But not all songs like wildest dreams is just her.
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IHeart "Replacing" Taylor Swift Songs
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Taylor Swift — Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor Swift surprise dropped "Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)" and it has us feeling all the feels. Listen to it here.
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Perhaps as the artist she is well positioned to determine what she thinks is better?
You were right. "The Official Big Top 40," Capital FM's countdown show, played the short version of "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)." The song is number eight on that chart. Unlike the Official Singles Chart, this chart includes radio airplay.
Fame is achieved through a combination of talent and promotion. There are thousands of talented musicians who never achieve fame because they lack the intense promotion a label can provide.
Taylor Swift was smart to sign a deal with a company that invested what she probably couldn't afford to jump-start her career and make her a lot of money. How much money? The article doesn't say. But it's clear that she's not living hand to mouth.
Musicians were once taken advantage of but today that's not the case. For the rest of her career, Swift and her heirs can enjoy hefty residuals for the next 140 years. It all depends on the deals she makes.
That's unique to the music industry. Are talented architects, for example, who design what become a famous buildings able to collect residuals from every sale or rental of those buildings for 140 years? No, they need to keep creating new designs.
The music industry is very good to the Taylor Swifts of the world, but all she does is whine. If she's able to get her fans to buy remakes of her previous albums, more power to her. If not, no tears should be shed.
As a music fan, I'm thinkin' I'd want to make sure I had a copy of the original hits...
Remakes often don't age well. Ozzy Osbourne re-recorded parts to the first couple of solo albums when they were re-released in the early 2000s and the fans revolted and the recordings tanked. The next "remasters" had the original bass and drums once more. But maybe rock fans are different from pop fans in that regard.
Also, there may be a bit of nostalgia for the 2010's, which may propel Swift's new releases. I mean, the '20's so far have resulted in a pandemic, highly divisive election, attempted takeover of the Capitol, and mass rioting. Not much in this miserable decade so far to feel great about, honestly.
Also, there may be a bit of nostalgia for the 2010's, which may propel Swift's new releases. I mean, the '20's so far have resulted in a pandemic, highly divisive election, attempted takeover of the Capitol, and mass rioting. Not much in this miserable decade so far to feel great about, honestly.
I doubt very much there's much in common between Taylor Swift fans and Ozzy Osborne fans.
Taylor's fans are young women who've been with her since their teens. They grew up together. They trust her. Sure they like her old versions, and they won't throw them away. But they also understand her views about what happened here. The fact is that her fans are not revolting against Taylor, and radio stations are smart to listen to her fans.
So because she has the ability to speak up she shouldn’t? She’s whining by sticking up for herself? For challenging the idea that one doesn’t dare speak ill of the almighty industry?
Um, no. Making a good living does not mean one must forever be kissing the ring of those in the industry. She wants to speak up? Which isn’t whining by the way, for herself? Good. Hopefully it’s inspiration to others not to keep quiet for fear of speaking up.
...and the record companies are already starting to rewrite contracts that will prevent artists from doing what she did - re-record her previous music. But good for her!
No, but a contract is a contract. If she had made a deal giving her complete control, what would be the incentive for the record company to spend their money and resources to promote her?
Sure, she's free to say whatever she wants but maybe she'd be better off accepting the money and fame they helped her achieve and moving on.
So basically “sit down and shut up, we treated you fairly.”
Maybe, as with many contracts, things are not always black and white. Maybe she feels those were unfair. Maybe she wants to use the platform she’s been blessed to have to change the system and fight for more artist control. That’s not whining, that’s being an activist for the betterment of all.
Maybe, as with many contracts, things are not always black and white. Maybe she feels those were unfair. Maybe she wants to use the platform she’s been blessed to have to change the system and fight for more artist control. That’s not whining, that’s being an activist for the betterment of all.
Most of us who work for a living get paid once for a job we do but we don't continue to get paid year after year even if the work is still being used and enjoyed by others.
My point is that this spoiled individual doesn't seem to get that. She is part of an industry that is perhaps the most generous in terms of residuals. Even patent holders have a 20-year window to cash in on their exclusive creations. The recording industry protect songwriters for 75 years with the option to renew for another 75 years! And yet she's complaining.
OK, Taylor Swift blew it in her initial contract, but she has her whole life ahead of her to cash in on the incredibly generous deal the recording industry provides. How many of us can say that?
Taylor, stop whining!
It’s speaking up. It’s speaking out. It’s attempting to lead the way for artists to have more control of their content. And there should be no doubt she “gets” the industry far better than most.
An odd personal grudge doesn’t change any of that.
An odd personal grudge doesn’t change any of that.
It's not about money or business. This is personal. Her fans understand and support her in this.
I’m not even a fan and completely understand the reasons, and applaud her for it.
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