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Will Taylor Swift still be popular in 30 years?
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Practically no classic hits stations play Beatles. And name me a few successful oldies stations!
Definitely none here in Houston.
Hard to tell. I think the Internet will throw a wrench at the "classic" genre down the road. Modern radio gives us Elton John, Queen, Billy Joel, and David Bowie today when we seek "classic hits". But tomorrow, customizable and/or tailored playlists may define "classic hits" as 2000s country music or 1990s rap. It will all depend on the individual instead of the "market" as in the past.
It's just way too early to tell where this Internet "fad" is going. It's definitely nowhere near its final form.
She had her first hit when she was 13. The Beatles were in their 20s when they came to the US. So she got a ten year head start.
She is a single artist who has control over all of her music and image. She's not beholden to a committee. What I see is the fans she made 15 years ago are still with her now. That's a good sign. Her fans have aged with her music, which is important to a long, sustainable career. Had she stayed writing the same kinds of songs she did in her teens, she likely would have lost those fans. So it's up to her to continue to evolve musically and personally if she wants to continue to grow. But even if the growth stops, she will have those fans for life. In 30 years she will be the age that Garth Brooks is now. He's still playing stadiums.
From a pop standpoint Swift has to be the only artist I’ve seen, to my knowledge, that keeps getting more and more popular with age and her tracks keep charting higher and higher. She had a weak period with her 2017 album but the woman is literally unstoppable. Her peers that came to popularity around the same time she did in pop music, and defined the last CHR “boom” (from around 2009-2013) have struggled to have a very solid hit in half a decade. Yet Taylor’s popularity keeps growing. I used to be a fan of hers in the late 00s/early 10s but now it’d be nice to have a bit of a break from her in the constant spotlight.
In a word, NO! Those era's were full of variety (even by one band) and people were obsessed by the music in total and not by one semi talented individual whose act was mostly dancing and not self-obsessed songs.
Yet the fact that she does a show that is more than, for example, The Beatles standing in front of microphones and just singing without any real action or excitement is precisely why se continues to gain in popularity. She is attractive, a role model, a decent dancer, a very good singer and composer and very, very attached to her fans.
As to the songs being "self obsessed" they are, in fact, snapshots of emotional experiences and feelings that all people go through and can identify with.
And going all the way back to the country songs, they are good!
David knows what’s up!
Aren't many songs, to a certain extent, self-obsessed? Most people have no problem with Eric Clapton expressing his grief over the loss of his young son in "Tears in Heaven," James Taylor tackling subjects like suic*de and addiction in "Fire and Rain," and Tammy Wynette singing about the breakup of a marriage in "D-I-V-O-R-C-E." (And let's not forget just about every grunge song ever recorded, LOL.) Is Taylor Swift's sharing her personal experiences through music any different?
Pop artists of the past are hurt by the research that tells radio programmers that rock-leaning playlists are best for classic hits stations. Acts that were huge 30 years ago have faded from memory due to lack of radio exposure on stations that play music from that era.
Minor point: Wynette wasn't a songwriter and didn't write "D-I-V-O-R-C-E." Prolific Nashville songwriters Curly Putman and Bobby Braddock did. Could be that Wynette wanted a divorce song to record and they supplied one for her, but more likely it was shopped around Nashville as a demo, to dozens of artists and producers, until someone said "That sounds like a hit" and put it on vinyl.
People once thought Madonna was a flash in the pan when she first came out. But after platinum record after platinum record, by 1986, they realized she was here to stay for a while.
Taylor Swift is hot right now. And long may she run. But even Oldies stations are trimming back on the '80s music. So the Madonna music I hear typically on most stations is her '90s output or her very biggest '80s hits once in a while.
Every decade brings a new generation and crop of superstars and the longer you're in music, the more to the fringes you're pushed until you're an off the charts Oldies act trying to get gigs on the county/city fair circuit for those who can still remember your band's only three hits. That's how it typically ends for the surprising masses of rock/pop bands.
But credit due, Madonna still tries a new angle. And this might be where she's confusing fans and scaring the young men these days. You think it's easy, physically or mentally for a 65 year old woman to keep up with today's female pop stars like Arianna Grande, Dua Lipa or even Billie Eilish? Ask one.
Taylor could also fade away into domestic bliss with Travis. She's a billionaire now. No worries over needing a second job to make ends meet or the nest egg. But certainly not on her current trajectory.
It all depends on fate.
Taylor who?????????
I wouldn't be surprised if Dolly Parton, who hasn't been Taylor's age for more than 40 years, could sell out 60,000-seat stadiums next summer if she wants to do a stadium tour. If you're going to record a rock album and call it Rockstar, you might as well go all in.
Yes, when it's your primary genre.
There used to be a mini genre some folks called folk rock (the Eagles were a good example). Instead of the full blown Rock (like Satisfaction) she could easily revive that and probably do very well.
Dolly announced last year that she would not tour again, and won't tour this album:
She is also caring for her husband, who has Alzheimer's:
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