Who is Taylor Swift
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How very dare you call the Stones a pub band, the mastery of Charlie on drums Keith with his masterly grasp of open G tuning throw in Ronnie and mick the ultimate front man, to be in a fickle business like music for over 6 decades you are much more than a pub band
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Fair comment, but not really the point. What we're trying to understand is why this child of middling talent is such a phenomenon.
The OP was asking about the hype there are lots of singers like her or better out there why all the Taylor Swift hype.
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One of my favourite pet shop boys songs of which there are many
I was generalising, there are always exceptions.
FWIW I can play shake it out on guitar, nobody will be surprised it is only three chords, but then again so is Yellow. Etc. etc. etc.
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If you look at my influences, above, you'll see that pop isn't really my thing, but yes, that PSB track us a good song I'll have to give their playlist a listen. Similarly I thought The Sun Always Shines on TV and Take Me On could have made half-decent rock ballads, but as for AhHa, no.
I really, really don't like Aerosmith, but they did an album Honking on Bobo, which is first class. Dream On isn't bad, either.
My point being is that it's possible to recognise talent in bands you don't like. "oh, that's a great song, but I hate it", sort if thing.
I struggle to find that in Swift's repertoire, what I've heard of it, though.
Perhaps it's more the show than the music that appeals.
I really, really don't like Aerosmith, but they did an album Honking on Bobo, which is first class. Dream On isn't bad, either.
My point being is that it's possible to recognise talent in bands you don't like. "oh, that's a great song, but I hate it", sort if thing.
I struggle to find that in Swift's repertoire, what I've heard of it, though.
Perhaps it's more the show than the music that appeals.
You could say that about absolutely any band or singer from the 60s, 70s or 80s.
I mean, Stock, Aitken and Waterman.......
GADE you can play a million songs, get in open G you can play chords with no fingers well E i love open G , sorry for going off topic
Keeping off topic - have you got a ukulele ? You can play all the minor chords with one finger (bar) and the major chords with 2.
No i don't have a ukulele and i didn't know that cheers
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DADGAD is another classic open tuning I like. It's used a lot in folk/celtic music by guitarists such as Bert Jansch, Richard Thompson and Jimmy Page.
Think thats open D
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Probably sound much better as well
At the risk of being flamed 1st album is all covers bar one song, second album they managed to write three. In my book that makes them a cover band.How very dare you call the Stones a pub band, the mastery of Charlie on drums Keith with his masterly grasp of open G tuning throw in Ronnie and mick the ultimate front man, to be in a fickle business like music for over 6 decades you are much more than a pub band
To be honest I’m not a fan of either, but I can acknowledge that both have released well crafted songs. However Taylor Swift writes all her own material and over 90% on her own. Madonna was massively reliant on the creative input of her producers, some of whom she dated. The cynic in me says that she at least in part slept her way to the top.
I haven’t heard anything beyond some of the big hits but TS seems at least as capable as Madonna vocally.
Both are a massively hyped product of the industry machine and both are savvy businesswomen, I’d say there’s probably not a lot to choose between them. But as someone who spent nearly twenty years working in and around the music industry, specifically recording, composing and arranging I respect the songwriters more than the performers.
Not bad for a cover band eh
This is a cover better than original
The whole show / spectacle of a performance is something that’s never appealed to me. I’ve got so many friends that cite Bjork, The Prodigy etc along with various EDM and Prog groups and how amazing the show was, but when you ask them about the music they have little to say. The visual spectacle can sometimes distract from a lacklustre performance and mediocre songs.
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