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BigFrank

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Joe Mobley

I hope she spanks 'em good!

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Well, if anyone would know what 'nothing' is, it would be Ms. Swift.

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Joe Mobley

9 years ago

Originally Posted by BigFrank

Well, if anyone would know what 'nothing' is, it would be Ms. Swift.

Cheers. - Frank

I'm sorry, her bank account probably points to the contrary.

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Kay King

9 years ago

Maybe that's what comes of having a squeaky clean reputation for real? If you know you never posed for nudes and never cavorted nude where others might snap you....what's to worry about?

Maybe there is ONE celebrity who had some sense after all.

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thunderbird

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

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Maybe there is ONE celebrity who had some sense after all.

Maybe miracles do happen after all, but I guess I'm just repeating what you said.

Originally Posted by bizgrower

Actually, my admiration and respect for Taylor is just about completely based on the classy, hard-working person she seems to be. She is very pretty, wrote every
song (until recently when she has begun collaborating), and I do like a lot of her
music, but it's the genuineness of the person she is that wins me.<snip>

I don't follow her music -- can't say that I particularly like it, but I from what I know, I would say it is safe to say that Taylor Swift is highly talented, creative, has a good musical ear (i.e. can actually sing without autotune which is increasingly rare nowadays), bright, and beautiful (duh).

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BigFrank

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Joe Mobley

I'm sorry, her bank account probably points to the contrary.

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Well, if that means something to you. It certainly doesn't to me. Since her bank account doesn't affect mine, I truly couldn't care less.

I was simply commenting on her being totally devoid of any real talent, in my humble estimation. Kim Kardashian is wealthy, also. So, what? :-)

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More than 413 million views on one YT video alone...and it's not even her most viewed video. She has garnered 2.394 million likes on that same video, and her 11+ million subscribers on that channel ain't too shabby either.

Taylor Swift - Blank Space - YouTube

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Originally Posted by ForumGuru

More than 413 million on one YT video alone...and it's not even her most viewed video. She has garnered 2.394 million likes on that same video, and her 11+ million subscribers on that channel ain't too shabby either.

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And then there's me. Sorry for not being a sheep. lol

Cheers. - Frank

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HeySal

9 years ago

Originally Posted by BigFrank

And then there's me. Sorry for not being a sheep. lol

Cheers. - Frank

It doesn't require being a sheep to understand that your preferences don't make someone else talented or talentless. You may detest her, yet it doesn't lessen her talent. I believe that's the point that is being made here.

I figure she's got talent because a lot of people enjoy her music. I don't really care for her, myself. She has good melody, and can carry a tune. I don't like her music, though. She's very popular with the young. Of course, that rules you and me out.

I might never listen to her, but I really respect a moral ethic that allows her to realize she doesn't need to act like a dog to make bank.

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Chris Worner 9 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

I figure she's got talent because a lot of people enjoy her music.

A lot of people enjoy Paris Hiltons music as well.

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BigFrank

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Originally Posted by HeySal

It doesn't require being a sheep to understand that your preferences don't make someone else talented or talentless. You may detest her, yet it doesn't lessen her talent. I believe that's the point that is being made here.

You see talent where I don't, but as usual around here, if you don't agree with what someone else prescribes as the proper school of thought, then you are somehow 'wrong.'

Like I said. You find her talented and I do not. Whatever happened to, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion?'' You can continue to beat a dead horse but it ain't ever getting up to run.

I-don't-think-she's-talented. I'm not a big fan of bubblegum music.

Let it go. lol

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Kay King

9 years ago

This thread may be another example of forum deterioration. We used to argue about theories and ideas and concepts.\

Now we fuss about celebrities - as if we give a crap? (And, yes, I said "we" becuase I've been doing it, too). Enough already!

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BigFrank

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Originally Posted by Kay King

This thread may be another example of forum deterioration. We used to argue about theories and ideas and concepts.

Now we fuss about celebrities - as if we give a crap? (And, yes, I said "we" becuase I've been doing it, too). Enough already!

Actually, it has evolved into a thread about, 'a person's right to choose what they believe.' lol

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Kay King 9 years ago

Frank - As long as you believe what I tell you to believe...
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- Kay King 9 years ago
  
  I agree with much of bizgrower's assessment above. Interesting for me to compare Bieber and Taylor Swift.
  
  Both were self made - and succeeded due to pure determination. However, Bieber's goal was "rich and famous" and Swift's goal was "play my music".
  
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  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Frank - As long as you believe what I tell you to believe...
  
