Sade..one of the best of our time..

[bubinga5]

I have always loved her music from when i was a young snapper... of course i thought she was and is a very beautiful woman...but thats got nothing to do with it obviously!!! these are such wonderful songs..

Prob my favorite Sade song..just blows me away every time i hear it....love it, love it, love it...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve6GAYV33j0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve6GAYV33j0[/url]

great live version...MAN SHES FINE!!!!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcNtoHwd6Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcNtoHwd6Y[/url]

Is it me or is she just frickin cool in this vid....

how high has he got that stingray????

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGszYh20_ns"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGszYh20_ns[/url]

What a song this is..

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDwsP9yu6IA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDwsP9yu6IA[/url]

this music brings back so many memories for me..growing uo with soul music and all..

[JTUK]

All image, IMV.. ok voice, if you can even say that, and decent enough grooves but not a vocalalist you'd listen to, really.

just my 2p.

[lowdown]

[quote name='JTUK' post='1054699' date='Dec 11 2010, 09:25 AM']All image, IMV.. ok voice, if you can even say that, and decent enough grooves but not a vocalalist you'd listen to, really.

just my 2p.[/quote]

I kinda agree with all that.
Not so much her vocal range for me - but some suspect tuning.

Great visuals though.


Garry

Edited December 11, 2010 by lowdown

[Martin E]

I agree she's made some great well produced songs.

I've always got the impression though that she's a singer with a very very limited vocal range. In fact not even a range as such - just a few notes where she can hit that certain distinctive sweetspot.

[Clarky]

Smooth Operator must have been one of a very few times that "the charts" had a bass solo in a top 10 hit. I quite like that song (and sung along to it like a saddo whilst driving home from work with some retro radio station on in the last tube strike!) but I'm afraid I generally find her vocals devoid of warmth. I bought her album back in the early 80s but moved it on swiftly. Sorry B5 .. although I did play a lot of LOTW, Warriors and Incognito around the same time if it makes you feel better

[icastle]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1054655' date='Dec 11 2010, 03:50 AM']how high has he got that stingray????[/quote]

Many bassists seem to have confused 'bass guitar' with 'necklace' in that decade
I wonder how many 'necklace slappers' got a face full of busted G string after an over enthusiastic pop?

As for Sade, very limited vocal range but some very good tunes I thought.

[geoffbyrne]

....I always thought she'd produced to best tracks to immolate myself to....



G.

[icastle]

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='1054942' date='Dec 11 2010, 01:36 PM']....I always thought she'd produced to best tracks to immolate myself to....[/quote]

Quite apt given your surname

[Clarky]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1054979' date='Dec 11 2010, 02:18 PM']christ who cares if she got a "very very limited vocal range" (which i dont agree with) its the music thats important.....What because shes black she is supposed to sing like Aretha...?

i was expecting a little credit for an artist who has been going for 25 years+ and still writing...[/quote]
Blimey, B5, don't think anyone said she's supposed to sing like Aretha Its a music blog site - you put something up asking for opinions, you get opinions. Bit of an overreaction mate

[icastle]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1054979' date='Dec 11 2010, 02:18 PM']christ who cares if she got a "very very limited vocal range" (which i dont agree with) its the music thats important.....What because shes black she is supposed to sing like Aretha...?

i was expecting a little credit for an artist who has been going for 25 years+ and still writing...[/quote]

Based on the material I have heard, I'd say that she does appear to have a limited vocal range, but one that works well with the material she is presenting.
As an analogy, Rembrandt had a limited pallette of colours to work from and he did just fine with it - giving him pots of dayglow pink and yellow would just be stupid.

Sade mixed Soul and R&B together, and added a few other musical genres, to make a sound that I personally find quite pleasing.
I have never been a fan of Soul or R&B and therefore have absolutely none in my music collection - that's a personal taste thing and absolutely nothing to do with ethnicity. I do have some Sade.

