We just happened to be there in the right place. We weren't aiming for that market in any way. radio went from AM to FM, and so the way it seems to work in America is that AM played the Top 40 and FM wanted for some reason to play these long tracks, the 15-minute long jams, with not much talking, and of course that's exactly what we were doing. How did you get that played on rock radio?Ī: What happened then is Traffic were quite happily playing exactly the music that we wanted to, without paying any attention to what anybody else wanted … and at that same time U.S. Q: “John Barleycorn Must Die” (from 1970) was essentially instrumental jazz. These include collaborations with emo icons like Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy, as well as bona fide bangers like I Can See You.We caught up with him on a phone call from his house in England’s glorious Lake District, where he lives with his Nashville wife, Eugenia Crafton. Taylor’s decision to alter the controversial lyrics in Better Than Revenge has already sparked conversation online – and there are a handful of other subtle changes that Swifties’ carefully attuned ears have already picked up on too (notably some more amped-up musical arrangements in tracks like Haunted).Īs we’ve come to expect from Taylor’s re-records, we’ve also been treated to a selection of songs from the vault – tracks that didn’t make the cut the first time around, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) was released at midnight on Friday (7 July), and it’s already being hailed by fans as one of her best albums yet (and, dare we say it, it’s maybe an improvement on the already stellar 2010 version?). The next chapter in Taylor Swift’s re-recording saga is finally here. Taylor Swift performing on her Eras world your

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