  Well, if I wanted a woman to be telling me what to think, say and do - I'd be married. :-) :-)
  
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Rod Cortez

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

This thread may be another example of forum deterioration. We used to argue about theories and ideas and concepts.

Now we fuss about celebrities - as if we give a crap? (And, yes, I said "we" becuase I've been doing it, too). Enough already!

Does this mean I can' t ask who has a better bottom? Kim Kardashian or JLo or (insert name of celeb here).

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thunderbird 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

Does this mean I can' t ask who has a better bottom? Kim Kardashian or JLo or (insert name of celeb here).

RoD

JLo for sure. Is there any debate?
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Frank Donovan

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

This thread may be another example of forum deterioration. We used to argue about theories and ideas and concepts.

Now we fuss about celebrities - as if we give a crap? (And, yes, I said "we" becuase I've been doing it, too). Enough already!

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Although if we took that too much to heart, I fear the OT would quickly resemble a ghost town.

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seasoned

9 years ago

Well, all I know is the the mother of one of her fans videoed a fan opening up a box from Taylor swift, for her birthday, IIRC! Taylor sent her like a shirt, jewelry, a nice letter, OH, and a check to pay off a chunk of her student loan! Even though the check wasn't quite $2000(though it may have been for the entirety that taylor knew about). The fact is that it was unexpected, unadvertised, and a nice and well received gift.

I don't know how much the idea of making money off of ex-boyfriends and the like tainted my appreciation of her, but she seems nice and generous. I hope she remains one of the few to not become tainted like Miley. If she doesn't, the hackers really will have NOTHING.

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Originally Posted by BigFrank

Well, if anyone would know what 'nothing' is, it would be Ms. Swift.

Those stats are not exactly nothing, and obviously plenty of people believe she is talented. Her yearly earnings according to Forbes are nothing to sneeze at either.

64 million 2014 (as of June)
55 million 2013
53 million 2012

It looks like she knows the music business and profits.

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BigFrank

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Originally Posted by ForumGuru

Those stats are not exactly nothing, and obviously plenty of people believe she is talented. Her yearly earnings according to Forbes are nothing to sneeze at either.

64 million 2014 (as of June)
55 million 2013
53 million 2012

It looks like she knows the music business and profits.

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All that and I still believe she's a talentless twit. lol You act as if there's something you can post that would ever get me to change my mind. Never gonna happen. Maybe if I were a 15 year-old angst ridden girl that would be possible. I've seen her. I heard her. She sucks.

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Originally Posted by BigFrank

You act as if there's something you can post that would ever get me to change my mind.

Cheers. - Frank

Not at all, but sometimes what you post is so far from the truth it's comical.

Originally Posted by BigFrank

Well, if anyone would know what 'nothing' is, it would be Ms. Swift.

Obviously she knows the music business and profits. I'm not trying to convince you, I already know it's true.

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BigFrank

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Originally Posted by ForumGuru

Not at all, but sometimes what you post is so far from the truth it's comical.

Right, I forgot. You are the bastion of 'the truth.' lol

Obviously she knows the music business and profits. I'm not trying to convince you, I already know it's true.

I have never said she doesn't, but does that mean that she has any actual musical talent? In your mind, possibly. In my mind - not at all. MY truth is she sucks and I'm sticking with that. I have never been impressed by anyone's bank account. I can't think of a more shallow may to measure a person. :-)

You know she sucks, but you're much to invested in wanting to argue than to say the words that have never passed your lips - "You're right!"

It's OK, Don. You used to bother me but I have come to accept how you are and can now be amused by you. At least one of us is growing. :-)

Cheers. - Frank

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Originally Posted by BigFrank

I have never said she doesn't, but does that mean that she has any actual musical talent?

Yes, in this case it does.

You know she sucks, but you're much to invested in wanting to argue than to say the words that have never passed your lips - "You're right!"

Wrong. Taylor swift has won so many music awards she needs a mansion just to put them all in. I got a little "truth" for you right here...

She's been nominated for (and won) so many awards it takes 282 footnotes just to cover them all. What I listed above barely scratches the surface.

List of awards and nominations received by Taylor Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You can say she sucks as many times as you want...and you have said it so many times on this thread you have no need to repeat yourself. Obviously her fans around the world and the music industry think otherwise.

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BigFrank

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Originally Posted by ForumGuru

You can say she sucks as many times as you want...and you have said it so many times on this thread you have no need to repeat yourself. Obviously her fans around the world and the music industry think otherwise.

