Seriously, though, of course she had help. Her parents were well-to-do and helped finance her aspirations. Toby Keith invested in Big Machine when they were getting off the ground. She had a cowriter for most of her first album.
That doesn’t make her “bought” or imply that she’s just a pretty face that Big Music found and molded into a formula guaranteed to appeal to the lowest common denominator. It took a lot of effort for her to get from doing free shows at Sea World at age 12 to being the biggest act on the planet.
It’s really quite an achievement. I wonder if she envisioned becoming a billionaire by her early 30’s. Her future is limitless. I’d like to see her stretch her voice a bit and do some blues covers or collaborate with a blues band.
No I’m 100% serious. If you go for lowest common denominator you’re not trying to appeal to people who live and breath music. The music takes a back seat. What’s the fascination then? Pick any article and it’s far less about the music than it is about the sales. As if massive sales were the yardstick for measuring great musical art (hey, Macarena!! AIGHT!!).
It may be worth, at this point, distinguishing between “serious” and “sincere.” I’ll accept that you’re sincere. What you’re saying is deeply unserious.
Yes. I think the question asked has been answered, and this thread is now heading into unpleasant territory. I’m going to close it for a while. Maybe for good.
By popular demand, I am re-opening this thread. I am also banning @martyg from it.
This
is basically a thread shit. And while you posted a couple of constructive items, your recent posts have been borderline trolling. Taylor Swift is not to your tastes. That’s fine. But please let the fans and the curious non-fans get back to discussing her.
And I do mean record - it’s particularly interesting to me that the album has been put out in so many physical formats. I usually associate physical formats with hipsters and old fogies.
Now that this thread is open again, I’m going to go truly mundane and pointless.
Until I saw that snippet, I had not known that Taylor Swift and I were born in the same hospital, though nearly two decades apart. Other than amusing (to me) to bring up when I’m around people talking about Taylor Swift, I really don’t see how this fact is important or useful.
Now I need to go find some other Taylor Swift conversations to drop this in, or wait until we’re both riding the same lift at Beaver Creek.