Guest Blogger: Sam 2

When you think Country music, what do you think about? Some people say it’s depressing and mind-numbing. To me it conveys happiness and excitement to my day. Critics say that Country music is one of the top twenty reasons why people get diagnose with depression. I think that this is totally wrong. There may be a lot of sad songs but there are many happy songs that will bring joy into your life and make you want to stand up and dance. One great musician that sings with high spirit is Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift’s song “Mine” brings happiness to life. She talks about love, how she fell in love with some guy and she didn’t want to end up like her parents and get into a lot of fights. Yes, this may seem sad and make someone to cry. Other then that, for me it explained that sometimes you say you don’t want to be like your parents but you might because that is how you were raised. Other then Taylor Swift Rascal Flatts doesn’t just sing about love but loosing family members. Like their song “Here Comes Goodbye” talks about loosing a family member and it starts out with a grandpa talking to his grandson then in the middle they are saying goodbye to their loved ones in the music video. The song stops playing and you hear their conversation and this really evokes the sadness to the song and what it is really about. Since, the first song that Taylor Swift sang in 2006 people have been buying her CD’s and watch her music career grow with every year. Taylor Swift is someone that I would love to see in concert and it would not be a waste of my money! So if you want to listen to someone that tells how life is in a pop-country way look up Taylor Swift.