One hit wonder songs that are infinitely more iconic than any of Taylor Swift’s massive catalog.

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Anonymous wrote:Belinda Carlisle

Heaven is a place on earth

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j2F4INQFjEI


I don’t think Taylor can get there.

You think Taylor is wishing, hoping and praying that some day she'll be as big as ...... Belinda Carlisle?

No way!

I’m just saying she hasn’t written one classic. The money is quite an accomplishment but the art is falling a little short.

Heaven is a Place on Earth is a classic?

Absolutely

I think she wrote “our lips are sealed” too.


And sadly people don’t seem to look this good anymore.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XmdtJWmR9zQ

Whaaaaat? Belinda Carlisle is a celebrity and she was 19 at that time

Damn… she wrote that well at 19? Maybe she can write a final encore song for Taylor and Taylor can say she wrote it herself .

Ha. No, she starred in the video. It was written by Paula Jean Brown, James Whelan and Mitchel Young Evans.

Ahhh. Good info.

But she wrote her best song “heaven..”

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Not a one hit wonder but as a writer I don’t think Gwen Stefani tops all Taylor’s songs with “4 in the morning” and “Early Winter”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_OLUSELxFok

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0S7Qu5HMiCA

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She seems earnest and hardworking, but man, she's terrible. None of her songs stick. Not even a one hit wonder.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, come on, “Shake It Off” will be played forever.

And cruel summer! All Too Well 10 minute version!

Not even the best “cruel summer”
That’s embarrassing

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo_hR9n7ys

I know what the old-timers (like myself) will say, but for those under 40, which is the better “Cruel Summer”?

Bananarama:

Taylor Swift:

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, come on, “Shake It Off” will be played forever.

And cruel summer! All Too Well 10 minute version!

Not even the best “cruel summer”
That’s embarrassing

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AEo_hR9n7ys

I know what the old-timers (like myself) will say, but for those under 40, which is the better “Cruel Summer”?

Bananarama:

Taylor Swift:

Even Taylor would admit the first song is in another class with much more staying power. Probably would be modernized but the basic songwriting is the type that will be played for decades.

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The original “cruel summer” was used for the seasons end Cobra Kai.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUPcRxqkHg&pp=ygUMY3J1ZWwgc3VtbWVy

The song writing is a sturdy frame that can be played in many styles.

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Not the age you asked for, PP. I’m 42 and would choose Bananarama.

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Amy Lees version of the classic cruel summer during Covid shows what a stunner it is.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=paQsE53YkVU

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Always surprised how much she ripped off Mariah Carey's Shake it off (especially the chorus) and did not get called out for it.... go ahead and have a listen. I like Mariah's version better.

Countless other songs she takes lyrical and musical "inspiration" from, but don't have time to get into it.

Also, Moody Blue's Wildest Dreams is one of he best songs using that title.

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Anonymous wrote:Belinda Carlisle

Heaven is a place on earth

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j2F4INQFjEI


I don’t think Taylor can get there.

Taylor needs to study that song. She crams too many words in and too much frantic fluctuation in her songs. To me her songs kind of induce anxiety instead of the kind of nostalgic smoothness that holds up forever.

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Not one of the songs listed were one hit wonders.

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So? Tell me what you want what you really really want.

My world’s on fire how bout yours
That’s the way I like it and I’ll never get bored!

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Anonymous wrote:Always surprised how much she ripped off Mariah Carey's Shake it off (especially the chorus) and did not get called out for it.... go ahead and have a listen. I like Mariah's version better.

Countless other songs she takes lyrical and musical "inspiration" from, but don't have time to get into it.

Also, Moody Blue's Wildest Dreams is one of he best songs using that title.

Or Wilco's Shake it Off.

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Anonymous wrote:Belinda Carlisle

Heaven is a place on earth

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j2F4INQFjEI


I don’t think Taylor can get there.

You think Taylor is wishing, hoping and praying that some day she'll be as big as ...... Belinda Carlisle?

She was big when in the GoGos, thrn shr lost weight.

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Anonymous wrote:Always surprised how much she ripped off Mariah Carey's Shake it off (especially the chorus) and did not get called out for it.... go ahead and have a listen. I like Mariah's version better.

Countless other songs she takes lyrical and musical "inspiration" from, but don't have time to get into it.

Also, Moody Blue's Wildest Dreams is one of he best songs using that title.

Other than the words “Shake it off,” Mariah’s song sounds different. But Marvin Gaye’s estate sued because a song had a similar vibe — and won — so it doesn’t take much to claim copyright infringement.