I Only Listen to the Sad Sad Songs

[ase]

Okay, it all makes sense now: Teardrops on My Guitar was written by Taylor Swift when she was seventeen. Love Story has no excuse. But the arrangement stands up in piano and cello mashup.

(It turns out I like my country a little bloodcurdling, like the Dixie Chick's Goodbye Earl and SHeDAISY's A Night to RememberAlso known to show up on my music

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[mmegaera]

Ooh. Nightshade. Probably, anyway.

Nice picture.

[ase]

Google says probably. Thanks!

[ase]

It may be a style thing; I loathed the overwrought teen stereotypes (Hamlet, Holden Caulfield, "Drops of Jupiter", Evanescence, certain Sixpence None the Richer and Counting Crows hits) when I was an overwrought teen, and age hasn't improved this whine. The melody is appealing, and maybe Swift will write something I like better when she's a little older.

Even the best songwriter has clunkers in his/her catalog and usually one mega hit that all the others are unfairly measured against.

But "Teardrops on my Guitar" is her major hit. And I cannot stand it; I really thought the song was parodying that over-the-top emotional drama the first time I heard it.

Thanks for the recs! I'll look up some of their hits.

[tessfawcett]

Try Sugarland for country music with a little bit of an edge. Much more "women's life stories," much less dancing princess tales.

[ase]

Ohh, they have a YouTube channel - thanks for the rec!

[sarahcnnr]

lovely photo!

[ase]

Thank you!