A Career-Defining Performance
Filed under: Taylor SwiftIn case you missed it….
You must CLICK HERE to watch Taylor Swift's performance of Should Have Said No at the 2008 American Country Music (ACM) Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.
She really "brought it" - as they say.
In fact, she took it to the next level!
Watch all the way through the end.
Very very impressive for an 18-year-old!
Posted: May 19, 2008 at 11:30 am
Good Lord, what a weak and reedy voice she has. Blech.
Horrible, horrible, horrible! She is just a terrible live performer
Re: Gretzky – Like I said earlier in my comment. I've been raised in church and have been taught the more you are cursed by your enemies, the more you will be blessed so you can tell Taylor, "Watch out" She's going to have a lot of blessings. (and she deserves everyone)
TO ALL YOU STUPID DOUCHE BAGS.
EVER HEAR OF SINGING IN THE RAIN.
ITS ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE.
STOP BEING FAT LAZY UGLY TRAMPS THAT YOU ALL ARE.
aww shes so cute! I think she has an amazing voice and she is so pretty too!
all you haters shut up-you will never be that nice, pretty or good of a singer.
LOVED LOVED LOOOOOVVVVEEEEDDDDD it! She really brought the emotion of the song to a new level. SO IMPRESSIVE! It brought me to tears!
Check out an interview with Taylor Swift at www.backstageattheacms.com.
ummm…i never try and say anything rude or mean on here but come on i thought i was going to see something impressive….as far as the water on stage britney already showed up that back in 2001. i was not impressed.
she did a beautiful job! what a talented girl!
omg i love taylor her songs r so amazin…..this performance jus shows how creative nd talented she is
she's amazing!
Re: taylor rocks –
omg i so agree wit u…all these ppl think that she cnt bring it wen there probably sittin at home wishin that they had enoough talent 2 at least rite a decent song let alone all the good ones she rote. she totaly brought it and hoever dsnt agree is jus a jeolous nd needs 2 get a life other then readin perezhilton.com everyday day (sorry perez =])
She can't sing a bit and her performance was NOT over the top and she did not bring it. I can go to any bar and hear people sing alot better. Not only was it bad but I could not make out all the words. Country has better talent then her.
"MEH….Tokio Hotel did it way better at the ema's in 07."
thats what i was thinking too
they were WAY better
bill
Love it!!!!
Age is no excuse for mediocrity!
shaky, quivering vocals with no tone or quality. Bad regardless of age
Um…that sucked. Too bad that her dress wasn't white, at least I could have had something to look at. Terrible voice! Andre, I am looking for a sex tape in about 6 months.
she sang half and lipped the rest, and shes kind of awkward. love the song though
i think taylor did amazing she kicks ass live i saw her in vancouver when she went on tour with brad paisley and she got a standing ovation. Overall she's absolutely amazing for a 18 year old and is nothing like avril lavigne… atleast she sang live and didn't need to have back up music
Yeah that was ok, but it didn't come close to Miranda Lambert's kickass performance. Miranda and her band tore that stage up big time.
I love her she is awesome. this song is great tooo! LOVED IT
saw it live.
it was FANTASTIC.
met her afterward-she's sweet.
Hard to believe Janis Ian was this age when she wrote "Seventeen", which she sang and played with steller prodigy. The dichotomy and irony of it is painful. Taylor Swift has talent as a SONGWRITER, and obviously she's beautiful, but the singing isn't even as good as Britney Spears at 12. Terrible. Can pole dancing be far behind?
I think the performance aspect was good..but vocally, she sounded the best when she was trying to SING at the beginning with the guitar instead of the yelling thing she did the rest of the song…
Actualy she was great… and shes a great role model for are young girls… At the end of the song it actauly looks like she couldnt belive how good it ended up turing out and the crowds respons.. She looked totaly amazed as SHE SHOULD BE… All of her performances that I've seen have been great GO TAYLOR!!! YOU ROCK!
she sang out of tune the entire song and it sounded like a redneck version of Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" and the performance itself was like avril turning into a britney into a kelly clarkson ala MTV music awards finale in the rain. btw, kelly brought it so much harder in that rain performance than this little girl did. womp womp
O…k. I'm sorry, but her voice was mediocre at best.
that was a SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTY performance!
carreer defining my ass!!!!!
a career defining performance is right - her career is a joke and so was this. you'd think if she was performing on a show like the ACM's then she'd have some talent.. guess not.. the music industry is getting ridiculous
I thought she sounded like shit, actually…and what was with the water at the end? That didn't make any sense. I thought it was stupid. I can't believe this is what people think sounds good.
Didn't Kelly Clarkson do this at the VMAs in 2005 with Since U Been GoneC?
this wasn't a big deal at all…. I mean water. Live Mic…. electricity…. was she live?? I think that its JUST ANOTHER performance….. what was the point of the rain? Just to do it…. hope she had on water proof mascara!
She's so pretty.
wow all them people up here are jealous. shes freaking amazing. she sounds great live. you all obviously havent seen her in concert she rocks and sounds amazing. people are so immature these days and will say anything to put someone down. its pretty pathetic if you ask me. well this performance amazed me and she should keep doing what she does and not worry about jerks like you people
Re: Avril does … –
um…it does mean something. she dreamed of this performance since middle school. i thought it was awesome. if all you people do is bash, you're wasting your time on this girl. Taylor's going to be staying in the business for quite some time.
She sucks! She doesn't sing country. She sings pop. She doesn't deserve any country awards. Taylor Swift is the next Britney Spears. Britney Spears sings better than Taylor Swift though. YOU SUCK TAYLOR SWIFT and you look fake!!!!!!!
I Love Her!
She's incredible!
Everyone who doesn't like her is insanely jealous…you losers
people need to stop dissing taylor.
she's amazingggggg
and this performance was spectacular, i've watched it about a dozen times and it doesn't get old.
so what if she copied past performances? this performance was still way better than most teen performers today.
taylor swift is a very multi-talented, gifted 18 year old and some of you guys should really cut her some slack.
thanks a lot perez for posting this video, i really really really enjoy watching it!