They must’ve thrown that line in there so little Ms. Swift wouldn’t get sued by disapproving daddies when five million tweens rationalize running off with their older boyfriends after a week of knowing them.
Rachel, dude, this is one of the most innovative uses of post-it notes blogging I’ve ever seen. You are not only a reasonable human being, YOU ARE AN ARTISTE.
The answer is, of course, no. Whoever this “Taylor Swift” is, he needs some edumacating. *googles* Oh, Taylor is a she! Okay, strike that, *I* need some edumacating.
I hate that song – it has serious staying power in the ear worm department. In addition to the Romeo and Juliet part not making sense, does anyone understand why the Dad is against the relationship in the beginning of the song and approving of the marriage by the end? Stupid and annoying.
alexa – Yes, it absolutely does, which is why this makes me so crazy.
Leslie – Your edumacation is fine as is.
Bridge – Exactly. It’s mind-boggling. The hussy spends the whole song crying and comparing herself to a girl whose love is so forbidden she ends up committing suicide, and the problem is immediately resolved when the dumbass boyfriend strolls in with an engagement ring and the dad’s all, “I was kiddin’ about the whole earnestly wanting to see you and your family rot in hell thing — just pullin’ y’all’s chains! Go run off with my daughter. Go on, son!”
“You were Romeo. I was a scarlet letter. And my daddy said ‘stay away from Juliet.’”
What? WHAT? You were…huh?! A scarlet letter? The town whore? Your dad considered you the town whore? How does that even fit, aside from being an additional nonsensical literary reference?
Malnurtured Snay – In that regard, yes, it could make sense, unless you consider Romeo and Juliet a story of two kids who are unable to overcome conflict, and so they die.
Ok, I did read the post, but I have to share with you that I, along with a zillion other girls, went through a MASSIVE Leonardo DiCaprio thing, and I think I’ve seen R&J about 55 million times.
Siiiigh.
And I have no clue who Taylor Swift is..? But that’s because I’m really inept at pop culture from the last two years.
Stephanie – I wrote about this a little while back, but for some odd reason, I skipped the Leo thing when I was at the appropriate age for having the Leo thing, and am only just now starting to go through it. Ten years later.
I don’t think so. I think the song is dumb. Her singing is so-so, but that fact that it is referencing Romeo and Juliet makes it feel doomed to me, but it has a happy ending? I am confused.
LOL!! I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING!! I HATE THAT SONG and it’s faux literary reference. The part I hate MORE is when she says something about the Scarlet Letter. What?! You are an adulterer that fell in love with a Reverend and had a rather odd child and all of you were subsequently ostracized as the outcome?! Thank you for voicing my concern, as well as the concern of all intelligent english major snobs. xoxo
OMG you are my hero! I absolutely despise that song with every fibre in my being because its nothing like Romeo and Juliet and even less like The Scarlet Letter!!!! Your post is awesome, I love the pictures and post it notes and the fact that there are other people like me in the world who still have functioning brain cells. And have read a book or two.
This post made me laugh because I got annoyed by the exact same thing when I first heard the song. If I ever fall in love, I don’t want it to be ANYTHING like Romeo and Juliet. You’d think Taylor Swift would know the actual story, at least from the modern movie version, but maybe the movie hasn’t been released out in the country yet.
Reading Leslie’s comment made me laugh so hard because I also thought Taylor Swift was a he, not a she!
Taylor Swift is like 14 years old. I’m sure she still thinks Romeo and Juliette is a ROMANTIC story — instead of moron teenagers (who probably should have been medicated) acting all dramatic and ruining the lives of everyone they know.
I heard this song at the gas station the other day, and sat in my car to listened to it in its entirety before getting out to pump my gas. All I can hope is that perhaps the album has an extended, kill-yourselves-at-the-end fourth verse… I’ll never know.
Hahaha. I had the same reaction when I heard that line! Also, what about the one where she calls herself the scarlet letter. Does that mean she’s having a baby too?!? For some reason I don’t think she read Hawthorne either.
Sure- you can write love songs about Romeo & Juliet. If death and betrayal etc are your version of love. Putting it to a pop-like almost country twang however is JUST WRONG.
Okay, I hadn’t even read those lyrics, but now my brain is bleeding. This idiot mixed Romeo and Juliet AND The Scarlet Letter AND made it a happy ending?
i LOVE this! you’re absolutely right. romeo and juliet is not the typical love story. completely irrational. though in those first few stages of love, when you are completely out of your mind for the other person, the feelings do tend to be a bit overwhelming and out of control!
The literary references don’t make sense but I love that she referred to herself as the “Scarlet Letter” in that song… that at least made me laugh! Her dad warned Romeo that she was the town whore?
