The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP

Ouchies. 

1 hour ago, Cult Icon said:

Deserved. I can't believe they made us wait for two more years. Boooo.

Edit: E4 was fire. Literally. 

12 hours ago, Matt! said:

Ouchies. 

Eli Roth is a pretty good horror director too, that's surprising

12 hours ago, Matt! said:

 

Deserved. I can't believe they made us wait for two more years. Boooo.

Edit: E4 was fire. Literally. 

The big disappointment from fans was the lack of action in this season and the finale didn't have a big battle.

Did you watch Taylor Swift's Eras Tour ?  I am going to watch it soon, study it as an observer of the mass psychology

I posted a tiktok mildly criticizing her music and I got a bunch of personal attacks from swifties (but several times more likes)

3 minutes ago, Anasxs said:

Taylor Swift IS the new singer, butbnot the only one. Of course I want to go to one of her concerts However, Iam Happy when I watch a lot of them, bands and singers, playing again. 

I have a copy of the show (3 hrs long) and the new part from her latest album (3 hrs 24 minutes).  The show is an extremely grand affair, among the most expensive of its type.

9 hours ago, Cult Icon said:

 

The big disappointment from fans was the lack of action in this season and the finale didn't have a big battle.

 

Did you watch Taylor Swift's Eras Tour ?  I am going to watch it soon, study it as an observer of the mass psychology

 

I posted a tiktok mildly criticizing her music and I got a bunch of personal attacks from swifties (but several times more likes)

It has been available on Disney+ for ages now, maybe at some point .

But how about this - holy **** that could've been ugly. Thank God those people got caught. Losing faith in humanity again. 

17 hours ago, Matt! said:

 

It has been available on Disney+ for ages now, maybe at some point .

 

But how about this - holy **** that could've been ugly. Thank God those people got caught. Losing faith in humanity again. 

 

 

What crimes did Austria do in the middle east except send a couple of troops in the wars?  They're in the wrong country  lol.

I carefully watched 1:20 hr of Eras Tour today while reading her song scripts.

Taylor is gorgeous and can move, but most of her best songs from her early-mid career are 7 out of 10 grade material to me with a couple 8-9 out of 10s.  Her beauty is really the most consistent part so far as well as the extremely good broadway-style sets and coordination. She's a 11 out of 10, the sets are a 9 out of 10. The sets are  too good for the quality of the songs she is lip-syncing.

The Fearless, Lover, Speak Now, & Reputation segments are pretty good and memorable but have some flaws.  Evermore was weakest era- the sets are great but they don't match the music, and overwhelm it.  Reputation, Lover, & Evermore segments contain songs that are duds (I personally think that Ivy is quite good and should have been put into Evermore).

It is also noticeable that she hires a lot of black-latino dancers ( many them fat )and uses a black man to play her partner in one of the songs but she's only with white men in real life.

@Lilja K @Anasxs

@Jade Bahr 

@Cult Icon For some reason I can't take her really seriously nor had I ever the slightest interest in her as an artist. I like some songs and respect to a certain point what she achieved but that's it.

On 8/10/2024 at 10:10 AM, Jade Bahr said:

@Cult Icon For some reason I can't take her really seriously nor had I ever the slightest interest in her as an artist. I like some songs and respect to a certain point what she achieved but that's it.

I never paid much attention to Taylor until the Eras Tour in 2023 made her explode in popularity to the point where her music is played all over the place in the US.  She's basically a pseudo-religious figure now in the US especially among white women.

So far I find her to be a completely commercial artist who is the center of a business empire. The business aspects & the 'Why?'  her content is so beloved by up to 100 million people is pretty interesting.  I am currently 'studying' her work, reading the lyrics, and finished 2 hrs of 3 1/2 hours of the Eras Tour /scanned through all 49 music videos.

On 8/10/2024 at 1:08 AM, Anasxs said:

Yeah, It is sad the horror in Austria. I read they were catched by Police.

 

There are a lot of black latino dancers with great artista. Britney, Rihanna, Xtina and Madonna have got international dancers, black, latín, caucasian, chinese... In my opinión, I like to watch the complete show, maybe the singer, not the dancers. I watch the dancers when IS ballet. I enjoy dance, I want to learn more, like tango, swim, etc but I am not interested in black, asian, arabian, Granada or latinoamerica men.

 

I fall in love with this video, 😍, do you like @Cult Icon

 

 

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Black & latino dancers are brilliant.  It's mainly that Taylor's music is extremely focused on white women experiences and not everyone else- so there is a thematic mismatch with her use of a 'diverse' supporting cast.

of course taylor is my type of woman

Scary video, don't get it..

I don't know much about Manson or his music- the last time I watched his stuff was in the 1990s-early 2000s.

On 8/10/2024 at 7:32 AM, Cult Icon said:

I carefully watched 1:20 hr of Eras Tour today while reading her song scripts.

 

Taylor is gorgeous and can move, but most of her best songs from her early-mid career are 7 out of 10 grade material to me with a couple 8-9 out of 10s.  Her beauty is really the most consistent part so far as well as the extremely good broadway-style sets and coordination. She's a 11 out of 10, the sets are a 9 out of 10. The sets are  too good for the quality of the songs she is lip-syncing.

