Nice girls' suppressed anger

Jon Pareles says in today's NY Times ("She's a Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Angry") that Taylor Swift "has tapped the million-selling pop market for nice girls' suppressed anger." But one of the reasons Taylor's first single is still my favorite is that the anger is suggested without being explicit, so it's not the main emotion or the main story but it's there to bite you, should you notice it. She gets to have multiple emotions in a single glance.

"Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw" (Watch on YouTube)

Taylor Swift "Tim McGraw"

( Archaeological dig reveals early attempts to construct song review )

Another Year In America August 27, 2009

New week, little change, and I apparently missed that Disney's green charity track first entered the 40 last week, so really there's only one newbie.

( Disney's Friends For Change )

( Jason DeRulo )