| Taylor Swift – The Lucky One Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Just for the record, Taylor Swift became close to the Kennedy family recently, including Ethel, the former President's sister-in-law. The Rose Garden is a place at the White House. Madison Square Garden is where Marilyn Monroe, who was having an affair with President Kennedy, sang a sort of seductive rendition of "Happy Birthday" to him, which is now more infamous because of what we know of Kennedy and Monroe. The line "chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square", could possibly be contrasting First Lady Jackie Kennedy and Monroe. Interestingly, the first verse reads like the it's about Monroe, with the "made-up name" (Monroe's birth name was Norma Jeane Mortensen), and the allusions to beauty and popularity.The last verse, which references that she is now where the subject of the song was (around the Kennedy family), feels more like it's about Jackie, who did by and large separate herself from that life when she married Aristotle Onassis. The middle verse could reflect both of them as they failed to hold the President's attention. Jackie felt this way because he was an infamous womanizer, and Marilyn felt this way because he refused to leave his wife for her. It's probably something more simple, like Joni Mitchell or whatever others are talking about, but the Kennedy connection is always interesting to bring up. |
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