Wednesday, August 30, 2023

“Vampire” Song Meaning

Today’s song is a song meaning about Taylor Swift unfortunately. I say unfortunately because I really do not want to write this post. I have been a fan of Taylor for YEARS. I have stuck with her through Kayne and everything else, but this needs to be said. 

Taylor is a person and as a person she is not perfect. Much like I am not perfect. There have been times with Katie Perry and Karlie Kloss that she probably should have talked to them. I get it why she did not. I can be shy too, but it needs to be done. I am glad she made amends with Katie, but if Karlie wants forgiveness, she should hear her out. 

Today’s song is “Vampire” from Olivia Rodrigo. “Vampire” is a song about someone sucking the blood out of you and leaving you dry. That is what happened with Olivia and Taylor. And I hope this is not why, but it may be. Olivia is the “lucky one” or the “new” one on the scene while Taylor is “nothing new”. Taylor is afraid of Olivia’s popularity and trying to squash it. She knows Olivia has tremendous potential. Others have been around that are popular, Lady Gaga, Billie Elish, Adele etc but they are different than Taylor. Olivia is very similar and she is very good. She won Grammy’s on her first album, she went on a solo tour from her first album. Taylor knows what she sees. How did that happen? Taylor asked for song writing credits on incredible songs that were not copies at all and had Paramore do the same. Taylor and her friend Ed have had this happen to them. Why did Taylor do this to Olivia? Is there more to the story? Why couldn’t she give Olivia the benefit of the doubt? If there is more to the story I would love to know, but for now it makes me really sad.

When Olivia released “Vampire”, Speak Now came out the next week. I think that was accidental. Olivia’s sophomore album “Guts” is coming out September 8th. Taylor has been teasing a “Cruel Summer” release this summer but had done nothing. I really hope she is not waiting until “Guts” comes out to do anything. And I hope she does not release anything else. There is room for two pop stars. Let Olivia shine. 

I like to play a scenario out in my head that Taylor never asked for the song writing credits, and Taylor did the Era’s tour. She then asked Olivia to open for her and they had an amazing time. Taylor hands a torch to Olivia, while keeping her own. And they both make great music for years to come. Instead Taylor invited Sabrina Carpenter on the Eras Tour, someone without a hit and known to be Olivia’s rival. I really hope Taylor can amends with Olivia and we can see both of their torches burn bright!

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Every Secret Eras Tour Song

Here are all the secret songs on Taylor Swifts, The Eras Tour so far.

Glendale, AZ (March 17) - ‘mirrorball’ and 'Tim McGraw'
Glendale, AZ (March 18) - ‘State of Grace’ and ‘this is me trying’
Las Vegas, NV (March 24) - 'Our Song' and 'Snow on the Beach'
Las Vegas, NV (March 25) - 'cowboy like me' (with Marcus Mumford) and 'White Horse'
Arlington, TX (March 31) - 'Sad Beautiful Tragic' and 'Ours'
Arlington, TX (April 1) - 'Death By a Thousand Cuts' and 'Clean'
Arlington, TX (April 2) - 'Jump Then Fall' and 'The Lucky One'
Tampa, FL (April 13) - 'Speak Now' and 'Treacherous'
Tampa, FL (April 14) - 'The Great War' (with Aaron Dessner) and 'You're On Your Own Kid'
Tampa, FL (April 15) - 'mad woman' (with Aaron Dessner) and 'Mean'
Houston, TX (April 21) – 'Wonderland' and 'You're Not Sorry'
Houston, TX (April 22) – 'A Place In This World' and 'Today Was A Fairytale'
Houston, TX (April 23) – 'Begin Again' and 'Cold as You'
Atlanta, GA (April 28) – 'The Other Side of the Door' and 'Coney Island'
Atlanta, GA (April 29) – 'High Infidelity' and 'Gorgeous'
Atlanta, GA (April 30) – 'I Bet You Think About Me' and 'How You Get The Girl'
Nashville, TN (May 5) – 'Sparks Fly' and 'Teardrops On My Guitar'
Nashville, TN (May 6) – 'Out of the Woods' and 'Fifteen'
Nashville, TN (May 7) – 'Would've Could've Should've' (with Aaron Dessner) and 'Mine'
Philadelphia, PA (May 12) - 'gold rush' and 'Come Back... Be Here'
Philadelphia, PA (May 13) - 'Forever & Always' and 'This Love'
Philadelphia, PA (May 14) - 'Hey Stephen' and 'The Best Day'
Foxborough, MA (May 19) - 'Should've Said No' and 'Better Man'
Foxborough, MA (May 20) - 'Question...?' and 'Invisible'
Foxborough, MA (May 21) - 'I Think He Knows' and 'Red'
East Rutherford, NJ (May 26) - 'Getaway Car' (with Jack Antonoff) and 'Maroon' (East Rutherford, NJ – Night 1)
East Rutherford, NJ (May 27) - 'Holy Ground' and 'False God'
East Rutherford, NJ (May 28) - 'Welcome To New York' and 'Clean'
Chicago, IL (Jun 2) – 'I Wish You Would' and 'the lakes'
Chicago, IL (Jun 3) – 'You All Over Me' (with Maren Morris) and 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever'
Chicago, IL (Jun 4) – 'Hits Different' and 'The Moment I Knew'
Detroit, MI (Jun 9) – 'Haunted' and 'I Almost Do'
Detroit, MI (Jun 10) – 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' and 'Breathe'
Pittsburgh, PA (June 16) – 'Mr. Perfectly Fine' and 'The Last Time'
Pittsburgh, PA (June 17) – 'seven' (with Aaron Dessner) and 'The Story of Us'

