The Industry's Forgotten Victim: Tiffany's Fight for Justice
Posted by tomb_77@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Long before Taylor Swift had to fight the industry for her masters, a 15-year-old pop sensation was trapped in a neon-lit mall tour and stripped of her royalties. Who really did "Taylor's Version" first?
We all remember Tiffany’s 1987 cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" and that iconic mall tour. Through the rosy lens of 80s nostalgia, it looks like innocent pop magic. But when you watch the footage back today, it isn't a joyful music video—it’s a forensic document of corporate exploitation.
threedogdad@reddit
this isn't just a typical Reddit post—it's an attempt to use AI for karma farming
tomb_77@reddit (OP)
No AI here.
BMisterGenX@reddit
Nothing against her personally but I always strongly disliked her music. I Think We're Alone Now was a lame cover a song that wasn't so great to begin with and her producers made it sound like a video game.
And her version of The Beatles I Saw Her Standing There turning the Her to Him totally stripped it of any rock n roll feeling. Lame elevator cheese.
Debbie Gibson was a million times better.
How can Tiffany expect royalties if she didn't write anything
KLLR_ROBOT@reddit
Personally, All This Time was my favorite
BMisterGenX@reddit
wasn't that Sting?
easyantic@reddit
We all know Tiffany is just a poor facsimile of Canadian sweetheart sensation, Robin Sparkles.
Pinkbeans1@reddit
Until she tried to go goth.
ToddPundley@reddit
She’s a trooper. Didn’t let a freak November snowstorm deter her from performing at our local racino nightclub a couple of years back.
Tigrisrock@reddit
Huh wasn't aware. Good on her for getting her own say. Better late than never.
ghostofdreadmon@reddit
George Tobin was a piece of work, but she also had her mother to contend with. That whole court battle in the late 80s did irreparable damage, and she had a hard slog through the 2000s, but she stuck it out and is not only in fabulous voice but is writing and recording top-notch music. IMO, she's a class act and strong as hell for not letting the industry break her. Saw Tiffany, Bow Wow Wow, and Animotion a couple of weeks ago, and all three acts slayed with their hits AND their new material. Love to see and hear it.