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Song of the Day #908: ‘Mean’ – Taylor Swift

Best Songs of 2010 – #9

Taylor Swift has been a pretty big deal in my household for a couple of years now, thanks to my 8- and 4-year old daughters who caught the bug from my 15-year old niece. The hits from her record-breaking album Fearless have run on repeat in their rooms and our car for some time.

So when Swift released Speak Now in 2010, I made a preemptive strike and bought the album myself. No surprise, it immediately went into constant rotation for my daughters, who can sing along word for word to every song.

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Taylor Swift – Speak Now

I wish I’d had a Taylor Swift when I was 15 years old. Somebody smart, talented, poised, level-headed and classy who nonetheless makes very human mistakes and isn’t afraid to explore them openly and eloquently.

When you have the likes of Ke$ha and Katy Perry soiling the airwaves, it’s comforting to see Swift outshine them all, selling more than a million copies of her latest album, Speak Now, in a week.

Speak Now is the first Taylor Swift album I’ve owned (though I do have a CD full of her songs hand-picked by my niece, a huge fan every bit as poised, smart and talented as her idol). And after just a few listens, it has impressed me as a fine addition to a year in music that has been full of great surprises.

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Song of the Day #508: ‘Fifteen’ – Taylor Swift

My wife runs an annual talent show at the high school where she teaches and watching it every year is a very stirring experience. It’s wonderful to sit in an auditorium full of 500 screaming kids going absolutely nuts over something my lady put together.

I’m also impressed by the talent onstage, especially the dancers, who perform acrobatic moves and come up with some very clever choreography. The music is mostly hip hop and the crowd knows every song, erupting each time a new beat kicks in. During the most popular songs, the whole room moves like a living thing as hundreds of bodies bounce up and down in unison.

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