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Poll: Is Katy Perry A Better Songwriter Than Taylor Swift?
View Poll Results: Katy Is A Better Songwriter than Taylor?
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Yes! Katy >>>>
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34.72% |
No. Taylor >>>>
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65.28% |
Member Since: 6/5/2010
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Originally posted by Samuel
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It was a typo.
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Member Since: 5/9/2012
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No. Taylor doesn't need a team of writers either.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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There's some serious delusion in this thread.
Taylor is a godly songwriter.
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Member Since: 9/13/2012
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Originally posted by GotSkill
Definitely seeing as she has diversity and some really deep, personal lyrics
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Where? All I hear Katy sing about is sex and relationships and partying. Are you for real? As for her "deep, personal" lyrics, songs like Uncle and any of her other ballads/power-ballads are shallow and clichéd at best, hardly a reflection of her deepest emotions.
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Member Since: 11/28/2011
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I find their lyrics equally shallow and cliche. Katy seems more versatile tho.
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Member Since: 8/28/2012
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Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag?
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Member Since: 3/6/2014
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They both have lyrical gems but then they both also have songs like Roar and We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
So I'd say they're about equal.
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Originally posted by GotSkill
Definitely seeing as she has diversity and some really deep, personal lyrics
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This.
It's easier to write a whole by yourself, if every song same damn thing. Katy Perry could do that too if she went more acoustic route. Taylor Swift uses cowriters on her pop songs too, I knew You Were Trouble, We Are Never Getting Back Together, 22, etc.
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Member Since: 6/10/2012
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I find it can be hard to take Taylor Swift seriously as a songwriter when she takes a few steps backward here and there. Truth is, though, you will be very hard pressed to find another artist as popular as she is with her level of raw songwriting talent.
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You come around and the armor falls
Pierce the room like a cannonball
Now all we know is don't let go
We are alone, just you and me
Up in your room and our slates are clean
Just twin fire signs
Four blue eyes
So you were never a saint
And I’ve loved in shades of wrong
We learn to live with the pain
Mosaic broken hearts
But this love is brave and wild
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And when Katy (I'm not saying she's not a good songwriting by any means, just not a great one) can come up with a song to rival some of Taylor's average work, then we'll talk.
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Originally posted by GagasProlapse
Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag?
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Why do you have to be so mean?
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She may co-write a lot, but TOY (written ALL by herself) remains better than ANY Taylor single.
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Originally posted by KatyLegendperry
They both have lyrical gems but then they both also have songs like Roar and We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
So I'd say they're about equal.
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What do you mean? Have you had a look on the Pazz and Jop 2012's and 2013's polls?
WANEGBT: #6 best song of 2012
Roar: #33 best song of 2013.
Even at her most commercial, Taylor is a lyrical artist.
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Member Since: 8/19/2011
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Not even close lol. We don't even know how much of her music she actually writes.
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Not even close.
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
This.
It's easier to write a whole by yourself, if every song same damn thing.
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If we'd really like to go through a list of the topics Taylor has written about, we could talk relationships, friendship, growing up, cancer, her damn neighbors, school, fame, the list goes on...
But you can still look at JUST Taylor's relationship songs (which, btw, also comprise the majority of all popular musicians' discographies, so I'm not sure why it's just Taylor that gets called out for this ) and find 10x the dimensionality of any Katy song.
Taylor approaches relationships from every possible angle and has explored them in countless ways. Katy's worldview seems to be limited to bad metaphors and cheap sexual come-ons, but ok.
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Taylor, honestly has better writing skills
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Originally posted by MattyTacos
She may co-write a lot, but TOY (written ALL by herself) remains better than ANY Taylor single.
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The delusion. Let's ask the critics about this:
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Upon release of its parent album, "Thinking of You" garnered mixed reviews from music critics
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According to her Wikipedia page.
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
This.
It's easier to write a whole by yourself, if every song same damn thing. Katy Perry could do that too if she went more acoustic route. Taylor Swift uses cowriters on her pop songs too, I knew You Were Trouble, We Are Never Getting Back Together, 22, etc.
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Writing an entire album by yourself isn't easy in any aspect. And the critics clearly disagree regarding Taylor's versatility, since it receive a metascore higher in 18 points than the highest rated Katy Perry album.
Regarding Taylor's cowriting... I think she collaborates with such hitmakers for the production and the catchy melodies. But unlike Katy, she still manages to make critically appreciated bops.
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Originally posted by Vespertine
If we'd really like to go through a list of the topics Taylor has written about, we could talk relationships, friendship, growing up, cancer, her damn neighbors, school, fame, the list goes on...
But you can still look at JUST Taylor's relationship songs (which, btw, also comprise the majority of all popular musicians' discographies, so I'm not sure why it's just Taylor that gets called out for this ) and find 10x the dimensionality of any Katy song.
Taylor approaches relationships from every possible angle and has explored them in countless ways. Katy's worldview seems to be limited to bad metaphors and cheap sexual come-ons, but ok.
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Very well written
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
Why do you have to be so mean?
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Ignore that user. A gaga fan will never win a horrible lyrics battle between gaga and Katy not when the former has lines like "Aphrodite lady seashell bikini garden panty VENUS" or "love it when you call me legs, in the morning buy me eggs" or "I just want to be free, I just want to be me, and I want lots of friends that invite me to their parties."
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Quote:
Originally posted by Vespertine
If we'd really like to go through a list of the topics Taylor has written about, we could talk relationships, friendship, growing up, cancer, her damn neighbors, school, fame, the list goes on...
But you can still look at JUST Taylor's relationship songs (which, btw, also comprise the majority of all popular musicians' discographies, so I'm not sure why it's just Taylor that gets called out for this ) and find 10x the dimensionality of any Katy song.
Taylor approaches relationships from every possible angle and has explored them in countless ways. Katy's worldview seems to be limited to bad metaphors and cheap sexual come-ons, but ok.
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Agreed with all, but especially with the bold.
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