BOTH OF US ♥

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us
Some day I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us

Ever thought about losing it
When your money’s all gone and you lose your whip
You might lose your grip when the landlord tell ya that you do for rent
And the grass so green on the other side
Make a nigga wanna run straight through the fence
We’re never freezed by two hundred times
But still can’t find no food in it
That’s foolishness
And sometimes I wonder, why we care so much about the way we look,
And the way we talk and the way we act and the clothes we bought, how much that cost?
Cause it even really matter?
Cause the flight is a uphill battle
But y’all tryna climb with the same ol’ ladder
In the same boat, with the same ol’ battle
Why so shallow? I’m just asking
What’s the pattern setting madness
Everybody ain’t a number one draft pick
Most of us ain’t hollywood actors
But if it’s all for one, and one for all
Then maybe one day, we all can rock
Do it one time for the underdogs
Sincerely yours, from one of yours

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us
Some day I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us

I can feel your pain, I can feel your struggle
You just wanna live, been levitating so low
That you could drown in a bubble
That’s why I gotta hold us up, yeah hold us up
For all the times no one’s ever spoke for us
To every single time that they play this song
You can say that that’s what bobby ray wrote for us
When the tides get too high
And the sea upon your knees get so deep
And you feel like you’re just another person
Getting lost in the crowd, where your partner, no please
Uh, because we won’t be near yet, both of us
But we still stand tall with our shoulders up
And even though we always a chance to us
These are the things that’ve molded us
And if life hadn’t chosen us
Sometimes I wonder where woulda wind up
Cause if it was up to me, I’d make a new blueprint
Feel better from the ground up, hey
But if it’s all for one, and one for all
Then maybe one day, we all can rock
Do it one time for the underdogs
From bobby ray, to all of y’all

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both us
Some day I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us

Is Taylor Swift an Effective Gateway Drug for Country?

YESSSSSS!!
Last week it was revealed that in the June issue of the upcoming W Magaine, Miranda Lambert lets loose one mother of a backhanded compliment toward Taylor Swift, saying:

Taylor Swift is a pop singer. But she really helped country music. When she hit, I was thinking, Thank God Taylor’s out there to show people we’re not cheesy. Some people still think that country music is twangy and cheesy, and they pigeonhole us. But I thought if they’re looking for Taylor’s videos or songs, they might see or hear other people they like. If her fans are watching for her, they might like me too.

There’s really many things to unravel from this Miranda statement, including that she calls out Taylor for not being country, but then praises her for showing people country is not “twangy.” Isn’t the presence of twang what makes country country? And the lack of it is what makes country pop? Isn’t Miranda herself offered up many times as an example of country twang? It hearkens back to statements Jason Aldean made before the ACM Awards, about how he didn’t want people thinking country was hayseeds sitting on hay bales.

But more important is this question of how effective Taylor Swift is as a country music apostle, going out there in the world, turning crossover fans into country converts with her music. This certainly must be one of the theories behind the move announced today by the Country Music Hall of Fame to open a “Taylor Swift Speak Now: Treasures of the World Tour” exhibit on June 6th, running through November. Taylor just made a massive $4 million donation to the Hall of Fame for a children’s education center. The two couldn’t be related, could they?


But the Hall of Fame has already had a small Swift display up for a while, across from some of the biggest memorabilia the Hall boasts at the west end of the top floor. The idea is to engage the kiddos with someone they can relate to, and then maybe, just maybe, they may give some attention to all this old people, backwoods hillbilly stuff.

Is this theory effective? I don’t know. And the question embodies the underlying dichotomy of Taylor Swift. In one respect, she’s the country music savior we’ve all been waiting for. She writes her own songs, plays her own music, produces her own albums, respects herself, is a positive role, and gives back to the community. As a product, she’s brought tremendous revenue to a struggling industry and genre.  Bless her heart, she has inspired millions. And as pop, her music holds tremendous levity. But the problem still remains: Taylor Swift is not country.

Do we really think legions of her fans are going to gateway from her music to Waylon Jennings, or even Alan Jackson, or even Justin Townes Earle? And for as many people she may convert to the pop version of country, may she scare just as many away from the traditional side? What are the ratios here? For all the good she may do enticing young fans to the genre, is she chasing away the older ones?

I don’t have any answers here. Taylor could be doing tremendous amounts of good, or she could be doing irreplaceable damage to country. Or her toll could be a complete wash. I think Taylor Swift has done tremendous good for society, culture, and music in general. But I think it’s important for all of us to question the effectiveness of Taylor Swift as a country music gateway drug, and what the lingering, long-term side effects of that drug could be. *melted

Taylor Swift Gelar Pameran=)

Mengutip berita dari digitalspy, Hall of Fame mengumumkan bahwa mereka akan membuka "Taylor Swift Speak Now - Treasure from the World Tour" pada 9 Juni 2012. WOWWW!!! stressed out asdfghjkl :I
Pameran itu akan menampilkan berbagai kostum panggung saat Taylor Swift manggung dan memecahkan rekor tur pada 2011.

"Taylor Swift's Speak Now salah satu tur konser yang paling sukses di musik, dan dia telah menjadi duta besar untuk musik country," kata Kyle Young, direktur Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

"Kami senang bisa membawa para pengunjung kami dekat secara personal dengan banyak element favorit meerka dari acara itu dari kostum panggung yang warna-warni, rumit, dan instrumen yang indah. Taylor akan masuk dan dekat pada akhir pertunjukan dan mengitari setiap tempat," tambahnya.

Untuk acara Taylor Swift: Speak Now - Treasures from the World Tourakan dibuka untuk para pengunjung pada 4 November 2012.  Keep support her guys and stay fearless okay!!!:) thank you:3