Taylor Swift - Shake it Off (#4)

[Shaun]

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[Shaun]

well it's no WANEGBT but it's still pretty bloody amazing

[andybigbro]

I miss her old sound :sad:

[Samuel.]

First Swifty song I can say I really like

Great video too

[Firewire]

i kinda love this

[Sophiee]

I miss her old sound :sad:
same, I'm not sure about this song on first listen. hopefully it'll be a grower though.

[Brother Leon]

Damn,Earl

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-Hasn't heard the song or watched the Video-

[Shaun]

this the same earl whose first track on his first album was called this*****ugly? whining about perpetuating black stereotypes? ok

[Brother Leon]

Watched the video. It's no different than Miley videos really. Miley is cool with a load of rappers though so I suppose she gets away with it more in their eyes :laugh:

[Shaun]

i haven't seen much yet but i'm sure there's gonna be loads of complaints about her 'cultural appropriation'... just about every music video is getting pulled up for it lately. it's so stupid, especially when it's something like Katy Perry wearing a pharoah's crown or headpiece... like who the hell is that going to offend? how can you "appropriate" a culture from 2000+ years ago, when we've more than likely descended from it at some point down the line anyway?

I can understand the complaints where a race is being made out to look like an accessory, like those videos with cute little Japanese girls acting all pink and pretty and whatever (Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani got in **** for that) but it's getting to the point now where you can't twerk because that's a black dance, you can't wear a feather headdress because that's an american Indian thing, you can't wear a sari, or a bindi, or a hijab... and it's always white people getting offended on these cultures' behalf :laugh:

edit: oh and that Lily Allen video was a perfect example of it lol... she makes a point about women being used as props and then gets called out for using women of colour as props (despite there being two white girls too)

[Tom4784]

Not a fan of this. It's also not offensive in the least, people just look for things to get offended over.

[Jarrod]

Could we merge these together? I've got a main TS thread:

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222660

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

no

[Firewire]

Could we merge these together? I've got a main TS thread:

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222660

We always have individual threads for single releases

[Jarrod]

We always have individual threads for single releases

Okay! :amazed: I was only wondering, cause Shaun wasn't aware last night that there was a TS thread.

[Firewire]

Okay! :amazed: I was only wondering, cause Shaun wasn't aware last night that there was a TS thread.

I say that but maybe I am wrong

[Jarrod]

I say that but maybe I am wrong :think:

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[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

:umm2:

[Shaun]

#6 in midweeks and that's after a day of sales :laugh: could quite comfortably grab #1 based on today's/tomorrow's/friday's sales

[Jarrod]

#6 in midweeks and that's after a day of sales :laugh: could quite comfortably grab #1 based on today's/tomorrow's/friday's sales

:worship: Queen T.

[Benjamin]

Would this be her first UK #1?

[Shaun]

yeah, I'm amazed WANEGBT wasn't #1.

[Smithy]

don't think it'll get #1 it's falling quite quickly on iTunes now

[Brother Leon]

I Knew You Were Trouble or even the Harry Styles song should of been her #1. This is weak really.

[Niall]

I like it. Not as immediate as any of the singles from Red mind, but I'm sure it'll grow on me.

i haven't seen much yet but i'm sure there's gonna be loads of complaints about her 'cultural appropriation'... just about every music video is getting pulled up for it lately. it's so stupid, especially when it's something like Katy Perry wearing a pharoah's crown or headpiece... like who the hell is that going to offend? how can you "appropriate" a culture from 2000+ years ago, when we've more than likely descended from it at some point down the line anyway?

I can understand the complaints where a race is being made out to look like an accessory, like those videos with cute little Japanese girls acting all pink and pretty and whatever (Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani got in **** for that) but it's getting to the point now where you can't twerk because that's a black dance, you can't wear a feather headdress because that's an american Indian thing, you can't wear a sari, or a bindi, or a hijab... and it's always white people getting offended on these cultures' behalf :laugh:

edit: oh and that Lily Allen video was a perfect example of it lol... she makes a point about women being used as props and then gets called out for using women of colour as props (despite there being two white girls too)

The problems that arose with the Dark Horse video were mainly that whites have appropriated the whole of ancient Egyptian culture; in modern depictions of ancient Egypt there's hideous whitewashing all over the place rather than Egyptians being depicted as the PoC that they actually are. That background plus her decision to use and entire culture as a motif and fashion statement is why she got called out all over the place for it.

And Lily is just another in a long lineage of white women using women of colour as subordinates in the name of feminism. It's not intentional per se, but it's an established thing that tends to happen in pop culture..

[Shaun]

niall, shut up

[Niall]

niall, shut up

Never I shall social justice blog all the way to the grave

[Saph]

this song was good for the first 40 secs then I lost all interest

[Saph]

niall, shut up

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[Jordan.]

Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake.
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

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My current jam

[Joelle.]

I really like this, its not as in your face as most of the Red singles which all got on my nerves pretty quickly (especially I Knew You Were Trouble and We Are Never Ever...)

[reece(:]

Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake.
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

https://lh3.ggpht.com/-jy0uv-spGgA/UpLSJgY-ExI/AAAAAAAAP1U/iD4V2wdsndQ/s245/tumblr_mwscwxgdqX1rvaseko1_250.gif

My current jam
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[Marc]

I like it but she's totally lost her country singer tag :umm2:

[Marc]

the potential /dance gifs in this video

[Marc]

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[Jords]

Red singles were tunesss this is too much "Ill do what I want!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Smithy]

This is ****ing annoying

[LukeB]

its not on spotify :fist:

[Pete.]

Hate the song and vid sorrynotsorry

The uninspiring lyrics 'haters gonna hate' etc doesn't draw me to the song at all

[Saph]

after careful consideration, I've decided this song is actually really ****

[Natalie.]

Love this song

[LukeB]

its not on spotify :(

[Z]

This is the first Taylor Swift song I have ever felt anything positive towards. I don't know if I like it enough to buy it but it's good.