Ryan Adams

[BigRedLedbetter]

liked it a lot
never actually heard a TS song

How is that even remotely possible?

Seriously.

I have also never heard a Taylor Swift song.

Do you live in a fallout bunker?

No, I do not.

I'm sure you have and just don't know.

[psychobain]

liked it a lot
never actually heard a TS song

How is that even remotely possible?

i dont watch mtv(or any "music channel") or listen to the radio

my only source of music is what.cd and some music websites

but i think i'll download 1989 after listen to the RA's version

[psychobain]

anyway

Blank Space, Out of the Woods, All You Had to do was Stay, I Wish You Would and Clean are totally

[zeb]

Spin doesn't like it.

[Strat]

Too much reverb o his vocals. Kind of obnoxious.

I like it though.

[Strat]

Spin doesn't like it.

within the first paragraph it seemed as though this writer wanted an exact replicate of the album?

Adams’ weathered vocals can’t generate the same exhilaration (tellingly, he blanches at the high notes of the “New York” chorus), and the now-40-year-old’s world-weariness proves an interesting but inappropriate fit for the songs. At this point, it strikes you that this is Ryan Adams covering a Taylor Swift

Umm, yea its Ryan Adams. Thats the beauty of this...he brings this darker sadness to some of these songs.

[Kevin Davis]

I don't hear any of that "darker sadness" -- I think he sounds completely emotionally detached from all these songs. I agree with pretty much every word of that Spin review. "Leaden" is a great word for his interpretations here.

[Strat]

I don't hear any of that "darker sadness" -- I think he sounds completely emotionally detached from all these songs. I agree with pretty much every word of that Spin review. "Leaden" is a great word for his interpretations here.

i think that sadness comes through in his vocals and his natural voice.

[BurtReynolds]

The concept of Ryan Adams singing Bad Blood is pretty stupid, but after I hear it, I realize it's far worse than I imagined. He should have left this in the karaoke bar where it belonged.

[psychobain]

I don't hear any of that "darker sadness" -- I think he sounds completely emotionally detached from all these songs.

[BurtReynolds]

I don't hear any of that "darker sadness" -- I think he sounds completely emotionally detached from all these songs.

For me, I don't think he's really transformed the songs into something new. He sounds sad and dark or whatever, but the songs still sound light and fluffy. They still feel like Taylor Swift songs. It comes across as detached at best, comical at worst. The songs themselves have no gravity, so it sounds silly hearing someone try to give them some.

But I only listened to it once, and only really concentrated on the big songs. Maybe some of the lesser known sad songs work better. Whatevs.

[psychobain]

[zeb]

I feel fortunate that I haven't previously heard any of these songs (except for the chorus of Shake It Off) so I can approach them without any bias.

[psychobain]

I feel fortunate that I haven't previously heard any of these songs (except for the chorus of Shake It Off) so I can approach them without any bias.

maybe thats the reason i enjoy this release so much

[Kevin Davis]

Pitchfork writer, we are two peas in a pod on this one:
http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21101-1989/

[LetMeSleep]

This is an absolutely bizarre and confounding album. I find myself enjoying moments but not whole songs. The melodies occasionally seem rushed or laboured. The lyrics don't always fit the metre (this coming from a Dylan fan is odd to say). It feels claustrophobic, airless and contained. Yet strangely I keep putting it on.

I haven't heard the TS album (only a few hits) and I'm not sure if that would improve or detract. That Pitchfork article sort of nails it. It's a marketing tool and a fantastic one because ultimately it matters not to either TS or RA or even the fans. Tomorrow this album could cease to exist and it wouldn't matter.

[Kevin Davis]

This is an absolutely bizarre and confounding album. I find myself enjoying moments but not whole songs. The melodies occasionally seem rushed or laboured. The lyrics don't always fit the metre (this coming from a Dylan fan is odd to say).

Dylan is a master of lyrical rhythm -- even when the lines don't fit the meter, he can manipulate them to make them work impactfully. What's happening here, to my ears, is more that Ryan is just altering the melodies in less-than-compelling ways -- it's less that the lines don't fit the meter and more that they lose their musicality when removed from Swift's framework and put into his.

[psychobain]

[Teeeeeekay]

I honestly can't get into Adams because he looks like a fucking Jonny Depp character.

[gardenparty]

coming from a mostly non fan, he was the highlight of Bridge School Benefit this weekend. No Taylor Swift songs though.