what do you think about Adele?

Most people have terrible taste in music. This is news to you?

I definitely don't know much about the intricacies of music - I just know what I like and don't like. I think she has a great voice, but I don't care for her songs.

What was with the ninja in the "Rolling in the Deep" video? And how exactly does one roll in the deep?

I prefer Of Monsters and Men

I think rolling in the deep means having sex with a fat chick.

i have a wide and random taste in music. I think its good, but most people don't see how the dots connect. anyways... not at all an adele fan. her voice is good, but the sound of her voice is obnoxious. not too mention the tone of her songs.

9999999 wrote:

I definitely don't know much about the intricacies of music - I just know what I like and don't like. I think she has a great voice, but I don't care for her songs.

This.

She's a HUUge star. Really big. Wide appeal. Living large, I'd expect.

I really like Rolling in the Deep which I find very warlike and the rest of her whiny crap I can do without.

She's an excuse for fat white women to feel better about their hideous state.

She's an improvement over all those "pop princesses"

I'd have more respect for her if she could sing her own songs IN KEY. That ballad of hers that is so overplayed on radio has a couple of bars that are out of her range and for some reason she still decided to record it. I guess all the tone deaf people who bought it on iTunes proved her right.

This is an extraordinary performance of a great song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7SRulm3w3c

Clearly there's a big market for whiny off-key crap music then !

I think she has penned some great songs and has a belting voice. I saw her in concert with my daughter in September and she came across as just a regular gal - no pretension about her. Like one other poster said - a refreshing change from all the entitled princesses that usually inhabit the pop sphere.

It's great though, that Letsrun provides a forum for you guys to bemoan the fact that a fat white chick with no talent is such a success in life.

She's made one sing I feel I can listen to, other than that it's boring. I'm a little surprised by her popularity, but as the previous poster said..most people don't appreciate the really good artists.

Surprised at the negative reaction to her on this thread. She has a phenomenal voice and great songs. She has deep and thought provoking songs, which as a result can also be sad/depressing, but those are usually better. Who actually wants to hear "happy music"? Adele is probably the best singer performing today (name one that is better) and is actually competitive with great singers from prior (stronger) eras as well.

As far as combining great voices with bad songs, a much more apt example would be Mariah Carey. She has all the range, etc. but except for her 2005 album most of her career was built around annoying songs.

duncnasty wrote:

i'm trying to figure out why people actually like her or her music. i first heard one of her songs back in may when i got back from deployment and it was pure pain to my ears. i'm just wondering what the big deal is about her and her terrible, depressing music.

Rolling In The Deep is an amazing song; she's got an incredible voice. I've heard a couple of her other songs and was not a fan of them though I still recognize the greatness in her voice. I would never buy a CD from her because generally speaking I don't like her style of music, but Rolling In The Deep is a home run.

I don't think much about her outside perhaps this post which stimulated me to think of her momentarily.