Those Swifties
 

Last weekend I flew from Halifax to Toronto and back. While waiting for my first flight, i noticed there were a lot of young women as well as Mom's and daughters. It wasn't until I was in the car listening to the radio that I clued in to the fact that Taylor Swift was doing sold out concerts in Toronto.
A couple of days later in the line up to board my return flight, I was chatting with a couple and pointing out some Eras T shirts, speculated the wearers just might have been to the concert. I confessed the only reason I knew any of TS's music was because of my granddaughter and she was getting a device loaded with that artist's music for Christmas.
That's when I heard a voice say,"Here, give her this!" and a young lady passed me a friendship bracelet for my granddaughter. As I thanked her and said how much my granddaughter would appreciate the gift, another young woman passed me a bracelet too.
It was great to see such great attitudes and generosity to an old Grey haired guy and his family. Must have been some good vibes at the concert.

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Les

One of my friends flew in to New Orleans for a business meeting. They had to stay at a hotel 80 miles from New Orleans and every motel and hotel, abd and breakfast was booked. TS was having a concert and every room was sold out.

If a gun was held to my old grey head, and I was told to sing the words to one of her songs, they would just have to shoot, as I could not even make a guess. The same thing for most all country and western songs. Rock and roll forever!

I'd be right behind you Glen.

Now, ask me for a Door's tune and I'd keep them entertained for a while.

Business is good..... Is actually booming

Who is Taylor Swiftie?

She seems like a pretty good role model in a era of facial tats and other sketchy crap. I approve (but I have no idea about her music )

I had no idea either until a few months ago when my granddaughter "discovered " the vast catalog of Swift's music. The device my granddaughter will get for Christmas will have earbuds. Not that I don't like the music, just not all the time.
I have almost 300 songs in my repertoire. None of them are by Taylor Swift. :D

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Les

I don't think I've ever heard a whole TS song except in this video. I feel certain this guy probably has a daughter.

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I'm sure that TS probably makes good music in the pop/top40 genre. I also suspect she puts on a great show. And yes, she seems to actually be a celeb worthy of role model status.

Some of you guys might find this interesting. This is Andrew Schulz. He's a comedian (good one too). Here he is talking about going to a TS concert because his wife wanted to go.

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She’s full of subliminal messages, goes on stage and screams f*** the patriarchy while collecting billions. Parades the fact that she was paid twice for her music by re-recording everything. Plus the whole connection with P diddy… As an artist, she has the full support of the labels/producers/etc to push out hits. She is also quite the show woman.

Swifty story, I went to the movie screening with the ole GF one night after hitting the outlets. There was a swifty in the lobby of the theater giving away goody bags of Taylor Swift themed stuff. We struck up a conversation with the girl and were both shocked that she was in her 30’s, living with her parents and had a kid. She was also mildly mentally retarded (I’m not qualified to clinically diagnose, but the GF is ��).

If you're a dad with a daughter in her early 20s, good chance you've listened to some TS over the years. My wife and daughter went and saw her a couple years ago. Paid nearly $5k for 2 tickets.

Holy sheiße! I'd never pay that to go to any concert. I could buy a nice sound system to listed to CDs for that kind of dough.

I'm with ya. If I'm paying $5k for 3 hours of entertainment, there better be 2 girls with daddy issues and pile of blow as big as a chihuahua involved.

LOL!

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My daughter treated her two oldest kids to a concert in Indy. I think they had a good time but haven't talked to them about it personally. They're all experienced flyers so I'm sure the short trip by plane from DC was like a puddle jumper flight to them.

If ya don't know who TS is .... then you can't possibly know who Travis is either :) ....

Both seem cool as can be and having the time of their lives....

Couldn't name one of her songs for half her net worth either ....

Swifties rock .... I used to :D

The Dover police video makes me happy.

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That’s why she’s a billionaire.

It fundamentally goes against the wholesome artist principle.

Boomer here. I have many tens of thousands of songs on my jukebox, none by TS, but she makes other people happy with music. Good for her. Good for her fans. Good for her bank account.

The Beatles did the same thing a long time ago. There was lots of push and pull between generations over their popularity between, too, (I was there) but in the end it seems to have worked itself out.

(It's funny how she's manages to get free rent in some people's heads, though!)

Meh, the music industry is a business. She's successful. If I could be that successful, I would. She's not making gangsta rap spewing drugs, guns, sex, murder. I suspect she doesn't personally set the prices.

$2,500CDN for an obstructed view seat now.

I don't care what people pay, but I cannot agree with a police escort that makes taxpayers wait while her bus goes straight to her hotel. She can line up like everyone else, take a helicopter, or don't come to Toronto.

I have friends that are working on her tour. She is extremely professional and very nice to everyone. Not just the performers. And she pays very well. That goes a long way when you can be on tour with someone for 18 months.

She did rap, but that avenue did not pan out.

There was a local fraudster who sold >$250k in bogus tickets...

She brings millions and millions and millions of revenue to every city she goes to nightly. Businesses and tax coffers.

She is so good it hurts and I only know a handful of her songs because of my daughter and her friends.

She complains a lot, though, but damn, she's good.

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Here's an alternative lifestyle related song that is so well done that I can enjoy it and laugh at myself. Not saying it changes me but it dulls a few sharp edges. Again, incredibly good production.

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Not every single night.

Ha-ha! There's ways for the adults in the room to spend money too!
Eagles tickets for the Sphere in Las Vegas appear to be from $549 (probably behind a post) to $5,349 each!

I had a friend that took his teen daughter to see Taylor Swift in Grand Junction many years ago before she became a sensation. I think the tickets were $15 or $25.

I don't care what she brings. She's not above the taxpayers of the city. No one should be.

Point taken.

I heard she grew up on a christmas tree farm..........

I know who Travis is. He’s got some really great songs out.

I think she's pretty cute too.

I don't miss much if it happens on the dance hall floor
Mercy! Look what just walked through that door.
Hello, T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Tell me what in the world you doing A-L-O-N-E

Eastern PA. Wyomissing. Halfway between Allentown and Hershey.

Tree farm in area but can't confirm if her parent's property.

Folks I know who live near there say (hearsay) she was a touch peculiar but a few bugs are allowed.

2 young daughters, TS music is pretty corny I like olivia rodrigo and billie eilish much more. Kids could do a lot worse that idolizing Taylor though

Meh...but nice gams!

$2 Billion !!! and change

I would not pay that much to have the Rolling Stones play at my house

Taylor Swift seems like a nice young man to me

When Tim Tebow was playing for the Broncos
He went on a date with taylor swift.
He was not impressed.

Eventually he married a former miss universe
who has a heart of gold and a soul.
The man is a good judge.

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Face value of the tickets was a lot less than what the secondary market was selling them for, the artists don't see that difference.

Dealing with TicketMaster and allowing legalized scalping is what goes against the 'wholesome artist' principle you speak of.

There were a lot of folks, including some friends that have the disposable income to do something like this, that bought tickets for TS European dates and ultimately spent less even with travel.

Yeah, he made the right decision!!! [emoji15]

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I just read an article about Taylor and the Eras tour . Over the 2 years of the tour she handed out 197 million dollars in bonuses to EVERYONE on the tour !!! Truck drivers/security/makeup/band/catering etc etc etc . Love her or hate her you don't see anyone else doing that .

My SIL and niece were at the show in Vancouver on Saturday night. They said it was awesome. They got some last minute tix for $500 each.