Cranking Up Taylor Swift
eBook - PDF

Cranking Up Taylor Swift

Her Musical Journey in 11 Songs

  1. 161 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Cranking Up Taylor Swift

Her Musical Journey in 11 Songs

About this book

The volume on a standard amp goes to 10. But, sometimes, that's just not high enough.
Sometimes, you need to rock even harder than that-all the way to 11. Goes to 11books are short, opinionated introductions to the catalogs of major musical acts through 11 essential songs. Because going over the top is the only answer when it comes to good music.
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Since the release of her first album in 2006, Taylor Swift has taken the world by storm, breaking countless records and changing the shape of music and songwriting worldwide. Her career has widened the scope of potential for musicians and generated a body of work vast enough to cross multiple genres.
From "Tim McGraw" to The Eras Tour, Cranking Up Taylor Swift provides a whirlwind tour of 11 essential Taylor Swift tracks. It covers every era of her output-early hits, genre experiments, and her latest career highlights-exploring the irresistible alchemy that makes Swift's music impossible for the world to shake off.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Series Page
  4. Halftitle page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. INTRODUCTION: From one fan to another, critically encountering Taylor Swift
  8. Chapter I: Girlhood and Country Music
  9. Chapter 1: Taylor’s First Country Radio Single: “Tim McGraw”
  10. Chapter 2: Teenage Girlhood and “You Belong With Me”
  11. Chapter 3: “Mine” as Crossover Country
  12. Chapter 4: “All Too Well” and the Memory of (and in) a Song
  13. Chapter II: Pop Music Taylor
  14. Chapter 5: Pop Taylor and “Blank Space”
  15. Chapter 6: The “Delicate” Balance of reputation
  16. Chapter 7: “You Need to Calm Down” and Political Taylor
  17. Chapter III: Coming-of-Age as a Songwriter
  18. Chapter 8: Tracing Memories through “august”
  19. Chapter 9: Listening for Musical Accomplices on “no body, no crime”
  20. Chapter 10: “Midnight Rain”: When Pop Music Asks a Lot
  21. Chapter 11: “Guilty as Sin?”—Taylor as a Tortured Poet
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Selected Bibliography