Taylor Swift Eras Tour Movie

[Anonymous]

For those that went to the concert…did you see the snake wrap around the stage or was that for film only?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watched it with my 10 yo. We enjoyed it but are not big enough fans to have gone to the theater. She looked good, the stage looked good, I liked her backup singers and dancers. I always think the logistics of costume changes are really interesting to see.

I was not aware of the swear words in so many songs, oops. I mostly know her 1989 stuff.

Same!! But my kids (7 and 11) didn't seem to notice.

[Anonymous]

I so want to see this but we don't have Disney+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does not capture the magic of being there in person, but my kids often have it on in the background.

Yeah I've seen Taylors last three tours, including this one, but I don't really see the point of watching it as a movie. To me, the appeal of this kind of spectacle is the collective effervescence of the being in the crowd.

It is for people who can't afford to go on tour! That's the appeal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

Sure. Its recorded vocal track added to the mix. She’s singing live, but there are recorded lines piped in there, layered above and below. I could be wrong and it’s being handled by back ups singers, but I don’t think so.
When you listen to her albums you are hearing her voice recorded in layers, and she’s harmonizing with herself.
Obviously not on the acoustic set.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

Sure. Its recorded vocal track added to the mix. She’s singing live, but there are recorded lines piped in there, layered above and below. I could be wrong and it’s being handled by back ups singers, but I don’t think so.
When you listen to her albums you are hearing her voice recorded in layers, and she’s harmonizing with herself.
Obviously not on the acoustic set.

She uses the backing track because she doesn’t sing all the lines live. On some songs she only sings the chorus or the odd line here or there. The rest of the song is backing track and backup singers and she lip syncs. She has to protect her voice for the songs she does want to fully sing. She would kill her vocal cords if she sang for 3 hours at every concert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

Sure. Its recorded vocal track added to the mix. She’s singing live, but there are recorded lines piped in there, layered above and below. I could be wrong and it’s being handled by back ups singers, but I don’t think so.
When you listen to her albums you are hearing her voice recorded in layers, and she’s harmonizing with herself.
Obviously not on the acoustic set.

She uses the backing track because she doesn’t sing all the lines live. On some songs she only sings the chorus or the odd line here or there. The rest of the song is backing track and backup singers and she lip syncs. She has to protect her voice for the songs she does want to fully sing. She would kill her vocal cords if she sang for 3 hours at every concert.

No. She’s singing the entire show. And yes that’s possible. She’s not doing 8 shows a week. She’s doing 3 sometimes 4 and a large break. It’s done by professionals singers, and she’s doing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does not capture the magic of being there in person, but my kids often have it on in the background.

Yeah I've seen Taylors last three tours, including this one, but I don't really see the point of watching it as a movie. To me, the appeal of this kind of spectacle is the collective effervescence of the being in the crowd.

It is for people who can't afford to go on tour! That's the appeal.

+1 This. I didn't have to pay 450$/ticket and wait in line for hours to realize that my daughter got bored after watching Taylor Swift in concert for about 45 minutes. But if you want to spend the price of a car to see Taylor 3 times in concert, good for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those that went to the concert…did you see the snake wrap around the stage or was that for film only?

I didn’t go, but I think it was just a CGI effect for the film

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

Sure. Its recorded vocal track added to the mix. She’s singing live, but there are recorded lines piped in there, layered above and below. I could be wrong and it’s being handled by back ups singers, but I don’t think so.
When you listen to her albums you are hearing her voice recorded in layers, and she’s harmonizing with herself.
Obviously not on the acoustic set.

She uses the backing track because she doesn’t sing all the lines live. On some songs she only sings the chorus or the odd line here or there. The rest of the song is backing track and backup singers and she lip syncs. She has to protect her voice for the songs she does want to fully sing. She would kill her vocal cords if she sang for 3 hours at every concert.

No. She’s singing the entire show. And yes that’s possible. She’s not doing 8 shows a week. She’s doing 3 sometimes 4 and a large break. It’s done by professionals singers, and she’s doing it.

