Timestamps: Part 1 RED 1:11 State of Grace 7:20 Red 12:45 Treacherous 17:58 I Knew You Were Trouble 22:52 All Too Well 29:30 22 34:13 I Almost Do 39:24 WANEGBT 44:54 Stay Stay Stay 50:21 The Last Time

I love that you give The Last Time the recognition it deserves! it's an underrated masterpiece

She was so proud of the treacherous bridge that she sang it twice. Cruel summer is also an example.

@IUsedToBeAnAdventurerLikeYou

6 ай бұрын

It’s one of her prettiest bridges.

@joshuepico75

5 ай бұрын

Holy ground effect

@fabi45

5 ай бұрын

And “Is it Over Now?” Is the ‘newest’ example

@charlio0903

4 ай бұрын

one of my favs, its just too good

She used state of grace to open her red tour and i cannot tell you how cool it was. The intro builds up a lot of excitement.

The Last Time is Supreme tier! It walked so Exile can run❤ also Taylor starts it high and ends it with low while Gary starts it low and ends it at a higher note! In my mind it is Taylor begging him but losing all the hope at the end while her partner not fighting to stay that much but at the end wishing to stay when she is sort of done(you call me up again)

@kaylamansfield5377

6 ай бұрын

I can’t wait for him to hear folklore and Exile specifically!!

@PratyushaMishra

6 ай бұрын

@@kaylamansfield5377 oh Yes I am so excited for all the collabs in Folklore and Evermore

@user-bc5mv2ot8k

6 ай бұрын

@@PratyushaMishrai thought he’d already listened to folklore first before the rep reaction hit youtube? maybe im mixing him up with someone else tho

@PratyushaMishra

6 ай бұрын

@@user-bc5mv2ot8k cpuld be - I am new here so wasn’t aware! Thanks for sharing!!

@carolinamansur113

6 ай бұрын

I always get the feeling that in the end he's begging, and I knew it was because of the way he sang it, but hadn't noticed yet, thank you. I'm pretty sure that's really what it was supposed to be

22 is a weird follow-up after All Too Well at first... But once you puzzle piece together going from The Moment I Knew to All Too Well (10 Mins Version) then you'll get to 22... You'll see why she placed that song in the tracklist. At 21 it was the WORST she ever felt even on her birthday and the aftermath before the inspiration for making Red album.

@lashaundrawolf634

6 ай бұрын

I do wish 22 came after the moment I knew ....

@lashaundrawolf634

6 ай бұрын

Which means I want the moment I knew on the normal release not the deluxe 😂😅

@speakevermore

6 ай бұрын

She always puts a fun/upbeat song as a track 6 because track 5s are always the saddest song on the album

@Daimon-ls6no

Ай бұрын

The fact that All too well was the first song she had written for the album is just so special without it we prob wudnt have red

This held out as my favorite album until Folkmore came around. I’m excited to see what you think.

@JenniferDonahue702

5 ай бұрын

Red and Folklore/Folkmore are in the balance of my scales always tipping back and forth. Depends on my mood to this day. Cheers for your test, Sir.

@whatwhatwhatttttt

Ай бұрын

same!! it never got dethroned until folklore and then evermore

red's really one of the albums that's got my heart. it is such an intense album & the vault tracks are sublime

this is such a very good album. front to back a really satisfying listen.

Red centers around a relationship and its breakup. It's named after the passion, both good and bad feelings the realtionship brings. That's why songs like 22 follows songs like All Too Well. It's a total rollercoaster of highs and lows. At the same time, it still makes sense storytelling wise. If you listen to the 10 minute version All Too Well or The Moment I Knew, you might be able to figure our that her lover missed her birthday party which led to the end of the relationship. This birthday was her 21st. This puts new meaning to 22 coming after All Too Well because after the tragedy of her 21st birthday, she decides to celebrate to the fullest on her 22nd.

The RED Vault tracks are my FAVES of all the Vault tracks. RED Vault shows off Most Vulnerable writing of Taylor. "Ronan" and "Better Man" just tugs the heartstrings and makes me cry everytime. Better Man won Country Song Of The Year.

