Comments on: Can Anyone Explain the Appeal of Taylor Swift? http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/ A blog about music, pop culture, the Strokes, Jack White, kittens, and cute boys. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Robert http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490442 Robert Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:04:43 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490442 oh and to answer the question... Her appeal is the appeal of any country singer... catchy predictable melodies, and a good story--- though cliché... I personally enjoy her... but I definately listen to bands like Pink Floyd more often--- who also can't sing very well... but their music more than makes up for it. oh and to answer the question… Her appeal is the appeal of any country singer… catchy predictable melodies, and a good story— though cliché… I personally enjoy her… but I definately listen to bands like Pink Floyd more often— who also can’t sing very well… but their music more than makes up for it.

]]> By: Robert http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490441 Robert Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:01:10 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490441 I personally think if you can write a song you don't have to have an awesome voice.. because you're not only selling your voice, you're selling the songs you wrote. Even live you don't have to sound awesome, because people don't notice mistakes as easily when you play live, just when its recorded like these videos... but why do you think the people cheered? they obviously didn't think she sucked, and I doubt they're all Taylor Swift fans... This isn't to say that her singing didn't sound bad... just that mistakes aren't as evident live... unless they're big ones, and I don't think any of those were big ones (although i only saw the forever and always video) I personally think if you can write a song you don’t have to have an awesome voice.. because you’re not only selling your voice, you’re selling the songs you wrote. Even live you don’t have to sound awesome, because people don’t notice mistakes as easily when you play live, just when its recorded like these videos… but why do you think the people cheered? they obviously didn’t think she sucked, and I doubt they’re all Taylor Swift fans… This isn’t to say that her singing didn’t sound bad… just that mistakes aren’t as evident live… unless they’re big ones, and I don’t think any of those were big ones (although i only saw the forever and always video)

]]> By: Mieke http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490431 Mieke Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:34:58 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490431 i agree! i think her songs are ok but there are many artist out there with sort of the same style but they at least have really good songs which makes them much better than her! good she's not really famous in europe! i agree! i think her songs are ok but there are many artist out there with sort of the same style but they at least have really good songs which makes them much better than her! good she’s not really famous in europe!

]]> By: lockee http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490429 lockee Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:47:17 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490429 steveboy...what the heck does her personality matter if she sucks at singing? singing is about singing, if youre good or not and lets face it, she sucks. ok fine, shes a great songwriter, but thats all she should stick too, i eman the girl belongs on the disney channel acting like all the other fakes if she has great personality. she stinks live which means that her songs are soo overly edited...and sure she pretty, sort of, hot, idk, but what does that matter? the girls got no talent. steveboy…what the heck does her personality matter if she sucks at singing? singing is about singing, if youre good or not and lets face it, she sucks. ok fine, shes a great songwriter, but thats all she should stick too, i eman the girl belongs on the disney channel acting like all the other fakes if she has great personality. she stinks live which means that her songs are soo overly edited…and sure she pretty, sort of, hot, idk, but what does that matter? the girls got no talent.

]]> By: Keith http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490427 Keith Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:55:02 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490427 Why is she so popular, yet so bad? Because all the teenage girls idolize her and they buy the albums. Poor thing, she's cute but can't sing.... Look at the success of the movie: "Titanic" Every teen girl saw it at least ten times. Unfortunately quantity gets noticed, so much for quality... Why is she so popular, yet so bad? Because all the teenage girls idolize her and they buy the albums. Poor thing, she’s cute but can’t sing…. Look at the success of the movie: “Titanic” Every teen girl saw it at least ten times. Unfortunately quantity gets noticed, so much for quality…

]]> By: Maria http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490406 Maria Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:46:54 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490406 Okay, not doing bikini shots is a plus, but I don't even CONSIDER ones that do in the general category of pop musicians. I just think she doesn't have a voice. And it doesn't matter how good you look if you suck live. And, if you're gonna do country -- there are SO many good country singers to be influenced by.. and I'm not talking about anyone in the past few decades.. but hey, they're there.. maybe try to learn something from them? Okay, not doing bikini shots is a plus, but I don’t even CONSIDER ones that do in the general category of pop musicians. I just think she doesn’t have a voice. And it doesn’t matter how good you look if you suck live.
And, if you’re gonna do country — there are SO many good country singers to be influenced by.. and I’m not talking about anyone in the past few decades.. but hey, they’re there.. maybe try to learn something from them?

]]> By: D Smithy http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490394 D Smithy Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:47:16 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490394 nice one steveboy your the man nice one steveboy your the man

]]> By: cd http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490381 cd Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:33:23 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490381 i asked everyone this question on NYE when we turned on the TV to watch the countdown and saw this taylor chick performing. wow, it was bad. i asked everyone this question on NYE when we turned on the TV to watch the countdown and saw this taylor chick performing. wow, it was bad.

]]> By: steveboy http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490373 steveboy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:52:22 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490373 Gee, what a sweet crowd. Let's see: She composed the music and wrote the lyrics to virtually every song on two best-selling albums, and did so before her 18th birthday. In every interview she demonstrates maturity, wisdom, humility and a genuine appreciation for everything that's happened to her. She has been known to sign autographs for up to 8 hours after a show. She looks like a million bucks, but never sheds her clothes to sell an album. You won't find any bikini shots or revealing candids floating around the net. But none of this matters to you guys because she doesn't sound like last week's Idol winner. That show has brainwashed a nation - if you can't belt out an anthem across a football field you've got no talent. Taylor puts on a great performance, sings her own songs from the soul, and her fans love her for it. You guys, on the other hand, sit around pissing on someone else's success. Nice going. Gee, what a sweet crowd. Let’s see:

She composed the music and wrote the lyrics to virtually every song on two best-selling albums, and did so before her 18th birthday.

In every interview she demonstrates maturity, wisdom, humility and a genuine appreciation for everything that’s happened to her.

She has been known to sign autographs for up to 8 hours after a show.

She looks like a million bucks, but never sheds her clothes to sell an album. You won’t find any bikini shots or revealing candids floating around the net.

But none of this matters to you guys because she doesn’t sound like last week’s Idol winner. That show has brainwashed a nation – if you can’t belt out an anthem across a football field you’ve got no talent. Taylor puts on a great performance, sings her own songs from the soul, and her fans love her for it.

You guys, on the other hand, sit around pissing on someone else’s success. Nice going.

]]> By: Howard http://www.themodernage.org/2009/01/12/can-anyone-explain-the-appeal-of-taylor-swift/#comment-490335 Howard Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:24:39 +0000 http://www.themodernage.org/?p=6568#comment-490335 She's incredibly, embarrasingly BAD! She should stick to song writing...and not singing. She's even worse live than on her albums, where the studio can perform the audio equivalent of "air-brushing". And besides her terrible voice, that naive, aw shucks, gee, "are they clapping for me?", shtick is getting old! And country? Wasn't she born in PA? She’s incredibly, embarrasingly BAD! She should stick to song writing…and not singing. She’s even worse live than on her albums, where the studio can perform the audio equivalent of “air-brushing”.

And besides her terrible voice, that naive, aw shucks, gee, “are they clapping for me?”, shtick is getting old!

And country? Wasn’t she born in PA?

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