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Poll: Kelly Clarkson VS. Taylor Swift
View Poll Results: which one do you prefer?
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kelly clarkson
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55.98% |
taylor swift
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Member Since: 8/25/2012
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Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction
Dead at natural vocal chords not being considered an instrument.
Kelly Clarkson is the greater artist in every conceivable way possible. Taylor has always been a nonfactor outside the Country world unless she rides momentum from either a first single or a single that coincides with a broken relationship that is well covered in the tabloids.
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As if Kelly actually WRITES her melodies is what the statement was.
You do realize you are always in Taylor related threads posting nasty comments about Taylor, right?? Do you have a life other than worrying about Taylor Swift all the time .
Your comment about Taylor being non irrelevant outside of country music is just plain and simply ignorant If Taylor isnt relevant then that would make your fave completley non existent, considering Taylor has been more successful.
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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Originally posted by WayTooHonest13
The "Oh uh-Woah's" in the background of Treacherous alone completely demolish anything Kelly has ever done and will ever do.
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This comment as if Treacherous is known and iconic like Crazy In Love.
You can't describe an unknown song that only a stan would have heard of and say it is amazing. lol
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Member Since: 8/25/2012
Posts: 30,317
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
If you really think KELLY CLARKSON writes musical melodies with her voice then you are ****ing crazy . Give me some receipts, and she will shoot straight to number one on my all- time musicians list . This fantasy of Kelly being a great songwriter is ridiculous
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Why is that so hard to believe?
Michael Jackson composed entire songs with his voice. He would singe the melodies, beatbox the beat and harmonize and tape himself. Beyoncé also composes melodies with her voice. Why wouldn't Kelly be able to do the same?
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Member Since: 5/12/2012
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
Are you above the age of ten??
Please post me Kelly's best soely-written song. And please don't even try it with Because Of You, because it's too lyrically weak of a song to be comparing it with others.
"WANEGBT" is like the most stupid song ever"
WOW great review as to WHY the song is stupid, very insightful
At least the song is memorable/ risky/ and original unlike Stronger, which ANY pop girl could've done. WANEGBT is one of Taylor's worst songs, but you can still tell that it is Taylor because the lyrics and phrasing are original.
If you really think KELLY CLARKSON writes musical melodies with her voice then you are ****ing crazy . Give me some receipts, and she will shoot straight to number one on my all- time musicians list . This fantasy of Kelly being a great songwriter is ridiculous
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"We are never ever ever ever getting back together."
[Spoken]
"We are never getting back together, like ever."
Do you not know how childish of lines those are? What makes it worse is that that's the theme of the song. It may not be cliché, but that's only because it's lacking in inspiration entirely.
Compare that to the plethora of breakup songs Kelly has written among the lines of You Love Me, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Walk Away, Already Gone, Never Again, Let Me Down, Maybe, and Taylor's childish WANEGBT is blown away.
I don't know why you keep trying to argue that Taylor is a better songwriter by bashing a song that Kelly didn't write.
And composing melodies with your voice isn't that much of a feat for an actual vocalist; Kelly has done it. I don't know why you, a Taylor Swift stan, is trying to argue with her stans that she doesn't. Listen to Irvine or Chivas, she recorded both songs on her own in her Macbook's Garageband application. The latter was written and recorded while she was drunk, for instance.
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
If Taylor isnt relevant then that would make your fave completley non existent, considering Taylor has been more successful.
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Pretty sure more of the world possess Breakaway than any albums created by Taylor. 15 million+ > 9 million (Fearless. I am overestimating Fearless' sales, of course.)
Kelly wins again!
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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People saying Kelly is a better writer than Taylor Only on ATRL.
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Member Since: 8/25/2012
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Originally posted by Ressti
Why is that so hard to believe?
Michael Jackson composed entire songs with his voice. He would singe the melodies, beatbox the beat and harmonize and tape himself. Beyoncé also composes melodies with her voice. Why wouldn't Kelly be able to do the same?
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Kelly Clarkson being compared to Michael Jackson nnnnnnnnn
Somebody earlier had stated that Kelly soely composes her songs with her voice, and she doesn't, why is this so hard for people to understand
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Member Since: 5/12/2012
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Originally posted by Samuel
People saying Kelly is a better writer than Taylor Only on ATRL.
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Very few people are saying that. However, we have one fan saying WANEGBT is apparently better than anything Kelly has ever written by comparing it to a song that Kelly didn't even write.
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Member Since: 5/12/2012
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
Kelly Clarkson being compared to Michael Jackson nnnnnnnnn
Somebody earlier had stated that Kelly soely composes her songs with her voice, and she doesn't, why is this so hard for people to understand
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Kelly comes up with the melodies on her own and then goes on with producers to develop the sound. I don't understand what's so hard to believe about that...
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
Kelly Clarkson being compared to Michael Jackson nnnnnnnnn
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Wait... where the **** did I compare her to Michael Jackson????????????
Did I say, Kelly Clarkson is as good as Michael Jackson? Did I same Kelly Clarkon can compete with Michael Jackson? Did I say Kelly has the same amount of talent as Michael Jackson? You seem to have glossed over the Beyoncé part as well.
I merely pointed out to you that can you can compose a song with your voice. Several artists do this. Your voice is an instrument, it can sing notes. Did you know that? I know you're a fan of Taylor Swift and she doesn't exactly have a good voice, but some singers can actually stay on key and come up with melodies.
Girl, go cry to some Taylor Swift until you can have a civil discussion. So fckin aggressive.
