American Song

Tom Petty vs. Taylor Swift

You’ll never believe this, kids, but there was a time when it wasn’t cool to like Taylor Swift! At least, not if you were a Serious Male Music Fan. Funny to think about. Although I gotta say, and I realize is this isn’t very progressive or open-minded of me: still a bit perplexed by the continued embracing of Taylor Swift and other mainstream pop artists in ostensibly alternative publications and spaces, and I think it may be Bad Actually to cede territory that was occupied by independent artists and give it to products of the labels that already dominate popular culture. I could go on about this at length. Not the venue!