wth is up with taylor swift?

[KeithP]

...i just cannot fathom how she got so famous as a singer with that voice of hers.

If that is really the case it seems unlikely that any answer you find here will satiate you. But I will give it a shot.... Not everyone shares your opinion of her abilities.

For the record, I have no interest in her or her music.

-KeithP

 

[midwestfisherman]

She has a rat face and is flat chested.

Yes, I consider her quite pretty but above holds true.

WTH is a rat face?

 

[Imp]

She has a rat face and is flat chested.

Yes, I consider her quite pretty but above holds true.

I would say "mouse face"... It's still cute. Can't contest the flat part.


She's not a big slut (see Miley and even Selena - she's working her way up), she's extremely fashionable, tall, blonde and young. What's not to like?

Yes, I like her music. It's good pop! I draw the line at Fearless though - her first album, aside from one or two songs, is way too kiddy.

 

[DominionSeraph]

WTH is a rat face?

 

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[Binarycow]

Not all of us...some of her stuff is OK, but her perspective in her music writing is way too young for me.
I'm not a fan.

OP, you're gonna get flamed badly here. She's got one or two devoted fans around here.

hehehe so far so good

 

[Binarycow]

If that is really the case it seems unlikely that any answer you find here will satiate you. But I will give it a shot.... Not everyone shares your opinion of her abilities.

For the record, I have no interest in her or her music.

-KeithP

I certainly understand your point. I mean I have heard people who cannot stand listening to Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong (I like them both) due to their vocal. However, this girl simply cannot sing. Her voice sounds like a cat being suffocated on high notes.

 

[zinfamous]

she writes music for angsty teenagers.

There is a shit ton of angsty teenagers out there.

 

[BoomerD]

she writes music for angsty teenagers.

There is a shit ton of angsty teenagers out there.

Lots of them here as well...

 

[spaceman]

ratface
lol
girl is smoking
we need to get some real in this thread real fast

 

[Binarycow]

she looks great all right, just her mediocre singing I have problems with.

 

[Raduque]

She looks as much like that rodent as a Samsung Galaxy S looks like an iPhone 4.

 

[bfdd]

Just listened to it. Holy shit that's bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0dXrJ3Q4bo
What the hell is the point of either that melody or that pacing? Nothing fits the sentence structure at all. Never mind that there's no range to that singing.

this is fucking awful. seriously fucking awful. i listened to it twice to see if it was just like awful because i know the real song, so i tried to listen to it as a whole new piece. it's even worse.

 

[sandorski]

She has a very Innocent sound. That's basically her schtick and many people like it. :shrug:

 

[sandorski]

this is fucking awful. seriously fucking awful. i listened to it twice to see if it was just like awful because i know the real song, so i tried to listen to it as a whole new piece. it's even worse.

I disagree. It's nothing like the original, but I thought it sounded very good.

 

[Raduque]

I just listened to the song, and no. I love me some Taylor Swift, but that song was bad. Now I know why I ignored her Christmas album (aside the fact that I'm a Scrooge and avoid every Christmas album).

 

[BladeVenom]

I think you need to be a 12 year old girl to fully appreciate Taylor Swift.

 

[QueBert]

i dont listen to her regular music, but her songs from her Christmas cd keep popping up while im listening to accuradio holiday's music channel. i simply cannot stand her whiny voice especially the BS changes in Silent Night melody that she made. wth is wrong with this girl's voice. i mean she looks decent and all, i just cannot fathom how she got so famous as a singer with that voice of hers.

She got famous because look who she's up against. If you put her in a time machine and took her back to the 70's when the music industry was full of real singers, and not just 1 here and there. She wouldn't have gotten a record deal, and if she somehow pulled it off, she wouldn't have became popular. When you're up against Brittnay Spears & Jojo it's not really hard to appear to sound good, even when you don't. Which is exactly how she gets by. In the 70's she would have been sub par next to even the mid level singers. Next to a Chaka Khan, Stevie Nicks or Aretha she would have been considered a joke.

And to people defending her "she's not a slut!" she was with John Mayer right? lol.

 

[Printer Bandit]

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389010n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

 

[Mike Gayner]

I think she has a fabulous voice. Then again I'm not a cynical hipster dick.

 

[Mike Gayner]

However, this girl simply cannot sing. Her voice sounds like a cat being suffocated on high notes.

You are objectively wrong. It's not even a matter of opinion - she is an excellent singer, and to say otherwise is just being a contrarian dick because you think it makes you look cool.

 

[midwestfisherman]

Well, some people think rats are cute! Plus I think you're blind! LOL

 

[midwestfisherman]

I think she has a fabulous voice. Then again I'm not a cynical hipster dick.

Well said!

 

[IEC]

Some of you wouldn't know success if it hit you like a million dollars in a briefcase.

 

[sandorski]

Some of you wouldn't know success if it hit you like a million dollars in a briefcase.

Million dollars? Meh, I got that in my couch cushions.