Can someone explaine he 'Adele' phenomenon to me?

[Paul Girouard]

More music experts , ya all should start your own talent shows it seems . Any one on this forum that thinks they can tell Adele or Whitney Houston ANY THING about singing should re-think what they are going to type. LOL

[Nanoose]

I like her.
Just something about her voice - not the cookie cutter of everyone else that's out there...gutsy, raw, low...
But, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.
And what Paul just said.

[CWSmith]

Sorry, but if you want to hear a good version of "Make You Feel My Love", you need to listen to Mary Black:

http://youtu.be/U4QXd3b2wAU

[Vince Brennan]

De gustibus non est disputandum

"There Is No Disputing That Gus Is Standing In The East."

[ron ll]

More music experts , ya all should start your own talent shows it seems . Any one on this forum that thinks they can tell Adele or Whitney Houston ANY THING about singing should re-think what they are going to type. LOL

I don't think anyone here said either one couldn't sing. In fact most said they like Adele. But the issue is why all the sudden hype? With the wattage focused in her right now I'm afraid she will burn out too soon. Let's hope she can handle it. Obviously it's not easy to do.

[Jimmy W]

Trisha Yearwood has a great version of "Make you feel my love" also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A8x1...eature=related

[Paul Girouard]

I don't think anyone here said either one couldn't sing. In fact most said they like Adele. But the issue is why all the sudden hype? With the wattage focused in her right now I'm afraid she will burn out too soon. Let's hope she can handle it. Obviously it's not easy to do.

Did you read the first post of this thread???

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Can someone explaine he 'Adele' phenomenon to me?

Sorry, no.

[Garret]

I don't think anyone here said either one couldn't sing. In fact most said they like Adele. But the issue is why all the sudden hype? With the wattage focused in her right now I'm afraid she will burn out too soon. Let's hope she can handle it. Obviously it's not easy to do.

Actually - it's not so sudden. I first heard her mid-2009. She has 3 or 4 albums out.

[Mrleft8]

I think that the question can best be answered with another question.
1950's "What's with all this Elvis Presely phenomenon?"
1960's "What's with all this Beatles phenomenon?"
1970's "What's with all this disco phenomenon?"
1980's "What's with all this.... (What was the phenomenon in the 80's?)

[Garret]

Hair bands? Boy bands?

[Vince Brennan]

I recently had a chance to hear Brendan O'hearn, a master of the Uileann pipes and a gent named Kahour or Kalhour, a Master of the Persian "stick" fiddle, playing in New York. I have no idea what it was they were playing, indeed, it may just have been an extemporaneous piece based on either an Irish tune or a Persian tune, but it was a "hand-off"... the instruments were 'singing' one to the other... you would hear the ringing timbre of the fiddle backed by the sonority of the pipes and suddenly realize that the pipes had become the principal instrument and the fiddle was now ringing as the bed of the tune... and on, and on as they danced and changed, weaving thru the tune like Sufi dancers, mesmerizing as a pair and yet individually brilliant. There are really no words.

It was sobering for a professional musician to realize that such talent was being expressed before one.

So it is with Adele. Her talent is NOT for the "hoi-polloi" of musical listeners (and I truly mean to denigrate no-one by that term... it's just that you can either appreciate the artistry and finesse of her voice or you cannot) but for those able to discern the suble artistry of her phrasing, tonality, sustains and all the special little things that separate a good German violin from an Amati.

Hers is a voice for the ages, but it takes a trained ear to truly appreciate.

Which would you rather sail? A MacGregor 26 or a Herreshoff?

[MiddleAgesMan]

Tell me this isnt a great song:

Watch this version, performed off-camera at last night's show, with alternate lyrics directed at Newt Gingrich:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKucB...feature=colike

[hokiefan]

You guys can think whatever you want. I love the way the lady sings. I love that she is pretty without being the classic skinny young 21 year old. That she sings with her heart way out on her sleeve. She's in my CD player for awhile now.

Cheers,

Bobby

[Gerarddm]

No, I think Adele is the real thing. Her range is not Whitney Houston's, but then neither was Billie Holiday's. She has a soulfully expressive voice. First time I ever heard Chasing Pavements it almost brought tears to my eyes. Someone Like You is Laura Nyro-intense.

