No I think she's wonderful. I cite the song "Tim McGraw" as proof.

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I agree; and that's why I never watch shit like The Grammies.

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"I'll rap you with my cane; you pencil necked geek!!"

-Bowler, imitating Freddy Blassie, at the very first M & G.

you know, i was shocked when i learned andrew WK is musically amazingly talented. people hear "party hard" and think he is a joke. the dude is AMAZING on the piano.

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I was using them as an example of Live songs never sound like album versions. Every song is usually overdubbed or has extra vocals added which can't be recreated Live.

Oh Irony, I'm not bashing Queen at all, if you don't sound lik the album version yet you still sound great more power to you. most people try to sound just like their album because they don't have the creativity to make the song different while playing live.

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Acrossthelines, I'm just wondering this, did you used to play an instrument at all before?

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Not bad. That's about what I was writing when I was thirteen.

Oh my goodness I sound so ridiculous saying that, but I promise I'm being serious.

It's difficult for me to respect things that I can do myself, especially when the one doing them is my age and not several years younger (in which case I'd probably make an exception at this point, but not when I am thirty and it's all the same). I don't know.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I played guitar when I was 12-14 but ended up just playing it less... and less... and less. I think I needed that outlet for a while to let some things out, and when I didn't need it anymore that was that. My younger brother is excellent at guitar, though, and he's only been playing for about a year.

Now I just play random songs on my ten-year-old brother's keyboard all the time, but I don't think that counts because I have not the slightest idea which key is which, though I do know their sounds. Can't read music to save my life, either.

Why do you ask?

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

real music:



even howie might approve.

oh, and these two:

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Every time I have any sort of distain towards Lady Gaga, I think of this and it instantly vanishes. She also looks much, much, much better as a brunette.

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Fixed. One hell of a drag queen, eh? Puts Ru Paul to shame.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

Just because you always say Taylor Swift is flat as can be while singing.

And to anyone who hasn't a slightest idea how to read music, or has never really had a background of playing an instrument for a long time, like orchestra instruments, it is very hard to tell or even hear the pitch problems some might have, because when you have to play in a band you learn how to hear things differently.

While it's possible, many people have no idea if they are flat or sharp, even if you really think they are, just because their ears just are not used to slight differences.

I'm not saying I have perfect pitch because I don't, but every time I've listened to a live version of Taylor Swift I think she sounds fine and is singing in the right key, I mean it is a live performance so even then it won't be perfect pitch anyways.

You really want to hear bad live performances of some of the greatest bands of all time. Just find some of those 80's band and listen to some of their live shows when the singer is drunk as can be.

Van Halen has some good ones on youtube, Ozzy has some, Kiss probably has some good ones, even some of SRV's live stuff he messes up sining, and a wrong note on the guitar.

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Stefani Germanotta's been around since she was in high school. Those rumors don't have any merit.

However, I do understand that this is ETC I am speaking to, and he enjoys being facetious.

Edit:
Also, Rud, I agree. What made me like Lady Gaga was watching clips of her live, stripped down like that. She's excellent and talented on a level that is deeper than techno.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

Yup, Lady Gaga is sure a woman.

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SkyLine: NICE pic!

I'll add more tomorrow

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

Here's a scary interview with Lady Gaga about her being a hermaphrodite.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

She admitted because people are stupid enough to believe fake crap like that.

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Though Taylor Swift wasn't flat the whole time tonight, when trying to hit certain notes, there it was. I just rewatched her performance on YouTube (they're so fast, yeesh), and she doesn't do as well with the lower ones. Also, random, she seems tall and that makes me happy because I'm tall, though I wonder if that is because she actually is tall or if it is because the vast majority of performers are short.

Her voice actually reminds me a lot of Sheryl Crow's; it's just a bit deeper. I don't like Sheryl's voice, either, though I haven't really seen anything of her live, so I can't make a judgment call there.

I don't think that the fact that the lead singers of hair bands in the '80s were off key when they were drunk has much to do with Taylor Swift. I understand your point in bringing them up, but that to me doesn't make TS any better; it just makes them worse. To be truly great, you've gotta give your absolute best every night and not do things that compromise your show like that. Their purpose wasn't to be great performers, though.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

You really need to see that in context.

She was mocking the tabloids and people who believe stuff like that.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I suggest you watch the entire clip...I'd like to hear your reaction.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.