Let the record show, I have been to a Taylor Swift concert. It was at Gillette, Ed Sheeran was the opener and nobody knew who he was. He had one known song at the time that was about...working girls on crack...and all the little kids in the crowd were singing along blissfully unaware.
Taylor Swift put on a truly excellent show, and I only assume she's gotten better and better. I bought tickets to this the day of the show for about 100 bucks on Ticketmaster, sat about half way up the lower section at the 50, and enjoyed every minute of it. While it was certainly not my idea to go, I regret nothing.P/erhaps a post to follow.
I used to like Taylor Swift.
I respect and admire her as a premiere pop songwriter and latter day "cultural icon."
Her 2006 debut, "Taylor Swift,
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift_(album)
heralded the arrival of a bright new bulb
in the country pop firmament.
She was just 16 years old.
With her follow-up, "Fearless" (2008), "the poet laureate of the 10th grade" became a crossover sensation.
"1989," where I got off the train, is an excellent, excellent pop record.
Anyone who appreciates the craft of mature songwriting, deft studio production and a scintillating, highly melodic pop sound might appreciate this album.
Taylor Swift is exceptionally talented, intelligent and ambitious.
Yet I have never encountered a celebrity who has commodified - monetized - their (supposed) personal life to such a bathetic and ultimately pathetic degree.
In the world of celebrity, that is saying something.
In the event,
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