I just picked up the new Taylor Swift album. Read that again. Go ahead, mock me. I hid it as I carried it up to the counter at my local Best Buy, but now I'm writing about it. I like this record. While it isn't the caliber of recent masterpieces by Vince Gill and Miranda Lambert, it is another catchy and ultimately satisfying pop country crossover, a type of record that I seem to be playing more and more this year.
With that said, an 18-year old girl just put out a more memorable album than anything being played on rock radio right now. Is this a pretty clear indication that rock music is dead? Seriously, play Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley and then play the new albums by Hinder and Nickelback. You might tell your male friends the rock albums are better, but tell me you aren't humming the country hits on the way home.
Lil Wayne and Kanye West made hip-hop popular again and a new class of very-young songwriters have revived pop country. Rock music needs help. This new Guns N' Roses album really has its work cut out for it.
Until then, at least give the song "Change" by Taylor Swift a try. Give in to country music. You know you want to. Most of us already have.
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