"I'm watching you violate what you allegedly stand for!"
I understand surf beef as natively and intuitively as I understand anything in this world. Limited resource meets grumpy local meets VAL and what’s not to get? Easy, peasy, Japanesey (or “lemon squeezey” if you happen to be a modern youth). High level celebrity feuds confound me though and especially when periphery folk come chiming in where there is no clear motivation for so doing.
Like all the celebrities who piled onto Tyson Beckford/Kim Kardashian for body shaming/being homophobic. It’s one thing for the principals to throw odd punches. Quite another for onlookers to weigh in heavily, opinionatedly, at scale and, speaking of Taylor Swift, our very own World Surf League President of Content, Media, Studios, Commentators, Buttered Popcorn, Etc. came swinging in on a dispute she has with a man named Scooter Braun.
Now, as far as I can tell Scooter Braun is a manager who represents or represented Kanye West, Justin Bieber etc. He somehow gained control of Taylor Swift’s back catalogue and she wrote an angry missive on Tumblr (the “lemon squeezey” Instagram) declaring, “I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years.”
Well, the periphery folk came chiming in per the norm. Musicians Halsey, Katy Perry, Iggy Izalea, “actress” Heidi Montag and others formed up Team Taylor and filled Twitter etc. with many pro-Swift rants. Team Scooter includes Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and the World Surf League’s President of Content, Media, Studios, ’89 World Championship Trophies, Formaldehyde, Etc.
According to Elle Magazine… “Erik Logan, the former president of the Oprah Winfrey Network and a board member of Big Machine, wrote a scathing letter to Swift on Twitter that he has since deleted. In the message, he said, “For someone who draws such power from being the ‘voice’ and against all the things you talk about, I’m watching you violate what you allegedly stand for. You’re the real bully.”
Whoa.
Is Taylor Swift a “real bully?’
If you met her in a dark alley would you cower and cry?
Would she steal your lunch money then call you a triggering word (maybe Starbucks Lover)?
As you well know, I’m Team ELo so assume she is a “real bully” and am only struggling with what sort. Physical, emotional, monetary.
Which do you think?
More as this important story develops.
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The real question is this: how on earth a guy with a second grader grammar level became a CEO of anything other than a hotdog stand?
Who picked scary smily thing to control surfboard surfing?
What is that scary smiley thing with the hair plugs? Does it control you surfer people?
Nice catch. You could also mention where he writes: “this is what bully’s do…” That’s where I think “This is what Bully is do?” I’m not an expert in written English, but if I was some high-falutin’ record exec./WSL-CEO/VAL-God, I’d want to buy one of those Grammerly programs or pay some smart kid to go over what imma rite in teh interwebz. And no one call me out on my mix of Chicago and MLA style. I ain’t no expurt. lol.
So true LGR. When you’re talking Toto you’re talking the Porcaro brothers, Jeff, Mike and Steve.The best family of session musicians of their time, if not all time. Jeff and Mike unfortunately passed on too early. Besides being known as Toto for years they played with a diverse list of top musicians spanning the fusions of jazz, pop, rock funk etc. Not to mention their dad, Joe, a world renowned jazz drummer-percussionist.
As the late great Frank Zappa said “most people wouldn’t know good music if it came right up and bit ’em on the ass”.
When you said ’79, my first thought was Toto’s “Hold the Line”. Then read one hit wonder and dismissed my initial thought of your brother as one of many that travelled the revolving door of the Toto band member roster. Amazing company he kept.
i heard he convinced laird to sell his cum
I’m impressed by the unwavering confidence of E-LO. Although we have yet to see much in the way of better new content, except for a new logo and a few graphics, he’s so quickly adapted in his new role at WSL that he has extra time in his day for penning career advice to celebrities. Because there’s absolutely no way he wrote a two page humble-brag about how he heard Taylor’s demo. Because if he did—I’d have one thing to say—FU ELO
Yacht Rock Royalty..respect.
Guitarist? Name of M*** Bl******ld?
Needs to be impeached immediately
Cry is free ELO
Cash up front ! Keeps everyone happy world wide .Good on him . Ok he could be a Doobie Bro , an Eagle or The Knack ? Enjoying PinaColadas or crossing the Styx ?
Correct on all counts. But signing anything when you’re a teenager is frought with danger. A win win for the predator. Easy pray. Kill them all Taylor.
Just wondering , and hoping for your brother’s sake , that he or your family at the time of signing a deal , had enough cash to get the A+ Attorney ?
Rewriting History ? The Totalitarian accuses the Artist of wanting to play the Totalitarian game …… ?
His letter has everything you’d want from some one in content and media, repeated vague allegations, the pretence of insider/expert knowledge and, most importantly, shift of burden of proof.
Nice work, Elo.
can some one please photoshop a yellow beanie onto Taylor Swift. Chas would shit jockeys.
Lets be clear. Love her or hate her, she’s a fucking master of her art. Go try write one hit song if you don’t believe me. She’s written 20. No accident. Not saying any of her opinions are right, but she’s a bad ass in her field.
As Quincy Jones put it, Swift writes hooks, not songs. She has a stable full of talented songwriters and lyricists she works with. Namely Liz Rose and Max Martin to name a couple. Sure she writes songs but it’s likely basic structure or ideas brought before top songwriters, lyricists, producers and composers she has access to. She hasn’t written 20 billboard hits with sole credit. Her best songs were co-written and who knows how much she contributed.
please tell me you’re joking and that you’re actually aware of how hit pop songs are written today. its a committee of producers – more similar to the team of flavor scientists who come up with new fast food burgers than the traditional “songwriting” you might imagine.
don’t believe me? cf John Seabrook’s “The Song Machine” . or else just look up the credits on taylor swift’s albums and see who this max martin guy is.
She uses the factory too, but definitely can write herself.
Which one?
“…pass the Doobie, Scooter”…[sound of toking]…
“Hey ‘Rick, don’t Bogart, dude…”
Wouldn’t that be a scoobie? I ron’t rnow