Red (Taylor's Version) || FIRST TIME REACTION || Part 2

[@codenamewitchxx9486]

I would recommend her performance of Holy Ground for BBC Live Lounge! Gives the song a whole new spin

[@lisontherecord]

Thank you for your recommendation! I'll write it down in my notes 😊

[@hellywatermelonsmellinfell3436]

Yeah, Ronan is the saddest song. Taylor was following Maya Thompson's blog about dealing with her son having cancer and ended up writing a song using many of the quotes Maya used in her posts. She then contacted Maya to tell her she was receiving writing credits and then ask for permission to perform the song on Stand Up To Cancer. The song was made available on iTunes and all proceeds went to the Ronan Thompson Foundation in hopes of helping families affected by childhood cancer. Maya and her family remain some of Taylor's biggest supporters and have had her back through everything.

[@fwuffy1546]

The chorus in The Moment I Knew goes so hard for NO REASON. She went SO HARD. Full body chills every time I hear that chorus. One of the best things I’ve ever heard.

[@lisontherecord]

EXACTLY!!!! SHE WENT SO HARD AND FOR WHAT????? ALSO OMG THE STRINGSSSS >>>>>>

[@unhingednerd6227]

I completely agree with the string instruments with lower register thing. It does send chills all over. Also, the chorus of the moment I knew still makes me tear up.. the intensity of her emotions flooding throughout that larger than life production oof

[@lisontherecord]

Yes. Just yes. 100% agree.

[@brucebrown3837]

I loved your reaction! I love seeing current Swifties reacting to this rerecording! So at the 37:16 mark when you say "bonding" over the lyric, "you said you've never met 1 girl who has as many James Taylor records as you"... you might know, but if you don't, Taylor was named after music artist James Taylor, basically a folk singer.

[@lisontherecord]

Yeah, on one hand I wanna scream at myself for never listening to Red (back in the day I mean, not just the rerecordings) but on the other hand I'm glad I can share that journey now. I actually didn't know that about connection to James Taylor. Thanks for sharing that info!

[@richardh776]

Great reaction. I am an OG Taylor fan and I love real swifties who respect her genius and you do. As for Ronan, there is another song Forever Winter coming up has great lyrics too. The only other song is like Ronin is on Lover album. Soon you will get better for her mom. Always gets me.

[@lisontherecord]

Thank you so much! I of course heard Love Story and You Belong With Me and some other songs growing up because they were everywhere. But I can't honestly say I'm an OG fan. So getting the approval of an OG swiftie means a lot. I remember when I first heard Soon You'll Get Better, it made me cry so much.

[@lkcullen1918]

I've been obsessed with the way she sings "Would you just try to listen?" in Sad Beautiful Tragic. I'm so glad you also took note of it lol

[@lisontherecord]

Hard not to take note when she sings that one line with so much passion. 💜

[@bratndahwz]

Starlight was written after she saw an old picture of Ethel and Robert (Bobby) Kennedy. The secret message was "For Ethel". They actually did have 10 kids.

[@lisontherecord]

Oh wow! That's so beautiful! Thanks for letting me know 💜

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

@@lisontherecord yes she played it for and got approval from Ethyl.

[@Ashley-bj3sl]

I'm really glad you picked up on the theme of remembrance that weaves throughout Taylor's entire discography even in her very first single Tim McGraw ("when you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me").

[@lisontherecord]

I feel like she cares so much about her own memories and the nostalgia they bring that it's important to her to leave a mark behind so she'll be remembered too.

[@Violet316]

Begin Again has a beautiful MV, it is set in Paris.

[@lisontherecord]

I'll watch all the Red music videos once I'm done with the vault tracks. I've never see a single one of those mv. Not even the old ones, so it'll be interesting 😊

[@Violet316]

@@lisontherecord Taylor spares no expense, her videos are like mini-movies. There are also the concerts. Collabs with other artists that aren't on her albums.

[@joshuaramon123]

I've been waiting for this! And it was worth the wait, I loved your reaction to everything. Your thoughts about sad beautiful tragic were new to me, wow I didn't even realize until you said it's like a long overdue post letter. And you're right Taylor has always been incorporating folklore-like storytelling even on her early days. I'd like to add some info for your reaction to the vault tracks. -Babe and Better Man were released songs but sung by other artists, Sugarland and Little Big Town (both country musicians). She gave it to them because she couldn't put it into the original Red without making it so long. -Forever Winter is presumably about Taylor's late friend, Jeff Lang, who passed away at 21.

