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Haven't posted here about Taylor Swift yet this week, so I'll just set down these notes towards a future Taylor Swift post, though you don't have to wait for the future to comment.
Geoffrey Himes thinks Taylor is too suburban to be country; Martin Kavka thinks Taylor is a small-town girl running a critique of small towns (hence definitely country but an interesting twist on it). I don't think either comment is particularly relevant since her songs could be set anywhere there's a high school English class.
Question would probe her concerns with family and community and cross-generational commonality and intergenerational continuity. Also what other people's country songs are doing these days. Also, how much is her fifteen country's fifteen, and what's the genre's relation to people whose fifteen doesn't match Taylor's?
Geoffrey Himes thinks Taylor is too suburban to be country; Martin Kavka thinks Taylor is a small-town girl running a critique of small towns (hence definitely country but an interesting twist on it). I don't think either comment is particularly relevant since her songs could be set anywhere there's a high school English class.
Question would probe her concerns with family and community and cross-generational commonality and intergenerational continuity. Also what other people's country songs are doing these days. Also, how much is her fifteen country's fifteen, and what's the genre's relation to people whose fifteen doesn't match Taylor's?
