The lyrics "Baby, have to do this? I was thinking that you could be trusted", "Baby, have to ruin what was shiny? Now it's all rusted", "Did you have to hit me, where I'm weak?" You can definitely tell the difference in the voices of Ryan and Taylor as they sang. Ryan showed more emotion then Taylor, from his soft voice we could tell he was clearly sad and heartbroken as he felt betrayed. Whereas when Taylor sang, she was more aggressive in the way she was singing. Not really showing any signs that she's sad but more mad. I think we would be able to tell a lot more if the Ryan Adams version (original version), had a music video, because the fact that we saw Taylor fighting in the beginning really planted an image in our minds of how she was backstabbed and is what possibly led her to be aggressive.
The two songs sung obviously are trying to get the attention of two different audiences. Ryan's song is more of a calm and relaxed audience whereas Taylor's is more of a aggressive and "party" audience. We can see a big difference in the type of generations we once were in and what we are in now which is to why I believe the songs formats are different.
Qaher,
ReplyDeleteI love your observations of the two songs! I did the same analysis, and we found many of the same things to be true. I failed to point out that Ryan's version clearly showed more emotion than Taylor's, which was fueled more by aggression. Great job.