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Posted on 06/12/2026 2:35:53 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Steven Spielberg praised Taylor Swift while inducting her into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday:
“I am honored to be here tonight to introduce the youngest female ever to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame...A woman who has no peer when it comes to shattering records as a writer, singer, and storyteller. A singular artist and a genuine phenomenon whose place in our culture rivals that of the composers of the American Songbook, Lennon and McCartney of the ’60s, and the singer-songwriters of the 1970s like Carole King and Stevie ‘Let’s Go’ Nicks.”
He continued by lauding Swift’s “innate gifts” and “fearless determination to stand up for all artists’ rights” as well as her respect for producers, co-writers, and fellow songwriters, who have influenced her since she first picked up a 12-string guitar.
Spielberg later admitted, “I asked AI if it could tell me how many words have been written about Taylor Swift. And you know what? It couldn’t tell me,” he recalled.
“Then I asked it, how many words have been written by Taylor Swift? And it couldn’t tell me that either. And I just thought, wow, she is such a force that the depth of her achievements [defies] AI. I should have known that something that starts with ‘artificial’ wouldn’t have a clue. Because no algorithm can replace the soul of a true original who defies the status quo.”
After describing Swift’s fearless embrace of artistic risks and “impermeable” connection with fans, Spielberg closed out his speech by saying, “Thank you, Taylor, for the gift of your stories and for insisting on being an authentic voice in a world where the line between real and fake is increasingly blurred.”
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Can she sing without auto-tune?
creepin’
By “No peer” did he mean she cannot measure up?
Ah, we learn that she’s not a songwriter she’s a woman. It’s a political thing, as is always the case with leftists.
/hurl
I’ve never heard her and may never hear her, but if people want to willingly shell out their own money to see her, it’s their business. And I don’t care how rich she gets as long as she earns the money legally.
“…making the finished confection, I mean song more pleasing and acceptable…”
No you were right the first time “confection” is the word I’ve been using to describe the pop output of most studios. What happens to the recorded tracks after the musicians leave the building can be be compared to a massive infusion of sugar.
Laura Nyro is Exhibit B.
What a joke….McCartney was 24 years old (Lennon) about that when Elenor Rigby was written. All this woman composes is victimhood!
Carole King = BRILLIANT!!!
She’s completely derivative. She broke no new ground.
And now with AI, how will we even be able to know if someone used AI to compose the lyrics or not.
I love some of Spielberg’s films, but his newer movies don’t grab me. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard any of Taylor Swift’s music.
Stevie Nicks is the GOAT.
He said to Rolling Stone, "In the next 10 years, all music will be ethnic." To prove it McLaren released "Buffalo Gals" which was the first mass-market hip-hop single to reach gold.
What he meant was, all of the music schnorrers will drop 'bands' and exploit singular ethnic to claim both a larger percentage of management fees, while expending far less capital on touring, while appealing to the base instincts of the ghetto, and taking as much of their di$cretionary as humanly possible. White band with a unique sound? Do not apply -- we are busy making fake billionaires out of Diddly and Kanye Nazi, and using mumbling potheads to sell you Cadillacs.
Swift is the heir to McClaren's brilliant foresight, her handlers used the Elvis Paradigm (Black sound White voice) and McLaren's predictions, to completely capture the dumb whi&&er distaff market in a way that Madonna never could. Swift is a talentless void, every bit of it social media construct and a sick culture.
Congrats, you missed nothing and saved a lot of time.
Taylor dumped him back in grade school.
Still bitter.😉
Roger —
willie and bob
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