I disagree. She has a live mic but especially on the older songs, she isn’t singing them all the way through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

Sure. Its recorded vocal track added to the mix. She’s singing live, but there are recorded lines piped in there, layered above and below. I could be wrong and it’s being handled by back ups singers, but I don’t think so.
When you listen to her albums you are hearing her voice recorded in layers, and she’s harmonizing with herself.
Obviously not on the acoustic set.

She uses the backing track because she doesn’t sing all the lines live. On some songs she only sings the chorus or the odd line here or there. The rest of the song is backing track and backup singers and she lip syncs. She has to protect her voice for the songs she does want to fully sing. She would kill her vocal cords if she sang for 3 hours at every concert.

No. She’s singing the entire show. And yes that’s possible. She’s not doing 8 shows a week. She’s doing 3 sometimes 4 and a large break. It’s done by professionals singers, and she’s doing it.

I disagree. She has a live mic but especially on the older songs, she isn’t singing them all the way through.

Thanks for explaining the sweetening.

I thought she was singing the main tracks live, but agree there could be the harmonizing added in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those that went to the concert…did you see the snake wrap around the stage or was that for film only?

I went to the concert. The snake was only on the movie - there were several things like that. I didn't like the additions, they seemed really cheesy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

Sure. Its recorded vocal track added to the mix. She’s singing live, but there are recorded lines piped in there, layered above and below. I could be wrong and it’s being handled by back ups singers, but I don’t think so.
When you listen to her albums you are hearing her voice recorded in layers, and she’s harmonizing with herself.
Obviously not on the acoustic set.

She uses the backing track because she doesn’t sing all the lines live. On some songs she only sings the chorus or the odd line here or there. The rest of the song is backing track and backup singers and she lip syncs. She has to protect her voice for the songs she does want to fully sing. She would kill her vocal cords if she sang for 3 hours at every concert.

No. She’s singing the entire show. And yes that’s possible. She’s not doing 8 shows a week. She’s doing 3 sometimes 4 and a large break. It’s done by professionals singers, and she’s doing it.

I disagree. She has a live mic but especially on the older songs, she isn’t singing them all the way through.

Thanks for explaining the sweetening.

I thought she was singing the main tracks live, but agree there could be the harmonizing added in.

She plays long concerts so it just takes the pressure off her voice to hit every note or belt every line. She can protect her voice a little and still put on great concerts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question probably, but is she singing love in this?

Not a dumb question.
Yes she is singing live.
She has 4 backup vocalists, who are mostly relegated to “ oohs and aahs”
I would love to hear someone strip the mix down so I could just hear those ladies. I’m curious to hear what they sound like. Their mics are turned way down.
She has several songs where it’s just her and the guitar or piano ( an acoustic set)
But when the band is fired up, the sound accompanying her is so polyphonic, it’s hard to make out specific musical lines.
I’m also pretty sure I’m hearing a sweetener dubbed somewhere in all that sound. Which is frankly necessary if she wants to mimic something closer to what you hear when listening to her albums, especially the later ones.

Can you explain this? What's a sweetener?

Sure. Its recorded vocal track added to the mix. She’s singing live, but there are recorded lines piped in there, layered above and below. I could be wrong and it’s being handled by back ups singers, but I don’t think so.
When you listen to her albums you are hearing her voice recorded in layers, and she’s harmonizing with herself.
Obviously not on the acoustic set.

She uses the backing track because she doesn’t sing all the lines live. On some songs she only sings the chorus or the odd line here or there. The rest of the song is backing track and backup singers and she lip syncs. She has to protect her voice for the songs she does want to fully sing. She would kill her vocal cords if she sang for 3 hours at every concert.

No. She’s singing the entire show. And yes that’s possible. She’s not doing 8 shows a week. She’s doing 3 sometimes 4 and a large break. It’s done by professionals singers, and she’s doing it.

I disagree. She has a live mic but especially on the older songs, she isn’t singing them all the way through.

Thanks for explaining the sweetening.

I thought she was singing the main tracks live, but agree there could be the harmonizing added in.

You are responding to different posters. I explained sweeteners, and yes you are correct she is singing live. The above poster is wrong.
Using sweeteners ( at least how they are used on this show) doesn’t save her voice. She’s singing 3 hours of music.
What is saving her voice is being off multiple days between shows.