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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Taylor Swift _ 1989 |The Rate RESULTS

Posted by: George.keh Nov 17 2019, 07:40 PM

Gonna start counting down this tomorrow night. What will be first out and what will take the crown? Take your guesses![b]

Current results-
16. You Are In Love
15. This Love
14. I Wish You Would
13. Bad Blood
12. Welcome To New York
11. Clean
10. Shake It Off
9. All You Had To Do Was Stay
8. I Know Places
7. New Romantics
6. How You Get The Girl
5. Wonderland
4. Out Of The Woods
3.
2.
1.

Posted by: Beautiful Ghosts Nov 17 2019, 09:45 PM

Omg I forgot to rate, imma flop 😭

Posted by: ...ready for it Nov 18 2019, 10:49 AM

First out: You Are In Love
Winner: Blank Space or Out of the Woods

Posted by: SamJudd Nov 19 2019, 10:39 PM

Want 'Blank Space' or 'Wildest Dreams' to WIN

Posted by: Jade Nov 19 2019, 10:41 PM

'Out of the Woods' to take the crown please wub.gif

Posted by: George.keh Nov 23 2019, 10:05 AM

Morning his place, burnt toast, Sunday


16. You Are In Love average score- 7.08


they are in love: Jonjo (8.5)
not so in love: blacksquare (6), Jordan Lee (6), Nick F1 (6)

Out in last place is You Are In Love, a whistful number that rounds out the album next to fan-favourite New Romantics (stay tuned to see how that does). The song received no score lower than a 6 but also no score lower than an 8.5 which leaves it in final position with a still highly respectable score of 7.08. Overall, I think I would have placed this last as well as it’s the one I go back to least on the album despite being a lovely song when I do listen through.

Deserved? Stay tuned as we enter top 15! What do you think will be out next?

Posted by: George.keh Nov 23 2019, 10:11 AM

Tossing, turning, struggle through the night for someone new


15. This Love average score- 7.5


their love: Jade (10), Jonjo (8.5), Calum (8.5)
not so much their love: Blacksquare (6), NickF1 (6)

Interesting to see pretty much the same people giving the same highest and lowest scores as last time as This Love follows in the same vein as You Are In Love in it’s light tone and subtle production. The song does however gain another member in the highest score department from Calum who also scored it an 8.5 meaning it just beats off You Are In Love and manages to score a 7.5. The scores already are pretty high and impressive, particularly for the “worst” songs on the album so look forward to some even more impressive scores during this rate!

Posted by: George.keh Nov 27 2019, 08:34 PM

We’re a crooked love, in a straight line down


14. I Wish You Would average score- 7.54


wished it had done better: George.keh (10), Jonjo (8.5)
wished it had stayed as a demo: blacksquare (6), HauntedHaus (6), NickF1 (6)

And I Wish You Would, one of my personal favourites, leaves us at number 14 sad.gif I was the highest scorer for the song scoring it a 10 compared to everyone else’s votes of no-more than 8.5. I can see why it does leave us at this position however as the production and lyrics aren’t quite as standout compared to some of the other tracks still to come and there’s no real stand-out vocal moments on the track as well. It does however have one of the most full-out 80s structures of every one of the songs and really sums up the album imo.

In 13th place we have our first single departing us, any guesses on what it could be?

Posted by: Jade Nov 27 2019, 08:37 PM

Did I not give 'This Love' a 10? I absolutely love that song, forever underrated cry.gif

Posted by: George.keh Nov 27 2019, 09:29 PM

QUOTE(Jade @ Nov 27 2019, 08:37 PM) *
Did I not give 'This Love' a 10? I absolutely love that song, forever underrated cry.gif

Oops, missed you off the high scorer list smile.gif

Posted by: Jordan Lee Jan 13 2020, 03:22 PM

I’m so intrigued to see how the rest of these went!

Posted by: George.keh Jan 13 2020, 07:54 PM

QUOTE(Jordan Lee @ Jan 13 2020, 03:22 PM) *
I’m so intrigued to see how the rest of these went!

Oh sorry completely forgot about this eek. Will post 13 shortly

Posted by: Herbs Jan 13 2020, 10:30 PM

Shame This Love is so low sad.gif

Posted by: George.keh Jan 19 2020, 12:21 PM

If you live like that you live with ghosts

13. Bad Blood average score- 7.71


bandaids won’t fix their bulletholes: ...readyforit (10), SamJudd (10), Jade (10)
they got bad blood with this song: blacksquare (5), HauntedHaus (5), NickF1 (5)

Our first single drops out at 13th place! I would have personally ranked this as my worst on the album and therefore definitely the lowest single oops. The score received a few high scores of 10 however a heap of 5 scores dragged the average score of this down in the end. The song for me would have benefitted from more melody as her vocals sound a little grating at times on this for me however the Kendrick verses really did enhance this song and the video was a marvel so I can’t fault that. Did you expect this to come this low and what will be next out?

