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I avoid anything even remotely country in sound on g.p. Ocassionally, things seep through my carefully constructed media isolation techniques. Taylor Swift with her insipid blend of sophomoric pop, twangy vocals, and general lack of talent (KANYE WAS RIGHT!) has managed to get on my radar. Like crying children to Peter Griffin, she really grinds my gears, America.
Let's analyze the lyrics to her hit non-epic "Love Story." It's replete with references to some classic literature I doubt she's read. I know that I dumped on "the classics" in my last UB, but you cannot deny that Shakespeare was a master at verbally pwning people. Don't you think someone that read such would be able to come up with something less saccharine, less twit-like? Besides, you're in high school. It is not that crucial. Stop whining. Do we really need another "singer/songwriter" telling our teenagers to mate and marry? Really? I know many of the posters here are likely in high school, so you'll either take exception to what I'm saying or you'll have a hell yeah moment. All those stupid people you go to school with that are obsessed with promise rings and "getting married after college." You know they make you sick. They should. You're normal and intelligent. Congratulations!
Let us, then, look at what is, perhaps, her greatest offense. "You Belong with Me" is the musical equivalent of "Twilight." It's stupid, first of all, and it's ugly girl fantasy porn. Did I mention it promotes stalking and being a tool for someone that doesn't know or want to know you exist? Well, it does. The video doesn't help. If you have the stomach to watch the video, you'll notice that (as usual) an attempt to make a hot chick (you know you'd wreck that, so shut up) ugly is made via glasses and clothes that actually, you know, cover things up we shouldn't see exposed on anyone but a woman to whom we are giving money to see said bits. Or our girlfriends or wives... Ahem. The point, though, is that the girl doesn't get the attention of the skeaze-chasing neighbor boy until she, well, skeazes up a bit. They weren't even nerd or emo glasses. They were the remnants of the costumes from "9 to 5." The boy in the song and video is obviously a toolbox and as vapid as the "mean" girl that actually has his affections, which makes the heroine just as vapid for being in lust with him. He's too stupid for it to be love. Well, maybe she's in like. Either way, vapidity is rampant. Look at the lyrics in which she compares how she dresses compared to neighbor boy's trophy girlfriend. Do you really want to be with a guy who's only with you because you dress like a ****? Seriously?
She writes the majority of her own lyrics, not in the sense that Avril Lavigne does, but in the sense that she actually writes them. She has the audacity to claim that she wants to be a positive role model and the media eats up, but is this really a positive role model? I don't think so. If you don't believe me, look at the fan videos. Vapidity is a contagious condition and it leads to STDs, teen pregnancies, and nine more seasons of "American Idol."
Please, join me in the fight against Taylor Swift.
I avoid anything even remotely country in sound on g.p. Ocassionally, things seep through my carefully constructed media isolation techniques. Taylor Swift with her insipid blend of sophomoric pop, twangy vocals, and general lack of talent (KANYE WAS RIGHT!) has managed to get on my radar. Like crying children to Peter Griffin, she really grinds my gears, America.
Let's analyze the lyrics to her hit non-epic "Love Story." It's replete with references to some classic literature I doubt she's read. I know that I dumped on "the classics" in my last UB, but you cannot deny that Shakespeare was a master at verbally pwning people. Don't you think someone that read such would be able to come up with something less saccharine, less twit-like? Besides, you're in high school. It is not that crucial. Stop whining. Do we really need another "singer/songwriter" telling our teenagers to mate and marry? Really? I know many of the posters here are likely in high school, so you'll either take exception to what I'm saying or you'll have a hell yeah moment. All those stupid people you go to school with that are obsessed with promise rings and "getting married after college." You know they make you sick. They should. You're normal and intelligent. Congratulations!
Let us, then, look at what is, perhaps, her greatest offense. "You Belong with Me" is the musical equivalent of "Twilight." It's stupid, first of all, and it's ugly girl fantasy porn. Did I mention it promotes stalking and being a tool for someone that doesn't know or want to know you exist? Well, it does. The video doesn't help. If you have the stomach to watch the video, you'll notice that (as usual) an attempt to make a hot chick (you know you'd wreck that, so shut up) ugly is made via glasses and clothes that actually, you know, cover things up we shouldn't see exposed on anyone but a woman to whom we are giving money to see said bits. Or our girlfriends or wives... Ahem. The point, though, is that the girl doesn't get the attention of the skeaze-chasing neighbor boy until she, well, skeazes up a bit. They weren't even nerd or emo glasses. They were the remnants of the costumes from "9 to 5." The boy in the song and video is obviously a toolbox and as vapid as the "mean" girl that actually has his affections, which makes the heroine just as vapid for being in lust with him. He's too stupid for it to be love. Well, maybe she's in like. Either way, vapidity is rampant. Look at the lyrics in which she compares how she dresses compared to neighbor boy's trophy girlfriend. Do you really want to be with a guy who's only with you because you dress like a ****? Seriously?
She writes the majority of her own lyrics, not in the sense that Avril Lavigne does, but in the sense that she actually writes them. She has the audacity to claim that she wants to be a positive role model and the media eats up, but is this really a positive role model? I don't think so. If you don't believe me, look at the fan videos. Vapidity is a contagious condition and it leads to STDs, teen pregnancies, and nine more seasons of "American Idol."
Please, join me in the fight against Taylor Swift.
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