http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/popcultur...-off/vi-BBlqjSz

chas

I guess there aren't many Taylor Swift fans here!

That song was popular in 1989 also....lol

I just figured one of you might want to add it to your NH song list . Actually, I just thought it was funny. I didn't actually bother to listen to the song (or even finish the article). I have no idea what prompted me to post it....maybe some kind of chemical imbalance ......or maybe the folks in the article just conjured up an image of a SZ jam.

chas

My 17 year old granddaughter has LOVED her since she first started as a country singer ... and she (Taylor Swift) in the past year purchased a home in the very toney 'Watch Hill' area of RI for $17.5MM .. the most expensive house purchase ever in RI ...

Apparently she is a very giving person ... two years or so ago she called Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence RI and arranged to visit unannounced, except for a couple of Department heads ... she arrived with her guitar and her father - no media, no bodyguards, nothing ... she walked from room to room singing and talking to the patients for a couple of hours ...
I only heard about from a neighbor who is one of the Department heads ...

Actually, when I posted this I wasn't even thinking about Taylor Swift; it was the image of all those ol' farts 'Shaking it out' that I found amusing. Post misinterpreted. I haven't thought too much about Taylor Swift since the incident where she sang and entire song in the wrong key (probably started on the wrong note and couldn't adjust - guess it could happen to anybody, but somehow I can't picture that happening to say, an Ella Fitzgerald or a Sarah Vaughn, or even an Adele or a Celine Dion or any high-profile, professional singer). I'm sure she is a nice person; it's just that pop music is not my cup of tea.

chas

So Chas HOW Old Are you?....why put down the over 55 generation?...
we are all as you say OLD FARTS so what? At least they are having fun & I personally am proud to be a part of that performing everyday for the OLD farts...


Look in the mirror...I do and say dam I'm having a great life so far!!



now wheres my depends..

Leave it to you to make something out of NOTHING. No suprise there. We all know that the best way to align the troops against chas is to play on their well-known fears and prejudices (age and arranger keyboards - the sacred cows). Why don't you take that crap back to KINDERGARTEN where it belongs. I think most of the people her, at least the sensible ones, know I was just being silly.

chas

For years, I thought this girl was AWFUL! She couldn't sing on pitch, couldn't move, wrote and recorded songs that trashed her MANY, MANY exes, etc.

But, she sold a lot of records and I began to hear of incidents like the ones above.

Give Chas a positive nod...she looks like a likable, lightweight talent that can buy and sell us as a lot.


And, "Shake it Up" is a real hoot, if you listen carefully and know her history.

Russ

You were both kidding I realize that even if no-one else does. I actually like Taylor and think she has a good heart and has put out some great pop songs which does require talent. But I have no time for someone like Kanye West.

Ugh! I certainly agree.

Sadly, I have to agree. Even if I thought he (Kanye) had talent (which I don't), he's just too obnoxious as a person for me to warm up to (even if I liked that type of music - which I don't). In any case, thanks Nigel for understanding that I truly WAS just kidding around. It wouldn't make much sense for one of the oldest guys here (me) to be poking fun at other "ol' farts" UNLESS I was kidding. People often poke fun at themselves (or their peers). Obviously no malicious intent, but I guess if you're looking for something, you're going to find it.

chas

No, but I bet they COULD if they wanted to !...

Ha! Cool Tee Shirt. In fact, it prompted another (completely unrelated) thought or observation.

As a super-senior citizen, I feel VERY uncomfortable going into 1. a rock concert 2. any club featuring rock or dance music (sorry Nigel ) 3. ANY venue where the majority of the clientele are 20 or 30 somethings.....EXCEPT, almost any TRUE Jazz club, regardless of the average age, race, or social class of the patrons. There, I feel completely comfortable and welcome. Why is that? My theory: People that patronize jazz clubs are generally better educated (theory only), generally more sophisticated, of higher income level (corresponds to the 'better educated' theory), and MOST IMPORTANTLY, are there to LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (as opposed to getting drunk or 'hooking up'). What do you think?

chas

REALLY?..

http://www.quora.com/Why-have-most-of-th...-and-jazz-music

Do you understand the difference between jazz musicians and jazz patrons? Apparently not.

chas

Good Lord, are you trying to tell us that getting drunk and hooking up are BAD?

Gary

Not at all, just not simultaneously.



chas

Exactly !!!!! And I totally agree chas, jazz audiences today are present at live jazz clubs just to appreciate the music. They are more sophisticated listeners and definitely are there for the music. So they are most unlikely to drink too much because that would undermine their ability to appreciate the music.

Now historically with jazz musicians that has sometimes been different case. Though I think most have learned lessons from the past and that is something that is rarely seen nowadays. It was a very different time back then ... which is good that it is in the past. Not that there wasn't some brilliant music back then, but some lifestyle choices were not so good.

Yea, even though the demographics say that jazz audiences are better off and better educated, one [problem is....THEY LISTEN TOO MUCH, and don't drink nearly as much as other bar patrons.

Russ

Ha! That's funny Russ.....but true. Jazz club owners get around that with watered down drinks and overpriced lousy food....and, oh yes, underpaid musicians.



chas

True story: Back in the sixties I used to hang out at the All Nighter Club in Soho in London's west end. The owner would come on stage and say, ''My bar staff tell me things are slow at the bar. So come on folks, we're raising prices in ten minutes.'' Cue the stampede.

Haven't been there in many years and I doubt it's still there. Don't know if they'd get away with a stunt like that now.