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Originally Posted by mikemhg
I'm mad at you.
I went ahead and attempted to give this emo ass album a listen yesterday while at the beach. God damn was that not the slowest most boring and monotone album I've heard in a while now. Every damn song sounded the same, one depressing song after the next 
I expected more. |
To be fair, our modern (western) world is riddled with this: Always be sad, depressed, angry, chock full of anxiety and no motivation, even though many of our lives are objectively good and better than generations before. Some pessimism and cynicism can be good for a defense mechanism to keep us grounded but for the most part, it's not as bad as 'AcAdEmIA' would have us believe. And once this bleeds into the arts on a wide scale, then it can have irreversible damage, especially on children who are still highly impressionable and easily influenced.
I've never listened to Taylor at all but once anyone (skilled or not) is in the realm of pop culture, I just can't take it seriously because pop culture is junk food for the brain. Call me old fashioned, but I like authentic music, not mass produced generic airwave filler that sounds 96% similar to the song that plays before and after it. Many artists have suffered when they move upward. Suddenly the dream they thought they had about making it big becomes a nightmare and you end up with tragedy after tragedy. The reality is when you make it big, it's not about the art the original artist but rather the that person is just a performer and everything else is done by a sophisticated team. Sounds nice right? Well the reality is that these teams are comprised mostly of parasites and leech off fresh faces. It's a horrendous experience. I read some info about Leonard Cohen. That poor guy was dealt many hard blows before he died. But more relevant, think about Avicii.
Pop culture is a very toxic environment and only made worse with the momentum in technology. It's going to be a much bigger revolving door. People like Taylor are 1%'ers. But eventually she'll be out and someone else will take her place. Brittney Spears was Taylor at one point in her life.
Spoiler!
I still love Amanda Marshall