It reminds me of the time I pretended that I had read all of Great Expectations and defended Pip’s attempts to rise out of poverty… Only to realize later that he was being a douchebag to Joe. That made me realize that I should shut my mouth instead of BSing stuff.
I was also thrown by The Scarlett Letter reference into her entirely off the wall reference to Romeo and Juliet. It seems as if someone (Taylor Swift — hey, does she even write her own tripe?) read the Cliff Notes.
But what really made me feel old is that when I saw “Love Story” on the post-it notes, I thought Ali Mcgraw and Ryan O’Neal until I saw Leo and what’s her name.
I’m not high strung – I’m low strung, because I play bass!
But eek, I don’t get out much – I have no idea who Taylor Swift is although I’ve heard the name. But I enjoyed the post anyway – very artistic! And thanks for visiting my blog.
I love the post-its! Aww, young Leo… anyway, I vote no. Someone should tell her how Romeo & Juliet ends…
By the way, the video? (Had to YouTube it because I hadn’t heard the song.) DOES NOT COMPUTE. It’s Pride & Prejudice meets the Montagues & Capulets and my brain cannot comprehend it. She’s mixing Juliet, Elizabeth and Hester together! (Scarlet letter?! My brain hurts.)
Amy – I watched it last night (strictly for research purposes), and it’s like the producers, when faced with putting a video together, consulted the lyrics and finally just said, “Well, this doesn’t make any damn sense. Just put her in a tower and disregard the words.”
Romeo and Juliet are abused in her song, same as they are abused in a tidal wave of other media. Everyone associates their names with the ultimate love at first sight; forget the tragedy and the pretty creepy, overdramatic suicides at the end.
Then again, I’ve always hated Shakespeare. My mentor gaped for a good 10 minutes when she found out.
Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” gets stuck in my head but annoys the crap out of me? Why? Because of that line you quoted–”I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress.” Not only does it not meet the Romeo and Juliet storyline, but it just sounds so bossy and patronizing.
Love your posting technique, and I actually really like the song. But your exact thoughts have ran through my head on numerous occasions while listening to it. I’ll be around. Just found you from jayesel.net.
Well, I love the song, even though it doesn’t make any sense. It has a driving beat and I have a soft spot in my heart for any pop music that goes beyond the traditional lead guitar/rhythm guitar/bass/drums instrumentation. To be fair, though, I often don’t listen to song lyrics.
I felt the same way about the song too! And the Scarlet Letter reference? What? Oh, and the tradition-hatin’ person in me is annoyed at her dad telling her to pick out a white dress. Screw white dresses! And in this day and age, why does a father have input on what a grown woman can do? Oh wait, Taylor is about 17 or so? THEN WHAT IS SHE DOING GETTING MARRIED?
Cue the “It’s just a song, chill out.” But overanalyzing lyrics is so much fun!
If my dad was like the dad in this song, I’d pull a Christian Bale on him. Okay, not really, but I would cheerfully defy his wishes.
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They must’ve thrown that line in there so little Ms. Swift wouldn’t get sued by disapproving daddies when five million tweens rationalize running off with their older boyfriends after a week of knowing them.
This is why I hate pop.
And by pop I mean the genre, not my father.
Ok both.
i like what you did here with this!
also why taylor swift? WHY?
doesn’t adding “romeo and juliet” to a story automatically make it NOT general, but more concrete?
Rachel, dude, this is one of the most innovative uses of post-it notes blogging I’ve ever seen. You are not only a reasonable human being, YOU ARE AN ARTISTE.
The answer is, of course, no. Whoever this “Taylor Swift” is, he needs some edumacating. *googles* Oh, Taylor is a she! Okay, strike that, *I* need some edumacating.
I hate that song – it has serious staying power in the ear worm department. In addition to the Romeo and Juliet part not making sense, does anyone understand why the Dad is against the relationship in the beginning of the song and approving of the marriage by the end? Stupid and annoying.
alexa – Yes, it absolutely does, which is why this makes me so crazy.
Leslie – Your edumacation is fine as is.
Bridge – Exactly. It’s mind-boggling. The hussy spends the whole song crying and comparing herself to a girl whose love is so forbidden she ends up committing suicide, and the problem is immediately resolved when the dumbass boyfriend strolls in with an engagement ring and the dad’s all, “I was kiddin’ about the whole earnestly wanting to see you and your family rot in hell thing — just pullin’ y’all’s chains! Go run off with my daughter. Go on, son!”
Maddening.
I don’t know… I’ve always thought of Romeo and Juliet as a warm-and-fuzzy love story.
I detest romeo and juliet.
3 days?
Death?
How is this romantic?
I love your post it notes!
AND ALSO.
“You were Romeo. I was a scarlet letter. And my daddy said ‘stay away from Juliet.’”
What? WHAT? You were…huh?! A scarlet letter? The town whore? Your dad considered you the town whore? How does that even fit, aside from being an additional nonsensical literary reference?
