Posted on 04/20/2024 12:53:24 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
A new album by Taylor Swift is not merely the release of a new collection of songs. It is a major pop-cultural event, given the widespread consensus that Swift is the world’s biggest pop star...
...What’s lacking from Swift, however, is very little hint of proportionality. There is almost no evidence leading a listener to believe that Swift understands that this romantic heartbreak and loss of which she sings is mostly ordinary, everyday stuff, and not a matter of earthshaking proportions. Try as she might, this is no Blood on the Tracks. (Coincidentally, Swift is the same age, 34, that Bob Dylan was when that landmark album...)
...Swift – a billionaire artist riding as high in worldwide popularity as just about anyone since the Beatles or Elvis Presley before them – portrays herself throughout as a victim, often incorporating religious imagery to heighten the emotional stakes.
“How can I be guilty as sin?” she sings... “What if I roll the stone away? They’re gonna crucify me anyway.” Ouch! In “Down Bad,” she asks an ex-lover to “Tell me I was the chosen one.” And in the song “Clara Bow,” in which the silent film star serves as a stand-in for the pop singer, Swift sings, “You’re the new god we’re worshipping….
To her credit, Swift tempers these grandiose delusions with occasional notes of humility and humor. On the title track, she declares, “I laughed in your face and said, ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas. I’m not Patti Smith. This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel. We’re modern idiots.” And in perhaps my favorite line on the album, Swift unleashes her inner grouchy old man in “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” when she sings, “I’ll sue you if you step on my lawn.”
Now there’s a sentiment to which I can relate.
(Excerpt) Read more at forward.com ...
Who?
Sunny Sweeney is my girl. And she doesn’t need theatrical b.s.
(She’s also a friend)
“Sunny Sweeney is my girl.”
I never heard of hear so I looked her up. Good choice.
So now for the age old question. If guys start treating Swift good, would her career be over?
Drop new songs during a tour. Perfect marketing. Ticket prices may go up.
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I suppose that is a good question, as she is worshipped by mostly women.....I have no answer at the moment.
I could say something about it, yet I would be vilified....
The Dylan reference is interesting. Swift is the antiDylan: he has a horrible voice and Nobel-prize lyrics, she has a good voice and horrible lyrics.
I neglected to add that the cover photo looks like Joni Mitchell with a migraine.
She’s a dim. Modern idiot is baked into that equation. If you like her music and show fine. Knock yourself out but I won’t be joining you on this ride.
The price of a new Tesla just to be seen at one of her concerts? INsane!
Rip off of The Talking Heads line...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
She is getting blasted for a lyric about going back to 1830s.
She blasted Kardashian who is afraid to respond due to backlash from Swifties.
A boyfriend has a choice. Accept the rewards of dating her like Kelce and his now 90 million dollar podcast but when you make a deal with the devil be prepared to be mentioned in songs for a long time like Matt Healey.
Swift seems to float effortlessly back and forth between teenage ingenue and hugely successful grown up business woman.
Her latest romance, with the NFL football player, has slightly creepy public displays of affection - again, and again, and again.
On the other hand, she really does not seem to care what critics think about her relationships, which is an interesting character trait all by itself.
I knew a man, his brain was so small
He couldn’t think of nothing at all
Not the same as you and me
He doesn’t dig poetry
He’s so unhip that when you say Dylan
He thinks you’re talking about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain’t got no culture
But it’s alright, ma, everybody must get stoned
— Paul Simon
(Dylan Thomas isn’t Bob Dylan)
Simon’s appreciation of irony is absolutely delicious. :D
Her face reminds me of a squirrel
I guess the word's use has been in circulation for quite some time.
Can't wait for Giovanni Antonini conducting Kammerorchester Basel's new recording La Reine to drop.
She’s not even Fiona Apple.
Well she is easy on the eyes but other than that I have never heard any of her songs.
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