easysurfer
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FWIW The Beatles didn't write Twist and Shout...
I knew that.
FWIW The Beatles didn't write Twist and Shout...
You should change your user name to "Only-the-Music-that-I-grew-up-on Lover"
Serious question- does Taylor Swift sing? Or lip sync?
Looks like there's some lipsync going on here:Serious question- does Taylor Swift sing? Or lip sync?
From an objective "musicality" viewpoint, I'm certain that credentialed, knowledgeable music educators would find the Beatles music to be much more sophisticated and adventurous (in chord structure, time signatures, melody, harmony, variety, instrumentation, recording techniques, etc).
-ERD50
Taylor Swift sounds fine, but it's much like the typical young female singing voice to me for anyone with any talent. I wouldn't recognize it was her singing vs. any other.
This is kind of where I am on this. I have probably heard Taylor Swift songs, but I would need someone to tell me that was Taylor Swift, vs. for example Katy Perry or Lorde.
But then again, to be fair, I do not listen to a lot of pop music, and my nieces and nephews do not seem to be much into that genre. Her main support group seems to be young, white, females, who tend to not listen to the same music that I do .
I can understand, for example, people not being able to distinguish Earth, Wind & Fire from, for example, The Brothers Johnson, or Kool & the Gang, or Heatwave. Even in the Beatles day, there were groups putting out songs that some might think were the Beatles (The Raspberries, Badfinger, ELO, The Hollies, etc.).
This discussion seems to have reached "tempest in a teapot" status.
Even in the Beatles day, there were groups putting out songs that some might think were the Beatles (The Raspberries, Badfinger, ELO, The Hollies, etc.).
Check out Rick Beato on YouTube..... He appears to be fairly objective. ...
Check out Rick Beato on YouTube. ...
I like his videos and feel that I have started to get a better appreciation of what makes good music by watching them.
Check out Rick Beato on YouTube. He's an accomplished musician and producer. Some of his videos are of him interviewing other musicians, but most are of him deconstructing and commenting on pop/rock songs, both contemporary and classic. He has often commented on the formulaic and simplistic nature of many modern pop songs. Unlike such comments from many people though, he has the musical training to make his critiques specific.
I don't understand the over-the-top responses to this request.
I'd also be *interested* in hearing a few of her songs that people might consider some of her best (musically, not necessarily most popular) works.
Maybe there aren't enough fans here to offer that up, I might look online.
It's just out of curiosity, would I consider her best works something interesting/compelling?
Not that it matters, like I said earlier, if her fans like it, they like it. It's all good.
I do recall a discussion about her years ago on this forum, and I watched a few of her videos at the time. IMO, pretty ho-hum, but not bad, and I can see that some people would like them. But particularly, her guitar playing in those videos was really ho-hum, simple strumming, very little picking, or lead-in notes to chord changes. It 'works' for her, so I'm not criticizing, just analyzing.
Maybe she's progressed from there, or maybe those weren't the best examples. Or maybe that's all she wants/needs.
-ERD50
+1, on Rick Beato. I've watched dozens of his videos, most the what makes this song great editions, but some interviews as well. His recent take on Rolling Stones' Idiotic Top 250 Rock Guitar Players was pretty amusing...
[several years from now...]
"Yup, I remember the Swift Wars of '23. Twas right around Christmas here on ER.ORG when the battle lines were drawn..."
[several years from now...]
"Yup, I remember the Swift Wars of '23. Twas right around Christmas here on ER.ORG when the battle lines were drawn..."
What her best songs are is very subjective. My personal favorite is "You Belong With Me". It is geared more towards teens than Boomers so it may not be liked by the majority on here. A few of the many other good songs include "Our Song", "Fearless", "Shake It Off".