Taylor Swift

Seeburk is right. Alicia Keys would eat her for lunch. Marketing pure and simple. Usually when a female singer is as mediocre as Taylor Swift is, they're at least easy on the eye--e.g., Jennifer Lopez. And come to think of it, Jennifer Lopez is at least a half way decent actress, and in fact, has terrific comedic timing--witness her performance on SNL this past week. But Taylor Swift is a junk bond. I'd feel sorry for her if she weren't raking in the dough. But that's a career that's bound to end badly, and sadly.

Stewie, "But that's a career that's bound to end badly, and sadly."

I think the young woman's vocal skills are limited. I don't see the basis for your statement.

Wendell

"I think the young woman's vocal skills are limited. I don't see the basis for your statement."

Probably just wishful thinking on my part. And in fact, given my take on American musical taste, her limited vocal skills and unlimited marketing will probably give her all the legs she'll need. I was just thinking of flashes-in-the-pan types like Billy Ray Cyrus (while we're in the country genre), who are little more than this year's cabbage patch dolls. I think she's that bad, but it finally comes down to preferences, I realize.

What I can say, if you made every recording artist's contracts invalid and open for new contract's, she would be in the Top 5 of everybody's list at the moment. Very respected from a label, creative talent agent, live book agent perspective. She has a buzz factor second to none, and will have a future that represents a solid 15 million records shifted. Few people offer that.

Here's the funny thing about Taylor Swift and the Grammy's. Taylor Swift who is a very engaging personality (did you see her on Saturday Night Live? She may actually save the world) but not a great singer got to just stand there and sing (not very well), while Beyonce who can sing was in such an overblown production you would never know that and Jennifer Hudson who can REALLY sing got to solo for about 40 seconds. GO figure.

Taylor's favorite band Kings of Leon also won a Grammy that night so it was a good evening for her. Maybe the Kings sent a diet Pepsi shooter to her hotel room from the bar after the awards.