Did anyone enjoy Taylor but felt at 3.5 hours it…. dragged a little?

Probably The Doors, The Beatles, The Stones, The Mac, Hendrix etc., exactly the same as it is now.

I didn't see it, but my daughter and her friends did. (At London, Wembley, last night.) Haven't heard back from her yet! (She is probably still sleeping in her hotel room!) I think no matter how much you love someone, 3 and a half hours is crazy. I didn't know it was that long! They must have a lot more patience than me. I couldn't do it.

We went to see Sarah Millican some years ago. and she was on for an hour and 25 minutes, and that was fine. I loved her, but was ready to go at the end. But we went to Lee Evans about a few years earlier, and even though he was really funny, he was on for two and a half hours - and that seemed a struggle for the last hour!

I was tired and weary after about an hour and a half. I'd laughed a lot and that wore me out a bit! But two and a half hours was too much. How does Taylor do it? Does she shove Duracell batteries up her arse?! (Same question about Lee Evans!!!)

Still no idea why you went though @Fromthenotorious if you are not a fan! I wouldn't waste my life going to see people I was not interested in.

Nobody plays Joni Mitchell or Carole King any more either!

To be fair, I play both all the time - and I'm too young to have been around the first time for them. It's possible I am an outlier though. 😂

Funny that, isn't it? I was a festival-goer until fairly recently (Download and previously Sonisphere/Knebworth) - for which, granted, tickets to stay the full three days were quite costly.

Tickets for opera/classical are a steal by comparison; other than for Royal Opera, which certainly aren't more expensive than your average in-demand rock gig; not to mention a football match. Yet this form of live experience is deemed 'elitist' because the tickets are too expensive. Why? In most cases they're cheaper, especially some of the very respectable northern companies.

Do not compute.

Same. They’re all batshit crazy 😂

Nobody plays Joni Mitchell or Carole King any more either! They’re remembered fondly because they were talented female artists of their generation. As is Taylor Swift. Lyrically she’s a genius. Some of her lines take my breath away they are that clever. But the posters who say ‘she’s just a vapid pop princess’ don’t get it, which is fine, but they’re bitter about it. Which is not.

Why tear down this talented young woman who is bringing joy everywhere she goes?

👏👏

But how is that OP’s fault? To mischaracterise her thread as “slagging off” Taylor Swift. With one particular poster who wanted the OP to, and I am quoting her word for word, “Stop gloating on here and think of what you've just witnessed.” And unless I missed it, I haven’t seen any post going on about not being able to listen to 3 minutes, but rather about longevity. I’ve seen more heated comments from Swifties which is very off-putting and also equally fascinating.

Some folk will still be listening to TS no doubt, that's their choice but there's so much more out there.

I feel like someone telling off a kid who pushed their sibling.
Oh and Happy Birthday! 🎉 how amazing to have a birthday on such a glorious day (weather wise).

I will add though, I do think TS will stand the test of time. She isn't stopping or slowing down either. Do not think Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles or any other currant pop artist will. The odd song might but not the artist.

Totally I'm agreement here. Not my thing at all. I've been perplexed by the sheer number of threads about her on here recently. It also seems as if some TS fans cannot grasp that other people have absolutely no interest in her and that other people can and do produce better music.

But an artist doing a 3 hour gig...if you're a fan surely that's a good thing!

'Who doesn't seem to have done anything terrible' is not 100% accurate, much as she wants you to think that way.

I often wonder which artists and songs we will still be hearing in 20,30,40 years.

Me too - and the suprising thing is, you can hardly ever guess it. It's linked to fame at the time, but this doesn't seem to be a single deciding factor.

FWIW OP, 3.5 hours would be too long for me too - regardless of artist.

🙄 I used ‘they’ so I wasn’t casting aspersions about other women?

As I said, I’m interested in the mentality behind it. There are men and women who hate women doing well. There are people who hate anyone doing well, are intolerant and hate others being happy.

No misogyny here. 1/10 poor effort by you.

We didn’t get tickets unfortunately, but I did see the film of the concert she released. Of course it wasn’t the same as seeing it live, but yes, it was lo my and my attention did wander a little! I was just impressed how much energy she had. 3.5h is a very long time to be on stage and the absolute focus of everyone’s attention.

But it became very personal mal very quickly didn't it? 'u did well I can't do three minutes' 'oh I just don't get her, can someone please explain?'

It's utterly bizarre.

Err, you might need reading glasses. The OP didn’t start a thread to “slag off” Taylor Swift. It was mere comment about the length of a concert that somehow Swifties feel like it’s a personal attack about Taylor Swift/her music.

Cos I’m a miserable cunt and it’s my birthday! I dunno, I felt like it.
Gotta say though, your questions sounds like you’re telling off a kid who pushed their sibling.

I didn’t say she was disposable!

I am never opening another TS thread again

Wow. How misogynistic do you have to be to cast aspersions about other women just because they don’t have the same taste as you with an air of faux concern about people being unkind. But why am I not even surprised?

I think that up there ^^ says it all about some of the fans 🤣🤣

Good grief 😬

Exactly!
It always makes me want to buy her merch instead which presumably is the opposite of what they are trying to achieve?!

It makes me think Nigel Farage had it right with the no promo is bad promo type thinking. Maybe it's a double bluff. Either way it's reminded me of her album again which will mean I put it on again in the car now! Cheers crazy posters!

Nor did the OP? She said she found the longer than usual gig a bit long and it’s been blown out of proportion