She is literally on tape playing an acoustic version of Blank Space, her biggest hit, to Max for the first time:
Pretty much what I was going to post. I don't like that Alex went on to be a tory. But I do like that he took his Blur money and decided to run a cheese farm with it and now he lives in a house a very big house in the country.
That goes to the guy with the glasses who bullied Nardwuar.
He called his own words "clickbait" in his apology. That's why the talentless fucking moron is getting dragged.
if only there was some way to check this very controversial opinion. next thing you tell me is that hideo kojima doesn't make his games by himself.
why pick Taylor Swift then? she's probably the worst big pop act to call out in that regard.
I think they probably do what a lot of bands do : someone comes with the core of a song, and they probably jam out the rest of the song toghter, the drummer adding fills, the bassist adding bass etc.
I don't think this is the place but I feel we could actually have a constructive discussion on this subject. I am not saying he is not talented or attacking him as a person. Am noting as talented as he is and even with success he has always, especially in the U.S. been back to blur proclaimed to be the next big thing and failed. Not untalented and obviously in general very successful in life and comfort. But never the BIG star he kept being proclaimed to be. So attacking her the way he did is pretty ironic, tell me you can at least see my point even if you don't agree.
I don't think anyone serious is judging his talent ( the one person who called him talentless and said he deserved to get dragged, seen enough of their posts to not care what they say) but it's kind of fucked up he said that, not just because Taylor is a Woman, or Pop, but because it sounds like he is still bitter he never broke for all his talent. Also ran man in lots of also ran bands. Talented as fuck but I seriously think he is bitter that it doesn't equate fame, which he has grasped for and missed multiple times, with both Blur and the Gorillaz.
He has multiple platinum albums what are you talking about
Again I am not disparaging him or his career. He is probably more successful than most working musicians. But he was set to peak twice in the way Swift did and failed twice, with both Blur and the Gorillaz. And he just for all his talent and connections assumes and say this of her when there is more than enough documented proof of what she contributes to her music ( and again I don't have a dog in the fight, I don't listen to or care for the music from either one) so it sounds like bitter fruit. If his accomplishments matter so much and he is so talented maybe he should have a slightly deeper read on her. He sounds a lot like a Facebook poster in any thread about modern music talking about how it used to be.
'failed' on what metric? I sincerely doubt Damon Albarn cares about the level of success enjoyed by Taylor Swift or compares it to himself.
Cmon, I have explained through multiple posts exactly what I mean, and he cares enough to shit on her. Lots of people in this thread breaking their backs to carry water for the dude who shouldn't need it if it's that not important. Clown Shoes.
Are you only counting success as breaking America, because it can't be overstated how hugely successful Blur are in the UK. Like straight to number 1 with every album, beating Oasis in the singles charts during a big "Blur Vs Oasis" front page media battle, headlining festivals for years huge. I don't think bitterness about fame has anything to do with this, he's just in a different music circle and has dumb, out of touch views about pop, and when it was casually brought up in conversation he said something wrong and stupid and that's it.
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Obviously. I was just trying to make a small point about the comment and what I factually know about the two acts (again I don't care for listen to either.) and how that shapes my opinion. And suddenly I am dogpiled for it, and forced to explain to moving goalposts because someone feels a way about one of two artists that are both extremely successful in different ways but the comment he made relates to how I think of him and maybe he is not as a spotless as could be. I know as a musician myself if I ever had reached the status to be interviewed and the person asked me about her I would say " what about her". As quick as that was it's obviously something he has thought about.
I understand and I would do the same. These comments with the talentless crap make no sense and now comparing his fame and how he's not as famous, etc? Dude is stupid for making the comment, just leave it at that.
