[Closed] Adele..

Here she is at the Brits from [s]earlier this[/s] last year. Introduced by James Corden... fill your boots STW...

I think she's fabulous and amazingly talented. I don't generally feel the need to listen to someone talking if they are a singer as I just like to listen to them singing but whenever I've heard her speak she's just funny and honest.

She was fat and talentless then

just can't get passed the fact she looks like Matt Lucas in Drag

Honestly, jealousy makes some people behave very oddly.

It's what I assume about almost everything everybody on this site posts, that way I get to retain my faith in humanity.

Now THIS is a fair point! 😉

She's no Polly Jean.

Well I watched TSY's vid to 2:11 then stopped it and restarted the Youtube I'd paused: Holiday. On the basis of a 2:11 sample Adele makes music for miserabale people to cry to.

music for bedwetters and to fill the awkward silences at middle class dinner parties after the jacobs creek has run out.

She reminds me of Alison Moyet.

She can sing,that can't be argued with,but the dreary shite that she sings leves me cold.

Intrigued by OP so put this on iplayer while working. Shame to say that, so far, I feel the OP has a point. Ok, not fair to comment on accent but fair cop with the drivel and the gratuitous swearing right from the off. Pity because the music is mellow and nice to work to.

MrSmith - very drole!!

Ordinary everyday people should be banned from TV, cos y'know, ordinary everyday people don't watch it do they? Wanna moan about someone how about Katie Talented Price? God she gets on my fake manboob implants.

Hard not to love/be moved by the climax.

She's a very good singer, and not just knocking out other people's songs either. Not really my taste in music but I don't understand how anyone can not respect her...

It's STW Northwind lol!

I don't understand how anyone can not respect her...

i don't understand how anyone can "respect" somebody for singing? unless they battled back from throat cancer or had to suffer persecution in their native country and endure a treacherous and dangerous journey to enjoy freedom of expression without censure.

You're right enough MrSmith, those are the only 2 times you should ever respect a musician.

I reckon she'd be a right laugh on a night out.

You're right enough MrSmith, those are the only 2 times you should ever respect a musician.

Mr smith, you can have respect for an ability.

it really is ****tery of the highest order to trash her for being fat - on that basis, we'd also have to dump:

Aretha Franklin
Cass Elliot
Monserrat Caballé
Alison Moyet

and so on...

That's just the out and out chubbies I can think of off the top of my head, there are plenty of other incredibly gifted female vocalists who are on the big side - Joni Mitchell was no slip of a lass!

but emsz, she speaks like a commoner and has a lardy ass, don't get off topic!

Aretha doing her thing, alongside that other talentless chubbie: John Belushi...

Mr smith, you can have respect for an ability.

so true. a chav wheelie on an apollo rampage is a beautiful thing.

Joni Mitchell was most definitely a slip of a lass:

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And is still several sizes smaller than Adele.

Not that I'm bothered by what size she is, I just prefer more uplifting music:

And if the lady is hot, so much the better.

MrSmith - Member

what about a vocalist?

If she was just a singer, you could perhaps knock her for that- though a grear singing voice isn't just a gift, it's an instrument that needs practice and commitment to get the best of.

But, she also writes her own songs, so you can't just use the feeble "Oh, she was just born with a gift" line.

So that just leaves "She's a bit fat" as a criticism. And I'd be totally with you there, if she was a professional athlete or a stripper or a gym coach or something.

music for bedwetters and to fill the awkward silences at middle class dinner parties after the jacobs creek has run out

LOL, by the way excuse my ignorance but whats a bed wetter?

Every once in a while there will be an album that comes along that certain people buy, and by certain people i mean people who don't regularly buy music.

It happened when David Grays White Ladder came out, coffe table dinner party music. Nothing wrong with White Ladder but it soon became the music that was on in the background at every middle classed dinner party. Also see Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow, bonus useage for that Day Like This song now played at weddings for the first dance so the newlyweds can say "even though we appear boring, look, we like indie music"

Adele's albums are no different, safe music for safe people

...and then, on the other side of the divide there are some people who have an issue with liking music that other people like.

