What do you think of Adele?

[charlie and algernon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw

[nolabear]

1. I like her a lot. More than 15 minutes but not immortal.

I bought and like her first album. Terrific voice and some decent song choices, but so far she seems not to be putting it out there in her genre or working like crazy, like, say, Joss Stone does. Maybe I'm missing it,but if I am it supports the theory.

[charlie and algernon]

4. I hear her songs pretty frequently on a local station here in Maryland

But I don't know how well she gets out there on the mainstream stations. The couple votes for "never heard of her" here may back up your theory

[LynneSin]

2. The latest Amy Winehouse/Duffy/etc etc

Great voice but in a few years that'll be someone else

[charlie and algernon]

3. personally, I think she's FAR better than Wiinehouse

But that may be from having to listen to Winehouse's "Rehab" 6 times a day at work over the summer of 2007 and now loathe ANYTHING associated with her.

[P. Galore]

21. Winehouse and Susan Boyle are more fun. Party girls, both. nt

[Iggo]

5. I wanna say 'never heard of her', but I use iTunes.

Since I'm pretty sure she doesn't sing Death Metal, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal, Hair Metal, or Post Metal, I've never clicked on her stuff.

She any good?

[charlie and algernon]

7. I think she's very good

the youtube clip in the OP is one of her hits.

[guitar man]

6. I think she's hot!

:P :loveya:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

17. I love her...

...I just can't figure out why her videos are always mediocre and have her sitting down. Sure, she's a chubby girl, but if they'd dress her appropriately, a storyline video would be great! Oh, but I forgot, Americans don't like it when the chubby girl is the focus of ANYTHING.

[IMATB]

29. I love her sound too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmwdlBFs1s

I like her looks, I like her voice. I think she's got the whole package.

If you really listen, this girl is unique. Her voice is just beautiful.

[Bake]

8. Was she on SNL recently?

If so, meh. Not impressed.

Bake

[bif]

9. A very good singer & a long career.

[MorningGlow]

10. Other

I couldn't say if she's going to be one of the all-time greats, as she's just gotten started. I would like to think that she would be, for one reason and one reason only:

SHE DOES NOT USE AUTOTUNE and does not sound like a hyperventilating oversexed chipmunk.

Therefore: SHE IS AN EFFIN' MUSICAL GODDESS IMO.
:rofl:

Seriously, I like her a lot. She can sing, she's not "a body in a skimpy outfit gyrating while lipsynching" and that alone puts her head and shoulders above the dreck that passes for top 40 these days. More power to her. :headbang:

[Auggie]

11. Requisite other

Her latest album sounds great. If she can keep generating great material and adapt with the times there's no reason she shouldn't remain a relevant performer.

[MilesColtrane]

12. Put me down for "meh".

Her voice is OK, but the songs I listened to on YouTube are repetitive and boring.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. The link the OP posted is an AMAZING song.

Good Lord DU is finicky...

[MilesColtrane]

20. Oh, and every time she uses vibrato her pitch goes painfully sharp.

:hi:

[Iggo]

23. Oh damn. You're right.

And not just that cool "push past the third into the fourth" sharp. She is really livin' past the line there.

I do like that squeak thing she does at the beginning of certain syllables, but it seems affected and more predictable than cute after a while.

Cute girl and refreshingly thicker than a stick. I'd like to hear her sing something quiet, see if there's some soul there behind all that power.

[MilesColtrane]

24. That rapid overshooting vibrato kind of became the norm among some...

R&B singers of the past decade. (for some reason)

She could probably sing in tune if she wanted, but unfortunately it seems like she's trying to cop an irritating popular style rather than finding something unique.
That's just one of the hazards of youth.

I agree that the interpretation of a ballad exposes the level of artistic development in a musician.
There is no place to hide.

[charlie and algernon]

27. Here's very much a striped down, quiet song

She did this on Letterman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxDX5L4Az4&feature=relmfu

[eyepaddle]

13. Kick for the upcoming copycat

:kick:

[provis99]

14. Great Czech porn star.

Uh, wait, are we talking about the same Adele?

[BarenakedLady]

15. Love her

She's helped my broken heart tremendously.

[Sky Masterson]

19. It would take a real dope to break a heart like yours

:hug: :hi: :loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

28. He is a pretty big dope

And an ever bigger doper. That is for damn sure.

:hug: :loveya:

[Sky Masterson]

18. I like her cover of this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0put0_a--Ng
'Make You Feel My Love' (Bob Dylan Cover)
Beautiful song.

[kimi]

22. "Rolling in the Deep"

Yes, indeed, my most-often played YouTube vid lately.

I love her. Got turned on to her by a guy I know who knows some stuff I've been through lately, and I think she has absolutely read my mind, and her voice is incredible, IMO. Those lyrics, that tune, the atmosphere of the video - mmmm-hmmmm.

[Lucinda]

25. Hadn't heard of her. Thanks for posting. Love her sound.

:)

[tigereye]

26. enjoyed seeing her on Letterman a while back

great voice and presence.