Comments on: The Success of Taylor Swift is Not a Moral Issue

By: David

David — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:08:47 +0000

It’s hard to believe she was even a contender! But you’re right…country music will survive.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:44:25 +0000

She should’ve just kept calling herself pop

By: Country fan

Country fan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:50:13 +0000

How can this continue? In all reality, Taylor doesn’t have 1/10 the talent of the other entertainers she was nominated with, so HOW CAN SHE WIN??? I realize it is a popularity vote, but can all those people not hear correctly? Just because she is young and pretty, that is enough? She can’t even sing!!! Compare her to Carrie Underwood…not even close in my book, Carrie can really sing her heart out. Taylor, not so much. Oh well, I just hope this “fad” is over soon and we can get back to giving the awards to deserving singers. Maybe a little harsh, but it is getting really old.

By: GalPal

GalPal — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:21:16 +0000

Enough of Taylor-this can no longer be a feature. Are there no other country artists out there?

By: Emgee

Emgee — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:05:39 +0000

Uh oh. Sandra Bullock DID win Best Actress. Congratulations, Ms. Bullock. Well deserved.

By: Observer

Observer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:55:31 +0000

I was reluctant to include Shania Twain in my post, and clearly should not have. So I stand corrected.
Another point needs clarification: In the first sentence I don’t mean to imply that country music is new to those parts of the world, but rather that Taylor Swift is reaching a new YOUNGER audience everywhere, including those places. What country music deserves is an artist who has the guts and integrity to present his or her music in a consistent manner to the world.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:12:11 +0000

Paul,

That’s an early candidate for line of the year!

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:15:50 +0000

Now if only Ms Swift would re-mix them in such a manner as to remove the vocals !

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:52:12 +0000

@Observer: Shania Twain did re-mix her songs, essentially ‘sterilizing’ them to remove the more country elements. Her 2001 album Up, had three separate discs, with three different mixes to the same 19 tracks. The green disc was the ‘country’ mix while the red disc was a ‘pop’ mix and there was even another version, sold in Europe, with a blue disc housing a ‘world’ mix to the tracks. And several of the singles from her Come On Over album had many remixes that were released to markets outside country radio as well.

While I don’t defend Taylor Swift, or anyone else, removing the instruments that define country music, or removing the twang from their recordings, Swift (or even Shania) isn’t the first and likely won’t be the last to try such tactics to make their music more universally appealing. Just saying.

By: chesnuttis

chesnuttis — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:36:07 +0000

Oh! The poor country fans who have to suffer the indignity of an artist putting banjos on the records for those fans who like that and removing the banjos for those fans who don’t.

And that Taylor Swift – So evil for trying to modify her music a bit so as to make it appeal to different groups.

And if Swift “used” country fans to go on to bigger and better things, I say “good for swift.” First off, I applaud ambition and wanting to make the most of yourself. So good for Swift for trying to be something more than just a country star, for trying to be better than just a country star. And second, as for the fans who were “used,” well, so what? If they bought her album because they liked it, they got what they paid for and really have nothing to complain about.

All country singers who are trying to sell you a product are “using” you to make money. Nothing different than what Swift is doing. And country fans are “using” the singers for entertainment, too.