TWA772LR wrote:SEAorPWM wrote:TWA772LR wrote:I'm a millennial who isn't a Swift fan (but I gotta say I like a handful of her songs) who was in middle and high school when she blew up, I can hands down tell you she is an icon to my generation. Just as NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, NWA, and others were in the 90s. Swift is up there with My Chemical Romance, Shakira, Papa Roach, Beyonce, Black Eye Peas, and others who were stars on the 2000s/2010s. Will she transcend generations like those others? She already is appealing to gen Z and gen A so yes she has, is, and will until the next big artist comes and she starts to recede/appeal only to the aforementioned generations. Say what you want about her songs and her singing and her brand, but she has made it and had a huge impact.
I'm about your age but IMHO, calling her an "icon" is a stretch to say the least... then again, I thought pop music from 1998-2009 was all crap. All those grown women crying on TikTok over their tickets were making the national news last night made me cringe.
Also, NWA is more 87-88 and probably falls under the same era as Run DMC and Beastie Boys.
Lol All pop music is crap and I think you're right on NWA. But still, can't deny she's huge and made an impact.
Trust me, I was the guy banging my head against the school bus window because the girls were screeching Taylor haha.
So what type of music do you listen to? Please don't say anything that begins with "Red" or "Pearl"
I can listen to pretty much anything other than rap. To me rappers have no talent, other than saying words really fast to backing tracks from other songs that they owe plenty of royalty money to. I will admit to listening to a few Eminem songs, he is a good story teller. I don't have a problem with the new "bro-country" Again, some of the tunes are not bad, The only older country acts I listen to are Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Not to "twangy" in my eyes. In regards to Ticketmaster, I try to avoid venues that use them however it's hard to do when a band I really want to see is playing in one of their venues. Case in point, just picked up two Nickelback tickets this morning, both tickets were 91.00 a piece. At checkout I paid 247.35, close to 70.00 in fees. To me that's the pain to see a band i've loved for over twenty years. At least they're not like all of the acts lately that are playing football stadiums. I'd love to go see Metallica again, their two new songs are simply amazing, but no way in hell am I seeing them in a football stadium this tour. Would love to see the Billy Joel/Stevie Nicks tour, but again, in a football stadium. Those two? I go to tons of shows every year but try to stay in the local clubs, theater etc. But i'm not going to go because I have to pay some fees, i'll bitch about it, but will still go.