Saturday, May 20, 2023

“Marjorie” Song Meaning



Todays Taylor Swift song is the meaning of her song song “Marjorie” from her album “Evermore”. Taylor performs this song as part of her “Evermore” set at The Eras Tour. It is a deeply personal song for her. It is all about learning lessons from someone who has died. It is 13th track on the album and a sister song to “Epiphany” from the “Folklore” album which is also track 13. Who is this song about?

It is about her Grandmother Marjorie Finlay. Taylor’s Grandma was an opera singer and entertainer. She had a decent career, but never made it big. Taylor says in her song that Marjorie had “closets of backlogged dreams and how you left them all to me.” She left her dreams to Taylor.

Taylor was very close to her Grandmother. She spent time with her. She recalls in the song Marjorie loved the “amber skies so much” and would go for “frozen swims” and would “go past where our feet could touch.”

She learned so many life lessons from her Grandma. She learned how to be “polite” while maintaining “power” and to be “kind” but also be “clever.” I think those are amazing lessons and ones hard to achieve in life. Balance is so hard and that is one thing that makes Taylor so great and successful. I would also add never be so famous you forget to be approachable while maintaining never be so approachable you forget that you’re famous (because some fans take advantage of this and stalk her). That is the secret sauce to Taylor’s success she relates to her fans, meets them, invites them to her home, writes music they can understand and relate to, but she also maintains her own private life. 

As always after someone dies many regrets happen. Taylor regrets not asking more “questions”. Taylor “should have asked her how to be” “cause every scrap of you would be taken from me.” That is so common after someone dies. I have felt it when my loved ones have died. They are there one day and then suddenly they are gone and everything they owned is gone too. I treasure the few things I have from my dad and grandparents. 

But all this aside Taylor describes the most important lesson she learned from her Grandmothers passing,  “you’re so alive, so alive in my head.” Her Grandmother’s memory lives on through Taylor. Marjorie is “still around” and “singing to me now.” Taylor then included the opera tracks from her Grandmother. She is singing the song with Taylor. She says the whole song “What died didn’t stay dead, what died didn’t stay dead.” “If I didn’t know better I’d think you were still around.” In the last phrase Taylor changes it to “I know better/But I still feel you all around/But I know better/But you’re still around.” This illustrates what she has learned. She knows her Grandma is there with her and can feel her presence all around her. This a a great concept to think about  I miss my loved ones but thinking about them being with me still is such a comforting feeling.

What a beautiful tribute to her Grandmother. It must be amazing singing it on her Eras tour and seeing her Grandmother alive in all the eyes of her fans too. Now her fans feel her Grandmother and are honoring her. It had become a tradition for fans to hold up their phone lights during this song, like a candle vigil. It has brought Taylor to tears but she loves and appreciates her fans for remembering her Grandmother. 

Taylor said in Nashville after the song Marjorie “What are you trying to do to me? Oh my god, that was so beautiful. So that song, Marjorie, that was a song that I wrote about my mom’s mom, my grandmother. She was a singer too. And she passed away when I was 13.”

Taylor thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your grandmother Marjorie with us and thank you Marjorie for being such a strong example for Taylor. 




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