Comments on: Taylor Swift wins Grammys, loses music critics

By: legl.n.infrmd

legl.n.infrmd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:51:10 +0000

I think Taylor is a great role model, especially for the younger generations of girls. In the last couple of years Hollywood hasn’t really been cranking out great ones (i.e. Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan). Everybody has their days and clearly she is doing something right to have the biggest selling album of the year when all teenagers do is download music. To have won against Beyonce and Lady Gaga is an honor and maybe we should let this twenty year old girl have her moment in fame, without ripping it to shreds and dissecting what she did wrong.

By: Marla

Marla — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:38:02 +0000

Very pretty, and vocally rather mediocre. That pretty much sums up my opinion of Ms. Swift.

By: dontdoit

dontdoit — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:09:55 +0000

Naomi Judd is right… success shouldn’t be (and really isn’t) determined by critics. It is determined by hard work and the result of that work is evident in her following. If she wasn’t good enough for the rewards, she wouldn’t be getting them. The fact that a country music album was the most sold album of 2009, by no small margin, speaks volums alone.

By: JeffT1

JeffT1 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:45:21 +0000

This is life in the fast lane. They build ‘em up, probably too fast, and then delight in tearing them down. Whether justified or not, this is the world of fame and fortune.

By: freber

freber — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:44:33 +0000

She is a lovely singer. No, she is not Mariah Carey, but she obviously had trouble with her monitors and that made her singing flat. And in a world of non-musicians and non-singers in today’s ‘music’ industry (hmmm – can you rap flat???) – it was refreshing to see a Lady Gaga (who actually sings live) and Taylor Swift.

Anyone who has seen Taylor’s other live performances would agree. Doesn’t anyone remember Ricky Martin’s horrible performance at some major awards show? What about Madonna who can barely sing at all? I remember seeing Sheryl Crow on an awards show early on and she was dreadful too. Oh and Enrique Iglesias whose live caterwauling made me cry years back (well, almost).

Give it up, Taylor haters. She is the real deal. And if you want to complain about nasty singers, there are a lot worse, more celebrated ‘singers’ that they could target.

By: RoRoRosie

RoRoRosie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:06:06 +0000

Pray tell, when the record label sets out to create a “role model” singer-songwriter why don’t they choose an artist who can sing and write? By going instead for someone with the right looks and the financial connections it comes back to bite them. You can be sure that without Auto Tune those records of Taylor Swift will not sell. It does nothing to aid an ailing industry’s credibility to try and manufacture “talent” when there is so much real music to be found these days.