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Old 09-03-2016, 20:40
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Surely there are other people like me, who are fed up of seeing articles and discussion about Adele and how brilliant she supposedly is? Her success is amazing, undoubtedly, but I get annoyed when people who aren't fans say things like "you HAVE to admit she is very talented" or "she UNDOUBTEDLY has a brilliant voice", when they are quite happy to rip other female singers to shreds, saying they are talentless and tone deaf. Adele is no different from Florence, Ellie Goulding or Jess Glynne in that some people think she is crap and I think its silly that people seem almost scared to criticise her.

I'm also tired of people bringing Adele into media articles when there is no need, a prime example being constant references to Adele supporting Kesha with her acceptance speech at the Brits, whenever the Kesha legal case is reported on. What has Adele actually done to support Kesha anyway? Other artists have been equally supportive or more so, yet the press gush over Adele mentioning Kesha for 5 seconds in one speech. I find it a bit tasteless to be honest.

I wish the Adele bubble would burst really, so much gushing and fawning over an artist is ridiculously excessive IMO. Let some other acts have a bit of attention for what they are achieving, one singer cannot carry the entire music industry and we need to acknowledge and support other acts who are acheiving great things.
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Old 09-03-2016, 20:53
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shes good but theres only so many times you can hear Hello before you've had enough of it
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Old 09-03-2016, 21:00
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Never been fussed with her. Don't like her songs or her voice.
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Old 09-03-2016, 21:11
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Hate her and her tedious music
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Old 09-03-2016, 21:40
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Hate her and her tedious music
To hate someone who is extremely talented is really very sad.
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Old 09-03-2016, 21:50
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Surely there are other people like me, who are fed up of seeing articles and discussion about Adele and how brilliant she supposedly is?
It probably depends where you look and what you read but I rarely see much about here. Perhaps I just ignore huge swathes of stuff I've no interest in...

Adele is no different from Florence, Ellie Goulding or Jess Glynne in that some people think she is crap and I think its silly that people seem almost scared to criticise her.
From memory, she can sing considerably better than at least two of them. I can't recall hearing the other.
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Old 09-03-2016, 22:06
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Adele. She's big, she's beautiful, she's British, she sings with a godlike purity and has some of the best songs around at the moment. She's the leader of the UK's assault on global leadership in pop music...this would be a good time to be proud about of the girl rather than griping about her!
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Old 09-03-2016, 22:12
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I'm not a fan and I don't really get why she's so popular when imo, she's rather bland, generic and dull.
However, I manage to avoid her music quite easily. I don't think I've heard Hello all the way through yet and, aside from 2 or 3 of her songs, not sure I'd have a clue if I heard anything of hers
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Old 09-03-2016, 22:45
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To hate someone who is extremely talented is really very sad.
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This place is full of dullards and self righteous *****

Bollocks to the lot of you
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Old 09-03-2016, 23:15
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But she is undeniably really talented and has a better voice than any of the artists mentioned previously. I don't quite get the fuss over her albums as they aren't THAT great imo but she has some cracking songs. I'm all for a British artist having worldwide success to such a large scale. It's great for British music.
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Old 09-03-2016, 23:34
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I have nothing against her as a person, she seems lovely and down to earth and she's talented. It's her music I don't like. It's rather bland and middle of the road. If I hear Hello or Someone Like You once more I'll throw something at the radio or TV. I also think she's overhyped by the media.
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Old 10-03-2016, 00:15
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From memory, she can sing considerably better than at least two of them. I can't recall hearing the other.
But she is undeniably really talented and has a better voice than any of the artists mentioned previously. I don't quite get the fuss over her albums as they aren't THAT great imo but she has some cracking songs. I'm all for a British artist having worldwide success to such a large scale. It's great for British music.
This is exactly what bugs me!! I don't think its right to say that X has a better voice than Y, because its down to personal taste... there are so many singers I would much rather listen to Adele, and I find it a bit insulting when people say they can't sing as well as her. I think its down to your taste and what gets emotional connection from you, I don't think music and singing are scientific things that can be proven to be good or bad.

Loads of people like Adele, that's cool. Loads of people dislike the artists I like, that's fair enough. What I don't like is when people say the artists I like are crap because they don't like them, as if I'm wrong, but Adele being talented and a brilliant vocalist is fact. It isn't.
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Old 10-03-2016, 00:18
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Just think after this is all over it will be the longest possible time before we hear her again.
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Old 10-03-2016, 01:06
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This place is full of dullards and self righteous *****

Bollocks to the lot of you
A high quality debate just like you put up in the AC/DC thread, well done, we're all very proud of you
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Old 10-03-2016, 02:45
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Surely there are other people like me, who are fed up of seeing articles and discussion about Adele and how brilliant she supposedly is? Her success is amazing, undoubtedly, but I get annoyed when people who aren't fans say things like "you HAVE to admit she is very talented" or "she UNDOUBTEDLY has a brilliant voice", when they are quite happy to rip other female singers to shreds, saying they are talentless and tone deaf. Adele is no different from Florence, Ellie Goulding or Jess Glynne in that some people think she is crap and I think its silly that people seem almost scared to criticise her.

I'm also tired of people bringing Adele into media articles when there is no need, a prime example being constant references to Adele supporting Kesha with her acceptance speech at the Brits, whenever the Kesha legal case is reported on. What has Adele actually done to support Kesha anyway? Other artists have been equally supportive or more so, yet the press gush over Adele mentioning Kesha for 5 seconds in one speech. I find it a bit tasteless to be honest.

