Is Prindle right? (Taylor Swift related)

Posted by Billdude (@billdude) on March 12, 2024, 8:04 p.m.

From his FB feed…

“The reason we can’t get away from Taylor Swift is because there are no rock stars anymore. There aren’t even any other big pop stars right now. She’s all we have, so the entertainment press and paparazzi are doubling and tripling down on her.
I miss rock stars, and their bullshit.”“

He got corrected about the “other big pop stars right now” thing. Is Taylor as famous now as Jacko was in 1983 or the Beatles in 1964?

Probably - Joe H. March 13 2:16 PM
I find her a strange figure - Norville March 13 7:28 AM
- Dang i gotta finish my discog rundown - Ken March 13 1:44 PM
  - I'm waiting patiently :-) (nt) - benjamin March 13 8:36 PM
    - Re: I'm waiting patiently :-) (nt) - Ken March 29 11:13 AM
      - Re: Re: I'm waiting patiently :-) (nt) - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk April 3 4:46 AM
        Re: Re: Re: I'm waiting patiently :-) (nt) - Ken April 4 3:06 PM
      - Re: Re: I'm waiting patiently :-) (nt) - benjamin April 1 9:31 PM
- I definitely hear her music in the wild - benjamin March 13 10:07 AM
- I had never knowingly heard any of her songs - Joe March 13 9:33 AM
  - Re: I had never knowingly heard any of her songs - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 13 9:47 AM
    - Shake It Off’s popularity had to be the music video, right? - benjamin March 13 10:10 AM
      - The initial response to the video - Billdude March 15 4:58 PM
        There's probably a big difference - Norville March 18 5:49 AM
        Okay, yes, this is a valid point - Billdude March 19 11:23 PM
        
        I think It's tough to like any song you're forced to hear that many times (nt) - benjamin March 16 4:04 PM
      - Re: Shake It Off’s popularity had to be the music video, right? - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 13 11:13 AM
        The "soap opera" effect is real lol - benjamin March 13 8:34 PM
        I don't think that's the case? - Norville March 14 1:04 PM
        Yeah, I was confused when I saw that post. - Joe March 14 1:41 PM
        Re: Yeah, I was confused when I saw that post. - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 14 3:45 PM
        Yeah I meant open-ended serial, like in the classic sense - benjamin March 15 12:19 AM
        Neither of those examples are open-ended. - Joe March 15 5:10 AM
        Re: Neither of those examples are open-ended. - benjamin March 16 4:03 PM
        That makes more sense. - Joe March 17 11:17 AM
        
        Re: Yeah I meant open-ended serial, like in the classic sense - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 15 12:31 AM
        
        Wrestling is a notable exception to the last paragraph. You could say creative is secondary to the matches but they're really equal partners (nt) - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 14 12:43 PM
I don't know about her vs. 1983 Jacko - Joe March 12 8:53 PM
- Also DEAD - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 16 1:30 AM
  - Re: Also DEAD - Joe March 16 12:26 PM
- DEAD - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 14 9:50 PM
  - Re: DEAD - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 15 12:41 AM
    - Re: Re: DEAD - Joe March 15 5:01 AM
      - Re: Re: Re: DEAD - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 17 7:52 AM
        Re: Re: Re: Re: DEAD - Joe March 17 9:07 AM
- Is the claim that The Beatles accounted for 60% of U.S. record sales in 1964 true? - Joe March 12 9:48 PM