Taylor Swift and so many of her musical counterparts are just plain lazy and rely on their looks and personality to get them on the charts. It's cool to sing off-key and to sing-talk because it reflects the attitude of that generation.

PS...Loved you in Johnny Guitar and Wagon Train!!

In all honesty, I have never heard any of her songs except for little clips and I must say I hate what I hear. Nowadays, good music is in short supply and I personally consider it an insult that she is compared to Cobain or Dylan, probably two of the best songwriters ever. Her lyrics are lame and so is her voice. Just because you sell the most albums it doesn't mean you are the voice of a generation!

Beyonce isn't much better. She can sing but her music is dreadful, showing not even an inkling of depth or improvement. It is safe to say that our generation was doomed from the beginning.

It is my belief that music runs in a cycle. Hopefully some real talent will return and the next decade will be the new 60s. Maybe it is time for music to start again.

I am so totally with you! The singers and the bands back in the '70's and early '80s didn't need all that fancy "TECHNICAL" stuff to sing a song. They could actually sing on key! Today, no matter if it's pop, hip-hop or country they can't sing a note on key if they tried.
Have you ever heard Kenye West on SNL? SAD!!!

I am a bit too young for the seventies myself, but I miss that music and real country music. I am just happy that I don't feel like the only one anymore that thinks TS cannot deliver. I am certain I couldn't do any better, but I was also told by a chorus teacher if you can't you shouldn't and she was right. Not only can TS not, she can't horribly. Her live shows are absurd and every performance that I have watched of hers on TV has been awful. She is always a "bit pitchy", "off key", "out of tune" the last one always in duets except with the nasaly sounding Kelli Pickler.

Man! Who are you tellin'!!!!

To everyone saying that there is no real music and they hope it goes back to the 70s and 80s - if you want real music you're not going to find it on the radio. Or on a Billboard chart. I've never heard a Taylor Swift song in my life and in all honesty, if it weren't for Kanye West I still wouldn't know who the hell she is.


Thanks Kanye.

Amen, Brother Ward, Amen!

I agree! I miss the 70's!!! I have seen Taylor Swift,she does have a mass appeal, but unfortunately I don't believe she is a great singer. I hate when the difference between recordings and live performances are so different. She definately has given voice to many tweens and teens but I am waiting for her to grow as a songwriter you can only sing so many songs about HS heartbreak. It would be sad for someone with her songwriting talent to get stuck writing the same type of song, hopefully as she gets more life experience her songs will reflect that. As for her performance with Ms. Nicks OMgosh! I couldn't watch it!

You have to blame the industry for promoting this girl and not letting her mature into someone who could pull off a liver performance and back up her sales record. She is their gravy train and naturally her label boss is going to defend her. After all he's probably buying a new home as we speak.

beyonce isn't much better. that's a nutty opinion. beyonce is one of the best combinations of talent and pop sensibility ever. great dancer (without relying on excessive slutty moves 24/7). soulful singer, uhhh check. chill persona, check? writes her own songs (at least for the last album) great songs at that. check! i think you need to check yaself before you wreck yaself

I full heartedly agree, she sings off key! Amazing that someone like her gets all these awards. We certainly have more talented performers than her. All this hoopla about her is simply pathetic!

Ward, I couldn't have said it better. There very little real talent and you can count one hand the people who can really sing.

You are so right. The first thing American Idol does is look at someone before they start listening to them. The hell with how they look. If a person can't sing, they should not be producing albums. It is the voice I love, not how they look. And, by the way, just because you can hit those high notes, doesn't mean you should. It hurts my ears and my senses.

Me too!!!!!

I couldn't agree more, Ward Bond. The performance was AWFUL the other night and you couldn't blame Stevie Nicks. She has what? One note? But at least she sings it well. he he he

As for Taylor Swift, I think it's shameful what the record industry has done here. She's 19. She was dressed like a 30 yr old in an age-inappropriate gown. She performed poorly. She doesn't sing well. She reminds me of that chipmonk-brat Miley Cyrus, in the way she has been elevated to a position that she truly has not earned.

She seems like a nice enough kid but....the music sux, the performance sux, the genre sux - and hmm...I think the record label CEO Borchetta sux most of all.

The only reason her CDs are on key is due to studio sound mixing. Taylor has never performed live on TV when she wasn't flat.

I can't begin to count the number of times I've watched one of these awards shows and a multitude of the performers sound off-key or pitchy. I don't think Taylor Swift is alone in this debacle. In addition, being a teen of the 70s...I can't help but think we weren't exacly listening to pitch perfect performances back then either...for example Ted Nugent and the Rolling Stones quickly come to mind among many others.

What radio have you been listening to? All of Swift's songs are a rehash of the last. Same old, same old...a snooze-fest of lame lyrics and music.