That's the dumbest shit I ever read. Taylor Swift is a great singer and a fucking amazing songwriter. It takes real talent to put into words exactly what every single teenage girl is feeling, and you're just pissed that you didn't notice her while you were too busy ogling the cheerleader to notice her, the regular girl. Well guess what? Now the regular girl is a huge success, with 25 million records sold. (BOB voice) "I'll guess I'll take another hit." But that's something you probably say all the time, bc you like smoking pot.
There's another thing, too. Those 11-15 year old girls who dance around their room all silly, singing into their hairbrush know that Taylor Swift did that, too. And, that now as she sings to sold out shows of those girls, she remembers that, loves it, and performs like she appreciates it. So, when their moms and dads see those girls screaming and getting excited for Taylor Swift, they don't have to shake their heads and think, "oh my God, what is my child doing?!" - she's talented, popular and harmless. I don't think the parents feel the same way when their children love Lady Gaga and she ends up walking around naked in some chant video with dildos strapped on her head.
The cheerleaders at my high school were ugly, chain-smoking and pregnant. And there's a board member on here who said they went to school with her and said she wasn't regular, but the weird outcast-type. I humbly, deeply apologize for insulting something you may take an interest to, but you like what like, and don't what you don't, so BLOW ME. Jesus Christ don't you have fat people to defend or something?
I don't know how you don't realize that T-Swift is amazeballs. Look how many albums she's sold, um, scoreboard!? What's next, you're gonna tell me that Nickleback is bad too?
I find it funny that: a) nobody busted on 'sack for having to clarify by adding "woman" to goal number 2 . . . and then again in his follow up post. 2) the only black person 'sack "knows" is Nom.
Two things: A) She has not proven she's a 'great' singer by any stretch. She has a decent enough voice, she sticks to a certain range, and hasn't done anything impressive vocally that I've heard, and I've heard a lot of her stuff. B) She is not 'fucking amazing' as a songwriter. Again, decent enough, but when superlatives like 'great' and 'fucking amazing' get thrown around, I expect 'great' and 'fucking amazing' to be delivered. She does neither. Could she? Maybe, I don't know. Maybe she will develop into those things. As she stands now, she is an ok singer with a pleasant enough voice that writes some catchy songs. 'Amazing' and 'Great' usually require the test of time if they are not immediately apparent. In her case, I've seen nothing immediately apparent that would put her in the company of time tested 'great' singers and 'amazing' songwriters. She writes pop. Pop is great, nothing wrong with it. She's sold a lot of records. That's ok too. Some people like her, some love her, and some hate her. But from as an objective standpoint as I can muster, she is ok bordering on good in certain songs. But she's young, a lot of time and experience may be all that's needed for her to attain greatness. Me? I don't hate her, she's written some decent stuff. Her backing bands are top notch (as most pop singer's bands are, I mean seriously, Nuno Bettencourt is Rhianna's guitar player (another ok singer and songwriter). A lot of it comes down to this maxim: Standing taller than the midgets around you doesn't make you a giant. Meaning, Swift does some things well, but given the field around her, surpassing them doesn't make her great. Yet. Maybe she will be, but I hear 'fucking amazing' and 'great' I start thinking of voices like Tina Turner, Pat Benetar, Ann Wilson, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey. When I think of Fucking Amazing songwriters, I think of the Beatles, the Stones, Led Zeppelin, Lionel Ritchie, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Aerosmith, Neil Diamond. The reality is many of the current pop singers do not write their own material, they either have ghost writers or co-writers. I'm not saying that's the case with Swift, my only point is the current music climate is like it was in the 50's - focus on danceable singles. That's not to say given time, Swift doesn't develop into a great singer and amazing songwriter, but she hasn't yet. But ultimately music is subjective. If you like it, great, the singer/songwriter has done their job. No more, no less. Standing the test of time, which is the measure of greatness, requires just that: time.
Would you bang a Jewish girl? You don't know what you're missing out on. If you can find one out there, you will never have a better beej.
I'm not judging here because we've all made mistakes with people we've dated that are crazy or not particularly smart because they were hot or the sex was just so good you looked past the fact they wanted you to sit down when you took a leak. But we didn't marry them. How the hell did you not see this shit coming a mile away?
Taylor Swift is a very good songwriter. She will be able to have a lasting career as a songwriter in the country/pop world, if she chooses. She is a mediocre singer. She tends to sing flat, but in the last few years she's gotten better at her live performances. She has also started to calm down the whole "incredibly fucking surprised at every award show when I win even though I'm a gigantic mega star" act. I mean, you can be surprised, but saying "I always dreamed I would win (insert award here), but I never thought it would really happen" three years in a row gets kind of old. That's about it, for me. And she's not unattractive.
Well once again somehow MTV is able to steal a few days of headlines with the VMAs. Can't really hate on their ability to still do this when it might be the single time during the whole year Music Television actually plays music.
She likes hers fine, but I might buy it for the beautiful daughter that my sane, smart, successful wife was able to conceive for me. First try.
So what again exactly is the tizzy here with Miley Cyrus' VMA performance? Admittedly I don't follow her personal exploits on TMZ I know there was a kerfuffle a few years ago with her maybe smoking some Salvia. Is she really on some Amanda Bynes train wreck? Every comment section I've scrolled through has predicted rehab or death (not before sex tape). I mean the girl did some sexually suggestive shit on a channel that has built it's empire on exactly that. She twerked a little bit with Beetlejuice and put a foam hand between her crotch and acted like it was a cock for maybe 2.3 seconds. I mean this shit just seems par for the coarse these days.... Say what you will about her hair but that girl is still retardedly hot.