http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E&ob=av2n
Its a love story, baby just say yes...
Love story by Taylor Swift is a classical example of romantic in action. The music video is a typical portrayal of a teenage girl in high school wishing for her own "love story" and "romeo" to take her hand, and run away with her. This is a dream almost every teenage girl has due to all the romantic movies and songs like Taylor Swifts, Love Story, that portrays it happening to another teenage girl and boy. They also use the cliche example of romeo and juliet in the lyrics, and the typical protective father not wanting his daughter to be with the boy she loves. This, ultimately resulting in the daughter wanting to run away with the boy. This is something most naive teenage girls also experience, of falling for the bad boy their father doesnt like, and then rebelling and being with him despite what their father says.
I remember when this song/music video first came out when i was in high school, and every teenage girl i knew fell in love with it. Every one of my friends found someway to relate to the song, and had that special boy who came to mind everytime we heard it. A lot to do with this is probably because I and all of my friends were yearning for that "love story" to happen to us. There was an everyday occurence of me and my friends belting our hearts out to the song in the car for weeks after the song came out.
When my mom listened to this song she related back to her teenage years also, but when it came to present day it was obviously not a song she could still relate to. This is probably due to the fact that Taylor Swift (who is a teenager) writes her own songs, and a teenager typically wouldn't write a song an adult could better relate to than someone like herself. Most adult women aren't looking to run away with a man, but settle and have a family. Also, having their father dissapprove of a man isn't typically an issue adult women are faced with. My mom actually stated Taylor Swift sings songs that teenage girls can relate to, just like Shania Twain sings songs older women can easily relate to like Honey I'm Home. This is a perfect example of the differance between of the romantic structure of feeling between teenage girls, and grown adult women.
I love T-Swift's songs! They are so relatable and so much fun to sing along to when you are riding in the car with your girls! All of my friends love her so much. We do hope that a Romeo will come and take us away. Taylor knows how to relate to her audience and that is especially seen since she was artist of the year at the AMA's last night!
ReplyDeleteThis is a perfect example. It's definitely a stereotypical girls version of how she wants to fall in love. I hate to admit that everytime I listen to Taylor Swift I'm secretly hoping that I'll have the same fairytale endings that always happen in her songs. It's pathetic yes, but we're all hopeless romantics at heart.
ReplyDeleteI also wrote my post about a Taylor Swift song, so I was really excited to see you did, too! I remember when this song came out, too, and all of my friends were obsessed with it, as well! I definitely agree that this is probably every teenage girls' dream. We all want our lives to turn out like fairytales and have happy endings. I also agree that the reason her songs are so popular with teen girls is because we can relate to what she is singing about. That's why we love her so much!
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