Hey, Has Anybody Noticed That Taylor Swift Can't Sing?

[dawson5]

His best moves are saved for Cornbread. I have no idea how he doesn't dislocate a shoulder.

have you seen the footstomp for hey bulldog? that is something else. He gets it up high for that one.

 

[FireDancer]

have you seen the footstomp for hey bulldog? that is something else. He gets it up high for that one.

I have not.

 

[C.Ann]

Celebrities shouldn't be role models...

No - but it's refreshing to see that she's not trashy like so many of the younger female performers..

 

[dawson5]

I have not.

they only have the music on youtube. I'll see if I can clip it and upload someplace. Its from the Dave & Friends show 2003.12.17 (second disc if you are into collecting).

 

[ogreenlee]

Celebrities shouldn't be role models...

I look for the tortured artist in my music, not role models. LOL

 

[Planogirl]

Frank Sinatra couldn't sing? Not a favorite of mine but I've never heard anyone say that before...

As for Taylor Swift, I don't care for her singing either besides she's Pop and I rarely like Pop. I agree that she has a nice aura about her but she is just about 20 so I'm not sure if the "innocent young girl" thing will work for her much longer. Hopefully she can be a nice young woman instead.

 

[onelilspark]

I don't care for Taylor Swift's music. That being said, since she's come out, I keep saying that if I had a teenager or pre-teen, I would be very happy to have her listening to Taylor Swift.

 

[ogreenlee]

I don't care for Taylor Swift's music. That being said, since she's come out, I keep saying that if I had a teenager or pre-teen, I would be very happy to have her listening to Taylor Swift.

I'd have to finish that sentence for myself with a ".... over Britney or Miley."

I'd love for my kid to want to hear anything that isn't pop or new country... or heavy metal... or emo. Pretty much anything I don't like.

 

[Ppufi]

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, the JoBros,...they all are a pretty face and nothing more. They may be entertaining, but that doesn't mean they are talented singers.

 

[stevenpensacola]

People think she's a great songwriter? Drrrrewwww Loooooooks at meeeeeeee.....

How about 'Love Story'? Sounds like she flunked high school English Lit to me!

how about this classic:

But she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers

she's rhyming t-shirts with bleachers...

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

how about this classic:

But she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers

she's rhyming t-shirts with bleachers...

Maybe she isn't rhyming.

Sometimes you just need words that sound similar to produce the overall affect.

and I like it better than when those old poetry pieces do things like omit letters that usually aren't omitted to reduce the syllables in a word:

n'er
e'er

There's others I can't think of and they usually appear in church songs. But I come across some wacky rhyming in my dd's poetry pieces that she memorizes as well.

Anyway--lots of poetry is wacky and songs are typically nothing more than poetry. There's some poems I studied in literature classes that made me scratch my head in wonder at how it was considered "good" literature.

 

[simba928]

I think she is a really good song writer. Once her voice is reworked and is not longer her voice essentially, I really like the music. I can't stand her as a person (not that I know her, but what I have seen of her on TV, etc.)

I did go to her concert in October. I really only went because Kellie Pickler opened for her and one of my best friends wanted to go (anytime we go anywhere together it's a good time). It was VERY theatrical. She would sing and then stop and soak up the applause. At one point, she stood on the stage for literally 10 minutes mouthing "Oh my goodness! Thank you!" Then she said outloud "Everytime I think of this city from now on, I'm going to think of this moment". More applause for another 5 minutes. Then she showed a little video clip about how she commits all these "crimes of passion" by writing songs about boys. Then she appeared at the back of the venue, in the audience, half way up in the seats. She did a song, then walked down to where the soundbooth was set up, hugging EVERY SINGLE PERSON she went past. Then she did a couple songs in the sound booth then walked around the perimeter of the barriers hugging EVERY SINGLE PERSON, then she left the sound booth and walked to the stage hugging EVERY SINGLE PERSON on the way. It was way too theatrical for me. I have never seen a performer that is so into themselves. I guess I'm not used to that kind of show, though. I've been to see Bruce Springsteen 3 times so I'm more used to performer, band, and stage. No special effects. No fancy costumes. My friend and I were so annoyed at Taylor after the concert, we got into the car in the garage, rolled the windows down and blasted Much Better by the Jonas Brothers (we love them, traveled to NYC to see them last summer and went through this big ordeal to see them this summer) which is about how over Taylor Swift they are ("Now I'm done with superstars and all the tears on her guitar. You're much better!")

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Someone who can certainly sing: Alicia Keys!

 

[Tink_Or_Belle]

I think Carrie Underwood has a great voice
Jennifer Nettles ((sugarland)) has a great voice

Oh my I told my daughter if I sounded like the girl from Sugarland I would never sing in public I think her voice is so bad

 

[MouseketeerOvaHere]

I've seen her performance before and she sounded great. A little missed noted here and there but she the "it" girl right now with the tween's and she offers up a positive role model to them so I'm rooting for her.

I think something went wrong during that performance with her earpiece or something. I have seen her perform live and it was amazing!!

To me it sounds like perhaps her voice was strained. Perhaps a cold?
Who knows. I absolutely loved the MTV subway performance though. Was so adorable.

 

[Vixen]

I'm not even a fan of her... I think she sucks.

agreed! i cant stand her!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Did anyone see Whitney Houston the Dancing with the stars finale.....?

Now there is a good voice that went so terribly baddddddddddd.

Her performance was so dreadful that we decideed that either she was sick and they did not disclose it, or her voice is done. The one long note she held was crackling like she had frogs in her throat from a bad cold or something. Whatever caused it, she had no business doing that note b/c her vocal cords couldn't handle it.

And if folks don't like Whitney, that's fine too--but this was worse than her worst performances back when she was mainstream.

 

[klacey1]

Finally, someone else notices!! I've been saying this for years. She's not talented in the least-- I saw her on SNL and she was downright awful.
Again though, look at the teen singers of the last decade-- Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Miley Cyrus...it's about entertainment for the younger crowd. Now, I won't listen to that type of music, but I have no problem if the younger set does. I just have a problem with people claiming they're "talented." Artists like Alicia Keys, Michael Buble, Josh Grobin-- unfortunately, they're in the minority...

 

[Jeanne B]

Hey, if that blonde bimbo (Kim from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta") who sang "Tardy for the Party" can be made to sound good, *anybody* can. Her unaltered singing voice is so bad that compared to Miley Cyrus she makes Miss Hannah Montana sound like Julie Andrews.

agnes!

Isn't that the truth!!!! OMG, did you listen to her "perform" on the reunion show?? It was bad enough listening to a couple verses when she was in the recording studio but to listen to the whole thing was awful!!!

 

[luvsJack]

You know, the girl is only 19 years old and here she is singing in front of what is possibly all her music idols. There had to be some major nerves involved. I mean, I realize she sings in front of thousands every night she has a concert; but as a singer I would imagine that it is different than singing in front of Reba or Willie or Faith and Tim or whoever was in the audience.