You “know” the songs you just don’t know the name. It’s basically impossible to not know one.
Taylor Swift
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Nah I don’t know one or care to know one. She’s perfect for the female demo today and her music caters to that I’m sure.
Okay too cool for school guy. I never listened to Bieber as a kid myself but I know the song “Baby” whether I wanted to or not just because I, you know, go out in public.
Actually, it isn't. It's called having good taste and avoiding the kool-aid.
Oh so you don’t go to restaurants or stores or Walmart or Kroger where they play her nonstop? Or do you just avoid literally everything?
I remember when The Weeknd started blowing up and I didn't have a clue who he was. Then I was talking to someone while that "I can't feel my face" song came on and she just went "really, never heard this before?". of course I had just had no idea it was The Weeknd.
If that is what they are playing, then my musical senses have kicked in and it is nothing but white noise.
When I go into a store, anything playing is just background noise to me, unless something I really like comes on and gets my attention. Her music isn't the type of music I listen to, and she's not on my Amazon playlist(s) or on the Sirius/XM stations I listen to. That said, she's incredibly talented to write her own songs, play instruments, sing, produce, etc, incredibly (obviously) successful, and extremely attractive....and has absolutely been a self made smashing success. On a side note, one of my wife's friends told her that they saw a skinny 14 year old playing solo acoustic in a Nashville Cafe who was really good, and that turned out to be Taylor Swift.
I'm pretty sure I've never heard a Bieber song but Swift is just in another stratosphere. Even a metal guy like myself has heard 'Shake It Off' once or twice. At this point it's like pretending you haven't heard 'Rich Men North of Richmond' yet.
Regarding last night, she was shown a couple times and a few seconds later the broadcast went to break. The first commercial that you couldn't miss unless you immediately changed the channel or ran out of the room was for her concert movie coming to theaters. That ain't a coincidence. It's like her people and the network are working hand-in-hand to guarantee she has far and away the number one movie of the fall. It's also not surprising she's tapped into the athlete pool now. Musicians? Check. Actors? Check. Athlete was the next logical step and you knew it wouldn't be some lowly punter or some dude playing for the Toledo Mud Hens.
Regarding last night, she was shown a couple times and a few seconds later the broadcast went to break. The first commercial that you couldn't miss unless you immediately changed the channel or ran out of the room was for her concert movie coming to theaters. That ain't a coincidence. It's like her people and the network are working hand-in-hand to guarantee she has far and away the number one movie of the fall. It's also not surprising she's tapped into the athlete pool now. Musicians? Check. Actors? Check. Athlete was the next logical step and you knew it wouldn't be some lowly punter or some dude playing for the Toledo Mud Hens.
Haven't heard it. Not pretending.
Same. I think it's been impossible not to hear Swift, but that one's been easy to avoid.
You're not missing much. It's not bad but probably not worth the attention it's gotten. Much like Swift's music I suppose.
I heard swift and Bieber back to back at Kroger the other day and I were one headphones in.
Listen gang, you can hate it all you want but she’s the most famous person in the world right now.
I don’t care if you like her music but saying I’ve never heard her is false. You have you just didn’t know.
But congrats on being your grandparents and hating new stuff. I don’t like new rap but I don’t get mad at kids for liking it because I’m not an incoherent, oblivious person.
You’d probably have a great convo with my dementia riddled dad.
Listen gang, you can hate it all you want but she’s the most famous person in the world right now.
I don’t care if you like her music but saying I’ve never heard her is false. You have you just didn’t know.
But congrats on being your grandparents and hating new stuff. I don’t like new rap but I don’t get mad at kids for liking it because I’m not an incoherent, oblivious person.
You’d probably have a great convo with my dementia riddled dad.
Have not and never will be on my playlist but I listened to stuff that my parents hated that I still love today. She has done much better than I ever thought she would so good for her. Not my taste but obviously there are plenty out there that love her and I am pretty sure she could care less what me or many others think about her or her music while she counts the millions in her bank account.
None of this has anything to do with her music. As I said earlier, she is a product, and a successful one. Her music is awful.
No one on this board has the diverse musical catalog that I do, which I am proud of. She is not a part of that.
Just had this happen to me last week. The Jonas brothers had a concert in Lex and I made the comment that I don’t know a single song of theirs. My girlfriend then went through a handful of their songs and I’d heard 2 or 3 of them before from just being out and about.
I heard about the song, but never listened to it. Wasn't it a spoof or something like that?
“No one on this board has the diverse musical catalog that I do, which I am proud of. She is not a part of that.”
Bro come on, I listen to everything. How can you say “No one has my diverse musical catalog?”
You really think you’re the guy that has it? Does it really matter to you?
Dude I try and be cool with you but it’s like you’re begging to be the heel and a total douche bag at all times.
