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Taylor Swift is awful (and her music isn't even very good)
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Anonymous
The Beatles were never known for their lyrics. They were known for their music. Their music was groundbreaking and different than anything before it. On of my favorites is “Love Me Do.” Both the music and lyrics are quite simple, but they were genius because of their new, never before heard composition and sound. Nothing Taylor sings is new or original. It’s a recycled, bland pop sound. Her songs are “co-written” and she writes the bland, unoriginal lyrics. What great lyrics are you referring to? Be specific! All I’m aware of is garbage that any 15 year old in Honors English could scribble down in study hall. One PP talked about the beautiful lyrics in “Bigger than the Whole Sky” and “Champagne Problems.” I’m open minded, so I doubled checked to see what she could possibly be referring to. All I find “BTWS” was basic junk like “salt streams out of my eyes and into my ears…goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, you were bigger than the whole sky.” Those lyrics are laughably bad. Let’s look at “Champagne Problems.” It’s got gems like “Your heart was glass, I dropped it,” and “Because I dropped your hand while dancing, Left you out there standing.” Are those the amazing lyrics PP is referring to?!? Or does she mean “Dom Perignon, you bought it, no crowd of friends applauded it,” or “You had a speech, you’re speechless.” Or is it: “Your Midas touch on the Chevy door, November flush and your flannel cure.” That one, I think, is the worst of all. How exactly is he turning the Chevy door into gold or making money from it? That makes no sense. Clearly Taylor was trying to sound smart and allude to mythology, but that senseless lyric is so stupid. The “November Flush, flannel cure” line is another pathetic attempt at sounding poetic, but it comes across as generic. They had a cold and wore flannel, oooh how deep! I can’t find a single decent line. Maybe Taylor should have gone to college. Maybe then she’d learn more sophisticated ways to write, or at least what “Midas Touch” means. It’s doubtful, but possible. I implore you, please do share where Taylor’s great lyrics are. So far all I’ve seen makes Sir-Mix-A-Lot look like Shakespeare. |
Anonymous
| That’s a lot of effort to discuss anything you hate that much. One thing is certain- like Taylor Swift or not, you sound incredibly miserable. |
Anonymous
It kills you. You couldn't be " Taylor basic" if you had a whole team helping you. Lol |
Anonymous
| Taylor is a genius, she reads todays generation, its not her fault that the sign of the times is boring as hell,,,,, |
Anonymous
+1 I was one of the PPs and I don’t know anyone who feels so strongly about any singer as that PP. It’s intense. |
Anonymous
| Im mean, yeah, but who over 35 doesnt already know that? |
Anonymous
DP, but I agreed with the PP and don't think they sound miserable. Some people enjoy music criticism. Engaging in a debate like this is interesting for some of us. Taking the time to go look at lyrics and consider the other side can be time well spent when it helps you to refine your own taste, think about what you like and don't, etc. PP is no more "miserable" than anyone spending time today checkin this thread to get mad at PP, or anyone who doesn't agree with their love of Taylor Swift. People have opinions, they enjoy sharing them. The idea that one side is good and right and the other side bad and wrong is childish. You can like Taylor Swift and say why, and PP and others can dislike her and say why, and no one will ever be right or wrong because it's a subjective assessment, but I personally think it's a kind of fun conversation to have. |
Anonymous
I’m the PP who wrote the Tori Amos comment. I’m not a musician. I’m a scientist. I don’t try to make music and hate being the center of attention. I could never do a concert, I’d rather die than go in front of a huge stadium. That doesn’t mean I can’t discern if someone has musical talent or not. I wouldn’t argue with PPs if they said that Taylor was a good performer. Maybe she is, I haven’t been to a concert (and never will go), so I wouldn’t know. But no, instead they say she’s an amazing lyricist. I don’t have to be a musician to see that her lyrics lack any depth, beauty, or symbolism. She does have a team helping her, but it hasn’t done anything to develop her lyrics or music. That kills you, especially when someone points out just how lacking her lyrics are, especially when compared to real artists, doesn’t it? |
Anonymous
+ 1, but the Switfties can’t handle any criticism of Taylor. They’re like a a cult with no taste. |
Anonymous
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I like her moody break-up song lyrics the best.
From “All Too Well” And maybe we got lost in translation Maybe I asked for too much But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up Running scared, I was there I remember it all too well And you call me up again just to break me like a promise So casually cruel in the name of being honest I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here 'Cause I remember it all, all, all too well From “Exile” I think I've seen this film before And I didn't like the ending You're not my homeland anymore So what am I defending now? You were my town Now I'm in exile, seein' you out I think I've seen this film before So I'm leavin' out the side door |
Anonymous
Where do I begin with how bad these lyrics are? Let’s go line by line: 1) “And maybe we got lost in translation” Sofia Coppola called, she says it’s reductive and cheesy as hell to copy the title of her hit movie for a lyric. 2) “Maybe I asked for too much” Bono wants his line back, too. 3) “But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up,” slow down there, Taylor, let’s not call your song a masterpiece when you’re literally copying better artists word for word for your inferior lyrics. Then again, I guess it is “masterful” to take One and reduce it. 4) “Running scared, I was there” oh lordie, can she not come up with one original line? Billy Crystal started in the movie three years before 1989. 5) “I remember it all too well” I believe you you, Taylor, that’s all you can do, remember other people’s ideas and words and regurgitate them in a lesser form. 6) “And you call me up again just to break me like a promise” Let’s see, I’m a vapid, uneducated person trying to sound poetic, so I’ll think of a deep analogy to visualize a broken heart. Hmmm, hmmm, I know, I know a broken promise! You broke me like a promise! It’s genius, I tell you. Genius! 7) “So casually cruel in the name of being honest” Seriously, what’s good about this lyric? It’s like a sad line from the diary of a 16 year old girl who just had a fight with her bff who told her those jeans did not look good on her behind. 8) “I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here” Read line 6 and repeat. Instead of a broken promise, I’ll make it a crumpled piece of paper! Ingenious! The Nobel Academy will be calling soon. Bob Dylan had nothing on me. 9) “'Cause I remember it all, all, all too well” Yes, we know Taylor. I would happily get to Exile, but I have to put my sugared up kids to bed. They’re less than ten, but they write better than Taylor and her team, too. You’d think someone could step in and edit this crap…. |
Anonymous
I’m not a Swiftie but the scientist poster you are defending is very condescending. |
Anonymous
lol - nobody is as committed as Taylor Swift haters. |
Anonymous
Yes, committed to art and desperate to get rid of garbage in the media. Taylor is like a slightly better version of a Kardashian. |
Anonymous
Some posters are discussing her looks which isn't relevent to the discussion you say that you want to have. If she were the man than she would be the man and no one would tear her down. |