Red is by far not my favourite album, but if someone was to ask me what album i'd recommend they listen to for taylor and it could ONLY be one for the rest of their lives - i'd say Red. It has some of the pinnacles of her songwriting, it has the start of her pop stardom, the twangs of country still there and encapsulates some of the key themes across her life, love, heartbreak, friendship, grief and loss outside of love, longing, nostalgia and just overall a really cohesive story of a young girl growing up and moving on

You're currently my favorite Taylor Swift reactor, your perspectives, interpretation and insights are always topnotch and never surface level, which really satisfies me. I'm here since the reputation reaction, and all your Taylor videos for me is top-tier. Hope we get more! (Say the folklore reaction, since it's my fave album and I have no Patreon)

You're actually right about stay stay stay, she wrote it thinking what her dream relationship would be like

i think splitting the album into 1-10 11-20 and 21-30 is really the best call! also, keep in mind that the standard version of the album ended in track 16 (begin again). then, the following 3 (the moment i knew, come back be here, girl at home + state of grace acoustic were the deluxe tracks. then we have "ronan" which was a charity single, but didn't belong to the orginal album, although it was released in the same year (2012). then, from track number 22 on, we have the real vault. "better man" was, of course, written by taylor, but she sent it to Little Big Town, and it became one of their biggest songs. the song "babe" was written by taylor but we also already knew another version of the song, performed by Sugarland featuring Swift (I think it would be cool for you to check this one out when you react to the Red era MVs, since taylor appears on the video as well).

Stay stay stay is an imagined love from the Red perspective. Later on, when she finds a truer love she admits she thought love was burning red, but it’s actually golden 💛 (and healthier lol)

My favourite TS album! What a ride. It totally encapsulates the feeling, happy, free, confused, lonely at the same time. Miserable and magical too. ❤❤❤❤

Stay Stay Stay is really a narrator thing, I think from what Taylor explained that it's about wishful thinking about a relationship where, despite the hardships, the other person would love her enough to stay. I think the phone throwing thing is just an exaggeration to emphasize this idea of hardship and difficulties.

The Last Time broke my heart for the second time around. First time is from the OG version, and second time from Taylor's Version. 😭

“Stay stay stay” as always been a ‘meh’ for me and “This is the last time” was my fave but I prefer the old version (Gary sounds off to me on the new one 😅) and if you like the 2 POVs songs you will LOVE folk-evermore - excited for pt.2

I am hoping you were just joking about dying, there is nothing wrong with your voice or face. The look on your face when you listened to The Last Time really shined with pleasure. Wishing you well.

@ashjamil1893

6 ай бұрын

No same I was surprised not to see so many comments talking about that. I hope he’s ok 😭

@Violet316

6 ай бұрын

@@ashjamil1893 Let's hope so.

@user-rg8ui9dr6x

5 ай бұрын

He said his doctor did not agree with him

already excited for part 2!

welcome back, jim! it’s very nice to see you again. great reaction as usual 🤟🏻✨

yayyy!!! can't wait for part 2!

loving your deep dive through her albums, happy holidays jim!

I love State Of Grace! So glad you reacted to Red!

Got a flat today while driving, but I saw a notification to your reaction to Red that put a smile on my face 😊

Finally someone appreciates The Last Time!!!!!!!! I replay that song twice so I can sing both parts

I am in the minority who prefers the original 5 minute ATW to the 10 minute version. The chronological storytelling is very important imho and it's not done in the 10min version. I also prefer the instrumentation & production choices in the 5 min, I think the sound of it evokes more heartbreak than the 10min. 👍❤

@Azx12345

6 ай бұрын

It's very much in chronological order in 10 min version I didn't get why you said it's not it's just more lines in the middle with more perspective of the situation

@yara5502

6 ай бұрын

The 10 minute version is 100% chronological and gives the whole picture, which deepens the meaning of the song.. You clearly didn´t understand the lyrics or hear them right if you don´t think it is chronological.. Also as a person who is lyric focused, the 10 minute version is the only version for me. The 5 minute one is just shallow in comparison.

@mehlev

5 ай бұрын

@@yara5502 excuse me, please don't talk down to me and tell me what I "understand" simply because my opinion differs from yours. ..And to call her original piece of work shallow is insane and shows a huge amount of disrespect. What an absurdly condescending comment, you should really try to be more open minded to other people's interpretation/opinions.

@mehlev

5 ай бұрын

@@Azx12345 hi, I don't thinkit's chronological with the first added verse.... "til we were dead and gone and buried, check the pulse ... after three months in the grave. And then you wondered .. held my lifeless frame." comes before the relationship verse of "we're dancing round the kitchen in the refrigerator light" and the breakup verse "maybe we got lost in translation". The earlier verse talking about post break up makes the song non-chronological imo. You can disagree but to me it feels out of place chronologically! ❤

@lisagold9891

5 ай бұрын

I agree. Obviously I love the 10 minute version but I prefer the original production and I was a little disappointed the first time when I heard it was different in the 10-Minute version. The original still hits the hardest for me

Ayeee, he's back HAHAHAHA I've been waiting❤❤❤

Don’t have much happening for Christmas, so I very much appreciate this today. Happy holidays Jim!

The last time is my favorite collab taylor song of all time right next to exile

I've been waiting on this video like crazyyyyy❤

So so so happy you liked The Last Time. I think it's one of her best songs!

