- Even though she's sold as country, her albums owe as much or more to pop and even musical theatre. She writes with a voice that's recognizable and authentic--yes, it's teenage girl heartache and break (though mixed with some fine "screw you" songs)--but it's universal. Seriously, if she can get into writing for characters, there'd be a fascinating musical for her to write, since she plays with genres so well.
- Country is one of the rare genres where it's rare to have singers write or cowrite their own material. Swift has cowritten every album track, and wrote on her own some of the best stuff, and at least live, plays guitar.
- As Kim observed about Cat Deeley, even though Swift is a six foot tall blonde, she's very much in touch with her inner dorky geek.
- Unlike so many artists, she knows the limitations of her voice. There aren't tons of glory notes in her songs, but still a lot of emotion. Unlike Mariah Carey, Swift knows how to emote without melisma.
- In the few interviews I've seen with her, she seems to be just a genuinely decent person, trying to keep a little bit of privacy despite her celebrity, and certainly seems to love performing--witness her trying "Pour Some Sugar On Me." While she's guarded, she doesn't come off as manufactured or artificial (I'm looking at you, Miley).
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
TOO LATE FOR YOU AND YOUR WHITE HORSE: I've spent far too much time with Taylor Swift's Fearless over the past few weeks, and seriously, both that and what I've heard of Taylor Swift are damn fine pieces of work and Swift is fascinating--why?
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