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Best known for a somewhat forgettable novelty hit Walkinā my Cat named Dog, but actually rather good:
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How have I never heard this before?
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Best version of this song you will hear.
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On the subject of Judith Durhamās tambourine.
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So, Iām not a fan of Taylor Swiftās musicā¦ like this whole thing kind of came off as a living embodiment of Bo Burnamās song White Womanās Instagramā¦
But I do admire her clawing back her music from the people that now own the rightsā¦
Also, this was pretty great, too:
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She offends me. I get it about the rights to own her own music and such, but look at what sheās creating.
I oughtnāt to talk about her music because Iāve never given it a good listen. But thereās nothing about it that appeals to me enough for me to want to do so.
To be fair, weāre not her target audienceā¦ teen and young white women are - and probably young gay men, too. Not everything has to be for everyone. But if people find value in her work, then I think thatās great.
But sheās also doing something with regards to promoting artistās rights to their music thatās pretty rare in pop music. The last person to make such bold and public moves against the industry was Prince when he changed his nameā¦ here is a pretty good overview of what sheās doing:
So, Iām not a fan either, but more power to her if she can keep pushing this issue into the public discourse. The recording industry is incredibly exploitative and toxic and if she can bring attention to that via speaking about how artists often donāt benefit from the work they do, thatās important.
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And like Olivia de Havilland did to Warner Bros for extending folksā contracts by seven years without letting them know, her efforts will make it better for the artist. Unfortunately, itās not just show, it is a business.
Remember, Mick Jagger did attend the London School of Economics; can you imagine what things wouldāve been like in the music world if heād been graduated before joining the Stones? Or even if heādāve continued (āSo sorry Mr. Moog-Oldham and Mr. Klein, Mickās running things now, wot.ā)
I dunno; she reminds me of June Cleaver crossed with the just-starting-out Joni Mitchell.
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I am glad she did what she needed to, to get her rights back, but her song on SNL left me unmoved. Youāre right, weāre not her target audience, so I donāt have any criticisms of the music. Something else that might come into it is that I am losing something in my hearing, around the ability to differentiate speech and voices, so I couldnāt tell what she was singing, even though I could hear the whole thing. Maybe if I had understood, I might have felt it more.
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