I predict she has a future. :-)

[Rich Jones]

I like Adele's newest song for the jumpy tune. But, I can't understand a single word that she sings.. Of course, that goes for all songs that I listen to. Somehow, my ear just can't decipher the words from the music. My wife, however, understands them all. She's forever singing and dancing around the house. Warms the heart to see it.
I still contend that any music written after 1820 is total crap. Except some country tunes. Especially the ones about some guy fishing in a boat!

[BrianY]

So it is with Adele. Her talent is NOT for the "hoi-polloi" of musical listeners (and I truly mean to denigrate no-one by that term... it's just that you can either appreciate the artistry and finesse of her voice or you cannot) but for those able to discern the suble artistry of her phrasing, tonality, sustains and all the special little things that separate a good German violin from an Amati.

Hers is a voice for the ages, but it takes a trained ear to truly appreciate.

I like her voice and I am enough of a musician to uderstand and appreciate "...the suble artistry of her phrasing, tonality, sustains...". I just don't like her music. That song "Rollind in the Deep' is a direct rip off of Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy" - to the point where you can sing the words to 'Rollin" over the musci for "Crazy' without having to change anything.

I think that she may - may- be one of those singers who develop into a real artist with a voice and vison of her own in a few years. I hope it happens becasue I think she has the potential to be more than what she is now - a young talented singer who is quite good at conveying other people's songs but has yet to find her own true musical voice.

[Paul Girouard]

I like Adele's newest song for the jumpy tune. But, I can't understand a single word that she sings.. Of course, that goes for all songs that I listen to.

Did you see her on 60 minutes this past weekend? Her accent so heavy; understand what she says when she speaks is pretty hard as well. A deep "cockney" accent!

[George Jung]

I had to look up her age, after hearing her first BF was 30, and her current is 36. She's 21 or 22, btw. To my eye, she doesn't look or act that young, and comes across as a bit more worldly and mature than I'd expect for that age.
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how her career unfolds.

[Concordia 33]

De gustibus non est disputandum

I had no idea that a homeslap could be so lierate!

[Dutch]

More music experts , ya all should start your own talent shows it seems . Any one on this forum that thinks they can tell Adele or Whitney Houston ANY THING about singing should re-think what they are going to type. LOL

sort of like a butt ugly guy with barely a dime to his name in middle age telling any woman they arent good enough for him

[Lew Barrett]

I like her for the same reason I like CSN&Y. She makes real music, easy to follow, harmonic, no tricks. It's easy to understand in a world full of crass discord.

[Garret]

I like her for the same reason I like CSN&Y. She makes real music, easy to follow, harmonic, no tricks. It's easy to understand in a world full of crass discord.

Except Neil Young can't stay on pitch worth a darn when he's live. Doesn't mean I don't like his music though! As an aside - saw CS&N live about 2 years ago. When Crosby started a political speech, Stills walked off stage & didn't come back until after the next song started. Had to smile....

[ron ll]

I like her for the same reason I like CSN&Y. She makes real music, easy to follow, harmonic, no tricks. It's easy to understand in a world full of crass discord.

I'm sure you meant to say, CS&N. I mean, I like Neil Young, but he totally ruined Crosby Stills and Nash.

[Garret]

I'm sure you meant to say, CS&N. I mean, I like Neil Young, but he totally ruined Crosby Stills and Nash.

I have to disagree I like CS&N and CSN&Y.

[Chip-skiff]

This thread prompted me to listen to some of her stuff online. Powerful, agile voice for sure. But there's a calculation in her approach to a performance that makes me reserve my acceptance, just enough that I like her singing rather than loving it. On one song, her voice cracked in exactly the same way at the same note in every chorus.

So I'd give her top marks for her voice and middling for soul.

[cs]

I've been listning to Adele for a little bit on Pandora but she does not do it for me like Duffy does.

Chad

[ron ll]

Okay, now I've decided I like Adele. She flipped off the producers of a British awards show for cutting off her acceptance speech.