Music video for Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” single. The video includes clips from Taylor’s tour.

One of Taylor’s guitars is currently up for auction to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame. Current bid it at $8,000. Whoa. check it out here. There’s 1 week left on the auction.

The head of Taylor Swift’s record label is hitting back at those who criticized Swift’s recent Grammy performance:

“She is the voice of this generation. She speaks directly to (her fans), and they speak directly back to her,” said Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta in a phone interview. “This is not `American Idol.’ This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

All I can say is thank goodness I’m not a part of this generation. Borchetta spewed a lot of other crap, but I think the section above really covered it.

Taylor Swift is like Madonna – can’t sing well live, but gives a great show. I guess.

If various organizations want to give Taylor tons of awards based on whatever – good for her. Whether she (or anyone else) deserves them or not doesn’t really matter – never has mattered.

I don’t think Taylor’s performance was as bad as people are saying. I’ve heard her do worse. She wasn’t that great at the Haiti telethon either here. Taylor’s just “okay” live. Why anyone’s just realizing that now is what’s surprising.

Of course, Taylor’s going to be a huge star for a long time. She blonde with blue eyes, tall, model thin, and seems (or actually is) “virginal” – that counts for a lot in this country.

Stevie Nicks was gracious in this performance. She understood it wasn’t about “real’ singing. It was more just about having fun. Taylor should not try to dance. It’s just looks wrong.