Speaking about the art of songwriting, Pete Townshend explained how he admires ‘great songwriters’ such as Swift, the Beatles and Gershwin
Iconic co-founder and guitarist of the English rock band The Who, Pete Townshend highly praised the musical compositions of Taylor Swiftpop singer of hits like “Cruel Summer,” “Fortnight,” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” and “Lover.”
During participation in the podcast What It Takesthe 79-year-old artist discussed the art of songwriting. “I’m a song dreamer in a sense,” he said. “So I love the great songwriters of my father’s era, Gershwin and so on. And also the great composers of today, going through the Beatles and all the others until Taylor Swift.”
I love what she does too. Not that she’s necessarily always my cup of tea, but I just love the fact that she seems to love it, that she seems to be having so much fun. That’s what I relate to.
The Who’s Pete Townshend Says He Used to Be Pansexual: ‘I Was Willing to Sleep With Anyone’
Pete Townshendguitarist of The Whorevealed that at a certain point in his life as a rockstar he would have been sexually involved with anyone, regardless of biological sex, gender or gender identity.
The column Wiredfrom the newspaper The Daily Starquoted Pete Townshend saying: “The song ‘I’m A Boy’ by The Who [lançada em 1966]it’s about the idea of ​​masculinity and the way men were viewed in a time when I often forget, they were homosexual, they were pansexual, and as I think I probably was, but not anymore.”
The 76-year-old guitarist continued: “I guess I was willing to sleep with anyone who would have me. I guess I forgot that homosexuality was still illegal, so these adventures had to be expressed in vignettes of humor and irony.”
Source: Rollingstone
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