Are You a Swifty?

I think she’s pretty great. I came to that conclusion after buying a bunch of her records for my daughter and listening with her to them on my system. She can write a helluva pop song. My kid opened my ears. 

 

hilde45

4,733 posts

03-19-2024 at 05:12pm 

Too many of her songs are about what some boyfriend did in their last relationship. Not much depth, IMO.

Cue up some Joni, indeed.
 

Thanks for this info. I don’t even know what her songs are about as I can’t make it past the 5secs of the intro. Now I feel good that I bridged that gap. 

In my opinion there are better and more talented contemporaries i.e. Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish. But it’s all a matter of taste. 
 

@gjohns 

Taylor Swift did not revitalize the record industry!

what a load!

@audphile1 "But it’s all a matter of taste."

If that means that different people like different things, I agree.

If it means that there can be no ordering, better or worse, in aesthetics, I disagree. One has to agree on criteria, of course, but once those gain some agreement, then further judgments are possible. I'm not saying there would be one final, ultimate, this goes for everyone list, but I think we can make some progress. We could agree, for example, that Bill and Ted's Great Adventure is a lesser film than Apocalypse Now. Etc.

 

 

hilde45

4,735 posts

03-21-2024 at 12:12pm

@audphile1 "But it’s all a matter of taste."

If that means that different people like different things, I agree.

Didn’t think that a clarification would be required but yes.