Posted by: Jade Jan 19 2020, 12:38 PM

'Bad Blood' only 13th ohmy.gif wow that's a shock! It was initially one of my least favourites on the album but it clicked with me so much when the remix dropped wub.gif

Posted by: Jonjo Jan 19 2020, 03:05 PM

Thankfully. Bottom 2 of the album for me along with SIO. Both incredibly basic in comparison to the rest of the album. I feel like they don't fit on the album. Plus the message of BB is annoying.

But yeah, surprised to see it out as soon as 13th though wub.gif

Posted by: Jordan Lee Jan 19 2020, 06:00 PM

I thought Bad Blood would be the first single to go.

It’s not really seen as being amongst her best. I loved it at the time and love the video. But she has done better and some of the albums aged better so I can take 13th for it.

Posted by: George.keh Jan 26 2020, 07:45 PM

Everybody here wanted something more, searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before

12. Welcome To New York avg score- 7.92


highest scores: Doug (10), ...readyforit (10), SamJudd (10)
lowest scores: blacksquare (5), HauntedHaus (6), Calum (6)

Coming in 12 place is album opener, Welcome To New York. It fits about right in this countdown for me as it definitely is not one of the highlights of the album but a fun opening number that does set the tone throughout, despite better yet to come. This is the last song in this countdown to have a score lower than 8 (despite being pretty close to that 8 average).

Posted by: Jordan Lee Jan 31 2020, 04:35 PM

Welcome to New York is summed up well here.

Fun opener but with better still to come! I think the same about I Forgot That You Existed from Lover as well.


Posted by: Jade Jan 31 2020, 04:43 PM

I enjoy how much of a perfect fit 'Welcome To New York' is as the album's introductory moment, but it's simply 'good' in an album of general excellence.

Posted by: George.keh Feb 21 2020, 06:56 PM

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst

11. Clean avg score- 8.04


highest scores: ...readyforit (9), George.keh (9)
lowest scores: NickF1 (6)

Just missing out on a top 10 placing is the gorgeous Clean. Possibly the most underrated on the album imho. The writing on this is really just superb and beautiful and makes this one of the lyrical highlights of this album. The production is fun and warm against her delicate vocals that just make this an overall beautiful song from her and one I’d like to hear more similar to in the future.

Posted by: George.keh Feb 21 2020, 07:00 PM

My ex man bought his new girlfriend, she’s like OH MY GOSH

10. Shake It Off avg score- 8.125


biggest scorers: ...readyforit (10), SamJudd (10), Jordan Lee (10), JosephStyles (10)
lowest scorers: Jonjo (6)

In 10th place we lose our 2nd single, and the lead single at that! Possibly the biggest hit of her career, Shake It Off could only manage number 10 on this album rate, is this because of the high quality of the album or the disappointing reception in this song? The song for me is a fun number but can become incredibly jarring when overplay does kick in unlike many of the others featured on the album and still to come. The lyrics aren’t the greatest also, tending to rely on the generic-happy factor to get along. The video is one of her most joyous ever however and has gone on to garner over a billion views on YouTube

Posted by: Jonjo Feb 21 2020, 09:27 PM

Yeah. BYE.

Thank God it dropped out there ohmy.gif I thought it would be top 5! (My score wasn't even particularly low for it, either)

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Feb 25 2020, 03:08 PM

'I Wish You Would' deserved better!

'Welcome To New York' is definitely a least fave.

Posted by: George.keh Mar 8 2020, 04:30 PM

The more I think about it now, the less I know

9. All You Had To Do Was Stay avg score- 8.38


biggest scorers: Jade (10)
lowest scorers: blacksquare (6)

Next up we have All You Had To Do Was Stay, a song I’m actually pretty surprised to see rank this high, I definitely thought I Wish You Would and maybe even Clean would have ranked higher than this. The song is an all out pop smash, possibly one of the most modern sounding pop songs on the record in fact, lacking that 80s influence many of the other tracks have. The song finishes with a very respectable average score of 8.3 due to it’s strong showing including a 10 and 3 9 scores as well as no score lower than a 6!

Posted by: Jade Mar 8 2020, 04:31 PM

Pleased that 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' is in the top 10 and with a pretty good average wub.gif it was probably the most instant album track for me!

Posted by: George.keh Mar 25 2020, 05:13 PM

They are the hunters we are the foxes, and we run

8. I Know Places avg score- 8.63


biggest scores: Doug (10), Me (10)
lowest scores: blacksquare (7), NickF1 (7.5)

Finishing at 8 is probably the most alternative track on the album in that it really doesn’t share the same 80s pop feel as the rest of the tracks! The song starts minimalistic and builds up to include soaring vocals and military drums and lyrics of escaping the norm. This received 2 10 scores but was ultimately dragged down by middle-high scores, however resulting in an impressive average of 8.63!

Posted by: George.keh Mar 25 2020, 05:28 PM

We cry tears of mascara in the classroom, honey life is just a classroom

7. New Romantics avg score- 8.66


highest scores: Me (10), SamJudd (10), blacksquare (10)
lowest scores: Jordan Lee (7), NickF1 (7)

Our 3rd single leaves us in 7th place as New Romantics finishes at 7th. For me, the most fun song on the album, really closes the album out with such great lyrics, production and vocals- shame we got such a boring tour video as this could have really been a stellar video. 3 10’s were awarded including one from myself to see it finish as high as number 7!