I wish the Adele bubble would burst really, so much gushing and fawning over an artist is ridiculously excessive IMO. Let some other acts have a bit of attention for what they are achieving, one singer cannot carry the entire music industry and we need to acknowledge and support other acts who are acheiving great things.

What you are advocating is Musical Communism . Which is just a little bit silly in reality. If people put her on a pedestal and buy her albums in the gazillions what has it got to do with you? Just ignore it and listen to what you like. I just don't see the problem you have, frankly. And a bit ironic complaining about her blanket coverage by starting another thread about her

PS The Kesha thing is obvious - of all the artists who have supported her Adele is by far the most popular at the moment. That makes it news. It's the way the World works. It's like if you were for instance Barack Obama and had started this thread it would have been widely reported around the World by now. Simples. But there's also another reason why her support was newsworthy. Sony is her label in the US.
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Old 10-03-2016, 02:52
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Old 10-03-2016, 07:16
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Overrated and definitely didn't deserve that Oscar for Skyfall, such an awful song.

She has a good voice but her songs are just dull.
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Old 10-03-2016, 08:45
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I'm having a strong sense of deja vu.
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Old 10-03-2016, 09:03
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She's the leader of the UK's assault on global leadership in pop music..
The problem is she's leader of an extremely bland bunch. Ed, Sam, Jess, That bloke in the Hat.......Some of the music they make is pleasant - but really calling music 'pleasant' is akin to saying 'you seem a nice guy'....
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Old 10-03-2016, 09:08
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Overrated and definitely didn't deserve that Oscar for Skyfall, such an awful song.

She has a good voice but her songs are just dull.
That word has lost all meaning. It's just become shorthand for 'I don't like <this person/ thing> and I don't understand why anyone else does', rather than an objective appraisal of whether the amount of media attention and awards and whatever else are merited. I'm not a fan - I like a few chart tracks, but I'd never buy her albums - but I don't believe she's over-rated. Her sales and awards speak for themselves, so all the 'fuss' about her is thoroughly merited IMO. She's a solo British female artist dominating the largely male global music scene. How on Earth could that not get tons of press attention?

I agree, Skyfall was a fairly awful song, but did you actually hear the other six? It was a pretty awful field all round, but someone's got to win. Skyfall won probably on the basis it was the only one the voters had likely heard more than once.
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Old 10-03-2016, 10:15
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This is exactly what bugs me!! I don't think its right to say that X has a better voice than Y, because its down to personal taste... there are so many singers I would much rather listen to Adele, and I find it a bit insulting when people say they can't sing as well as her. I think its down to your taste and what gets emotional connection from you, I don't think music and singing are scientific things that can be proven to be good or bad.
I'm sorry but if anyone tried to claim that Ellie "goat whisperer" Goulding has a better voice than Adele I wouldn't be able to take them seriously. You can prefer their music of course but for vocal ability there is no contest.
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Old 10-03-2016, 12:37
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What you are advocating is Musical Communism . Which is just a little bit silly in reality. If people put her on a pedestal and buy her albums in the gazillions what has it got to do with you? Just ignore it and listen to what you like. I just don't see the problem you have, frankly. And a bit ironic complaining about her blanket coverage by starting another thread about her

PS The Kesha thing is obvious - of all the artists who have supported her Adele is by far the most popular at the moment. That makes it news. It's the way the World works. It's like if you were for instance Barack Obama and had started this thread it would have been widely reported around the World by now. Simples. But there's also another reason why her support was newsworthy. Sony is her label in the US.
Its not easy to ignore someone when news websites etc. are shoving pictures of them down your face every day. If I want to read about the latest developments with Kesha's court case, I don't really see why I have to look at Adele - she probably only made that reference at the Brits to make herself look good anyway. Other artists have done the same or more to support Kesha.

Did people in the UK celebrate One Direction as the saviours of British music when they were leading our pack in terms of international success? Did James Blunt get put on a pedestal when he became the first British singer to top the US charts for a decade?
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Old 10-03-2016, 13:10
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Surely there are other people like me, who are fed up of seeing articles and discussion about Adele.
Loving the irony.
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Old 10-03-2016, 14:36
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I was annoyed that Adele won all those Brits when she has only just brought out her new album which, if we are honest, is pretty average compared to her first effort.

Yes she sings well live but so do many other people who are not even famous. She is hardly unique in that sense.

Then you have people like Jess Glyne, who seems to turn everything to gold that she touches, has had so many number one hits (more than Adele!) ... yes seems to be ignored most of the time.
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Old 10-03-2016, 14:45
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Its not easy to ignore someone when news websites etc. are shoving pictures of them down your face every day. If I want to read about the latest developments with Kesha's court case, I don't really see why I have to look at Adele - she probably only made that reference at the Brits to make herself look good anyway. Other artists have done the same or more to support Kesha.

Did people in the UK celebrate One Direction as the saviours of British music when they were leading our pack in terms of international success? Did James Blunt get put on a pedestal when he became the first British singer to top the US charts for a decade?
The majority of articles I have read about Kesha mention Kelly Clarkson and her recent comments, not Adele.

Huh? The members of One Direction haven't been able to pee without there being an article written about it or it reported all over Twitter over the last four or five years. James Blunt was successful before social media blew up, but there was definitely a lot of attention on him at the height of his success.
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