 

The Fearless, Lover, Speak Now, & Reputation segments are pretty good and memorable but have some flaws.  Evermore was weakest era- the sets are great but they don't match the music, and overwhelm it.  Reputation, Lover, & Evermore segments contain songs that are duds (I personally think that Ivy is quite good and should have been put into Evermore).

 

It is also noticeable that she hires a lot of black-latino dancers ( many them fat )and uses a black man to play her partner in one of the songs but she's only with white men in real life.

 

@Lilja K @Anasxs

@Jade Bahr 

Her main audience is (white female) teens. And I think her material is pretty decent for a teen-oriented one. I really like her voice, it's very beautiful and her lyrics don't cause me any rejection, even if I can't always relate to it. Except for the last album, which disappointed me, but nevermind. I also really like the music videos for her songs.

She is really a very beautiful woman and a very good performer, I'd even say that the quality of performance has grown since Reputation. Eras tour is the ultimate form of entertainment, she gives her best and genuinely enjoys it. And her outfits are simply amazing, flawless in every detail. 

As for the dancers, she is an Ally, therefore she gives jobs to representatives of minorities. And in general, it is not necessary to hire only those who fit your sexual preferences (although some do just that lol). 

1 hour ago, Lilja K said:

 

Her main audience is (white female) teens. And I think her material is pretty decent for a teen-oriented one. I really like her voice, it's very beautiful and her lyrics don't cause me any rejection, even if I can't always relate to it. Except for the last album, which disappointed me, but nevermind. I also really like the music videos for her songs.

 

She is really a very beautiful woman and a very good performer, I'd even say that the quality of performance has grown since Reputation. Eras tour is the ultimate form of entertainment, she gives her best and genuinely enjoys it. And her outfits are simply amazing, flawless in every detail. 

 

As for the dancers, she is an Ally, therefore she gives jobs to representatives of minorities. And in general, it is not necessary to hire only those who fit your sexual preferences (although some do just that lol). 

 I have finished the Eras Tour but haven't started the Tortured Poets segment yet.  The Midnights segment is an outstanding performance, possibly the best.  IMHO her songs are generally better from 2020-2024, and the 1989 album is the best out of the early-mid career content.

I heard that the Reputation tour was arguably higher quality than Eras but of course shorter?

But I have some differences with what you say (I read the lyrics of Eras Tour closely).  In the US her fanbase is most intense among teens, 20s-30s white women, middle class.  As Taylor aged her music also changed to match her age.

Her audience is attractive teenage white girls who listen to 'country' in the early albums (eg. Fearless, Speak Now) but moves to attractive young/urban white women (Red & 1989, Reputation) in their college years up to late 20s.  There is a break starting in Folklore- Evermore which has more depressive and sad themes, consistent with women in their 30s that had bad and costly experiences. 

Midnights and Poets I haven't finished reading yet. 

So her music is pretty targeted.

I also have a more cynical view on her dancer troupe- it is a bit performative as if she hired all white women she would definitely get criticized these days.  She was criticized for the elite white women 'Girl Squad' during the 1989 Era. 

Also I noticed how she places men & black/latino woman directly behind her in her movesets- As being the white woman 'queen bee' she stands out exclusively and nobody detracts the center of attention from her.

1 hour ago, Cult Icon said:

I heard that the Reputation tour was arguably higher quality than Eras but of course shorter?

Eras is higher quality imo 

1 hour ago, Cult Icon said:

But I have some differences with what you say (I read the lyrics of Eras Tour closely).  In the US her fanbase is most intense among teens, 20s-30s white women, middle class.  As Taylor aged her music also changed to match her age.

 

Her audience is attractive teenage white girls who listen to 'country' in the early albums (eg. Fearless, Speak Now) but moves to attractive young/urban white women (Red & 1989, Reputation) in their college years up to late 20s.  There is a break starting in Folklore- Evermore which has more depressive and sad themes, consistent with women in their 30s that had bad and costly experiences. 

It seems to me that teen/early 20s girls make up a massive part of her fanbase. At least this is the group I've encountered the most, especially online. 

1 hour ago, Cult Icon said:

I also have a more cynical view on her dancer troupe- it is a bit performative as if she hired all white women she would definitely get criticized these days.  She was criticized for the elite white women 'Girl Squad' during the 1989 Era. 

Performative? I agree. Is it bad? I don't think so. Not in this case. Btw, she is still criticized for "white woman feminism"

1 hour ago, Cult Icon said:

Also I noticed how she places men & black/latino woman directly behind her in her movesets- As being the white woman 'queen bee' she stands out exclusively and nobody detracts the center of attention from her.

I didn't pay attention to it, but isn't this a common practice among performers? The "main star" should be the center of attention and so on

@Lilja K  

My favorite parts of the Eras Tour 2023 + TPD.  It appears that the 2024 line up got rid of a lot of the dud songs/sets to make room TTPD.  (they also consolidated Evermore-Folklore).  If the whole show was just these it would be 10/10..

Intro (Miss Americana)

Cruel Summer

Lover

Fearless

Don't Blame Me

Enchanted

Long Live

August-Illicit Affairs- My Tears Ricochet

Blank Space

Lavender Haze

Midnight Rain

Bejeweled

Karma

Down Bad

Fortnight

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart