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Greetings from under my rock
So I've been hearing this song on the radio a lot over the past few
weeks and it just got stuck in my head. Actually, it wasn't the song itself that I was struck by, but the singing - a super-powerful voice that would probably knock your socks off in person, but my small monaural clock radio hardly does it justice. Since the song had an easy to identify refrain, I went to Google and typed it in - and got about 50 bazillion hits. The song is called "Rolling in the Deep", by a singer named Adele, who is apparently well-known by everyone in the modern world except me. Where have I been? Well, not listening to pop music I guess. About 99% of the stuff on the radio sounds like cr*p to me. And believe me, it's not about age - I was glued to the radio in the 90s, when angry female singers and grunge bands were all the rage, and I was already over 40. No, current pop music just sounds like bland mush to me. Even the headbanger rock on the radio, while loud and percussive, is also essentially bland. Anyway, it's not like I'm suddenly a big fan of this singer, but it's kind of amazing that someone could have a huge international following for over 4 years and I wasn't even aware of her existence. OK, back under my rock... Joyce -- I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal. -- Edward Abbey |
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On Jul 16, 12:13*am, wrote:
So I've been hearing this song on the radio a lot over the past few weeks and it just got stuck in my head. Actually, it wasn't the song itself that I was struck by, but the singing - a super-powerful voice that would probably knock your socks off in person, but my small monaural clock radio hardly does it justice. Since the song had an easy to identify refrain, I went to Google and typed it in - and got about 50 bazillion hits. The song is called "Rolling in the Deep", by a singer named Adele, who is apparently well-known by everyone in the modern world except me. Where have I been? Well, not listening to pop music I guess. About 99% of the stuff on the radio sounds like cr*p to me. And believe me, it's not about age - I was glued to the radio in the 90s, when angry female singers and grunge bands were all the rage, and I was already over 40. No, current pop music just sounds like bland mush to me. Even the headbanger rock on the radio, while loud and percussive, is also essentially bland. Anyway, it's not like I'm suddenly a big fan of this singer, but it's kind of amazing that someone could have a huge international following for over 4 years and I wasn't even aware of her existence. OK, back under my rock... Joyce No, it's not just you. I had *heard* of Adele, but I couldn't name you anything she'd ever recorded, or even "hum a few bars." LOL It seems to me that all the current pop music sounds....*alike*. Having a teenager in the house, I could even sing along to pretty much everything and even *liked* a lot of it. After about 2000, I didn't have a clue what was on the top 40 anymore. Amazon's mp3 site is a pretty good way to check out what's new and listen to a short clip of the songs. Then you can usually go to youtube and hear the entire song. There are some unknown artists who upload songs to Amazon and offer the download for free. I've actually downloaded a few of those that I really liked. It's one of my favorite late-night insomniac time-wasting activities. Sherry |
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Greetings from under my rock
On Jul 15, 11:13*pm, bast wrote:
So I've been hearing this song on the radio a lot over the past few weeks and it just got stuck in my head. Actually, it wasn't the song itself that I was struck by, but the singing - a super-powerful voice that would probably knock your socks off in person, but my small monaural clock radio hardly does it justice. Since the song had an easy to identify refrain, I went to Google and typed it in - and got about 50 bazillion hits. The song is called "Rolling in the Deep", by a singer named Adele, who is apparently well-known by everyone in the modern world except me. Where have I been? Well, not listening to pop music I guess. About 99% of the stuff on the radio sounds like cr*p to me. And believe me, it's not about age - I was glued to the radio in the 90s, when angry female singers and grunge bands were all the rage, and I was already over 40. No, current pop music just sounds like bland mush to me. Even the headbanger rock on the radio, while loud and percussive, is also essentially bland. Anyway, it's not like I'm suddenly a big fan of this singer, but it's kind of amazing that someone could have a huge international following for over 4 years and I wasn't even aware of her existence. OK, back under my rock... Joyce Went to Y.T. No comment on what I saw there. Would you come out from under your rock tor this? http://www.adele.tv/live/308/berkeley-ca |
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wrote in message ... So I've been hearing this song on the radio a lot over the past few weeks and it just got stuck in my head. Actually, it wasn't the song itself that I was struck by, but the singing - a super-powerful voice that would probably knock your socks off in person, but my small monaural clock radio hardly does it justice. Since the song had an easy to identify refrain, I went to Google and typed it in - and got about 50 bazillion hits. The song is called "Rolling in the Deep", by a singer named Adele, who is apparently well-known by everyone in the modern world except me. Where have I been? Well, not listening to pop music I guess. About 99% of the stuff on the radio sounds like cr*p to me. And believe me, it's not about age - I was glued to the radio in the 90s, when angry female singers and grunge bands were all the rage, and I was already over 40. No, current pop music just sounds like bland mush to me. Even the headbanger rock on the radio, while loud and percussive, is also essentially bland. Anyway, it's not like I'm suddenly a big fan of this singer, but it's kind of amazing that someone could have a huge international following for over 4 years and I wasn't even aware of her existence. OK, back under my rock... Joyce -- I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal. -- Edward Abbey You might have heard her sing this it's been used in some tv shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn9JlqqTE4 -- shirley x http://community.webshots.com/user/s...host=community How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein |
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shirleycatuk wrote:
Anyway, it's not like I'm suddenly a big fan of [Adele], but it's kind of amazing that someone could have a huge international following for over 4 years and I wasn't even aware of her existence. You might have heard her sing this it's been used in some tv shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnn9JlqqTE4 Oh, that was one of the ones I watched last night. Nope, I don't now that song. Apparently it's a Bob Dylan song, but I don't know his version either. Joyce -- - Your mom and I are going to divorce next month. - What??? Why! Call me please? - I wrote Disney and this phone changed it. We are going to Disney. -- damnyouautocorrect.com |
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On Jul 16, 7:17*pm, nobody wrote:
On 16 Jul 2011 05:13:15 GMT, wrote: Rolling in the Deep", by a singer named Adele She's a VERY good vocalist...no Christie McVie..., but still very good. But, she uses back up vocals. They're just a distraction. It would be better to user her OWN voice, in post production. Enya is the master, at that. Kind of hard to do in concerts, without using tracks, though. The lyrics are very powerful. The music...meh. She doesn't even HAVE a lead guitarist. But still, head and shoulders above all the 'popular' carp, these days. I've never heard it before. I'll have to look into her music, see if any of her other work is as good. Thanks! Snork. At least I know who Enya is.....I wanted to hear/see this but have a mediaplayer problem at home with vids on YouTube so went to her website. All I could take in there was her album cover (pro portrait closeup shot, cleverly shadowed in exactly the right spots) which told me nothing about the singing or that song. Abandoned task. Now I am at a relatives with killer Bose speakers attached and no mediaplayer problems here so just tried again. Was impressed by talent of Adele and yes, she has Celine Dion volume power as well. I realize song (sadly unintelligable, as some comments below vid pointed out, I had to look up "lyrics'' at another link) is a lament, etc. and graphic examples of "broken" whatever relate to song....but from its beginning I was giggling at *the settings* as I swear they did Adele major injustice by using same staircase, foyer, draped walls, etc. as many, many episodes of Criminal Minds I watch on tv late at night! Did her promoters do this to *save money* by using sets from other venues/ media? I went to all this effort to view/hear Adele per recommendations here, as I am an incurable heavy metal/ hard rock person and there are tons of pops I never heard of unless they make a**** of themselves that go viral....like Spears, Lohan, Rhianna, Aguilera, etc.and make headlines. Likewise, have no idea what is selling well in pop vids currently; from what the named offenders here show on tv looks like bootyworking. |
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