Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast - Episode 42
Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast | reputation | 1989 | Red | Speak Now | Fearless | Taylor Swift
Adam Bromberg
4.3 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2012
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Starlight - Episode 42
-In a brief recap from our "All Too Well" discussion last week, Taylor Talk listener, Rebecca, emails in with a non-literal interpretation of the song
-This episode is being released on Taylor's birthday, so HAPPY BDAY TAY!!
-Find out which host thinks "Gangnam Style" is the "worst piece of garbage" ever!
-"This episode of Taylor Talk is brought to you by: Squirrel Pajamas"
-An in-depth discussion of "Starlight" includes:
-"Starlight" is "Kennedy Fan Fiction"
-How "Starlight" gives insight into the era in which it takes place - ie. using words and phrases of the era, shows what life was like in that time period, etc.
-Where the song references a famous Bobby Kennedy quote
-How the song reminds us of an old school Taylor song going all the way back to her first album, Taylor Swift
-The music of "Starlight" has a very Peter Pan feel to it
-Adam points out that my prediction that there would be a Kennedy-themed song on Red proved true!
-Will this song be on the Red Tour and how will it be portrayed? -- Should Taylor bring out Ethel as a special guest? LOL
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Taylor Talk, the number one Taylor Swift podcast brought to you by the fan site, Taylor Swift13.org. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to episode 42 of Taylor Talk, everybody. This is Adam. |
| 0:16.1 | Bell, Maya, and Diane. |
| 0:19.5 | Welcome, welcome, everybody. You know, we got an interesting email after last week's |
| 0:26.3 | episode when we did a review of All Too Well. It's from a young lady named Rebecca, and I really, |
| 0:32.1 | I don't want to read the whole email because it was long, but what I pulled from it that was like |
| 0:36.2 | really unique is she kind of expanded the literal meaning of Taylor's song all too well, which is, in fact, about Taylor's relationship with this guy. |
| 0:45.6 | And she actually related some of those experience to memories she has with her sister. |
| 0:50.9 | And that's how she relates to the song. |
| 0:52.4 | And I thought that was really unique. |
| 1:11.9 | Interesting. I thought it was. I thought it was, like, really cool. Well, no, that's the thing about Taylor's music. That's so great, is that you can relate it to so many different things that could be going on in your life. Like, she writes so specifically about her own experiences, but at the same time, you could tie it into so many different things. |
| 1:26.9 | Well, part of the reason I find it so interesting that someone else emailed in about relating to it in a non-literal way is because as a male fan of Taylor's, I can't interpret her songs and relate to them literally. |
| 1:29.4 | Well, again, if you just switch the genders. |
| 1:31.2 | Sort of. |
| 1:33.1 | I wouldn't say that necessarily. |
| 1:36.5 | But anyway, it was a cool email, so I don't know. |
| 1:38.2 | I just thought I'd share that with you guys. |
| 1:40.5 | But let's get going on the episode. |
| 1:42.4 | Let's start it off with the calendar. |
| 1:43.7 | All right. |
| 1:45.3 | So we're recording this on Sunday, |
| 1:50.2 | December 9th, and tomorrow, December 10th is the American Country Awards, and they take place in Las Vegas, and they're broadcasting on Fox. And Taylor is nominated for Artist of the Year, |
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