Are You a Swifty?

@immatthewj  I've been listening to Dylan for decades and decades and I've seen him in concert a few times and I still stand by the fact that he really does not know how to sing. However like all the people decrying Swift as being talentless, that's just my opinion and my opinion doesn't mean anything

Here's a reason article that puts it into a, for me at least, more understandable perspective. Like the writer says, I don't necessarily dislike Swift I'm just not affected by her at all. Her Artistry simply doesn't speak to me, no matter how much talent she has.

@simao Exactly. For many she speaks to them. To these old crusty ’audiophiles’ they don’t get it. They basically have turned in their parents (many of them are and grandparents). Evey generation does the same thing to the new music that comes out.

Swift just doesn’t speak to me, but I can’t take anything away from her. If you saw her talk about how she got ready for her ERA tour, one could see her professionalism showing (I mean being a treadmill singing every song?). That is dedication and something I do respect.

Taylor Swift is also a very good businessperson and music is also a business.

I've been listening to Dylan for decades and decades and I've seen him in concert a few times and I still stand by the fact that he really does not know how to sing.

@simao  , then why have you been listening to him for that long?  I ask that question without intending to be confrontational or sarcastic.

There are tons of great artists that lack technical proficiency, either vocally or instrumentally.  
Technical proficiency in this way is by no means a pre-requisite to being a great artist.  
Conversely, tons of super-technically-proficient performers may bore a listener to tears.