Bob Lefsetz Redux, Taylor Swift + Taxi

[mojobone]

So, Bob has finally figured out what most of us already knew.http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/ ... ore-horse/

[cardell]

Thanks for the link, I enjoyed his blogging.Stuart

[mojobone]

And the other size 10 high-heeled shoe drops:http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/ ... ift-calls/

[fullbirdmusic]

Man, I thought I was the only one that thought she's a horrible singer. I saw her perform on SNL and it was very bad. Then she won all those awards at the CMAs, I heard her sing there, and thought she was even worse. Guess it has to be the quality of the songs when you can't really sing.

[k o star]

Nov 20, 2009, 9:13pm, fullbirdmusic wrote:Man, I thought I was the only one that thought she's a horrible singer. I saw her perform on SNL and it was very bad. Then she won all those awards at the CMAs, I heard her sing there, and thought she was even worse. Guess it has to be the quality of the songs when you can't really sing.Is this the performance?





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I've never heard her sing live but was curious after reading this...I guess she must have something else...U gotta have something to be marketable right?-Kel

[jamesm]

Is she actually really big? That's amazing to me.

[feaker]

facelifts,silicone breasts,steroids, autotune, etcI have heard her sing worser than that video:)

[robbylane]

I did not watch the CMA show this year, but having watched that video (above), I would feel emmmmmmbarrassed if I were she!!!! Talk about a 4-minute suck-fest! T. Swift is ultimately "made" (by software). Why oh why is so much of the limelight handed to her??? I mean, yeah...she has a certain charm...and her monologue song on SNL shows that she can be humorous. I'll give her that. But here's a female singer who is hyped up to be "all the rage" and....what an extreme facade it is. I have heard her recent "hit song" many a time. And yes, the studio recording DOES sound good. But I cannot bring myself to buy it and enjoy it because I knew that Swift has no REAL vocal talent...and is not even a DISTANT close to the talent of Carrie Underwood. How sad it is that some singers are "placed" at the top of the Mountain of Fame" when he or she clearly has NO business being there! I have nothing against Taylor as a person. I have EVERYTHING against the A-Holes who hand a big lie to the buying public who knows no better...than to "buy into it".

[toddt]

Mojobone I spent a couple of hours reading articles on that blog (his words about Hootie were brilliant). Thanks a lot for posting it - have hooked up the RSS feed!Nov 21, 2009, 2:51am, robbylane wrote:I have EVERYTHING against the A-Holes who hand a big lie to the buying public who knows no better...than to "buy into it". Her performance wasn't great at all - but though I can't speak for you, I bet most people here would give their right gluteus maximus to (co)write a song that contributes to that "big lie".The buying public knows a great song that is well recorded - and that's surely what they're "buying into" with Taylor Swift?Perhaps it's my Daft Punk generation outlook, but I don't quite get the "I really like the song but I'm not buying it because it was autotuned" view - it's logically not a big leap from taking umbridge at the use of multi-track recording, comping, reverb, delay or any other engineering trick is it?And she at least wrote the song so it's not like she's just a tall blonde stunning puppet with mediocre voice...Isn't "great song, well recorded" what really matters?

[k o star]

"And she at least wrote the song so it's not like she's just a tall blonde stunning puppet with mediocre voice...Isn't "great song, well recorded" what really matters?"True.. I like that yea..