2.17.2009

My Case For: Taylor Swift


This one might be a little more difficult to defend, but I’m going to try.

I actually enjoy Taylor Swift’s music. Her songwriting ability is unparalleled for someone her age (19), she sounds decent through headphones (live…different story according to TV appearances and YouTube clips. If I were a parent the last person I’d want to see at a Taylor Swift concert is a creepy 24-year-old in a sea of tween girls, so I haven’t actually seen her in concert.), and, for a 19-year-old girl, she isn’t terrible at playing guitar.

But I think the thing I love most about her is just that: she’s a flawed teenager (Stop smirking). Unlike Miley Cyrus or a steady stream of other Tiger Beat stars, Swift writes her own songs, juvenile as they may be. She sings about heartbreak, boys and growing up, but in a way that people can relate to, because the songs aren’t perfect.

There was almost something apropos in the way she stumbled flatly through “Fifteen” during the Grammys, trying to find her way like the song.

So yeah, I like Taylor Swift. That being said, if you ever see Facebook pictures of me at one of her shows, smack me in the face.

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Posted by Bradford Pearson at 9:24 PM

4 comments:

  1. Weirdly enough, you just convinced a 24-year-old girl to give her a listen. Now I feel all weird inside.

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  2. did you write this before the ipod incident?
    that's funny.
    i've got to give the girl props. i'd rather her than any of the pseudo-pop princesses with minimal talent and artistry.
    she was awkard on SNL but, much like you said with the grammys, it made it more real. her emotions sorta took over because she felt what she was singing.
    and no, not attending any concerts either.

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  3. jesus brad, you could've given the girl a more flattering picture. from the looks of that photo, you'd think she was a member of whitesnake.

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  4. My back-up for your case for Taylor Swift...
    she makes it okay to come from a family that's not totally messed up..haha..
    and white horse was my life in college!

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