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Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2019 22:11:55 GMT
Sheryl Crow thinks Taylor Swift needs to calm down. The 57-year-old country singer appeared on Wednesday’s Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen where she was asked by a caller about recently signing with Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s beef with the label over Scooter Braun buying the company and the rights to her masters.  “I’m going to be honest with you. I live with my head in a big hole. I stay out of that world,” Crow admitted. But she added that artists not owning their own masters is very common. “I will say one thing about masters is, you know, I signed with a record label 30 years ago and within five years then it became owned by Interscope and then Interscope got bought by Universal, so these things, that’s just the way the business goes,” she said. “It’s totally not unusual for your masters to change hands like 9,000 times. So I don’t know what the big stink was, so I’m kind of out of the loop. So I don’t really know.” Crow isn’t the only artist who has spoken out about Swift’s very public feud and decision to re-record her masters. Kelly Clarkson, who originally encouraged the singer to re-record her songs, opened up about it earlier this week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I don’t really care about owning my masters or not,” Clarkson said. “I’m just like, ‘Whatever, I’m going to sing them until I’m dead, it’s fine.’ Somebody can make money off it, I don’t care. But hers is [different]. Like, I write half or a little more than half of my stuff. And hers is 100 percent of it. So I can see how it would matter to her.” |
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Post by Admin on Sept 14, 2019 1:05:17 GMT
The controversy arose when Crow appeared on “Watch What Happens Live” and was asked about Swift’s ire over having her catalog falling into the hands of proclaimed nemesis Scooter Braun when he acquired Big Machine. Swift insisted she should have been allowed an opportunity to purchase her master recordings independent of the sale. (Big Machine has countered that there were actually negotiations for that to happen, something Swift denies.) “I’m gonna be honest with you,” Crow said on Cohen’s show. “I live with my head in a big hole. I stay out of that world. … I will say one thing about masters. I signed with a record label 30 years ago and within five years it became owned by Interscope, and then Interscope got bought by Universal… These things, that’s just the way the business goes. … It’s totally not unusual for your masters to change hands like 9,000 times. So I don’t know what the big stink was. I’m out of the loop. I don’t really know.”  Shortly before issuing the statement, Crow canceled her second sold-out night at Theatre at Ace Hotel, apologizing and saying the Thursday night show would be rescheduled.  Variety was on hand for Crow’s show Wednesday night, when she appeared to be in high spirits and completely flawless voice for the first hour and a half of the set. As she neared the finish line, singing “Run Baby Run” with guest harmonies from Lucius, a rasp appeared in her voice that felt appropriate to the song but, as it turned out, was not intentional. Crow said she suddenly lacked lung power and, although she’d never done it before, would have to halt the show. But to cheers from the crowd, she soldiered on through “Don’t” — a song from her new album, “Threads” — and “If It Makes You Happy,” only to apologetically call it a night after requiring the crowd’s assistance on the latter hit’s famous high notes. |
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