You're right, and I misinterpreted. My fault there.
But yeah, it's funny as hell watching this guy refer to Bryan Adams as a 'has been' when it's Adams going up on stage and doing a duet with the object of his affections.
I have him in my 'guilty pleasure' file personally, but that's just me, and also that's why I tried to mention how you could just remake Adams' mega-hits as recently as the early 2000's, when our thread subject was but a wee stroke faced lad with a dream, only with more electronics in the mix, and still get a top 10 hit out of it too in my first post on the topic. Russell not getting how big those 80's and 90's songs were is somewhat understandable, it's the lack of curiosity and the consistent sour grapes reactions that keep him in the defending champion running for another consecutive Mooby win on my ballot.
The only thing Russ studies about Taylor Swift (or all women in general, really) is their bodies.
Well we know he reads here basically daily, so now one of us could suggest he start to change that single minded focus in hopes of fixing what ails him on that front but, come on, we both know better than to expect him to admit a mental illness afflicted