[@lisontherecord]

I'm glad you find my reaction worth the wait. I swear I'm gonna try to film and edit part 3 faster 😅 but thank you so much for your support! I did know better man was given to little big town, I didn't know about abe though. Also, so sad about Taylor's late friend.

[@codenamewitchxx9486]

Loved the reaction!! Just an fyi the original album ends with Begin Again and then tracks 17-20 were from the Deluxe edition. Can’t wait for the vault tracks! ❤️

[@lisontherecord]

Please tell me none of the vault tracks are like Ronan.... please

[@codenamewitchxx9486]

@@lisontherecord oh man, nothing is as sad as Ronan!

[@lisontherecord]

@@codenamewitchxx9486 ok, then I feel more ready. I can take a song making me cry like the moment I knew or all too well, but crying like I did with Ronan well... maybe I was too much of an emotional wreck that day to begin with lol

[@nick-cx5od]

@@lisontherecord there's one song in the vault tilted "forever winter" that's about her friend who was going through depression and tw// he ended his life because of it so that song is sad as hell 😿🤍

[@carolinamansur113]

@@nick-cx5od the song is super sad, but I like how in the end she ends up giving some hope..... Like, you can't really get he died just for the song..... I don't know what my point was here, think I just wanted to point it out, cause I really like the glimpse of hope she gives by the end

[@Jeff-bp4xc]

I'm waiting for the part 3!!!

[@Tal_reputation]

I'm at the start of your video so i'm excited to see your reaction. You have to react to the original version of Holy Ground be a she sings the original faster than this. And her live performance of Holy Ground at the BBC live lounge radio one. It's so good. my recommendation is to react to the original albums and also react to Taylor's version when it's released because honestly, we, the swifties, don't know when she's release the next re-recording. it's been 5 months since Red (Taylor's Version) came out and Taylor is on radio silence since then, so the gap between each release of a re-record can be a long time. I also say react to the original albums because you'll notice how her vocals have improved.

[@肖文睿-g4u]

The first song tay and ed made together is run(the valut track) but the first song that came out was everything has changed❤️

[@lisontherecord]

Ohhhhhhhhhh interesting to know. Thank you!

[@the1-taylorswiftfandom56]

Ronan is the saddest song she's ever produced..ever, besides Soon U'll Get Better of course. It was recorded live during her performance in Stand Up to Cancer & released as a charity single, available only on itunes. The only other time she performed this is during one of her stops in 1989 Tour when, the Ronan family attended that concert..& in both times, she, herself barely able to sing it..there's photos of her crying like a wreak after that 1st performance.. & when she decided to make Red TV, she asked Maya's (Ronan's mum) permission, to include it in this album.. There's very touching vlog from Maya about Taylor on few occasions.. The vlog called Rockstar Ronan. R.I.P little buddy..u'll be forever remembered in swifties world 🙏🙏🙏

[@shewhowatchesalot]

Girl, I cry hearing Ronan any time of the day, it's ok x

[@lisontherecord]

Glad to know I'm not alone

[@novembermedusa]

an opinion: i feel like come back be here, babe, message in a bottle, and especially the very first night and everything has changed are about the same person. there could be more, but with these i cannot feel it any other way 😁 it's also interesing to compare evrything has chaged and wonderland. green eyes and everything 🐇

[@the1-taylorswiftfandom56]

..think its better u wait for Taylor Version comes out..IF u think u can wait.. I mean Speak Now should came out this year along 1989 but the Debut..i think next year.. BUT, its also good if u listen to the stolen version too because eventhough her voice is much more matured & powerful now, i do missed her innocent teenage voice especially in TS1, TS2 & TS3.. 😊😊😊

[@FarhanaK]

Ah I feel for you Lis, you got blindsided by Ronan. I always skip it. Love the song but I cannot listen to it, its too sad. Obviously it was not in the original Red tracklist, Taylor wrote this charity single after being inspired by Ronan's mother's story. It was released as a charity single for cancer to raise money but obviously with the studio shit show she didn't own this anymore so Taylor asked Maya (Ronan's mother) if she was okay with her re-recording and included it in the new TV Red. Gosh this song sends us too much to re-listen.

[@lisontherecord]

Oh wow! I'm glad she asked Maya for permission to rerecord it again. Wouldn't have expected anything else from Taylor though because she's always so respectful. I think Ronan will be a song I like but will also skip when listening to this album just for fun. It's too heavy. But I love that she wrote it and included it in the rerecording.

[@missmaggicasares6538]

@@lisontherecord and as I mentioned before, she asked permission but also because Maya is listed as a co-writer she knew that if she re-recorded she wanted Maya and her family to receive the benefits of being a co-writer of a song which fans are gonna prefer to listen to over the OG.

