> I had friends who went to the first show, and I think she played 45 songs — it was 3+ hours ... She’s sold out 6 straight shows here in Los Angeles
I'm surprised it is physically possible to sing for 3 hours, 6 nights in a row.
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#12I still could not accurately identify one of her songs by audio if my life depended on it OR if someone offered me $100 million I'd definitely lose out on that money. Yet, she is the biggest popstar on the planet. It's weird, somehow she is everywhere in image and presence but the art she produces eludes me. On the other hand, there are catchy songs like the Benny Hill theme that I know by heart, yet I could not name…
Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph
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#13I never understood the "Disney's differentiator are their theme park".
We didn't have a theme park in all of Europe until the '90s, but the whole continent grew up with Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck.
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#14I still could not accurately identify one of her songs by audio if my life depended on it OR if someone offered me $100 million I'd definitely lose out on that money. Yet, she is the biggest popstar on the planet. It's weird, somehow she is everywhere in image and presence but the art she produces eludes me. On the other hand, there are catchy songs like the Benny Hill theme that I know by heart, yet I could not name…
> I still could not accurately identify one of her songs by audio if my life depended on it OR if someone offered me $100 million I'd definitely lose out on that money.
Lies.
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#16I still could not accurately identify one of her songs by audio if my life depended on it OR if someone offered me $100 million I'd definitely lose out on that money. Yet, she is the biggest popstar on the planet. It's weird, somehow she is everywhere in image and presence but the art she produces eludes me. On the other hand, there are catchy songs like the Benny Hill theme that I know by heart, yet I could not name…
If you heard her most popular songs you would probably recognize having heard them before, even if you don't know they are hers.
These each have multi-billion views on YouTube. I suspect if you listen you will recognize them. And if not, well here you go! Now you've heard Taylor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg
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#17I thought this would be about how both are reissuing / remaking their old content instead of making something new. Consumers seem to be eating them both up though.
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#18> Taylor Swift doesn’t understand supply and demand:
I think that's a poor reading of Swift & her team. They've clearly got a rock-solid understanding of supply & demand, and other economic concepts, to the extent that their behaviour subverts textbook economic thinking.
Spotify acts like a textbook perfectly competitive marketplace: all actors have perfect information, there are no monopolies, the market price for all items is the same, and all vendors are price-takers (the platform controls the price). Within this framework, Scooter Braun's masters of Swift's work, and Swift's "(Taylor's Version)" re-recordgins are homogeneous products. A textbook reading of this setting should assert that, through supply & demand, both versions should attract an even split of consumption. But most consumers willingly choose to listen to Taylor's re-recordings[1] over Braun's masters.
[1] https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-taylors-version...
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#19I remember reading the following quote about music in the 1950s and 60s:
"Prior to this era, there was no distinction between music adults and teenagers listened to. E.g. Frank Sinatra was popular with multiple age demographics.
Starting in the late 1950s, being a cool teenager meant that you liked music that was different than what your parents listened to. This was first seen with rock and roll."
It's interesting to see this come full circle to the point that Taylor Swift crosses multiple age brackets.
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#20All these fathers with their daughters. ;) I'm happy for them, but dude really: "I’ve been here for 21 years I can’t remember anything as important as these Taylor Swift tickets"
I mean...it's Stratechery. Hyperbole is what you get :)