I find myself being in the strange position of leaning toward the opinion of Big Jim on this one. I think it is a case of THE EMPEROR'S GOT NO CLOTHES.Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon because she has being successful and no one knows why,so most are saying she is good because it is not popular to go against success, success breeds success. She is far from a good singer,(to my taste) but I don't down her for that, seeing I am not a great or even good singer myself, but I do like her internal rhyming ability in her songs,that is a skill that not all writers have.I don't think her songs are great,but different,and she is young,I would not show what I wrote at her age.LOL

There have been successful singers(acts) in the past that had little singing ability, like Dylan,Tiny Tim, etc.so why not Taylor, after all, people have different taste in singing as well as in food, clothing, art, etc. I've even had people tell me they like my singing, I don't even like my singing, but who am I to argue with them, I'd be insulting their taste. Taste is an individual thing and sometimes there is no accounting for it, but live and let live. If she is good, she will last, if she's a fad, she will pass,(hey,that rhymes) let her enjoy her time in the spotlight. It must hurt those that have great talents and get over looked for much lesser talent, but that's life, we must learn to live with it, just shake our heads and wonder why.