Adele

Harry Palmr

Adele sells for the same reason Gloria Gaynors I Will Survive is a stereotypical choice for a girls night out drink and moanathon. It speaks to their sense of emotional entitlement.

ToddyDoody

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I sing Adele songs to my cat on Valentine's


Neeeeever mind I'll find someone like youuu

How is she these days?

Nodin

Anesthetize wrote: »

If you want to listen to a pissed-off woman listen to Diamanda Galas.

Gave it a go there - too arty for me. I'm a primitive creature at the end of the day.

Nodin

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Adele sells for the same reason Gloria Gaynors I Will Survive is a stereotypical choice for a girls night out drink and moanathon. It speaks to their sense of emotional entitlement.

wtf is "emotional entitlement"?

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Adele sells for the same reason Gloria Gaynors I Will Survive is a stereotypical choice for a girls night out drink and moanathon. It speaks to their sense of emotional entitlement.

I know you think you're saying something about girls there, but you're also revealing a lot about yourself.

Harry Palmr

Nodin wrote: »

wtf is "emotional entitlement"?

The lay-deez know.

Nodin

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The lay-deez know.

....yes, but I'm not a lady, or even a woman come to that. Google doesn't give an answer so I'm forced to do the horrifically old fashioned task of asking somebody, in order that they bring light to the bleak darkness of my ignorance.

beks101

Well the media needs a darling, and she fits the bill fairly perfectly. She's relatable because she's not unhumanly beautiful and impossibly skinny like every other pop star, she hasn't "earned" her success by queueing outside a convention centre for ten hours and then belting a chart hit out in front of Simon Cowell, and we've all had that one arsehole ex...

That and she comes across as a lovely, normal person fairly unaffected by it all. Like someone you'd meet at a bus stop and have a moan about how bloody long you've been waiting. She's got a good publicity team behind her, no doubt, and they tap into this very well. Those sound problems at the Grammys and the subsequent round of appearances on Ellen etc talking about how "mortified" she was etc. Pulling up local stars at her concerts, tweeting at that lad from The Voice of Ireland about sorting him out with tickets when she was gigging in Dublin a few nights later...a great team indeed. They know exactly how to endear her to the general public.

She's from a fairly ordinary background and has a fairly ordinary appearance but lives this extraordinary life that we all aspire to. She makes it seem possible. That and a bloody fine set of pipes on her and the best producers in the world. Fair play to her.

Nodin

Shes no lemmy.

osarusan

That first big hit was ok (but got overplayed) and then the others I heard sounded kind of the same.

But I've managed to avoid listening to/being exposed to her music to the extent that with the exception of Skyfall and that first big hit, I cannot recall even another song. Although, I probably know some others, just not that she's the one singing them.

she can at least sing well, which makes her more deserving of success than plenty of others.

Wabbit Ears

ah come on, that video with the chick and the Room full of coke and a oversised toothpick and swirls and stuff, that was fantastic. I was so tripping absolute balls first time I saw that video, blew me away!!

camlinhall

NIMAN wrote: »

When it comes to music.....I always believe "each to their own".

Is it really each to his own when we get an earful everywhere we go whether we're into the songs or not?
I'm grand with Adele myself, but it has to be said: there's no escape!

camlinhall

enzo roco wrote: »

The music I listen to is so much cooler than the music you listen to.



Some people like certain music, some dont.
Who gives a poo poo???

Maybe those who don't want to listen to it but get bombarded anyway?

biko

Thank you for bringing back this thread from March, I just can't get enough Adele

riclad

The songs are well written ,she has a beautiful voice.
She can sing live, without the aid of special effects .
See her on carpool karoke , she can sing rap songs too.
She is funny with a great sense of humour.
She sings slightly old fashioned love songs .
Many hits in the charts will be forgotten,
people will still sing her songs in 20-30 years .
She sings about her life ,love , relationships .
So women can relate to that .
Theres no singer that everyone likes .

biko

Hello

biko

it's me

Outlaw Pete

Music to stalk to.

camlinhall

beks101 wrote: »

... lives this extraordinary life that we all aspire to.

I'm a freak so.
Thanks for the heads up

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better!!

ClashCityRocker

riclad wrote: »

The songs are well written ,she has a beautiful voice.
She can sing live, without the aid of special effects .
See her on carpool karoke , she can sing rap songs too.
She is funny with a great sense of humour.
She sings slightly old fashioned love songs .
Many hits in the charts will be forgotten,
people will still sing her songs in 20-30 years .
She sings about her life ,love , relationships .
So women can relate to that .
Theres no singer that everyone likes .

What tune?

Apothic_Red

Just thought I'd take this thread out for a walk

She's back, midnight tonight

Feisar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pp154xRvIE&ab_channel=FrancisHiggins

The Viper