Cheers

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Good for them. She still totally sucks, in my opinion. :-)

Cheers. - Frank

P.S. Try a few more charts and graphs. You just might get me to change my mind. lol

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tagiscom 9 years ago

Yep, 20 year old's, with little talent and good song writing skills that rake it in, is a cliche these days.

And rubbing this fact in to hard working individuals who earn a pittance by comparison doesn't help!
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- BigFrank Banned 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tagiscom
  
  Yep, 20 year old's, with little talent and good song writing skills
  
  You're a very generous soul. Is 'good song writing skills' code for tripe?
  
  that rake it in, is a cliche these days.
  
  As is confusing popularity with talent. These are our 'deep thinkers' at work.
  
  And rubbing this fact in to hard working individuals who earn a pittance by comparison doesn't help!
  
  All they see is money and they equate that with talent and place it above everything else. If someone really feels that way - they need to make a bit more money until it begins to not have so much importance in their life as a way to measure success. By that measure I guess Donald Trump is a success, too. Would you want to be Donald Trump? I'd rather wake up in the gutter.
  
  I don't know - maybe it's just me, but if it is, at least I'm in good company. :-)
  
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  Yep, 20 year old's, with little talent and good song writing skills
  
  You're a very generous soul. Is 'good song writing skills' code for tripe?
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
  Yes, l am a bit, if "My F%$#% Boat" can get huge YT views, than anyone could do it, (that music video was a comical sendup of rap, with 2 year old lyrics!
  
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Midnight Oil 9 years ago

Originally Posted by BigFrank

P.S. Try a few more charts and graphs. You just might get me to change my mind. lol

That should just about cover it.
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- BigFrank Banned 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Midnight Oil
  
  That should just about cover it.
  
  Not quite. Two more words are required. "Case closed!"
  
  Thanks for doing something I would never have the patience to compile. :-)
  
  Cheers. - Frank
  
  P.S. Now - if that didn't have 'twit' written all over it, I don't know what would have.
  
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ForumGuru

Banned 9 years ago

I think she paid 17 million for this place in Rhode Island in 2013, and it has been reported that she paid cash, no financing needed.

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alistair

9 years ago

I paid £3.80 for this plaice on the Isle of Sheppey in 2014, and I can confirm it was also a cash purchase. In fact it was just loose change, peasants.

*Image is for illustration purposes only, no fish or chips were harmed before or during the making of this post.

Just to say I don't know anything about Taylor Swift other than when I saw her on the Graham Norton show a few months back or whenever it was, but she came across as a nice, down to earth young lady.

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BigFrank

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Originally Posted by alistair

I paid £3.80 for this plaice on the Isle of Sheppey in 2014, and I can confirm it was also a cash purchase. In fact it was just loose change, peasants.

*Image is for illustration purposes only, no fish or chips were harmed before or during the making of this post.

Just to say I don't know anything about Taylor Swift other than when I saw her on the Graham Norton show a few months back or whenever it was, but she came across as a nice, down to earth young lady.

She is very much a "down to earth, young lady." I was merely bringing up the fact that the fried flounder on that plate has infinitely more talent than she possesses. That's all. :-)

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Kay King 9 years ago

I like her talent. She is a skilled songwriter and performer and when she did a stint on one of the talent shows (forget which one) it was clear she knows and understands music thoroughly.

She knows the audience (young/female mainly) she appeals to and she seems down to earth in interviews and has a wicked sense of humor. She has a reputation for having a great work ethic and little ego which is unusual these days. I don't care for her music - but I think I'd like her if I met her.

...and she has a nice house...or two
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- BigFrank Banned 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  but I think I'd like her if I met her.
  
  I'm sure I would, too. That doesn't mean that I have to like her music or think that she's talented.
  
  If you think she's talented, then to you, she is. If I think she sucks, then that's my opinion and I'm entitled to it.
  
  I ask no one to agree with me. I ask only that I be granted the freedom to have my own firmly held opinion, regardless of what anyone else thinks about my opinion.
  
  That seems like a fair way to live one's life. Or am I wrong about that, too?
  
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Dan Riffle

9 years ago

You guys have no clue the hellfire you're unleashing.

Bizgrower is going to come in here and start knocking heads. It's going to be nothing but Saccharin love songs and bloodshed up in this piece.

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BigFrank

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Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

You guys have no clue the hellfire you're unleashing.

Bizgrower is going to come in here and start knocking heads. It's going to be nothing but Saccharin love songs and bloodshed up in this piece.

