Séamas O'Reilly: Hating on Taylor Swift is just a case of history repeating 

The appeal of Swift’s music seems much less puzzling to me than that of many others

Taylor Swift during the Eras Tour.

It’s strange now to look back and see the baffled disdain with which The Beatles were once received. 

“There are some things that just aren’t done,” quipped Sean Connery’s Bond in Goldfinger, when his paramour suggests drinking un-chilled champagne. “That’s as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.”