Gen Xers - Do you find Taylor Swift’s music bland?

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All her lyrics seem to be about that pre-teen/early teen stage of life, but she's 34??

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She gives pillow princess.

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Gen X here. I think she's pretty blah. I don't mind her music but it's does nothing for me. I prefer Miley Cyrus.

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Anonymous wrote:All her lyrics seem to be about that pre-teen/early teen stage of life, but she's 34??

They aren't.

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I’m a Boomer and huge fan. Loved her as a country singer and even more after the Folklore era.

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Anonymous wrote:Gen X and love her music. That said, I probably wouldn’t have noticed the music had I not been steeped in it via my young daughters.

At first I thought it was fluff, but then I watched her Netflix documentary and was surprised to see that she’s a truly talented lyricist and songwriter.

More importantly, she’s overtly kind and generous, self assured, hard working, and she uses her public platform to benefit others and to champion causes she believes in.

And she makes great Kool-aid too! Oh Yeah!

I guess I will never understand this sort of negativity. Maybe it just irks certain people that so many see Taylor for the positive force and talent that she is, because they can't see it.

Comfort yourself with the thought that I’m a member of the to be pitied, ‘other group’ composed only of ‘certain people.” Don’t worry, you won’t catch the evilness of negativity and gen X snark.

I actually love snark. I was a card-carrying member of TWOP. (RIP.)

I have no idea what that is, but you seem excited by your membership or former membership.

To be not snarky for a minute- I hate hearing Taylor because her songs are so boring and it feels like the same 3 notes are being drummed into my head. She has zero melody. If she is giving her money away- great but I don think that makes her “generous, hard working and blah blah blah. I love certain artists but I know nothing or little about what they do in their personal lives. She made a cult of personality out of her music and you (already a card carrying fan member of another group) appreciate that . I don’t care one way or another

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I can’t just walk away when I’m in giant or at target or even the gas station. All places where I have heard her in the past 2 weeks and her 3 notes over and over again. I can’t walk away from work where my boss quotes her in staff meetings.

“If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.“
-Taylor swift

She said that and I don’t think that is generous or kind or a role model or who I would want to be like. You say I’m negative, I say I’m tired of people thinking someone who trains her fans to look for Easter eggs and operates by writing mean songs is kind generous and nice.

TWOP was ground zero for Gen Z(+) snark more than 2 decades ago. Truly some masterpieces there.

I guess your post did make me realize that you (general you) have to give up some level of cynicism (the mark of Gen Z) and snark to fully embrace Taylor and her music. At least I did. Until TTPD, there was a certain level of awkward to her. I didn't appreciate her until, and I hate to admit this, I listened to Ryan Adam's cover album of 1989. I saw her writing in a whole new light. It think it was some level of internal misogyny mixed with doubt that a pretty blonde girl in her 20s could be that deep/talented but also pop. Right now the talented women ARE in pop - Taylor, Chappell, Charli, etc. Taylor was country first because it aligned better with her songwriting skills and age.

[Anonymous]

I am a gen X and I find some of her music very edgy and original. But the overall "look" in the spangly show-girl outfits really does not appeal, even though I was raised watching Madonna do it.

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The country stuff is distinguishable from the pop stuff. I guess the country stuff was only to start out. Her mom went on stage at the CMA's and thanked them for taking care of Taylor. She was basically telling the f-off and goodbye

The pop stuff is mainly space age fairy princess. It's very self obsessed with all kinds of dumb minutie about her sweater, dress, and some bars and looking like this or that. It comes off like she thinks she's a great poet but she's actually a 16-year old writing in her diary. The people who are fans seem to be the women who want to identify with constant "angst" over romances. Come on, she is 35!

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Anonymous wrote:All her lyrics seem to be about that pre-teen/early teen stage of life, but she's 34??

I think her lyrics reflect stages of growing up from teenager to a woman. I think her point of view is very valuable and important.

[Anonymous]

The tickets can obscenely expensive but curious how many who think she is bland (or female version of John Mayer) have been to one her concerts in the last few years. Gen Xer who still isn’t a fan of listening to her music but who went to a concert this past year and gets the hype. Pop star by any definition

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Anonymous wrote:The tickets can obscenely expensive but curious how many who think she is bland (or female version of John Mayer) have been to one her concerts in the last few years. Gen Xer who still isn’t a fan of listening to her music but who went to a concert this past year and gets the hype. Pop star by any definition

I have not been to a concert and will not go unless someone gave me free tickets. I'm sure it's a great show but that's an *upsetting* amount of money to spend on a concert. I have children. If you are rich I guess it's whatever but to me that's money that needs to be spent another way.

If it takes seeing her live to really love her then I guess I'll never really love her. I watched the concert movie with my DD and it was okay but we also got bored halfway through and turned it off.

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Anonymous wrote:The tickets can obscenely expensive but curious how many who think she is bland (or female version of John Mayer) have been to one her concerts in the last few years. Gen Xer who still isn’t a fan of listening to her music but who went to a concert this past year and gets the hype. Pop star by any definition

John Mayer is an exceptional blues guitarist. He played with Clapton, BB King and others at the Crossroads Festival. His pop music isn’t even close to his best work.

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Taylor Swift would’ve not made it in the MTV era.

I actually think Madonna would’ve bullied her for being someone great for parents and kid friendly.

Miley would’ve thrived

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Anonymous wrote:She gives pillow princess.

She gives closeted cat lady

[Anonymous]

Britney Spears was 100x better than Taylor as a singer and entertainer and her journey from girlhood to womanhood i.e. promiscuity, post partum, divorce, drug abuse, meltdown was far more real.

Taylor seems too normal to be a star