We Saw Taylor Swift - SimplyPodLogical #149

Ben: I don't understand why people travel with babies, they won't get anything out of it Also Ben: I wish we could bring menchie and zyler to a Taylor swift concert

most people at concerts: WOOO BABY FUCKYEA! cris: im doing observational analysis of my environment

And Cristine being a reputation girl is GOLD I love it

Ben's wristband still flashing seems quite sweet

I really got into Folklore during the pandemic lockdown phase. I am probably three or four times older than most Taylor Swift fans. Terrific writing.

Ben, have you seen the NPR tiny desk video of her singing? It’s literally her singing with a guitar and a piano

Not Ben acting like False God is a peasant surprise song when it literally shattered my heart watching from home 😭😭

Regarding 30:00 I feel like that level of reflection and introspection just comes with growing up. You have to remember that her first 3 albums were written when she was in high school or had just graduated. Even by the time she released 1989 she was just 24 but already one of the biggest pop stars in the world. I’m that age now and if I had to release music that would be dissected my millions of fans I wouldn’t want to share my deepest most introspective takes but would release fun pop songs.

im sorry but cristine ✨knows ✨her ✨audience ✨ bc i have grown up with her im literally 20. i was watching her 7-6 years ago on simplynailogical

getaway car and maroon (prolly one of her best songs imo) were both incredible surprise songs!

I don't care about Taylor or her music but Bens passion for it makes me happy

I think that everything you guys described when it comes to her concerts and her music is precisely why I love Taylor. The difference in her albums, the growth she has had and even how interesting it is that 32 yr old taylor is singing songs that 15-year-old taylor wrote but still loving them and paying them homage and like, she's not embarrassed by any of her albums and how she thought, she has allowed herself to grow with music. And when it comes to her concerts, we must understand that taylor AT HER CORE is a theatre kid, she cares about putting on a good performance a big one at that, especially now that her concerts are way bigger.

Taylor has said a few times she doesn't feel like a person sometimes. It's like her fame makes her feel too big for this world (another reason she's all big in the Anti-Hero music video). And like she would be on Tumblr in the earlier years looking at other girls living a normal life and wish that were her sometimes. She's just been through so much for so long, I can't imagine that level of fame

I really appreciate how much taylor makes her show an actual show and performance. I feel like less and less artists are doing that anymore and it truly shows her talent.

As a fanatical fan who would have a religious experience at a Taylor concert, I'm so happy you guys got to go and had fun! I love seeing people enjoy her music.

When I was in Italy, I visited a ruin site with an outdoor amphitheater left pretty in-tact. My choir teacher sang from the stage and even though we were outdoors in an open space, the amphitheater bounced his voice in a beautiful, haunting way. Outdoor buildings CAN be built to project music, but they are not as much of a norm any more as most large spaces are designed for many different kinds of entertainment.

I grew up listening to Taylor swift. Literally I was 6 and now I’m 22. I was one of those people losing their minds at the show. Just hearing some of the songs I grew up with live was insane. I cried through the entire fearless bit. I saw your footage from the floor and it looked tame compared to the nosebleeds. I had nosebleeds I just couldn’t afford anything better which I’m still kinda upset about. I paid the same for nosebleed as I did for row 15 floor for loverfest (that never happened of course). The nosebleeds everyone is scream singing and I think more of the real fans ended up at the top. I have the most embarrassing footage that my mom took of me and my sister screaming to death by a thousand cuts which was our surprise song. So Glad you guys had fun at the eras tour and I’m so jealous of your surprise song :D

On the topic of Taylor having a false sense of modesty, I think it made sense for her Reputation tour. She literally disappeared for years, thinking everyone hated her guts. So to come back and see tens of thousands of people show up night after night, I can see why She would be like “holy shit, you guys love me????” But this tour??? The tour that sold out in minutes and got Congress to question monopolies? That kind of surprise doesn’t fit in.

I grew up listening to country music, and I can, no lie, remember the first time I heard "Tim McGraw" on the radio. (It was a neat full-circle moment when that was one of her surprise songs at the Eras concert I attended.) Taylor fascinates me. Her vocals, as well as her growth and maturity as an artist, have certainly evolved with time, yet she's still able to do justice to the songs she wrote when she was a teenager. It's been a lot of fun following her throughout the years. (Admittedly, I did slack off during her "Lover," "folklore," and "evermore" albums, so Eras was exactly what I needed to revive my admiration for her.) I don't care what anyone says. Give Taylor all the accolades; she deserves them.

I loved concert earplugs too. I could have a conversation without shouting and hear the music better.