But, she also writes her own songs, so you can't just use the feeble "Oh, she was just born with a gift" line.

So that just leaves "She's a bit fat" as a criticism. And I'd be totally with you there, if she was a professional athlete or a stripper or a gym coach or something.

lets get a couple of things straight:
1. i could use the line "she's a bit fat" but i haven't and didn't consider it.
2.i could use the line "Oh, she was just born with a gift", but i haven't and didn't consider it.

by the way excuse my ignorance but whats a bed wetter?

a bit like a 'melt', 'cretin' or 'wetlip'

Northwind - Member
...and then, on the other side of the divide there are some people who have an issue with liking music that other people like.

Much like those that won't ride a bike that other people like. 😉

dogbert - Member
...it soon became the music that was on in the background at every middle classed dinner party.

You must eat out a great deal to know that.

Why is it that as soon as music becomes popular (which suggests it appeals to may ears) it's immediately dissed on STW?

I like JJ Goldman, Slade, Extrabreit, the Seekers, Fleetwood Mac - more mainstream you won't find. Should I be embarrassed or ashamed, or rejoice in liking things millions can sing along to.

Edit: but no I don't like Adele, not mainstream or happy enough.

Joni Mitchell was no slip of a lass!

Apologies to Ms Mitchell - not sure why I had it in my mind that she was a bit bigger than that 🙄

That's just the out and out chubbies I can think of off the top of my head, there are plenty of other incredibly gifted female vocalists who are on the big side - Joni Mitchell was no slip of a lass!

Though Elvis had a bit more success with his cover.

MrSmith - Member

2.i could use the line "Oh, she was just born with a gift", but i haven't and didn't consider it.

And yet you think she's not a musician- she's just a "vocalist".

Why is it that as soon [s]as music[/s] a bike becomes popular (which suggests it appeals to [s]may ears[/s]many riders) it's immediately dissed on STW?

Well, it's because people just looooooove to appear "individual" and "different" and tell you all about it. 😉

And yet you think she's not a musician- she's just a "vocalist".

[i]vocalist [?v??k?l?st]
n
(Music, other) a singer, esp one who regularly appears with a jazz band or pop group[/i]

[i]musician [mju??z???n]
n
(Music, other) a person who plays or composes music, esp as a profession
musicianly adj[/i]

watched enough of the video to hear her voice, didn't watch long enough to see the camera pan down and show a musical instrument.

sorry if i missed something.

MrSmith - Member

watched enough of the video to hear her voice, didn't watch long enough to see the camera pan down and show a musical instrument.

Well, it's hard to argue with such an informed opinion.

In related news, I looked at this picture of Jimi Hendrix:

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And since I can't see any guitars, I assume he's not a musician either.

arguing? 😯

ephemeral lift/shopping mall music is not really worth arguing about.

Great voice and good tunes spoiled by selfish, bitter lyrics.
But she is talented and young enough to have time on her side.
It will be interesting to see if she matures into a better songwriter, or realises that she needs to employ one.

ephemeral lift/shopping mall music is not really worth arguing about.

You certainly seem to care enough to keep returning to spout.

Maybe she should ask Goldman, Celine Dion did and the sales were titanic.

I must be slipping, I didn't notice that MrSmith's own dictionary definitions contradict his point...

Great voice and good tunes spoiled by selfish, bitter lyrics

I rather like the selfish, bitter lyrics and she can bang them out, overall though I find her music a bit drab. Seems like there might be an alternative to getting my cock out every time the jacob's creek runs out though.

You certainly seem to care enough to keep returning to spout.

a bit of light entertainment while waiting for adverts to finish, kettle to boil etc.

I must be slipping, I didn't notice that MrSmith's own dictionary definitions contradict his point...

remind me what that was again...

Ah right, you're back again though. Are you posting while stirring your pot too?