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Taylor Swift @ 2008 Country Music Awards
Rising country superstar Taylor Swift attends the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday.
At the awards show, Taylor sang, “Should Have Said No,” as she got drenched in water. Check out the video here.
“I wrote this song by myself, and it literally took me just 20 minutes to write before we recorded it,” she says. “I was living every line in this song at the time. I wrote this song about a guy who cheated on me who shouldn’t have.”
The 18-year-old singer won for Top New Female vocalist and dedicated the ACM trophy to her mother.
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i love taylor she is great. taylor did an amazing performance last night
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OMG!!..Gorgeous!..Gorgeous!..Gorgeous!…
Her songs are great too!!
Love Taylor!
You have to give it to her she is beautiful.
awesome song!!!! cool performance…love her songs!!!!!!!!!!
Great performance! =)
She looks beautiful! I love this dress. Her performance was fierce too.
I am so baffled by people who talk about what a great performance it was, whether it was last night’s or the many other that I’ve seen her perform. I adore Taylor. She is beautiful, sweet and is the poster-girl for how to jump start a career from Myspace. But, get real, people! She can’t sing. I can’t understand when I hear people say what a great job she did and not mention that she was off-key, out of breath, pitchy, and just does not have a good singing voice. Her career is not going to last if she doesn’t learn how to sing, and I personally don’t think it’s something that is easily “learned”. Before long, she’s going to need a lot more than a cute personality to keep winning awards and being praised by the industry. I really wonder what the “industry” truly feels about her……
aw. amazing, i loved her. herself, the way she carries herself and the way sings, she is just all around great. perfect! She did so well last night. It was no doubt the BEST!
I love this hair style…Michelle Williams wore the same style in the past
she is gorgeous but she can’t sing… and all country singers can sing.
She’s indeed beautiful, this is actually the first time I see/hear her:
- Her “Shoul’ve said no” song is all pop no country
- I was surprised at how bad her voice was…she just seems to be the it thing in “country” now but with that voice Idon’t see her career lasting (she wouldn’t have “made it to Hollywood” on AI)
Based on this only performance I’ve seen she’s a Abril Lavigne rip off with worse voice and worse lyrics.
I love love love love love Taylor Swift.
She is so gorgous and beautiful.
I love her music and I can really relate to her songs.
I love you Taylor Swift.
another example of good looks and not much talent in the music industry
I LOVE taylor’s studio voice but I have to agree with #8. The truth is she can’t sing live AT ALL. I was thinking that maybe she was nervous when she first sang her tim mcgraw song but she hasnt changed. I still like her songs, just not live. And I really agree with kenny chesney when he said winning awards now are like a sweepstakes and whoever can push the internet button the fastest. I remember when the shows were so unpredictable. Sorry I got off topic but my point is that taylor has disappointed me.
am i the only one who doesn’t find her gorgeous? i don’t think there’s anything truly unique about her and she clearly isn’t a good singer. i wish her all the best for following her dream, but why doesn’t fame require talent anymore?
No, you’re not the only one. She won’t last in country music unless she learns how to sing. It’s not going to be quite as cute when she’s 25. I have to disagree about her looks, though. I think she’s beautiful. I would give anything to have her hair!! She’ll always be a great writer, though, but other people will sing her songs.
she does sing good live sometimes. when she performed tim mcgraw she was fantastic! but at the cmt awards she sounded like she was screaming, like she was almost trying to sing loud and deliver. i think she is talented, but at times in big performing arenas she does mess up a little. i still love her and shes a gorgeous girl!
she is a writer, not a singer like carrie or whoev, and thats fine. I like her recorded voice alot more than carrie underwoods anyways, it much more real and full of life.
I think she get a little carried away when she performs but im sure that the more she does it the better she will get and learn to tone it down, and focus more on her vocals. But she sounded excellent at the beggining of the song! Better than anyone all night long because everyone sounded bad.
Carrie underwood has the total opposite problem though. She’s always SO stiff and timid when she performs. last night she did better though. and she sounded AWFUL. and looked awful when she performed.
Not that these two ought to be compared anyways. They are in different categories.
But taylor is way better.
I really wish someone would teach her how to do her hair and makeup. She always looks the same, and it’s not a good look. She would look more beautiful with less eye makeup and her hair not done so much. Enough with the curls! Why does she insist on looking so much older?
Another example of her copying other people.
At the CMT awards, she tried to copy Carrie’s Grammy performance of BHC. Now she is trying to copy Kelly Clarkson at the VMA’s…..
Shes a follower.
I don’t know what you guys are talking about .. The performance was one of her best.. Can she sing live? yeah she can .. Can she improve singing live .. Definitley! but this performance compared to some of her other live performances was actually pretty well done..
The thing this girl can do thought is write songs.. She cowrote every song on her album .. and they are all something that every girl can relate to which is really cool ..
As for her voice.. she’s not amazing .. and she’s not horrible .. she’s just okay ya know.. Is she a Carrie Underwood? DEFINITELY NOT! .. Carrie has one of the best voices in all of country music.. && i don’t think taylor can achieve that with her voice.
BUT i still think she’s amazing and i love her songs .. and she entertained the crowd.. it’s good she’s getting into both pop and country . it expands her audience a little more.. she’s here to stay i think .
She’s beautiful and a wondeful songwriter and I LOVE her personality, but I have to agree with those who said (in a not-so-nice manner) that she isn’t the most amazing live singer. I would still pay to see her live, though. I thought the performance was very entertaining, though the vocals were shakey.
Shes a good songwriter, but her singing is not that good. Cute girl though.
I totally agree with Emma (# 16) ~ I don’t think she is very good-looking; she has an “alien” look about her with those slanted eyes. And I think her talent is WAY overrated. What was the thing with dousing her with the water at the end of her performance? It was weird and totally out of place. I haven’t seen this video yet ~ so maybe this is done in the video, too ~ but it was a very strange thing to do live! I’m amazed this girl has gotten this far, to be honest.
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