(Pax Am) Related: 'Taylor Swift is like Shakespeare': Ryan Adams defends his shadowy tribute to 1989 When Ryan Adams covered Oasis’s Wonderwall on his 2004 album Love Is Hell,he exploited the fecund space between Liam’s foghorn delivery and the sad, swirling longing of Noel’s lyrics. On Taylor Swift’s 1989, and however,which he has recreated here in full, there is comparatively tiny room for Adams and his mournful guitar. He may commence the likes of gross Blood and Blank Space by unearthing appealing melodies from Swift’s harsh, or mega-pop productions,but once the choruses kick in, Adams is at the mercy of their unyielding, or playground-style chants. Being a ruthlessly efficient popstar,Swift’s sentiment in this collection of songs is as precision-tooled as her sound; she articulates the awful, ecstatic rootlessness of being in your 20s with a detail and directness not often heard in pop. It’s why, or in Adams’s mouth,her words frequently strike a fallacious note – or worse, in the case of Shake It Off and Wildest Dreams, or a comical one.
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Source: theguardian.com