It doesn’t sound like Chris Robinson from The Black Crowes is a fan of country star Taylor Swift – here’s what he had to say about her:
I find it embarrassing that adults are like, ‘Taylor Swift is very talented.’ She’s not. She might be cute, but she’s horrible. They have stylists who dress them, they make records with producers who play a chord into the computer and it all comes out the same…When you have computers doing it all for you… there’s no individuality. Singing isn’t always about being on key; it’s about emotionality.
He does realize that Taylor writes her own music and sounds the same live as she does on her albums, right?
thank you for that last tidbit!! like seriously!! she writes ALL OF HER MUSIC. EVEN THE CHORDS… WHICH SHE PLAYS ON HER GUITAR!!! she’s amazing.
p.s. i dont even KNOW WHO Chris Robinson is… who??
How dare he. I have heard Taylor Swift live. She is amazing. Is she perfect all the time? No, but no one is. She writes all her own music, and I have watched footage of her in the studio and she has a live band and she plays her songs to the people there. My mom studied music is VIENNA so when she says she is talented, her opinion is valad. You don’t know anything Mr. Chris whoever you are. Yeah, I don’t know who you are that’s right, because you aren’t as well known as Taylor. Who’s got millions of world wide fans? She does.
Goodbye.
What’s amusing is that last line of his quote — “singing isn’t always about being on key; it’s about emotionality” — you couldn’t write a better description for why Taylor is so important to her fans. Do ya think he got her confused with Carrie Underwood or some other singing contest winner?
that guy doesn’t know Taylor music..
cause SHE WRITES and she plays her own music.. she’s one of a few artists who’s really worth to listen to.. :/ she’s very talented, and he’s just being jealous.. that’s all.. because she’s known worlwide and now this guys comes out of where? it’s the first time that we know this guy, who says that she’s not even talented?? please, it’s obvious that he’s jealous of her!!
this is so sad.. Chris Robinson, FAIL! >:(
Well said, Chris. I’ve been saying that for quite some time now, but nobody was listening. This girl can’t sing. And when I say she can’t sing, I mean that she sounds way too generic and equally boring–and that is a fact. She totally lacks that individuality needed to sell records on real singing ability. If you saw her when she sang LIVE next to Stevie Nicks, then you’d know what I mean. She sells records because other female teens relate to her lyrics–and because she is so cute, or so they say. But make no mistake; there is no emotion to her songs. Writing her own songs doesn’t make her talented, folks. Her writing is pedestrian at best, by the way.
At least Britney Spears had a better execution in her songs. They were not only catchy but sexy. They totally conveyed emotion, despite her singing abilities (or lack thereof). I totally grooved to her music, though I never did so in public.
Carry Underwood is much more sophisticated than Taylor Swift in every sense of the word. I also love Kellie Pickler and Lila McCann. Have you ever listened to Lila’s “Go Easy on Me” song? Beautiful!
Carry Underwood’s music, for instance, is not only beautiful, but it is also vastly seducing–very well structured lyrically, vocally and musically. She invokes emotion in every song that she interprets. Now, that’s what I call talent!
Any person can write their own material. Quality, however, can only be achieved by a few. Taylor Swift conveys the opposite of quality–inferiority. She isn’t very good quite frankly. She is given way too much credit. Why is she famous then, you ask? Deep down you know answer.
At any rate, when Kanye West disrespected her at the VMA’s, I knew that this would help her sell more records, and top the charts longer, out of sympathy. Everyone just seemed to show their support with their wallets and positive feedback, after that unfortunate incident took place. But the way Kanye did it is not the way to go about it either.
I only wish that someone more respected in the music industry would have come out and said what Chris Robinson so eloquently stated in that magazine interview. This guy is viewed as a stoner and a has-been nowadays, so there may be little stock in what he says to some people, though he clearly speaks words of truth. But celebrities are afraid of criticizing a cute girl for fear of being called “insensitive.” Or are they just scared of career reprisal?
Do not be rude!!! Taylor DID NOT do a thing to you!!!! Just use the line ‘If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything AT ALL!! Thank you for putting in the last tibbit! Taylor does have emotion, where would you think she would get ALL of her song ideas!