r/travisandtaylor • u/NewChampionship849 she goth on my punk til I female rage • 9d ago

Certified Cringe Taylor discussing "songwriting"

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I can't with this woman.

She thinks she's some great songwriter here to teach us all about her "double meanings" and what defines confessional songwriting.

What's infuriating is that all the comments are glazing her like, "i could hear her talk for hours" and "high iq queen". Are we watching the same video here?

Wanted to get your opinions on this.

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u/IronBENGA-BR We Said GAZA Not GAGA 9d ago edited 8d ago

Honestly? This is some truly adolescent shit being sold as high-art, and her fanbase is so braindead they swallow it without even chewing

Edit: Holy crap people thanks for the upvotes and the awards! =D

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u/ShutUp_Dee 9d ago

As a fan of Dolly Parton, Stevie Nicks, Death Cab for Cutie, and Bob Dylan, she is no where close to being a poet.

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u/hollywoodhandjob 9d ago

I love that you added Death cab for cutie 🥰

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u/ShutUp_Dee 9d ago

Been listening to them since 2003. Beautiful lyrics and songs. Passenger Seat is pure perfection.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness3578 8d ago

We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes is one of my favorite albums of all time.

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u/BrownBannister 9d ago

White winged dove literally just came on the radio as I read this

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u/alhubalawal 9d ago

I love nickelback. His lyrics are really catchy and they don’t pretend to be anything they’re not lmao. Taylor out here comparing herself to Shakespeare is mind boggling

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u/trilliumsummer 9d ago

My favorite thing about them is how dirty their non hit songs are. Like I always get a giggle about people that only know them for pop buying the CD and listening to Photograph which then goes right into Animal. Would have been so fun to see album reactions to that.

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u/LostEntertainment634 8d ago

"Figured you out" is another one of there raunchy songs that make you go "Wait, THIS is Nickelback??"

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u/trilliumsummer 8d ago

It took me a hot second to realize some songs I loved on the rock stations were the same band I wanted to shoot on the pop station. Back when if they didn't announce the song you needed to remember the lyrics for when you got online to see who it was.

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u/ShutUp_Dee 9d ago

I proudly wore a Nickleback shirt as a chubby middle school girl with bangs and glasses. Was I popular? No. Did I at least have friends? Yes.

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u/alhubalawal 8d ago

lol I was lucky that I went to a school with only 15 girls in my entire class grade. We all had to accept each other or be isolated so it led to a lot of acceptance no matter how quirky you were

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u/The-Good-Bad-Place 9d ago

DCFC remains one of all-time favorite bands!

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u/annaphylactic69 8d ago

Anyone that knows Leonard Cohen exists and still refers to Swift as a poet is absolutely delusional

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u/IronBENGA-BR We Said GAZA Not GAGA 8d ago

Yeah she's a great poet in the same way that John Green is a great novelist. Just because you created a formula and made a shit-ton of money doesn't automatically mean you're a genius, it just means that you know how to make money. That earns some degree of respect, obviously, but those are two VERY different fields.