Bro come on, I listen to everything. How can you say “No one has my diverse musical catalog?”
You really think you’re the guy that has it? Does it really matter to you?
Dude I try and be cool with you but it’s like you’re begging to be the heel and a total douche bag at all times.
She’s done a phenomenal job riding the social media wave to the top. Very intelligent person with a good team around her.
I'm grateful that my parents never tried to control what I listened to. They listened to big band/swing and jazz, but never objected to my older brother and I listening to rock. The first album I bought with my own money was Black Sabbath's Paranoid when it came out. My parents didn't care for it but never tried to discourage me from listening to it, or anything else.
My mom never did either hence my first album was Oasis Morning Glory and second and third were tupacs strictly for my …. And biggies ready to die. I was like 12.
Crazy thing I never murdered anyone by listening to it. I just liked it. All of it.
I’m neither a Swift or a Beiber fan but I probably know way more of their songs than I should. My kids listen to it. I take my daughters and their friends places so I listen to what they like. But I also listen to a wide variety of music, classic rock, 90s rap, old/new country, metal, trap, R&B, but my favorite is mainstream emo from the 2000s. Go figure.
My first album I purchased on my own was Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet. I think the last song I purchased was a Benny Blanco & Juice Wrld track. lol
If anyone thinks Taylor Swift is terrible, I get it, I really do and I’m a huge fan. Totally admit that.
But listen to Death By A Thousand Cuts Live in Paris. If that doesn’t make you realize she’s for real or make you not well up(because we’ve ALL been there) well I guess we’ll agree to disagree.
But listen to Death By A Thousand Cuts Live in Paris. If that doesn’t make you realize she’s for real or make you not well up(because we’ve ALL been there) well I guess we’ll agree to disagree.
Not my style of music but she is an exceptional songwriter. Kind of how I feel about Olivia Rodrigo.
Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean her music is awful. Her success says it isn’t. You are missing out.
I am definitely not missing out. I will pass on the teen pop culture that has no soul, no depth, and the overall lack of "music".
Success doesn't always equal excellence, especially in the entertainment industry.
What an arrogant, close-minded take for a guy who claims to have a "diverse musical catalog".
"A closed mind is a dying mind", said Ferber. My grandparents were both musicians and I bet I've heard ten times the music they ever did thanks to the internet, and I'm incredibly grateful for that. But hey, the haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate, and the rest of us can just shake it off and open our minds and enjoy the treasure trove of wonderful entertainment that we're damned lucky to have.
Not close minded at all...I have listened, and listened some more. Where does it say that I have to put the check in the yes box afterwards?
You don't. But even if you don't enjoy it, others do, and you're not respecting that by saying that Swift has "no soul, no depth." Entertainment's subjective -- beauty's in the eye of the beholder -- and you should see how Swift touches the hearts and minds of my many friends who are in their 20s who love her, like I like Nirvana and Danny Elfman and Queen and the Go-Go's and Vangelis and The Warning and so on. You're bashing them by bashing Swift, and I take that personally.
Don't go through life being a hater, cole854. You'll miss out on a lot of great stuff, even if that stuff's not for you personally. You're not the arbiter of other people's minds, so don't be a judge, be a participant.
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^Seriously.
I honestly can't say that I like her or hate her as I've most likely never listened to more than 30 seconds of any song she's ever done. Does that mean that there might not have been one of her songs playing as background music that I've heard multiple times? No, I'm sure there has been. But, if I don't listen and don't know who the artist is, there is no way in hell I'm going to be able to say, 'That's a Tay-Tay song!'. For the most part, I don't listen to anything that's on mainstream pop radio. It's just not my cup of tea. While scanning the dial, I may hesitate for a few seconds on a song I haven't heard before, but very, very few songs have grabbed my attention long enough to even care who performs it.
It's easy to say that something you dislike 'sucks' but I try not to do that. I just plain and simply don't listen to certain kinds of music (metal, rap, today's pop, hip hop, bro-country, et al) and don't know any of the artists other than hearing their name. So, assuming we 'all' know TS's music is a false assumption. If you can't recognize a single song of hers (even if you've heard it), that's NOT knowing her music.
Getting offended on other people's behalf because someone says their favorite musician's music 'sucks' is ridiculous. Why should anyone care if everyone doesn't have the same musical taste and that those who disagree feel your favorite sucks? We don't all like the same music so why get offended if someone has different tastes? We don't all like the same type of women - why would I care if I think my wife is gorgeous and some stranger says she's a dog? That opinion means nothing and affects me not in the least.
I've always said that if it sounds good to your ears then it's good music regardless of what others may think.
Totally agree, it’s all subjective just enjoy what you like without worrying what others think.
