"This information cannot leave this room. Okay? It would devastate my reputation as a dude." - The Geek (aka Farmer Ted)
Wow! Must be something about the month of February that has folks in full on confession mode: Would be cabinet appointees confessing to not being very good at paying their taxes, baseball stars confessing to taking the banned substances they once vehemently denied taking and husbands across America confessing to removing The Devil Wears Prada from their Netflix queues even though their wives had like a bazillion chances to see it in the theater with their girlfriends and, besides, it's running constantly on cable right now but, sure, let's waste a selection on a three year old movie that Anne Hathaway doesn't even get naked in. Makes sense! (CORRECTION: Further research has unveiled this last confession not nearly as widespread as originally reported, but specific to just one household in Northern Kentucky. Currently, one very cold and disdainfully quiet household.)
Before the month closes, I would like take the lead of those before me and confess the following sin:
I drunk downloaded on iTunes and bought Love Story by Taylor Swift. And. I. Love it.
Whew. That felt so good.
A couple things here: 1. I was not "drunk" drunk, in that it was not alcohol that made me hit "BUY SONG." No, it was the inebriation I always experience after activating an iTunes gift card. When this happens I am to my iTunes account what Robert Downey Jr. once was to city streets: reckless and unpredictable. 2. I have no regrets. It is morning and I still respect myself.
What can I say; we like what we like and nobody can truly explain why. I've rolled it back and forth in my head what it is about this tune I enjoy. The melody is downright catchy, no question. To say that the lyric is a bit juvenile is ridiculous since it was written by an actual juvenile (at least at the time of composition.) And, I'm sorry, but if you're not affected in some way when the song comes out of the bridge, hits that key change and we discover that he asked her dad if he could marry her, drops to his knees and pulls out a ring then I don't wanna' know you. I don't wanna' know you. You kick puppies and bite the elderly. You are soulless.
I'll take all slings; I'll take all arrows. I'll go on record and say that this is one of the best pop songs ever recorded. It references both Hawthorne and Shakespeare for chrissakes! Go find that in Womanizer!
Just a final note - and this is more for my wife, but - don't worry that the purchase of this song is the beginning of some sort of trend. Taylor Swift is not a gateway drug to the likes of the Jonas Bros. I've had the unfortunate experience of hearing that song Love Bug and, as far as I'm concerned, that song can go do to itself what each Jonas has sworn not to do until marriage.
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