Definitely towards the boring song crowd. I don't consider that to be Taylor though. Not that I don't think Elliot isn't a great singer, it's going to be tight here on in.
Boring song crowd???? Hardly unless you consider classic songs boring. Personally I find most of today's modern stuff (and that includes the stuff that Chris screams every week) to be generic, overproduced crap that is hard to distinguish from one band to another.
What I liked about Paris was that she took classic music and made it a bit more modern. Give her 4 more years and compare her to where Kat is today and there would be no comparison.