Tried listening to Adele today.........

[Beedster]

I asked my youngest who she'd like to listen to while did did some work in the garden this morning, and my heart sank when she replied 'Adele please Dad'.

 

OK, very few of her songs appeal to me, but wow, the box I use for music in the garden really exaggerates the bass, and the bass playing on many of Adele's songs is beautiful, and for what appear at first listen to be pretty average songs in terms of structure, also really quite inventive. 

 

Loved this line

 

 

[StingRayBoy42]

Oh thank heavens... I thought this was going to be another "Bah! Modern music is rubbish!" thread. 😀

She's got a hell of a voice and can certainly write a song.... anyone who can listen to "Someone like you" and not feel a flicker of emotion* should hand themselves in to their local police station immediately.

 

Some bloke called 'Pinot Palladin' (?) on Bass for '21' - he sounds half decent and I'm sure he'll go a long way.


* Anyone who replies 'hatred' or 'disgust' - straight to prison.

[Beedster]

8 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

Oh thank heavens... I thought this was going to be another "Bah! Modern music is rubbish!" thread. 😀

She's got a hell of a voice and can certainly write a song.... anyone who can listen to "Someone like you" and not feel a flicker of emotion* should hand themselves in to their local police station immediately.

 

Some bloke called 'Pinot Palladin' (?) on Bass for '21' - he sounds half decent and I'm sure he'll go a long way.


* Anyone who replies 'hatred' or 'disgust' - straight to prison.

 

I must admit, I'm enjoying it. She appears to be one of the current wave of artists famous for producing relatively sad/introspective ballads while at the same time recording some much less well known up-tempo stuff (James Arthur is another god example, took my daughters to see him a while back expecting an evening of melancholy and was instead treated to some great music and some great musicianship). And yes, her voice is something else when you give yourself a chance to really indulge it. Hell of an artist.

 

And I didn't realise it was Pino, makes sense, the playing and parts are immaculate 

[Beedster]

OK, I am now 100% an Adele fan 👍

[Mykesbass]

She must be doing something right - even Bob Dylan has covered one of her songs...

[Beedster]

5 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

She must be doing something right - even Bob Dylan has covered one of her songs...

 

I know, it's quite amusing at times isn't it, but that's the meejda for ya 👍 

[Lozz196]

I remember her doing Someone Like You at The Brits. All the other acts had dancers and costume changes, she had a piano player and sang. She stole the show.

[Beedster]

3 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

I remember her doing Someone Like You at The Brits. All the other acts had dancers and costume changes, she had a piano player and sang. She stole the show.

Funnily enough just listened to it, only thing could make it better is some bowed double bass towards the end 👍

 

 

[Beedster]

‘You can have all the lights and pyro and dancers you like, but if you sound like that, all you need is a piano’

[bass_dinger]

29 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Funnily enough just listened to it, only thing could make it better is some bowed double bass towards the end 👍

 

 

Warning  - James Corden at the start.

 

She has a powerful voice, and conveys  bags of emotion.  I am a fan.

 

[Owen]

6 hours ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

Oh thank heavens... I thought this was going to be another "Bah! Modern music is rubbish!" thread. 😀

She's got a hell of a voice and can certainly write a song.... anyone who can listen to "Someone like you" and not feel a flicker of emotion* should hand themselves in to their local police station immediately.

 

Some bloke called 'Pinot Palladin' (?) on Bass for '21' - he sounds half decent and I'm sure he'll go a long way.


* Anyone who replies 'hatred' or 'disgust' - straight to prison.

And Chris "Daddy" Dave on kit. She does not mess around. 

[neepheid]

So, where's her signature bass so we can have a moan about that?

 

 

[StingRayBoy42]

1 minute ago, neepheid said:

So, where's her signature bass so we can have a moan about that?

 

 

She does have a signature laptop...

 

[Beedster]

25 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

She does have a signature laptop...

 

Stand in the corner 😆

[StingRayBoy42]

32 minutes ago, neepheid said:

So, where's her signature bass so we can have a moan about that?

 

 

She also has some signature Bass strings - LaDellas. Deep talkin' Fladkins.

[police squad]

She has a truly exceptional voice, great songs too

[BigRedX]

18 hours ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

Oh thank heavens... I thought this was going to be another "Bah! Modern music is rubbish!" thread. 😀

 

There's not a lot "modern" about Adele's music.

[bass_dinger]

I would like to see Adele team up with Lewis Capaldi, and then split up. 

 

That would result in the ultimate break-up album box-sets, from both of them. 

 

[MacDaddy]

Criticise Adele at your peril on Basschat!

 

 

 

 

[Beedster]

16 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

Criticise Adele at your peril on Basschat!

 

 

 

 

That was comedy, I think my sole contribution on the final page summed it up perfectly

 

On 16/05/2023 at 21:15, Beedster said:

What an amusing thread 🤔

 

 👍

Edited September 23, 2024 by Beedster

[WinterMute]

Very much like the Beatles, I don't care for her music particularly, but I recognise the talent in her voice and songwriting, she's a rare thing.

 

She doesn't speak for me is all. 

 

At least she can write more than one type of song eh? Looking at you Sheeran.

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

15 hours ago, neepheid said:

So, where's her signature bass so we can have a moan about that?

 

 

Well, I guess it might be something like this one.

I’m a huge fan of Adele. Great voice, great writer and she’s very funny with it.

Scroll to 4:45 if you don’t want to hear the song. 
 

 

[Cliff Edge]

She can sing. A rare talent in the pop music world. 

[tauzero]

2 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

Criticise Adele at your peril on Basschat!

 

 

 

 

 

Aha, I never realised that Disco Wave used to be Greaves Bass. That explains so much.

[Leonard Smalls]

I suspect that because a) I don't like singing as the whole point of a song, b) I don't like moany songs about boyfriends/girlfriends/break-ups, c) I do like something a bit different, d) I do like a bit of a pumpin' beat,  then I'm not really the target market for Adele.

Still, she can belt 'em out, seems relatively reasonable and likes a bit of a joke, so I have nowt against her.

Though I'd prefer not to have to listen to her!