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Poll: Is Katy Perry A Better Songwriter Than Taylor Swift?
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View Poll Results: Katy Is A Better Songwriter than Taylor?
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Yes! Katy >>>> 
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No. Taylor >>>>
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
Cheap shot. I don't know why ATRL hates that line.
Plus, it's better than most of Taylor Swifts songs.
"We are never ever getting back together"
I can't tell how many Facebook statuses I saw saying 'Taylor Swift should never ever write again...", yet I saw literally zero insulting Firework.
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This literally proves my point earlier.  That lyric is awful, but it certainly doesn't represent Katy's songwriting abilities as A WHOLE. And neither do the spare few lyrics you keep pulling out of Taylor's discography.
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Originally posted by jairosuxx
The sad thing is... Taylor's worst lyrics sound more genuine than Katy's best attempts.
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Those lyrics don't sound "genuine" at all, they just sound like lyrics from any old pop song. It's clear you just dislike Katy and will say anything to discredit her.
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Originally posted by rrr13rcc
Love songs =/= break-up songs, something you and the GP can't seem to grasp.
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I was teasing.
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
Cheap shot. I don't know why ATRL hates that line.
Plus, it's better than most of Taylor Swifts songs.
"We are never ever getting back together"
I can't tell how many Facebook statuses I saw saying 'Taylor Swift should never ever write again...", yet I saw literally zero insulting Firework.
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Oh your facebook feed? Certifiable then!
You know what is certifiable in the music industry? Critical acclaim, Grammys, album AND single sales (I know right  ), and constant praise from musical legends/ well-known producers about your songwriting ability.
Stevie Nicks calling you the savior of the music industry, not Bonnie McKee wishing to send you away so she doesnt have to write songs for you.
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Originally posted by Samuel
Those lyrics don't sound "genuine" at all, they just sound like lyrics from any old pop song. It's clear you just dislike Katy and will say anything to discredit her. |
I truly don't dislike her (she's the 4th most listened female on my library). Neither was I saying she's a bad songwriter. I was just saying Taylor is far better than her, even at her lowest. 
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Originally posted by Samuel
In that case, I can also just say all of Katy's "bad" lyrics were supposed to be bad "because she meant them to be!" |
Yes, that's true of many of her songs, like Peacock, California Gurls, IKAG etc. Those songs work well as stupid pop songs, which they're intended to be.
What we're talking about how sad it is that even in her "serious" songs she sings embarrassingly corny or mediocre lyrics, or else hits every songwriting cliché in the book.
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Also Katy could never write something like Ronan 
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Originally posted by Ripedie254
Oh your facebook feed? Certifiable then!
You know what is certifiable in the music industry? Critical acclaim, Grammys, album AND single sales (I know right ), and constant praise from musical legends/ well-known producers about your songwriting ability.
Stevie Nicks calling you the savior of the music industry, not Bonnie McKee wishing to send you away so she doesnt have to write songs for you. |
Finish ha!
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
What is she known for though? Maybe there is a reason why all her hits are break up songs, because she sucks dick (no pun intended) at writing anything else?
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Our Song, Love Story, You Belong With Me, Fifteen, Fearless, Mine, Mean, Sparks Fly, Ours, 22, Everything Has Changed, Today Was A Fairytale, Safe & Sound. NONE of those songs are break up songs 
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Originally posted by mikeyace16
Our Song, Love Story, You Belong With Me, Fifteen, Fearless, Mine, Mean, Sparks Fly, Ours, 22, Everything Has Changed, Today Was A Fairytale, Safe & Sound. NONE of those songs are break up songs |
Her only pop hits that were breakup songs were WANEGBT and Tubble 
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No
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Currently browsing: 24 members (jairosuxx*, ahauntingnearu, Vine101, Cheetos, MattyTacos, BlueMoon77, mikeyace16, TheCheetahwings, Dephira, HabbGaga, GreasyBruce, nick4bty, Ina Garten, RideOrDie, johnsuxx), 28 guests.
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Perched for the mess.
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Originally posted by Vespertine
Yes, that's true of many of her songs, like Peacock, California Gurls, IKAG etc. Those songs work well as stupid pop songs, which they're intended to be.
What we're talking about how sad it is that even in her "serious" songs she sings embarrassingly corny or mediocre lyrics, or else hits every songwriting cliché in the book.
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Exactly! Some songs are meant to be silly. That's what we love about them. 
And the last part is sadly true.
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Originally posted by mikeyace16
Our Song, Love Story, You Belong With Me, Fifteen, Fearless, Mine, Mean, Sparks Fly, Ours, 22, Everything Has Changed, Today Was A Fairytale, Safe & Sound. NONE of those songs are break up songs |
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Originally posted by Ripedie254
Her only pop hits that were breakup songs were WANEGBT and Tubble |
Ooop...
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Originally posted by Johnny
Just sit down. Here's how that just went:
Us: We don't know if Katy wrote all her songs.
You: SHE WRITES ALL HER MUSIC.
Us: But how do you know?
You: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SHE DOESN'T? I CAN SAY THAT SAME ABOUT GAGA. COME BACK WITH PROOF.
Rank yourself on the delusional stan scale from one to ten. Go.
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Excuse me, but I'M not the one making baseless claims against anyone. I was merely using Gaga as an example, because without proof you can say "we don't know for SURE how much she really wrote" as just as anyone.
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Originally posted by jairosuxx
Katy clearly doesn't write melodies.
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There is an interview on yt where Greg Wells says that Katy basically comes with
half of a song complete, basic chord pattern, melody, first verse and chorus.
& that he basically just builds around that.
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Originally posted by Vespertine
Yes, that's true of many of her songs, like Peacock, California Gurls, IKAG etc. Those songs work well as stupid pop songs, which they're intended to be.
What we're talking about how sad it is that even in her "serious" songs she sings embarrassingly corny or mediocre lyrics, or else hits every songwriting cliché in the book.
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There isn't anything corny or cliché about The One That Got Away, Thinking of You, Not Like the Movies, Who Am I Living For?, Pearl, I'm Still Breathing, Lost, It Takes Two, Choose Your Battles, etc. though.
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No, Taylor is by far the best pop girl songwriter
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