![]() ![]() So I have no doubt that although she publicly pledges allegiance to "Hands Down," "Stolen" is up there on her list of favorite Dashboard songs. It's worth noting that the " Stolen" music video (Opens in a new tab), which stars Olivia Wilde and tells the story of a romance through the years, has EXTREME Taylor energy. "Chris Carrabba whispers, then croons, then screams this story of 'doing nothing at all.' The result, in my opinion, is perfection." Every detail in the song is a brushstroke of that visceral drama, that anticipation, and the anxious trepidation all leading up to a climactic moment of victorious bravery that pays off better than you dreamt it would," Swift said. ![]() "'Hands Down' is a time capsule of teenage romance. In 2018, Swift got even more vocal about her love for the band when speaking with Billboard (Opens in a new tab) about her favorite Dashboard song. (Sadly, the post is full of dead links (Opens in a new tab).) And around that time, Vulture created a "Taylor Swift or Dashboard Confessional Lyric?" quiz. In 2015, before Swift wiped her social accounts clean, she also tweeted about "SCREAMING" Dashboard lyrics (Opens in a new tab) in a van. Healey explained that when listening to "mirrorball" she couldn't help but think of a lyric from Dashboard's 2006 song, "Stolen." And as someone whose eighth grade MySpace song was "Stolen," (Opens in a new tab) I feel Caitlin came to the right place for this discussion. This explains why I received the following text from my friend and fellow good music lover, Caitlin Healey, on Friday afternoon. Since the 16 new songs were released at midnight, Swifties have been parsing lyrics for romantic subtext, stoking the flames (Opens in a new tab) of those old Karlie Kloss rumors, and wondering if Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' third child is named Betty (Opens in a new tab).įolklore leaves much to digest, unpack, and savor, but I, for one, can't fully focus on doing that, because I can't stop thinking about a single lyric on Track 6, "mirrorball," that's straight out of a Dashboard Confessional song.Īnyone who knows me knows I've been a hardcore, unwavering Dashboard fan since the early 2000s. Translated with Berlin, Germany PrivatclubOn Friday, Taylor Swift surprise-dropped her eighth studio album, folklore, which sent fans into a delighted frenzy. ![]() which doesn't sound good for him solo only with acoustic guitar. but then it was a halfway successful concert with a splendidly accompanying audience and weak moments, only when Chris got too far into "shooting". therefore the guys won't jet all together across the pond!"īut it got really nasty when I dared to watch some current solo appearances of Chris on YouTube a few days before the concert!! Concerning the hairstyle from the 80s with blonde highlights, which fell completely out of time, one can still say: hey, he should sing and not model! But the singing didn't come across so well on the excerpts - and there was a noticeable correlation between the pitch and length of the performance on his part and my unwillingness to listen to it. Then it turned out that only Chris Carrabba would perform solo. "Well", I thought: "It takes place at 'Private Club'. ![]() But the first euphoria of the spontaneous purchase gave way more and more to an evil premonition.Īt first I found out that it would be an acoustic concert. "Dashboard confessional", man, how long have I wanted to go there when the band is in town?Īnd now the opportunity had come. I was ultra-skeptical before the concert. ![]()
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