Well, in the most general sense, all Romeo and Juliet is, is a story of two kids who have to overcome conflict. So … yes?
Malnurtured Snay – In that regard, yes, it could make sense, unless you consider Romeo and Juliet a story of two kids who are unable to overcome conflict, and so they die.
Ok, I did read the post, but I have to share with you that I, along with a zillion other girls, went through a MASSIVE Leonardo DiCaprio thing, and I think I’ve seen R&J about 55 million times.
Siiiigh.
And I have no clue who Taylor Swift is..? But that’s because I’m really inept at pop culture from the last two years.
Stephanie – I wrote about this a little while back, but for some odd reason, I skipped the Leo thing when I was at the appropriate age for having the Leo thing, and am only just now starting to go through it. Ten years later.
I don’t think so. I think the song is dumb. Her singing is so-so, but that fact that it is referencing Romeo and Juliet makes it feel doomed to me, but it has a happy ending? I am confused.
Kudos on the artwork. Seriously! That was some sweet stuff.
As for the question asked, I can’t answer. Love songs/stories tend to bore me to tears. I fail.
LOL!! I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING!! I HATE THAT SONG and it’s faux literary reference. The part I hate MORE is when she says something about the Scarlet Letter. What?! You are an adulterer that fell in love with a Reverend and had a rather odd child and all of you were subsequently ostracized as the outcome?! Thank you for voicing my concern, as well as the concern of all intelligent english major snobs. xoxo
OMG you are my hero! I absolutely despise that song with every fibre in my being because its nothing like Romeo and Juliet and even less like The Scarlet Letter!!!! Your post is awesome, I love the pictures and post it notes and the fact that there are other people like me in the world who still have functioning brain cells. And have read a book or two.
This post made me laugh because I got annoyed by the exact same thing when I first heard the song. If I ever fall in love, I don’t want it to be ANYTHING like Romeo and Juliet. You’d think Taylor Swift would know the actual story, at least from the modern movie version, but maybe the movie hasn’t been released out in the country yet.
Reading Leslie’s comment made me laugh so hard because I also thought Taylor Swift was a he, not a she!
I love that you did that.
Taylor Swift is like 14 years old. I’m sure she still thinks Romeo and Juliette is a ROMANTIC story — instead of moron teenagers (who probably should have been medicated) acting all dramatic and ruining the lives of everyone they know.
I heard this song at the gas station the other day, and sat in my car to listened to it in its entirety before getting out to pump my gas. All I can hope is that perhaps the album has an extended, kill-yourselves-at-the-end fourth verse… I’ll never know.
This is my favorite of your blog posts. love it.
awww….lookit how young Leonardo looks!!
Oh. Just brilliant and beautiful. Best post ever.
I wish Taylor Swift would stop making music.
Hahaha. I had the same reaction when I heard that line! Also, what about the one where she calls herself the scarlet letter. Does that mean she’s having a baby too?!? For some reason I don’t think she read Hawthorne either.
Haha! So true! But for some reason I can never get that dang song out of my head! It’s addicting or something.
I’m gonna vote NO.
She clearly didn’t read the end.
or maybe she is just into passionate romances that end tragically? Hm…
While I don’t have an answer for you, I do want to say that your post looks cool – love the post-it notes. Very creative. :)
Now I have to go listen to the Taylor Swift song…(once I figure out who she is, I’m so out of touch)
Sure- you can write love songs about Romeo & Juliet. If death and betrayal etc are your version of love. Putting it to a pop-like almost country twang however is JUST WRONG.
Okay, I hadn’t even read those lyrics, but now my brain is bleeding. This idiot mixed Romeo and Juliet AND The Scarlet Letter AND made it a happy ending?
WTF?
No, seriously, WT effin’ F?
What an amazing post. You rock. :)
And it’s too bad the lyrics for that song are absolutely abysmal. The tune is kind of catchy …
Typical.
Wait, you wrote those post-it notes? I thought you FOUND this somewhere!
I really want to like her new CD I just can’t. Ugh
Shakespeare will be turning in his grave…
Leo is a cutie though :-)
Ah, I love that movie. That girl needs to be hit, though. Or at least taught an English lesson.
This is one of the most clever posts I’ve seen on a blog. I’m sure others will copy it. If you’ve borrowed this idea from someone else, don’t tell me.
Not sure how I’d answer the question. Let’s go with Yes.
It just means that the masses have forgotten the story and us purists are on our way out.
Hrmph. Somehow it makes me feel old.
i LOVE this! you’re absolutely right. romeo and juliet is not the typical love story. completely irrational. though in those first few stages of love, when you are completely out of your mind for the other person, the feelings do tend to be a bit overwhelming and out of control!
