Post by feilong80 on Feb 13, 2012 23:47:03 GMT -5
So this super mega hipster jazz loving, "get off my lawn" new music sucks classic rock fan has just surprised himself.
I think I really do like this Adele.
I had heard of her in bits and pieces, but the only tune of hers was that power ballad that you hear on the radio alot now (the one with mostly just piano).
Those kind of power ballads aren't the kind of thing that is going to make me pay much mind. I stumbled on "Rolling in the Deep" on the grammy's yesterday (I had heard she had vocal chord surgery and was a little curious how she'd do).
Now here is a song that is, well, a genuinely good composition. And I was also impressed with the vocal range (and I don't mean how high you can go; I mean range of expression). She's an artist, not just a commercial creation (like most other female singers on the radio). I'm about to do something ridiculous:
Buy a new music album (that isn't by aging rockers or jazzers). And one be a *female pop singer.*
Maybe it is a passing fad, but at least on what I've heard so far, there is a lot of good stuff going on here: I particularly like how the music channels a big heaping helping of motown (some of the backing vocals sound almost like they were just sampled from a 60s vinyl lp).
To me, it is possible she could be in that rare class of singer that actually transcends her genre (think Karen Carpenter, who did super cheeseball music, but sounded amazing doing it to the point where it doesn't matter what the material is).
-Rob
I think I really do like this Adele.
I had heard of her in bits and pieces, but the only tune of hers was that power ballad that you hear on the radio alot now (the one with mostly just piano).
Those kind of power ballads aren't the kind of thing that is going to make me pay much mind. I stumbled on "Rolling in the Deep" on the grammy's yesterday (I had heard she had vocal chord surgery and was a little curious how she'd do).
Now here is a song that is, well, a genuinely good composition. And I was also impressed with the vocal range (and I don't mean how high you can go; I mean range of expression). She's an artist, not just a commercial creation (like most other female singers on the radio). I'm about to do something ridiculous:
Buy a new music album (that isn't by aging rockers or jazzers). And one be a *female pop singer.*
Maybe it is a passing fad, but at least on what I've heard so far, there is a lot of good stuff going on here: I particularly like how the music channels a big heaping helping of motown (some of the backing vocals sound almost like they were just sampled from a 60s vinyl lp).
To me, it is possible she could be in that rare class of singer that actually transcends her genre (think Karen Carpenter, who did super cheeseball music, but sounded amazing doing it to the point where it doesn't matter what the material is).
-Rob
