Andy Haldane’s column (“What Taylor Swift and Oasis can teach us about the economy”, Opinion, September 14) made for interesting reading. It also, possibly inadvertently, displayed a trait of the wider financial markets; the impact of irrational hype on price.
Taylor Swift is an exceptional artist with a stunning back catalogue and more to come, who may not yet have reached her peak.
Oasis produced two excellent albums 30 years ago, followed by a decade of mediocre releases, punctuated by very occasional gems. When they split up 15 years ago they were at least 10 years past their sell-by date.
Describing both as superstars is wrong. Swift is very clearly a superstar (possibly the most influential artist since the Beatles). Oasis may have been briefly but are very definitely not now. This is the perfect illustration of the hysterical and irrational response to their reunion; the emperor definitely needs some clothes.
Andy Leslie
Horsham, West Sussex, UK
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