Omg best Christmas gift today!!!!

I really hope you also do Safe and Sound, Eyes Open, and Highway Don’t Care! 🥰

WE NEED PART 2 PLEASE!!!

THE LAST TIME WALKED SO EXILE COILD RUN

can’t wait for part 2

happy free confused and lonely at the same time the thesis of the album

this is the last time run, so exile could walk JUST LEAVING THIS HERE

loved this video! looking forward to part two (and tree?)

happy holidays! this video is one of your best 💙

If you noticed her 21 birthday was ruined she talk about it in the album how she was waiting him on 21 birthday and the heart break that why 22 is what it is lol

Gary said he hope he could work with Taylor again. The song, they wrote and record in 9hours. He said she work so fast and extraordinary.

I have absolutely loved watching you become so intense in your discovery of Taylor Swift. Big hugs and you've made me a swiftie!

@JimHinCO

2 ай бұрын

Jim Games on Snow Patrol: "Some of the Music is SAD and DEPRESSING! Taylor Swift: "Hold my beer"

One of the things I love about "the last time" is how out of synch their lines go at the end, which sort of foreshadows them asking for the same things at different times and breaking up again

Stay x3 is definitely a song you have to grow to love. The 5 minute craft music in the background always gets me, but for some reason I just love the song so much.

Can’t wait for Begin Again. My all time favorite Taylor Swift song. 😊

Been loving your videos. The Swiftologist just did a reorder of Red. He points out and I agree--Taylor's ordering to the songs is always confusing. Honestly I don't think it's crazy to think she has some insane logic to why they go in the order they do and we're just missing it. But he did a great reorder on it to put it into how he thought they should go and it really does make for a great listen... a more cohesive complete story to the album. Excited to see what you think of Holy Ground.

@melik5455

6 ай бұрын

LOVE Swiftologist

Starting to be a Swiftie now watching your channel reacting to Taylor Swift. ok ok I'm subscribing now....

I love she intentionally wrote we are never ever getting back together in the post pop song way she knew the guy was “too cool” for

Merry Christmas!

thanks a bunch jim

i am sooo excited for u to react to lover and midnights i even set twitch notifs LMAO

what i love about what she said on the title track, Red, is that if she has to pick a color that represents the experience she had with that guy and the relationship they had... it's the color red because this color is not necessarily a bad thing or a good thing, it has a wide spectrum of emotions seeing Red as a color that is daring and bold and passion and love and affection but also on the other side, it's jealousy and anger and frustration and intense. she really loved him and i can see it on how beautifully written the songs are for him. also, i love how Red (song) is full of similes describing the entirety of their relationship.

i know this is about taylor swift, but i do hope you also react to sabrina carpenter's new EP "fruitcake" i feel like you'll love it!! love your reactions btw and cant wait for more taylor and others!!!

Did I miss your SPEAK NOW review??? I thought you said you would go in order… I love your reviews!

@JimGames

6 ай бұрын

Speak Now is blocked. I have tried editing it a bunch, but every time, it gets blocked. It's a shame because it's a beautiful album.

@carolla_michelle

6 ай бұрын

Do you have a Patreon? I’d love to watch your take on SN

@JimGames

6 ай бұрын

@@carolla_michelle patreon.com/JimGamesLive

red was nominated for a grammy but didn't win and she believes (idk if it was ever proved) that it didn't win because it wasn't sonically cohesive (which was intentional) and she said she'll make a better album and that's what led her to 1989 going completely to pop and she did win a grammy for that.

@user-mz2ne4yh2t

6 ай бұрын

She said the “make a better album” for Reputation tho (funny cause she went and made Lover 💀)

@alyshamcalpine2238

5 ай бұрын

@@user-mz2ne4yh2tyour lack of taste 😭😭 lover is a great album. cruel summer, the archer, death by a thousand cuts, afterglow, false god etc. ?? 💀

@user-mz2ne4yh2t

5 ай бұрын

@@alyshamcalpine2238 London Boy, I think he knows, I forgot that you existed, FUCKING ME!? I like some songs but don't act like it's not her weakest work

@alyshamcalpine2238

5 ай бұрын

@@user-mz2ne4yh2tntm on i think he knows 😩😩

Hi Jim ! Nice to see you again. Well I've a request. Please do a review session on different genres of Pakistani music. Regards

My fav T album on Christmas yesss!!!!

Can't tell you how happy I am that you loved The Last Time as much as I do

🎄Merry Christmas 🎄

I'm also a fan of Snow Patrol! So good.

Stay stay stay = "find great deals at temu today." Lmao.

