The song I chose to write about in Today’s blog post is “The Luck One”, this song was released on her album RED in 2012. The album was written to describe Taylor’s unhealthy romantic relationships she had been in during the time the album was written. The songs focus on the confusion, jealousy, and frustration that comes with intense love. This albulm is very close to my heart because I became my first ever concert was the RED tour- it was a night I’ll never forget and hearing “The Lucky One” live makes this blog post hold a special place in my heart.
The lyrics in the song describe the struggles of fame, and the fear of young women being replaced by someone younger and prettier. I imagine if Daisy Buchanan heard the song she would resinate with every lyric. Her character would be considered “famous” in her wealthy New York social circle, and delt with beiung subjected to her repuatation beibg discussed by everyone in it.
One of the verses in the song goes,
“Now it’s big black cars and Riviera views
And your lover in the foyer doesn’t even know you
And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page”
Daisy had everything, the “big black cars and Riviera views” but she had married her husband Tom for money. Their marriage was full of infidelity and they had to move towns often due to their secrets being uncovered. Taylor includes this verse to emphasize that just because she lived a lavish lifestyle doesnt mesn her life was perfect. daisy experienced the same struggles.
The verse that inspired this blog post, and is also one of my all time favorites goes,
“And they tell you that you’re lucky, but you’re so confused
‘Cause you don’t feel pretty, you just feel used
And all the young things line up to take your place”
This lyric resonates with me because as a young woman, I have seen my friends, and myself included feel used by my men. Girls will get praised for how pretty they are while neglecting that they are smart, funny, or anything else. Daisy Buchanan was praised for her beauty and wealth. Yet, in chapter 1 she talks about how she wishes her daughter will be naive. Daisy knows how to climb the social ladder; she knows her place as a woman in their society to the unsettling fact circle and just acts oblivious.
The last verse I want to include in this blog post is the bridge of the song,
“It was a few years later, I showed up here
And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared
How you took the money and your dignity and got the hell out
They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere
Chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square
And it took some time, but I understand it now”
At the end of the novel, Daisy and Tom Buchanan once again left a city they could no longer keep their spotless reputation in. The lyric “and they still tell the legend of how you disappeared” is perfect to parralle with TGG because Nick wrote a novekl about the events that went on while they lived there. overall, I love this song, and I think Daisy Buchanan would have loved it too.