Vulture<\/a><\/em> in a recent interview.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s an understandable phenomenon. It\u2019s just that, to me, Taylor Swift is the apotheosis of mediocrity.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rundgren went on to argue that women control the music industry these days because young men spend all their money on video games.<\/p>\n
That argument doesn\u2019t make a ton of sense, as no one really buys music these days, but the man was on a roll:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat left the music market with, \u2018Well, where do we go here?\u2019\u201d said Rundgren. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd they said, \u2018Well, there\u2019s all these young girls and they\u2019ve got their allowances, too.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
He concluded his rant by listing the many ways in which Taylor is not great.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaylor Swift doesn\u2019t do anything particularly great except grow hair,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
\u2018\u201cShe\u2019s not a great singer. She\u2019s not a great songwriter. She\u2019s not a great dancer. She\u2019s a role model for what was a very young generation of women, and now for those women\u2019s daughters as well, because it\u2019s mothers and daughters going to Taylor Swift shows.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rundgren\u2019s comments come on the heels of four new songs from Taylor<\/a> that haven\u2019t been terribly well-received.<\/p>\nEven diehard Swfities have been critical or indifferent regarding the tracks on The Life of a Showgirl: Encore<\/em>.<\/p>\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean that they\u2019ll be forgiving of Rundgren\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
In fact, dude might want to enter some sort of protection program before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n
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