[@lisontherecord]

@@missmaggicasares6538 ohhh I didn't even think of that!

[@mrs_stormcloak6215]

Wow! Such a great reaction ☺️ don't worry about the ending of you crying over Ronan, we all do. But if it will make u feel better, I saw a yt reactor who started a second part of Red reaction with Ronan. The poor guy went straight with Ronan, made a joke about it being a character of a marvel movie...dude was in for a surprise, 1st song, it was the first song he reacted to and he was already crying😁

[@rafailpapathanasiou5849]

Roman is one of the saddest Taylor’s songs

[@lisontherecord]

Agreed. I cried whilst editing the video too

[@肖文睿-g4u]

I love to see everyone regreting they weren't hear red back in the time😂😂

[@lisontherecord]

Yeah I deserve that lol. I knew it existed but wasn't interested. I had my head too far up my own arse to properly enjoy pop music back then and also Taylor's older music

[@nilssjoberg1075]

Haha we associate Lucky one to Evelyn Hugo.. If you read the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by tjr.. It's literally her song..

[@lisontherecord]

I still have to read it but it's very high up on my tbr 💜

[@Violet316]

Yes to the song Ed and Taylor ever did, the first of four.

[@lisontherecord]

Oh cool!! What are the other songs called in order of release?

[@Violet316]

@@lisontherecord After this one, one of the vault tracks on Red TV is called Run (technically it would be the last one recorded). Then on the Reputation, her collab featuring Ed was End Game. Then Ed featured Taylor on his new album "The Joker and The Queen.

[@Mravenrocks]

About her Debut album and Speak Now. Her debut album already has "changed" (aka censored) versions of some of her songs like Picture to Burn and Speak Now is 100% going to have the mega rock banger Better Than Revenge (like you I'm a big rock fan) changed or censored. And on Fearless the great rock lite track Forever & Always has less aggressive vocals (she sounds less angry). So I would give those 2 albums a try on their original form because it's not going to be like RED where it's mostly the same with better vocals. PS: I love your videos, you ooze charisma and I really like your view on music.

[@Mravenrocks]

I also wanted to say, from this album my favorite song is Begin Again. I remember that when the original RED came out I was just coming out of a serious relationship and that song made me sob but also gave me so much hope. I felt weird liking it more than All Too Well but to this day that's my favorite RED song. And your reaction to Ronan was exactly like mine, it's not a song I listen a lot because even knowing it, it can be hard not to cry. I'll say that the part "What if I'm standing in your closet trying to talk to you, and what if I kept the hand-me-downs you won't grow into" is probably one of the best lines Taylor has ever written.

[@luckywolf123]

Girl At Home, Picture To Burn, Better Than Revenge, and All Too Well (10 min) has their major & minor changes. And didn't forget Midnights has clean tracks version and changing the lyrics like Better Than Revenge did

[@Junglecityreacts]

Wait for TV 💙

[@lisontherecord]

Thinking about doing that, yeah

[@ItsRodolfoSousa]

@@lisontherecord I think you should do it

[@bratndahwz]

The first time I heard Ronan was during the Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon. It killed me. Watching her try to keep it together made it worse.

[@lisontherecord]

OMG I can only imagine. That must've been hard

[@missmaggicasares6538]

@@lisontherecord and that is the reason why she only sang it in 1 concert, the concert to which Ronan's mom was in the audience. Fun fact: Ronans' Mom is listed as a co-writer of the song (we OG swifties and red era swifties already know this) because much of the lyrics were taken from Maya's (think that is the right name) vlog about Ronan which is where Taylor found the story and this is I believe the moment she became involved with childhood cancer foundations or programs and she started making visits to the hospitals to see the children and young adults. unfortunately not long after was when her mom herself became a cancer patient.

[@AnaLuiza-tb9yl]

i NEED part three

[@lisontherecord]

I promise it's coming!! I filmed it like half a year ago but haven't sat down to edit it yet 😭😭 (uni is killing me, please send help...)

[@AnaLuiza-tb9yl]

@@lisontherecord hahaha wish u lucky, i totally get it

[@paulapeter2637]

When is part 3 coming

[@lisontherecord]

As soon as my uni schedule allows me.

[@paulapeter2637]

Btw can you react to Taylor swift fearless Taylor's version

[@lisontherecord]

I'm planning on doing that after I finish Red (tv) and the music videos that go with it.

[@leeannpatrick9895]

You talk too much.

[@lisontherecord]

I sure do. And if that's not your type of video then I'm sure there are other reactors you'll enjoy more.

[@allynvillanueva9019]

This is a "REACTION VIDEO" what do you expect her to do. lol