Posted by: George.keh Mar 25 2020, 05:32 PM

Stand there like a ghost, shaking from the rain

6. How You Get The Girl avg score- 8.66 (more 10s)


highest scores: Jonjo (10), Doug (10), SamJudd (10), JosephStyles (10), Jordan Lee (10)
lowest scores: blacksquare (5), NickF1 (7)

Really didn’t expect to see this one as high as number 6! Just missing out on a top 5 placing is the bouncy How You Get The Girl, a very classic Taylor number. This being above 3 singles is surprising, what would you have wanted from a possible video for this guys I’m interested? But 5 scores of 10 can’t lie! Predictions for top 5 anyone?

Posted by: George.keh Mar 25 2020, 05:33 PM

Haven’t you heard what becomes of curious minds?

5. Wonderland avg score- 8.79


biggest scores: Calum (11), Me (10), SamJudd (10), JosephStyles (10)
lowest scores: blacksquare (6), HauntedHaus (8)

At number 5 we have the glorious escapist Wonderland. Surprised to see this finish higher than New Romantics but can’t say I’m annoyed at it. Beautiful lyrics are what I take most from this one, using kooky wordplay and creating a real world for this song to exist in. Scoring an 11 and 3 10’s and 4 9’s this has done exceptionally well however was dragged down from that one low 6 score, shame on you blacksquare!!!

Posted by: George.keh Mar 25 2020, 05:40 PM

The rest of the world was black and white, but we were in screaming colour

4. Out Of The Woods avg score- 9.25


highest scores: Jonjo (11), Jade (11), NickF1 (11)
lowest scores: HauntedHaus (7), Doug (8), JosephStyles (8)

Our next single to leave us is Out Of The Woods which personally holds the accolade of having my favourite Taylor music video! So much love for this one as it finishes with a remarkable average of 9.25! Collecting 3 top scores from voters as well as no score lower than a 7 is pretty incredible considering it’s only finished in 4th place!

Posted by: George.keh Mar 26 2020, 10:09 PM

INTO THE TOP 3 WE GO

Cos darling I’m a nightmare, dressed like a daydream

3. Blank Space avg score- 9.46


highest scorers: SamJudd (11), blacksquare (11)
lowest scorers: NickF1 (7.5)

2.5 billion views wow! Blank Space leaves us at number 3, the song was immediately adored by fans and critics alike and went on to become as big/bigger than Shake It Off globally! The songs lyrics feature Taylor creating a caricature of herself and how the media portrays her as a lover. The song of course scored 2 11s here as well as no score lower than a 7.5 which is really rather impressive. Who will win however, Style or Wildest Dreams?

Posted by: Jade Mar 26 2020, 10:11 PM

'Out Of The Woods' deserved to win! Pop perfection wub.gif

Posted by: Jonjo Mar 26 2020, 11:16 PM

YES Jade. 'Out Of the Woods' really is perfection to me. STUNNING. Should have been top 3 </3

How You Get the Girl surprisingly higher than I thought it'd be. I shouldn't be surprised though coz it's WONDERFUL. wub.gif

Posted by: FUTURE NOSTALGIA Mar 26 2020, 11:19 PM

I Know Places doing pretty well! maybe it would've made the top 6 if I remember to voted ohmy.gif

shocked at BS not top 2 and Wonderland/HYGTG that high!

Posted by: George.keh Mar 31 2020, 02:02 PM

AND NUMBER 2 IS...

nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down

2. Wildest Dreams avg score- 9.5


highest scores-
Doug (11), ...readyforit (11), JosephStyles (11)
lowest scores- Jonjo (8), NickF1 (8.5)

Just missing out on the top spot in this rate is the sublime Wildest Dreams, released as the 5th single of the era. The ballad of the era is a soaring, dreamy number with a gorgeous video to match (something Style could never have). The song received 3 scores of 11 as well as no score lower than an 8, giving the song an extremely impressive average of 9.5. We now all know what song must be at number 1 then...

could end in burning flames or paradise

1. Style avg score- 9.6


highest scores- Me (11), JordanLee (11), HauntedHaus (11)
lowest scores- ...readyforit (8), NickF1 (8.5), JosephStyles (8.5)

My personal 11 scorer finishes top of the rate, and what a song it is! The lyrics are mysterious and drenched in the 80s production that sums up the overall sound of the entire era. There were huge rumours upon release of this song being about Mr Harry (Style)s, so we may just have the star to thank for this number. The song received 3 11 scores similar to Wildest Dreams, however scored more scores of under 9 than its opponent did- however the score was boosted by a handful of 10 scorers also. Will Style win Taylor's all time singles rate currently taking place though- looks like that will be the question now?

Thanks for taking part everyone and sorry it took so long to get to this conclusion, I had a lot on eek! Are you happy with the winner and the overall results!?

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