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
Kelly Clarkson being compared to Michael Jackson nnnnnnnnn
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I think it was more of an example, but why couldn't she have been compared to MJ? Both performers use their natural instruments to create music. By definition, "to compare" is to note the similarity/dissimilarity between certain things. Hence why one can say Taylor Swift is like Weird Al Yankovic because they both can play guitars but the two are different because Weird Al Yankovic's level of creativity operates on a higher plan than Taylor Swift.
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Member Since: 8/25/2012
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Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction
I think it was more of an example, but why couldn't she have been compared to MJ? Both performers use their natural instruments to create music. By definition, "to compare" is to note the similarity/dissimilarity between certain things. Hence why one can say Taylor Swift is like Weird Al Yankovic because they both can play guitars but the are different because Weird Al Yankovic's level of creativity is on a higher plan than Taylor Swift.
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Edge sis
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Member Since: 8/28/2012
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
Somebody earlier had stated that Kelly soely composes her songs with her voice, and she doesn't, why is this so hard for people to understand
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I love how you think you know this, as if it's fact. It is possible to compose and change melodies based on how you sing them.
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Member Since: 8/25/2012
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Originally posted by Bloo
"We are never ever ever ever getting back together."
[Spoken]
"We are never getting back together, like ever."
Do you not know how childish of lines those are? What makes it worse is that that's the theme of the song. It may not be cliché, but that's only because it's lacking in inspiration entirely.
Compare that to the plethora of breakup songs Kelly has written among the lines of You Love Me, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Walk Away, Already Gone, Never Again, Let Me Down, Maybe, and Taylor's childish WANEGBT is blown away.
I don't know why you keep trying to argue that Taylor is a better songwriter by bashing a song that Kelly didn't write.
And composing melodies with your voice isn't that much of a feat for an actual vocalist; Kelly has done it. I don't know why you, a Taylor Swift stan, is trying to argue with her stans that she doesn't. Listen to Irvine or Chivas, she recorded both songs on her own in her Macbook's Garageband application. The latter was written and recorded while she was drunk, for instance.
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I never said anything about Kelly writing that song. Please stop mirroring over everybody else's comments and come up with some of your own
Not computer software doing all the work for her
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
Kelly Clarkson being compared to Michael Jackson nnnnnnnnn
Somebody earlier had stated that Kelly soely composes her songs with her voice, and she doesn't, why is this so hard for people to understand
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If you're referring to what I wrote a few pages back, you need to go back and reread what I said. Kelly comes up with the lyrics and the melody herself. Often she can come up with the melody with her voice - she's a singer, so why is that so hard to understand? The voice isn an instrument, which she knows how to play very well, so of course she can come up with melodies that why. I can and do make up melodies just by singing - it's not difficult.
Furthermore, she can play some piano and guitar. She's not especially skilled at either - her main instrument is her voice - but she can play them enough to compose songs that way as well.
But yes, Kelly DOES write the lyrics and vocal melody. Usually by herself.
The music is generally done by others, with or without Kelly's input.
Listen to this interview if you need to hear it straight from Kelly (starting around 3:45) -
https://soundcloud.com/wooferson4/1-...e-and-personal
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Member Since: 8/28/2012
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Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction
I think it was more of an example, but why couldn't she have been compared to MJ? Both performers use their natural instruments to create music. By definition, "to compare" is to note the similarity/dissimilarity between certain things. Hence why one can say Taylor Swift is like Weird Al Yankovic because they both can play guitars but the two are different because Weird Al Yankovic's level of creativity operates on a higher plan than Taylor Swift.
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I don't know what some of you are on but "I just... I mean this is exhausting, you know, like, We are never getting back together. Like, ever" is better, more acclaimed and more iconic than anything in Kelly's discography.
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Member Since: 5/12/2012
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Originally posted by BlueMoon77
I never said anything about Kelly writing that song. Please stop mirroring over everybody else's comments and come up with some of your own
Not computer software doing all the work for her
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Well, see, everyone else is debating songwriting as that's really the only thing up for discussion here, so when you're criticizing the lyrics, how does that pertain to Kelly in terms of talent? Especially when the song you featured is extremely juvenile and I have even seen Taylor stans echo that opinion. You're the only one acting like WANEGBT is some lyrical marvel, then when comparing the lyrics you change to IKYWT (which is actually a really good song).
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Originally posted by Jaspurr
I don't know what some of you are on but "I just... I mean this is exhausting, you know, like, We are never getting back together. Like, ever" is better, more acclaimed and more iconic than anything in Kelly's discography.
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I'm sorry, but the chorus to Since U Been Gone is more iconic than anything Taylor Swift has ever done.
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Member Since: 11/29/2010
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Originally posted by Mhs90
She's not likable by GP. Period. You know more about her media coverage than I do.
Starpower has nothing to do with likable factor. Look at Beyonce. She has both.
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Your 5 friends is not GP. Taylor was and remains one of the most universally loved popular stars by all age groups. If u are that BIG (and also have talent to use your personal experiences as a creative fuel) there are bound to be very vocal naysayers.
Bookmarking for use whan The Lord has her 3rd consecutive million opening.
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Member Since: 7/23/2012
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Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction
I think it was more of an example, but why couldn't she have been compared to MJ? Both performers use their natural instruments to create music. By definition, "to compare" is to note the similarity/dissimilarity between certain things. Hence why one can say Taylor Swift is like Weird Al Yankovic because they both can play guitars but the two are different because Weird Al Yankovic's level of creativity operates on a higher plan than Taylor Swift.
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Bae, where is your room to speak on an artist's level of creativity when you stan for Rihanna? What is creative about someone who has minimal involvement in her music, and the most interesting things about her are that she continuously pats her ***** on stage and that she was once beaten by her boyfriend? Nothing about Rihanna is creative, she has a generic drugee/party-girl personality and generic music. Please stop your obsession with Taylor and your know-it-all attitude about music, it's becoming a bit much.
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