tractorbeam ep?