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Is Taylor Swift saving the economy? One Woman's Impact on the Hotel and Tourism Industry
Hotair ^ | 07/15/2023 | Karen Townsend

Posted on 07/15/2023 8:12:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: LegendHasIt
She is a pretty good looking gal, but I wouldn’t pay the asking price for a ticket to one of her concerts for even a private performance which also included ‘a happy ending’.

I doubt that she would be even the least bit interested in spending any time with you.

21 posted on 07/15/2023 10:31:56 PM PDT by ytrebil
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To: SeekAndFind

She still cannot sing. None of her songs will be remembered like the oldies we listen to. A circus act.


22 posted on 07/15/2023 11:59:36 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

Taylor Swift saved my life.

Years ago I was in a car accident that left me in a coma.

One morning a nurse turned on the TV and Taylor Swift was singing.

I got up and turned the TV off!

Aint no one going to listen to autotuned music...


23 posted on 07/16/2023 12:02:50 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: SeekAndFind; cherry

Politics is downstream from culture. We ignore cultural happenings at our peril.


24 posted on 07/16/2023 12:42:32 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FLNittany
Taylor Swift used to be Center-Right politically, but she kept it very low profile publicly, and I do not think any of her music clearly reflected a political point of view.

Suddenly, at exactly the same moment female author JK Rowling (Harry Potter books) took a stand against male to female gender transition and trans-males in female restrooms and on women sports teams, Swift went loud and crystal clear as politically Woke.

Very hard for me to understand a radical Left Turn by an intelligent successful woman after age 30.

25 posted on 07/16/2023 1:21:15 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: nwrep
nwrep...

You forgot Ronald Reagan!

26 posted on 07/16/2023 1:27:40 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: SeekAndFind
Those ticket prices, though. Yeesh.

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27 posted on 07/16/2023 3:32:07 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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i gotta say...shes got a hold on her fans i dont think ive ever seen before..especially for a female artist. Shes doing multiple nights at the biggest stadiums in the country...she just did 2 nights at Ford Field in Detroit, and the promoter said she could have easily did 3 more. The crowds are 90% female, and they know EVERY WORD TO EVERY SONG. No exxageration. This short video is Gillette Stadium i think...this is like 10 rows from the very top of the Stadium, and they are INTO IT!!...its like her Army, they do anything she told then too...

https://youtu.be/3Q-yl8IAlkc


28 posted on 07/16/2023 4:18:15 AM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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To: basalt

and Atlanta, Georgia...unreal.

https://youtu.be/kma44cS89Uc


29 posted on 07/16/2023 4:25:22 AM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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To: basalt
The crowds are 90% female, and they know EVERY WORD TO EVERY SONG. No exxageration.

Seriously. I don't pay attention to pop music at all, but my 10 year old niece made sure to educate me as to exactly who she was when I mentioned that I wasn't familiar with the name about a year ago.

30 posted on 07/16/2023 4:32:49 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Sirius Lee

thats another thing...the ages of her fans..from like 7-10 year olds to 30’s and 40’s...never seen anything like it.


31 posted on 07/16/2023 4:37:08 AM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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To: basalt

Yeah, it’s remarkable and kind of puzzling. I don’t think her fan appeal is fundamentally in her music which isn’t bad but is nothing special. There’s some other factor in play with her and her fans but I have no idea what it is.


32 posted on 07/16/2023 5:16:55 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, yes, yes!

An economy that sucks ever more resources from productive investment to frivolous consumption is terrific!


33 posted on 07/16/2023 5:18:27 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SeekAndFind
THIS (she) is the real world Idol worship
we have been warned about since the beginning.
THIS has quickly become a rocky, path with thorns,
where the seed cannot take root.


34 posted on 07/16/2023 5:21:23 AM PDT by MurphsLaw (" consider the sufferings of this present time are nothing compared with the glory to be revealed")
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To: Yardstick

yeah...shes been around awhile so its not a “new” fad type thing. I remember some years back she had to practically give tickets away because of poor sales. From what ive seen now, shes not a kid anymore, shes 33 now, and seems unable to keep a boyfriend...for some time, her songs are about “revenge” and how “strong” and “brave” she is....she even has a bit in this tour where she claims she feels like “the Man”. So, theres that “i dont need no man” crowd now that just lap it up...they found their hero and shes it....


35 posted on 07/16/2023 5:26:05 AM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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To: LegendHasIt
"...a private performance which also included ‘a happy ending’..."

Dang. I didn't see that on Ticketmaster!

36 posted on 07/16/2023 5:50:20 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: zeestephen

Not hard to understand. No husband, no kids, and pressure for not being woke enough.


37 posted on 07/16/2023 5:51:15 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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To: basalt

“thats another thing...the ages of her fans..from like 7-10 year olds to 30’s and 40’s...never seen anything like it.“

Super pop. It’s happened before mostly in terms of one hit wonders and in flashes by other successful artists but Swift can write multiple examples of it on every album. That makes her extremely unique in terms of songwriting. Super pop is what the top forty looks for. It’s what many thousands of song writers consciously try to churn out. An ancient example of this that fascinated me years ago was “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies. There didn’t seem to be anyone old (and I mean OLD) or young who didn’t blast this song and bop around when it came on. People who considered themselves to be heavy rock /prog rock hardasses blasted this tune. Whether you like her or not Swift has IT, whatever IT is that in terms of Pop song writing. I haven’t really listened to her albums but every single that I’ve heard from her hits the ear like Sugar Sugar.


38 posted on 07/16/2023 5:54:11 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL! For some reason, I believe it’s FJB, and not Tater Swuft who is saving the hotel and tourism industry by inviting the invaders into America and filling the hotels up with his illegal alien invader guests. Just an observation.


39 posted on 07/16/2023 6:04:09 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (No more new laws until we start enforcing the crap we already have!)
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To: nwrep

Back in the 60s we call that crap bubble gum music. Head Starters and Kindergartners love it.


40 posted on 07/16/2023 6:08:18 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (No more new laws until we start enforcing the crap we already have!)
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