Saturday, February 01, 2025

Invisible Strings - 41. "I Go Back to the Past All the Time" by Jill Bialosky

"I Go Back to the Past All the Time" by Jill Bialosky

I'm taking the bait on this one and calling it "Back to December."

While the subjects of the poem and song don't match up identically, I can definitely see some similarities between the two.

When Speak Now came out, this was my favorite for a long time, and I still think it's solidly one of her best. With the Taylor's Version releases we've received so far (Fearless, Red, Speak Now, 1989), these vault tracks are also some of my favorites. "Electric Touch," "When Emma Falls in Love," "I Can See You" and "Castles Crumbling" are all way up there for me. That being said, I still adore a lot of the vault tracks on the other albums as well. It's been so fun to get to experience new "old" music that was written at the same time that the album was written. It feels like experiencing a bit of a time warp, especially with the guests that she had on her Speak Now vault tracks - Fallout Boy and Hayley Williams. Speaking of Hayley Williams, she was the opener for The Eras Tour in Zurich, so I felt like I got a real two-for-one experience. The Swiss didn't seem to into it, but Hayley put on a hell of a show. Will forever count that whole trip/experience as one of the best of a lifetime!

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