Red Monday

Today is dedicated to Taylor Swift. I thought about her when I woke up. I listened to her all day. I used a new song for a cooldown in my Zumba class. And I blog about her now.

This morning I left home early (um, like 2 minutes) so I could stop by Target to purchase the deluxe edition of her cd before heading to work.

At Target I was greeted by my friend Paul who works there and told me they were out of the copies of Red. This was five minutes after the store opened by the way. I laughed, said "Nooooo," and told him this obsession of mine was all his fault. He knows. And then (like 30 seconds later), they found a box with copies to hand to me and the other 4 people who arrived at the same time.

I arrived at work a few minutes late and my co-workers asked if I got my cd. Yes, yes I did. I had warned them of my planned late arrival and the reason for it. But I wasn't going to work without the cd. I even brought in my "good headphones" for my listening pleasure today. I didn't want to bother my coworkers with my repeated listens of the same songs all day.

Admittedly, I've been listening to many leaked tracks the past few days. But once I get all the tracks imported on my computer (the bonus tracks are on a separate cd), I had to listen to the album in full, from start to finish.

It doesn't take me long to find my favorites. And I want everyone else to listen to the album so we can discuss everything. Hurry up, people.

For those of you who are less obsessed, might I share with you some of my favorite parts of Taylor Swift's fourth album, "Red."

My favorite song is by far "All Too Well." Keep in mind that I'm a sad ballad lover, with "Last Kiss" and "Dear John" being my favorites from "Speak Now."

Favorite Lyrics:

"You tell me about your past thinking your future was me."

"Cause here we are again in the middle of the night. We're dancing round the kitchen in the refrigerator light. Down the stairs, I was there. I remember it all too well."

"You called me up again just to break me like a promise. So casually cruel in the name of being honest."

 

My second favorite song right now is "Holy Ground"

Favorite Lyrics:

"Darling, it was good never looking down. And right there where we stood was holy ground. Tonight I'm going to dance for all that we've been through. But I don't want to dance if I'm not dancing with you."

Love it!

For now that's all. I really like quite a few of the songs. You'll probably hear more from me on the subject later.