Every musician must be jealous of Taylor Swift's ability to transcend musical genres. Unlike other artists and bands, she does not fit neatly into one category. For example, you can hear her song "Love Story" on a country radio station and then tune to a rock station which will be playing the same song, albeit a different version. All they do is nix the fiddle and add an electric guitar solo and BAM, her music transforms from country bumpkin anthems to pre-teen pop. It's a feat of magic Houdini himself could not perform.

No matter what style her song actually is, seemingly every radio station picks it up. Her most recent tune, "We Are Never Getting Back Together," or whatever it is called, sounds more along the lines of a Kesha or Katy Perry song, yet due to her well-established position as a country singer, country radio stations play it incessantly. This is a bit absurd, since I can't think of any other singer/band to which this phenomenon applies. You don't see remixes of Metallica songs where they add a banjo to make it acceptable for country radio. I'm not sure I would want to hear that song to be honest.

Actually I lied. While writing this, my mind came up with an example. The Band Perry, a band who also specializes in country twang, gets their songs made over with injections of electric guitar solos to make their appearance on pop radio acceptable. So, I suppose it just applies to country artists.

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Tags: Marisa Mostek, Taylor Swift, country artists, country music, rock music

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Comment by Lacey Jones on October 3, 2012 at 8:54am

Not a big country fan, but after the Kanye incident I have so much respect for Taylor. I felt so badly for her. No one should have to go through that humiliation. And Kanye should have been tossed out on his butt.

Comment by Madison Hart on September 30, 2012 at 1:16pm

This girl is so darling. I believe the way she handled the 2010 VMA Award debacle with Kanye West was so classy. I would've beat the crap out of him right there on stage with my new award. But that's just me. Taylor Swift is above that, obviously. And for that she will have a brilliant career. West, on the other hand, will always be a classless jerk in my opinion regardless of his talent or lack there of.

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