Taylor Swift: the reason for the teardrops on my laptop keyboard
Michelle "RJ" Rotuno-Johnson
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: Opinion
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I hate Kanye West.
Why? He insulted Taylor Swift at the VMAs. Hence, people started feeling sorry for Taylor. Hence, people started listening to her music. HENCE, Taylor Swift won three Grammys Sunday night.
Pissed.
The people on the Grammy nominating board must have listened to too much music at high decibels because they nominated her in the "country" category. Excuse me? You must not be able to hear things, old men in suits who have power. T-Swizzle is anything but country. Last I checked, country songs consist of four major things: twang, beer, sex and guns. And last I checked, Taylor is from Pennsylvania; she looks like one of those virgin maidens that would get sacrificed to a dragon if her village needed saving; and the kickback from a fired gun would probably knock her over.
Furthermore, it is my firm belief that if girls 10 years younger than you come and scream at your concerts and request that your music be played at their grade school dances, you become dangerously close to losing your place in any real genre. Add in the fact that your music videos are played constantly on MTV and VH1 and that your songs have been remixed for Top 40 stations, and you have lost your country crown, madam. You have now been shoveled into the cliché, synthesized, bubble gum, and dangerously addictive brand of music we like to call "pop." There are other country artists that are very close to being pop artists-Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood come to mind-but none of them are as widely worshipped as you, Taylor. It's like you're Miley Cyrus, only better and more prolific.
Taylor cleverly tried to prove that she was a country artist by writing a song reminiscing about her life as a younger girl at the age of "Fifteen." Country artists live in the past. They thrive on their breakups and the innocence of their childhoods. Plenty of other country artists have written the proverbial adolescence song: Brad Paisley with "Letter to Me," Bucky Covington with "Different World," Carrie Underwood with "Don't Forget to Remember Me," Jason Aldean with "Laughed Until We Cried," my girl Miranda Lambert with "The House That Built Me." All mature, respected, well-established country artists.
Taylor, I hate to break it to you, but writing a song about when you're 15 is only cool when you actually are 15 or when you're 35 and reminiscing about it. Not when you're 20. Sorry, wrong number, goodbye.
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Ray
posted 2/03/10 @ 8:17 PM EST
hater? btw she won 4 Grammy's =)
Paige Ruppel and Anna Cooper
posted 2/03/10 @ 8:27 PM EST
AGREEEEEEED. If she tried to shoot a 12 gauge, she would probably fracture her shoulder. Anna says she would just explode (one can only hope). Ok that was a bit harsh, but she is definitely not Grammy material, and definitely NOT country. (Continued…)
Ted
posted 2/03/10 @ 8:37 PM EST
I agree with all you say about Taylor Swift,but you kill off your own points when you repeatedly try to tell people Miranda Lambert is REAL Country Music. (Continued…)
Andreas
posted 2/04/10 @ 2:43 AM EST
You are wrong. Taylor Swift is very country. The only problem is that you have only heard a few of her songs from the radio. Those are more aligned with the pop genre. (Continued…)
Kanye
posted 2/04/10 @ 2:42 PM EST
You are all taking this way too seriously. It's an opinion column, first of all, and some of it is obviously exaggerated for comic effect. And if you're suddenly the expert, write your own damn column. (Continued…)
Mery
posted 2/04/10 @ 4:34 PM EST
also...being "number one selling" and a fan favorite does not make a person a good musician OR "true country". anyone can tell you that popularity does not a quality musician make. (Continued…)
K. Devlin
posted 2/04/10 @ 4:47 PM EST
This is the beauty of "free speech": it allows talented, intelligent, creative, opinionated writers to express themselves and show the world how to create art out of words. (Continued…)
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