Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version)
Arriving to streaming with the unwieldy title
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version), the top filmed concert of 2023 is now about 40 minutes longer than it was in its theatrical incarnation, which means it's just 15 minutes shorter than
Woodstock (1970), still the absolute best of all filmed concerts.
I'm neither a fan nor a hater, but I consider Taylor Swift to be
possibly the most vanilla of all the top pop stars of the last half-century. Sure, she throws in a four-letter word here and there in her songs, but for the most part, she's not trying to be transgressive or edgy or provocative - like, say, Madonna in her heyday.
But she's undeniably massively popular, and her filmed concert more or less saved movie theaters when a lot of movies had to be postponed due to the dual strikes from last year.
I find her music occasionally catchy but mostly unremarkable; it is pleasant enough to have as background music while you're doing other stuff, but for me it is particularly unmemorable, with one or two possible exceptions.
The most entertaining part of the filmed concert (at least for me) was the rather comical look on the background performers that sing and dance along with Taylor on most of her songs - they seem to be having an absolute blast! And why wouldn't they? I guess if you're a background performer, this gig absolutely must be the best thing in the world.