Red is one of my all time favorite Ts albums the last time is so underated

Merry Christmas everybody! 🎅

Red gets knocked for being not "cohesive" sonicly....whatever that means. It stands solidly in the gap between Speak Now and 1989 as the true transition album from "country" to "pop". Also...as much as I appreciate the All Too Well 10 version, I think the original album cut still hits harder for me. The 10 minute version has a place...but if I'm constructing a day-to-day playlist, the album version is my go-to. Either way...the ATW bridge is the best lyric put on paper. That's a hill that I'll die on....even in Taylor's vast sea of amazing bridges...

Oh my god i can’t believe I never realized that the guitar riff was reversed in wanegbt that adds a whole other layer to the song 😧 i love the little details she thinks of

I couldn't bearly recognize you. I remember I watched your reactions to dimash it's like 2 years ago. You look so different right now...

red is such a great album

He just went straight to "I'M DYING!"

RED is her least cohesive album but has some of her best songs and instrumentals! I wish she had leaned more into the "State Of Grace", "Treacherous", "All Too Well" and "Red" sound than the "I Knew You Were Trouble" ,"22" and "WANGBT" sound personally.

@mariabrito-go2dx

6 ай бұрын

least?

@user-bc5mv2ot8k

6 ай бұрын

@@mariabrito-go2dxyeah its kinda half country and half pop lol

@mariabrito-go2dx

6 ай бұрын

@@user-bc5mv2ot8k this doesn’t make an album least cohesive, it gives more interesting sounds

@user-bc5mv2ot8k

6 ай бұрын

@@mariabrito-go2dx cohesion is how similar the album sounds from beginning to end. 1989 is a cohesive album because its all pop. red isn’t cohesive as it’s split across two different genres.

22 is one of those songs that takes me back to my early 20’s when I was happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time, and things were definitely a mixture of miserable and magical. 😅😄

Big Machine Records was an indie record label so when she says "some indie record that's much cooler than mine"... people forget she was also making "indie" records. The elitist indie bros of 2012 would have lost their minds at the idea of her collabs with Aaron and The National, folklore, evermore, etc.

The Last Time is one of my favorites TS tracks

my favorite taylor swift album ❤️

Did you skip the Speak Now album? Lots of bangers on that one

You gotta listen to "The rise and fall of a Midwest princess" by chappel roan I think you'd LOVE IT

my absolute favorite album ❤

I've always been of the mind that "Stay Stay Stay" is written from the POV of a very delusional fictionalized version of herself, something she does to a much more exaggerated degree in Blank Space on her following album. I'm glad you're listening to this, Red is my favorite album, and what Taylor's Version added really helped solidify its place at the top of my list.

You should checkout Taylor’s short film for All Too Well! It’s awesome, excellent & heartbreaking. Beautifully acted.

The Last Time ❤️❤️❤️. Should have been a single 💔

So, you’ve got a bit of a cold then. Poor you, lemon & honey in hot water + 2 paracetamol! Get better soon. (You will, in about 7 days, or a week if you’re lucky😉) Merry seasonal greetings🎄🌸

@JimGames

6 ай бұрын

Not just a cold, a man cold.

@hazmania

6 ай бұрын

@@JimGames I got that, lol. Treatments the same, so's the duration. You'll be better for New Year. Thanks for your reactions. From Annie, in Cornwall, UK🙂🌸🎄

The Last Time is so good!!

The last time was the bomb. When everyone was hearing Katy Pery Roar, i was blasting the last time. Lol.

Where is my guy with the time stamps !!!

The last time is soo much better than exile. Production is sooo muahh 💋

Part 2 plsss

how are you not scared for copyright strikes posting the full song like that 😭

Taylor does a great rock cover of Trouble live.

Where’s Speak Now reaction tho

Is Speak Now patreon only or do you react to it later?

@JimGames

6 ай бұрын

I tried editing it several times, but KZread always blocks it. Sorry about that.

@taptoplayde

6 ай бұрын

@@JimGames thanks for your answer. Seems like Taylor is very hard working on a reality where SN never existed 😉

@edenzachary454

2 ай бұрын

😢​@@JimGames

part 2 👀

I love how the albums went from country vibe to pop

im so stupid for not knowing this song the last time how how God im in love

did we miss speak now?

My fav album❤❤

I keep forgetting how much I hate stay stay stay, then hear it again and hate it even more than ever and myself for making me hear it. it's a vicious cycle.

@mehlev

6 ай бұрын

I know, at this point I've hate-heard it so many times that I sing and dance ironically to it 😂

@mountainrock7682

5 ай бұрын

SAME and on an album like THE RED too???

@qm7497

4 ай бұрын

Thank God I'm not alone in this feeling. I fucking hate that fucking song.

Gary Lightbody is amazing, but when I listen to The Last Time the first verse sounds like kermit the frog is singing it... I can't seem to un-hear it.