Probably just rambling but, I have spent a bit of time checking out Taylor Swift's music after al the hoo ha about her concerts and how people paid thousands for tickets, let alone flights and accommodation across the ditch!
Finishes my journey through the world of Tay Tay yesterday afternoon and what I have listened to gives me some thoughts on the matter.
Mainly, I have been looking for music that would be memorable. Some of her stuff is not too bad, but a lot of it is bland.
Not one tune made me want to play it again.... her voice is OK but the content of the music is bloody awful.
I wonder if instead of prancing around the stage in a skimpy outfit, she had been sitting down, playing drums, like Karen Carpenter did, whether anything would have reached No. 1 on the Top 10. Karen had an unforgettable voice that was unfortunately lost at such a young age. Will any of Taylor Swifts music be remembered 40 years hence?
As most of us know, when at an outside function when nothing much is happening, do the crown spontaneously break into a Taylor Swift song? Nope... we all start singing Neil Diamonds "Sweet Caroline." Everybody knows it!
After coming to those conclusions I went to bed at my usual 8.30, put my headphones on and drifted off to sleep, happily listening to music like "Shine on you crazy diamond" and "Still crazy after all these years" et al.
PS, what happened to the saxophone in pop music? I really miss the cool reed pipe!
Ken
Finishes my journey through the world of Tay Tay yesterday afternoon and what I have listened to gives me some thoughts on the matter.
Mainly, I have been looking for music that would be memorable. Some of her stuff is not too bad, but a lot of it is bland.
Not one tune made me want to play it again.... her voice is OK but the content of the music is bloody awful.
I wonder if instead of prancing around the stage in a skimpy outfit, she had been sitting down, playing drums, like Karen Carpenter did, whether anything would have reached No. 1 on the Top 10. Karen had an unforgettable voice that was unfortunately lost at such a young age. Will any of Taylor Swifts music be remembered 40 years hence?
As most of us know, when at an outside function when nothing much is happening, do the crown spontaneously break into a Taylor Swift song? Nope... we all start singing Neil Diamonds "Sweet Caroline." Everybody knows it!
After coming to those conclusions I went to bed at my usual 8.30, put my headphones on and drifted off to sleep, happily listening to music like "Shine on you crazy diamond" and "Still crazy after all these years" et al.
PS, what happened to the saxophone in pop music? I really miss the cool reed pipe!
Ken
Corgi Wan Kenobi is watching you!
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