Old Love Story but make it new
“Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone….” The evergreen lyrics of Taylor Swift’s 2008 hit Love Story still reverberate today. Recent Grammy Album of the Year winner’s Taylor Swift re-recorded her 2008 Fearless album in an effort to take back ownership of her previous work. This has already been well publicized in her battle against her previous record label and its new owners.
Side note, the song Love Story is a full Taylor Swift composition. So how does 2021 Love Story stack up against 2008 Love Story? In my highly amateur music critic ears, not that much. The instrumentals are still similar, with the only difference being in Taylor’s now much more mature voice, owing to her age and life experiences. However, the new Love Story is something I would describe as ROCKING. Like, there is a hint of rock somewhere of what was originally a very “pretty” country song. The vibe I’m getting is that it has a slight rock flavor, but still retaining the essence of the song.
Obviously singing a song when you’re 19 years old versus when you’re 31 years old, there will be a slight difference in tone. Compare that to if we all sang as children versus as adults, then therein goes the comparison. Taylor obviously want to keep the song similar for her reasons related to copyright.
She’s done just that by still retaining the original feel of the song, albeit with a little rock but appropriate flavor, that’s suited for the current. With that, Ms Swift is ready for her next phase in owning back her life’s work.
PS: As of this time of writing, there’s a new remix version of Love Story and new unreleased tracks from the Fearless album, with new single You All Over Me (featuring Maren Morris) released recently.
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