![]() ![]() It’s somewhat impossible to place the artistry of Pacing in a box, not that we’d ever want to. And by that I mean, the snare hit in the rerecording sucks.” – Pacing I've listened to this song about 400 million times so I'm heavily biased, but for me, this recording captures the magic of a moment that can be revisited but not reproduced. We're ‘trying so hard not to get caught up now // but you're just so cool.’ The chorus pays off on all that anticipation and sexual frustration big time, with a simple, soaring hook ‘I don't know how it gets better than this’ and a classic little Swiftian rhyme move ‘head first, fearless.’ Fearless Taylor is more self-aware than debut Taylor. But also giddy and brimming with anticipation. She would add a bunch of big words and metaphors and a synth patch. And actually, grownup folklovermore Taylor could never, either. (‘And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there // In the middle of the parking lot //. And everything no longer needs to rhyme perfectly. She's messy, she's pissed, she's dancing in the rain, she's crying a lot. It smacks you across the face and says ‘listen up, bitch.’įearless is the perfect introduction to my personal favorite version of Taylor Swift. This snare hit is like a great first kiss times 1000 cups of coffee. Since then, Astræa has been working on her debut album and we can’t wait to hear it!įollow Astræa on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter best Taylor Swift album begins with the best Taylor Swift song which begins with the best snare hit of all time. In both our interviews, we also discussed Keller’s writing and production work with Hannah Grace, Nina Nesbitt, Ward Thomas and Duran Duran guitarist Dom Brown. We later interviewed Astræa in person for her follow-up EP in 2021 entitled ‘Looking Up’. That performance took our breath away, and formed the basis for our review of Astræa’s debut EP ‘Tonight I Run’ in September 2020, the title track of which recently hit a million streams on Spotify – her third to do so.Īstræa is the artistic name for songwriter and producer Jennifer Keller, who creates massive pop productions filled with stacks of backing vocals, huge drums and passionate lyricism. James’s Church in Piccadilly (with grand piano and live strings!). It's March 2019, the birth of Moths and Giraffes is still many months away, and we’re offered a pair of tickets to see the enthralling Astræa in concert at St. Hearing Tim McGraw now just instantly transports me back to that momentous time in my life & a huge part of what initially inspired me to write & perform.’ - Astræa I'd already been writing songs for years but learning Taylor Swift's songs helped me understand song structure, hooks, & how to paint a lyrical picture. I taught myself the guitar just so I could play her songs, spending hours practicing until my fingers were raw. I'd drive around with my friends, singing it at the top of our lungs with the windows rolled down, wind in our hair. Her debut album became that summer's soundtrack. ![]() ![]() It felt like she was singing about my life as a teenager at the time. It was the first time I'd seen a young teenage girl writing & performing her own songs and unlike a lot of other country music at the time, I could relate to the lyrics. I was babysitting my neighbor’s kids one summer & they played me the music video. ![]() The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its history with every beat.‘I'm going to go old-school & say Tim McGraw is my favorite Taylor Swift song because it was my first introduction to her. More than half the songs here - 254 in all - weren’t present on the old list, including a third of the Top 100. Where the 2004 version of the list was dominated by early rock and soul, the new edition contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae, and R&B. They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and we tabulated the results. Ward to Bill Ward - as well as figures from the music industry and leading critics and journalists. To create the new version of the RS 500 we convened a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, and producers - from Angelique Kidjo to Zedd, Sam Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, M. So we’ve decided to give the list a total reboot. But a lot has changed since 2004 back then the iPod was relatively new, and Billie Eilish was three years old. It’s one of the most widely read stories in our history, viewed hundreds of millions of times on this site. In 2004, Rolling Stone published its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ![]()
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