Not a problem as long as he doesn't resort to the torture that is Taylor Swift. A man can only take so much cruelty.

Cheers. - Frank

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bizgrower

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

You guys have no clue the hellfire you're unleashing.

Bizgrower is going to come in here and start knocking heads. It's going to be nothing but Saccharin love songs and bloodshed up in this piece.

Originally Posted by BigFrank

Not a problem as long as he doesn't resort to the torture that is Taylor Swift. A man can only take so much cruelty.

Cheers. - Frank

Actually, my admiration and respect for Taylor is just about completely based on
the classy, hard-working person she seems to be. She is very pretty, wrote every
song (until recently when she has begun collaborating), and I do like a lot of her
music, but it's the genuineness of the person she is that wins me.

She's about as self-made as they come - especially in the music industry. Early
on turning down Sony because it would have been a career directed by handlers,
not what she wanted to do and be. The way she sticks up for her fans on social
media, giving them advice, getting to know fans and inviting them to one of her
homes, going into Children's hospitals to sing with/for the patients...

When the Instagram hack that released other celebs nudes' happened, I figured Taylor
would be smart enough not to have photos anywhere that could make it to the internet.
As Kay pointed out, she probably does not have any nudes anywhere. She did turn
down a million to pose in Playboy.

When it comes to talent, it is a to each his own thing. I never was a big fan of the
Beatles and Paul McCartney, but like Taylor, Paul has the grasp of the industry and
what will "make the whole world sing". And, as we all know he happens to be a
billionaire. And Knighted.

Taylor is self-effacing about her dancing skills (or lack thereof), but she works her
tail off to orchestrate and pull off very complex performances in her concert tours
and videos. For the "Shake It Off" video she took lessons in all the dance styles
represented. Months of lessons for the ballet portions alone.

While maybe not so self-effacing about her vocal skills, she does work hard
via coaching to improve there as well.

To get on the public radar, she and her Mom toured radio stations to plug her music,
especially her song - "Tim McGraw". She baked cookies to get the interviews. I recall
in one such interview that the then 17 year old joked about how you better not mess
with her because she is a songwriter. I think that is where the 'make money of her
ex-boyfriends' tag kind of started. Don't all songwriters write from their experiences,
or from their empathy they have for people?

As far as her music goes, my favorites are "Tim McGraw", "Begin Again", "Back To December",
and "All Too Well". I won't torture Frank with those, but one can Google the lyrics, or watch the
YouTube to decide about writing and vocal talent. I also really like "Safe and Sound" from "The
Hunger Games", and "Everything Has Changed". I will post them because they are lesser
known and showcase her vocal talent.

OK - I will post this version of "All Too Well" because it's so good, IMHO, and because of the
way she gets the audience going at the beginning - just a nod and a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi1Wn...1WnlSlTFw#t=10

Safe & Sound feat. The Civil Wars (The Hunger...

Britain's Got Talent performance: Everything Has...

Dan

PS - none of the song I posted come under the heading of Pop or Bubble Gum.

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Midnight Oil 9 years ago

I only know about one and a quarter of her songs, the Diet Coke commercial and Shake It Off. The latter is actually a cute, fun song and video. Mindless, bubble gum . . . sure. I don't know enough of her music to know if she's talented or not, but nothing wrong with a happy little song in an increasingly dark world.

But what do I know? I'm 51 and still dust off an old, scratchy Partridge Family album from time to time.
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Originally Posted by bizgrower

When it comes to talent, it is a to each his own thing. Dan

Thank you, sir. That was my only point and bone of contention.

I don't care how many people adore her, how many records she sells, how many mansions she owns, how large her bank account is and how many people think that she might be the most talented woman on the planet.

Musically, I believe she's talentless, as to what I consider talent, musically speaking. That's not going to change, unless her music does. Not saying she can't grow into an artist I would consider talented. I just haven't heard anything by her that would get me to say she has any talent at this stage. Confusing popularity with talent is just ridiculous. Her talent is presenting herself in a way that makes her appealing. That has nothing to do with musical talent, which I believe and my ears feel that she is basically devoid of.

Enjoy your day.

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bizgrower

9 years ago

Shake It Off represents her approach to critics, and has helped a lot of her fans deal with their
bullies and critics.

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rhinocl

9 years ago

How can anyone make that much money and not hire someone to follow them around on New Years and hand them a jacket? Taylor, your managers let you down but if you pm me we can work something out so that never happens again.