Taylor Swift: America's Cultural Colossus

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  • Pelado
    Bald not naked
    • Sep 2010
    • 21092

    #391
    Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post

    The stage was in an end zone area, so that portion of the seats was unfilled. Still, Taylor thanked 60,000 fans for coming to the show.
    And then asked Northwestcoug to kindly leave.
    "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
    - Goatnapper'96

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    • Northwestcoug
      Cocked and Loaded
      • May 2011
      • 17922

      #392
      Originally posted by Pelado View Post

      And then asked Northwestcoug to kindly leave.
      In my defense, I wasn’t the only creepy middle-aged dad there.
      "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
      "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
      - SeattleUte

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      • Moliere
        One man.....one pie
        • Oct 2009
        • 27801

        #393
        Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
        I don't really follow Taylor's music but her songs come up in my daughter's playlists when I am driving her quite a bit and I don't dislike them, for the most part. Like her or not, she obviously has a ton of talent.
        She definitely has a ton of talent. She writes her own music, which is a lot more than most singers in her genre. I don't care for her music and my daughters don't really care for it either. It seems to be all the 20-30 something females going to this show, which checks out since she was huge back when they were teenagers.
        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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        • Shaka
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2008
          • 10437

          #394
          Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post

          I'm even more out of touch. How in the world is Taylor Swift a thing?
          It's easy, she developed songwriting talent at a young age. By the time she was sixteen, she was a far better songwriter than her peers (by peers I mean younger female country stars most of whom don't write a lick of their music.) In fact, she was on par with the better Nashville songwriters. Her looks didn't hurt.

          What she was writing spoke to teenage girls and their mothers. Her trajectory was that of a rocket. As she aged, she didn't rest on her laurels and she got even better at her craft.

          I do not care much for country stars that don't write their music. The folks are merely karaoke singers on steroids. I have huge respect for talents like Swift who not only write their music but get up and perform it.

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          • MartyFunkhouser
            Disciple of RNGesus
            • Nov 2008
            • 18717

            #395
            Originally posted by Shaka View Post

            It's easy, she developed songwriting talent at a young age. By the time she was sixteen, she was a far better songwriter than her peers (by peers I mean younger female country stars most of whom don't write a lick of their music.) In fact, she was on par with the better Nashville songwriters. Her looks didn't hurt.

            What she was writing spoke to teenage girls and their mothers. Her trajectory was that of a rocket. As she aged, she didn't rest on her laurels and she got even better at her craft.

            I do not care much for country stars that don't write their music. The folks are merely karaoke singers on steroids. I have huge respect for talents like Swift who not only write their music but get up and perform it.
            I think regardless of whether or not you like her must (I mostly don't but she does have some bangers), she absolutely worked hard for to build the career that she has made.

            I'd also point out she also made an extremely smart career move to move away from country music and into pop music. She wouldn't have been as big as she is now if she hadn't made that transition.
            As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
            --Kendrick Lamar

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            • HuskyFreeNorthwest
              Time to camp
              • Nov 2008
              • 26082

              #396
              IMG_7095.jpeg
              71332437667__BD060F46-4067-41A0-A3EB-E43F002BAB17.jpegTaylor Swift is a Queen! I get it now, when I maybe didn’t before reading this thread. It’s not just catchy songs.

              Goose and I did both nights in Denver and Goose Juju and I did the last night in SoFi. I have not been to a more fun event. I have not been to an event with any community or group that was as welcoming and loving and friendly. 4 hours of amazing. I’m figuring out how to get to Europe in the spring and the end of the Eras on 11/23/24 in Toronto!

              Swiftie AF!


              Get confident, stupid
              -landpoke

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              • Northwestcoug
                Cocked and Loaded
                • May 2011
                • 17922

                #397
                HMU for your Toronto trip HNW. She was amazing in Las Vegas and would love to one up my daughters in seeing her again
                "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                - SeattleUte

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                • Commando
                  Explosivo
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 20748

                  #398
                  I have the same experience at Smashing Pumpkins every time I go. I do like that Ryan Adams album that is all Taylor Swift covers, though...
                  "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                  • Jeff Lebowski
                    Corporate lackey for Jesus
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 69478

                    #399
                    Taylor Swift tour is a fascinating case study in what lengths men will go to in order to keep their wives/girlfriends/daughters happy.
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                    • Northwestcoug
                      Cocked and Loaded
                      • May 2011
                      • 17922

                      #400
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      Taylor Swift tour is a fascinating case study in what lengths men will go to in order to keep their wives/girlfriends/daughters happy.
                      Yeah….sure…that’s the only reason why I listen to her.
                      "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                      "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                      - SeattleUte

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                      • PaloAltoCougar
                        Semper infra dignitatem
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 16917

                        #401
                        In the beginning, I thought the title of this thread was wry and overblown. Today, Taylor Swift was named Time's Person of the Year, who by the magazine's description is the person who did the most to influence, for better or worse, the events of the year. So I stand corrected. Better her than, say, Putin or Hamas, I suppose.

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                        • Jeff Lebowski
                          Corporate lackey for Jesus
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 69478

                          #402
                          Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                          In the beginning, I thought the title of this thread was wry and overblown. Today, Taylor Swift was named Time's Person of the Year, who by the magazine's description is the person who did the most to influence, for better or worse, the events of the year. So I stand corrected. Better her than, say, Putin or Hamas, I suppose.
                          Not so fast, my friend.

                          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                          • Northwestcoug
                            Cocked and Loaded
                            • May 2011
                            • 17922

                            #403
                            Kriss Kross
                            "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                            "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                            - SeattleUte

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                            • PaloAltoCougar
                              Semper infra dignitatem
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 16917

                              #404
                              This is going to make a great NYT Connections category: Josef Stalin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi, Taylor Swift.

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                              • Jeff Lebowski
                                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 69478

                                #405
                                I wonder why Taylor Swift hates palestinians so much?

                                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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