[ElCapitan]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1054979' date='Dec 11 2010, 03:18 PM']christ who cares if she got a "very very limited vocal range" (which i dont agree with) its the music thats important.....What because shes black she is supposed to sing like Aretha...?

i was expecting a little credit for an artist who has been going for 25 years+ and still writing...[/quote]



Do you realise how this post makes you sound you clown?

[davidmpires]

[quote name='ElCapitan' post='1055037' date='Dec 11 2010, 03:11 PM']Do you realise how this post makes you sound you clown?[/quote]

A bit harsh don't you think?

back on topic I quite like Sade but not sure I could listen to an album from top to bottom. now the bass line on kiss of life is quite cool. It makes me want to learn it

[Mykesbass]

I thought she was great at the time and still love her music. Yes, she did have a limited vocal range/style but I don't personally feel that detracts from the fact that teh band made some great music. Would love to find a copy of the Smooth Operator 12" breakdown mix.

[bubinga5]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1054984' date='Dec 11 2010, 02:24 PM']Blimey, B5, don't think anyone said she's supposed to sing like Aretha Its a music blog site - you put something up asking for opinions, you get opinions. Bit of an overreaction mate[/quote]
i do appologise.. yes i did sound like a clown....i have deleted my post... i was having a very bad morning...

Edited December 11, 2010 by bubinga5

[Clarky]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1055114' date='Dec 11 2010, 04:56 PM']i do appologise.. i have deleted my post... i was having a very bad morning...[/quote]
No worries Andrew we all have rubbish mornings! And yes I do play the bass solo from Smooth Operator when I'm noodling at home

[Mickeyboro]

Not my cup o' tea but she and her band were/are good at what they do and there's musicianship involved. Which will do for me.

If you aren't interested, scroll on...

[bubinga5]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1055118' date='Dec 11 2010, 04:57 PM']No worries Andrew we all have rubbish mornings! And yes I do play the bass solo from Smooth Operator when I'm noodling at home [/quote]

[steve-soar]

What's all this nonsense about vocal range? If that were the case, then Celine Dion, or Mariah Scurvy would be the de facto standard of most aspirational female singers.





Oh f***.


BTW, I own Diamond Life and play it occassionaly.

[Hobbayne]

I remember reading somewhere when Sade first appeared that she was related to Michael Caine somewhere along.
I think it was 1983 but I could be wrong.
There was a big surge in bassists playing Stingrays back then, Pino's fretless on Whereever I Lay My hat, this fella on Smooth Operator and Mikey Craig from culture club all played one. Me? I had a Westone Thunder 1

[icastle]

[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1055251' date='Dec 11 2010, 06:43 PM']Me? I had a Westone Thunder 1 [/quote]

I had an Aria PROII SB900 back then

[fatback]

Not bothered about vocal range meself. Her music has groove, it's sexy, the production is top class. Oh, and the bass is cool too.

What's not to like?

Maybe opinions depend on whether or not you ever had a great smooch to a Sade tune

btw I don't think anyone should be called a clown on a forum like this.

[Clarky]

[quote name='fatback' post='1055340' date='Dec 11 2010, 07:57 PM']I don't think anyone should be called a clown on a forum like this. [/quote]
B5 got off lightly there, the poster in question called silddx a "w***er" in a post a couple of days ago in part prompting my thread on abuse

[bubinga5]

No sh*t? thats a different story for sure...

Edited December 11, 2010 by bubinga5

[fatback]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1055342' date='Dec 11 2010, 07:59 PM']B5 got off lightly there, the poster in question called silddx a "w***er" in a post a couple of days ago in part prompting my thread on abuse[/quote]

Ah.

[Beno]

Hey.
Just putting my bit in here.

One of my favorite basslines in Sade's songs would be Cherry Pie.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3qW5HAg8U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3qW5HAg8U[/url]

There are live versions on UT but b/line is best in orig.

NB. Scroll down a bit and check out the dude playing it on his todd.