| SWIFTGIVING: TAYLOR SWIFT and her touring band. |
| Written by Sacha Young | |||||||||||
| Sunday, 27 November 2011 13:20 | |||||||||||
TAYLOR SWIFT and her touring band [fans call them The Agency] have been rather busy this year with the 2011 'Speak Now World Tour', covering seventeen countries with ninety-eight shows. Every single member of the touring band was hand-picked by Taylor - and of course with touring, tour stories ensue. We grab insights into what it would be like being part of her touring band from past video blogs - from pranking each other, to having silly moments in malls at 7AM, to nutty times on private jet planes - this musical [faux] family Taylor has created must be thrilled to be on the rollercoaster ride with her. Taylor Swift wrote 'Long Live' on the 'Speak Now' album for her band - find out more about their musical-friendships below...
Taylor Swift's touring band [above image left to right, top to bottom]: Grant Mickelson [guitar], Paul Sidoti [guitar, keyboard, backing vocals], Amos Heller [bass], Liz Huett [backing vocals], Mike Meadows [guitar, mandolin, backing vocals], David Cook [musical director, keyboard], Caitlin Evanson [fiddle, guitar, backing vocals], Daniel Sadonwick [percussion], Jody Harris [guitar] and Al Wilson [drummer]
Read the lyrics for 'Long Live' below… I still remember this moment In the back of my mind The time we stood with our shaking hands The crowds in stands went wild We were the kings and the queens And they read off our names The night you danced like you knew our lives Would never be the same You held your head like a hero On a history book page It was the end of a decade But the start of an age Long live the walls we crashed through While the kingdom lights shined just for me and you I was screaming, long live all the magic we made And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered I said, remember this feeling I passed the pictures around Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines Wishing for right now We are the kings and the queens You traded your baseball cap for a crown When they gave us our trophies And we held them up for our town And the cynics were outraged Screaming, this is absurd 'Cause for a moment a band of thieves In ripped-up jeans got to rule the world Long live the walls we crashed through While the kingdom lights shined just for me and you I was screaming, long live all the magic we made And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid Long live all the mountains we moved I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you I was screaming, long live the look on your face And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered Hold on to spinning around Confetti falls to the ground May these memories break or fall And you take a moment Promise me this That you'll stand by me forever But if God forbid fate should step in And force us into a goodbye If you have children someday When they point to the pictures Please tell them my name Tell them how the crowds went wild Tell them how I hope they shine Long live the walls we crashed through I had the time of my life with you Long, long live the walls we crashed through All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you And I was screaming, long live all the magic we made And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid Singing, long live all the mountains we moved I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you And long, long live the look on your face And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered.
TAYLOR SWIFT's first ever concert 'SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR – LIVE' CD & DVD is out now in New Zealand! Click HERE for tracklisting details. Watch a live video of Taylor Swift performing 'Long Live' live on the 'Speak Now Tour' below... |