The literary references don’t make sense but I love that she referred to herself as the “Scarlet Letter” in that song… that at least made me laugh! Her dad warned Romeo that she was the town whore?
It reminds me of the time I pretended that I had read all of Great Expectations and defended Pip’s attempts to rise out of poverty… Only to realize later that he was being a douchebag to Joe. That made me realize that I should shut my mouth instead of BSing stuff.
You have nice handwriting.
I was also thrown by The Scarlett Letter reference into her entirely off the wall reference to Romeo and Juliet. It seems as if someone (Taylor Swift — hey, does she even write her own tripe?) read the Cliff Notes.
But what really made me feel old is that when I saw “Love Story” on the post-it notes, I thought Ali Mcgraw and Ryan O’Neal until I saw Leo and what’s her name.
I vote No. LOL WHat a great post!!!
I’m not high strung – I’m low strung, because I play bass!
But eek, I don’t get out much – I have no idea who Taylor Swift is although I’ve heard the name. But I enjoyed the post anyway – very artistic! And thanks for visiting my blog.
I love the post-its! Aww, young Leo… anyway, I vote no. Someone should tell her how Romeo & Juliet ends…
By the way, the video? (Had to YouTube it because I hadn’t heard the song.) DOES NOT COMPUTE. It’s Pride & Prejudice meets the Montagues & Capulets and my brain cannot comprehend it. She’s mixing Juliet, Elizabeth and Hester together! (Scarlet letter?! My brain hurts.)
I love this post… what a generic romantic image to throw into a song!!
(Never heard the song before, though…)
Amy – I watched it last night (strictly for research purposes), and it’s like the producers, when faced with putting a video together, consulted the lyrics and finally just said, “Well, this doesn’t make any damn sense. Just put her in a tower and disregard the words.”
omg! i was thinking the same thing today. i really like the song, but using romeo and juliet doesn’t really make sense.
I LOVE the post-it notes. It’s like a little glimpse into your head….
Romeo and Juliet are abused in her song, same as they are abused in a tidal wave of other media. Everyone associates their names with the ultimate love at first sight; forget the tragedy and the pretty creepy, overdramatic suicides at the end.
Then again, I’ve always hated Shakespeare. My mentor gaped for a good 10 minutes when she found out.
*sigh*. we need more misappropriated literary references in songs like we need a Jonas Brothers movie
Okay – LOVE this.
Ahh, the romatic notions of the young. A couple more decades and Ms. Swift might catch on. Or, if CD sales are involved, probably not.
Some love stories are very temporary, so yes. But those usually end in tears, not in death, so no.
[] Maybe
f.B: You just sentenced me to become a Google result for what I’m sure is a buttload of teenage girls’ searches for “Jonas Brothers movie.”
Narm – DAMMIT NARM.
DUDE! i was just thinking about this yesterday. i’m pretty sure she has no idea what she’s talking about.
I haven’t heard the song yet, so I just don’t know!
Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” gets stuck in my head but annoys the crap out of me? Why? Because of that line you quoted–”I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress.” Not only does it not meet the Romeo and Juliet storyline, but it just sounds so bossy and patronizing.
YOU GO PICK OUT A WHITE DRESS!
Love your posting technique, and I actually really like the song. But your exact thoughts have ran through my head on numerous occasions while listening to it. I’ll be around. Just found you from jayesel.net.
Kim – HA.
Well, I love the song, even though it doesn’t make any sense. It has a driving beat and I have a soft spot in my heart for any pop music that goes beyond the traditional lead guitar/rhythm guitar/bass/drums instrumentation. To be fair, though, I often don’t listen to song lyrics.
Beautiful post! My goodness!
I have no idea. Taylor Swift, for me, is kind of a write off. I don’t get the fascination! Even less so now.
You have such a beautiful blog!!!
I do like Taylor Swift…at the very least she does write all of her songs, so just maybe, she may have read Romeo & Juliet.
man this was my favorite move in the 90´s. Leo is just too cute
I’m a huge fan of that version of the movie. But you’re right. Whoever wrote that song probably didn’t read Romeo and Juliet.
This was a very original conceit and well-executed.
I might have to steal the idea.
Love this! ‘Maybe it’s the English major snob in me…’
I felt the same way about the song too! And the Scarlet Letter reference? What? Oh, and the tradition-hatin’ person in me is annoyed at her dad telling her to pick out a white dress. Screw white dresses! And in this day and age, why does a father have input on what a grown woman can do? Oh wait, Taylor is about 17 or so? THEN WHAT IS SHE DOING GETTING MARRIED?
Cue the “It’s just a song, chill out.” But overanalyzing lyrics is so much fun!
If my dad was like the dad in this song, I’d pull a Christian Bale on him. Okay, not really, but I would cheerfully defy his wishes.
I was thrilled to read this, and love the way you did it. I definitely answer NO. Ha.