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Well... I am blushing deeply here. I never knew Chasing Pavements was by Adele. That's quite a good song. I never cared for Someone Like You and when local bands started covering Rolling In The Deep I huffed and puffed in  disapproval.  I guess my problem is she's basically a soul singer and I'm not big on soul/jazz vocalists. I didn't really get Amy Winehouse who I saw a few times.  This would be very nice on a sunny afternoon  - in fact it would be ideal - but on a Saturday night? I think if I was smashed enough I might get into it. I'm going to give her a fair shot but at the end of the day  - if Slayer are on somewhere you will won't see me for dust. They make Metallica sound like Bon Jovi.  I was looking for an Adele wig on Ebay yesterday and couldn't find anything.

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1 hour ago, Martin Ashford said:

There is one major problem here  - ADELE IS NOT FUCKING ROCK 'N ROLL - she is music for Valentine's Day compilations. SHE IS A BETTER LOOKING VERSION OF SUSAN FUCKING BOYLE - The perfect gift for Mother's Day and in all honesty the most improbable rock festival headliner of all time. I blame that arsehole Cowell for this. He has almost ruined British culture.

Totally agree....

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I find there's no personality to Adele's music, it all just sounds like platitudes to me. There's a million break up songs in the world, and hers are the most one-note and devoid of individuality. It's surprising that they were all based on a real life relationship, because they all sound like they were penned by somebody who was instructed to write something of the sort and then thought "hmm, what sort of things would a person who's been dumped say?".

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40 minutes ago, Martin Ashford said:

Well... I am blushing deeply here. I never knew Chasing Pavements was by Adele. That's quite a good song.

Funny you say this, cause when I think of Rock n Roll I immediately think of Chasing Pavements by Adele, it is just the epitome of the genre

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Setlist from opening night of the tour this evening. Personally think this would go down very well and definitely be more interesting/entertaining than The Who or Florence last year

  1. Hello
     
  2. Hometown Glory
     
  3. One and Only
     
  4. Rumour Has It
     
  5. Water Under the Bridge
     
  6. I Miss You
     
  7. Skyfall
     
  8. Million Years Ago
     
  9. Don't You Remember
     
  10. Send My Love (to Your New Lover)
     
  11. Make You Feel My Love
    (Bob Dylan cover)
  12. Sweetest Devotion
    (Live debut)
  13. Chasing Pavements
     
  14. Someone Like You
     
  15. Set Fire to the Rain
     
  16. Encore:
  17. All I Ask
     
  18. When We Were Young
     
  19. Rolling in the Deep
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16 minutes ago, willd255 said:

S stlist from opening night of the tour this evening. Personally think this would go down very well and definitely be more interesting/entertaining than The Who or Florence last year

  1. Hello
     
  2. Hometown Glory
     
  3. One and Only
     
  4. Rumour Has It
     
  5. Water Under the Bridge
     
  6. I Miss You
     
  7. Skyfall
     
  8. Million Years Ago
     
  9. Don't You Remember
     
  10. Send My Love (to Your New Lover)
     
  11. Make You Feel My Love
    (Bob Dylan cover)
  12. Sweetest Devotion
    (Live debut)
  13. Chasing Pavements
     
  14. Someone Like You
     
  15. Set Fire to the Rain
     
  16. Encore:
  17. All I Ask
     
  18. When We Were Young
     
  19. Rolling in the Deep

Can someone who knows her stuff mark what Is a ballad and what's not?

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5 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Can someone who knows her stuff mark what Is a ballad and what's not?

Not a fan by any means, and won't be seeing her but it looks like the only ones in there that I don't recognise as ballads are Rolling in the deep and Rumour has it.

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1 hour ago, thatcrazypenguin said:

Hit the nail on the head here....shes not terrible....but shes very very overplayed and I think a lot of people(other then chart kiddys and radio one fans) are a bit sick of her now, not to mention as above I cant imagine finding anything other then a couple of songs from her entertaining, certainly a very slow lack of energy act in terms of a headliner, more suited to the acoustic tent if she wasnt so popular id imagine. not something thatd slay the pyramid to be sure

He has sold 19 milliono copies of her album in 3 months in an era where people don't buy records. Not convinced people are sick of her...

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5 minutes ago, dooke10 said:

He has sold 19 milliono copies of her album in 3 months in an era where people don't buy records. Not convinced people are sick of her...

To put that in context that is more sales in 3 months of one album than Blur have sold worldwide in their whole recording career.

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1 hour ago, thatcrazypenguin said:

Given the genre and audience I would not be surprised if that was the case...just another manufactured clone masquerading as `talent` 

Even if you don't like her songs because they're boring or whatever, I can't agree that she's not talented - if you knew someone who could as well as this would you say they're not talented?

 

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2 hours ago, Martin Ashford said:

There is one major problem here  - ADELE IS NOT FUCKING ROCK 'N ROLL - she is music for Valentine's Day compilations. SHE IS A BETTER LOOKING VERSION OF SUSAN FUCKING BOYLE - The perfect gift for Mother's Day and in all honesty the most improbable rock festival headliner of all time. I blame that arsehole Cowell for this. He has almost ruined British culture.

beautifully put! 

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27 minutes ago, Chawk said:

Even if you don't like her songs because they're boring or whatever, I can't agree that she's not talented - if you knew someone who could as well as this would you say they're not talented?

You're talking to a dude that probably considers Dragonforce a benchmark of quality.

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4 hours ago, eastynh said:

Are Radiohead not more of a band that you would go and appreciate at a gig on a Tuesday night and maybe ask the pretty wallflower out of the office, who wears the brown cardigans if she would like to go with you?

Me personally, I go to gigs and festivals to enjoy myself. There is nothing about Radiohead that I find remotely fun. I could not think of anything worse really than it being peak time on a Saturday night and everyone is stood about, stroking their chins 'appreciating' the music.

Thats not to say bands like Radiohead do not have their place. Everyone needs a bit of solemnity and self reflection at some time in their lives. I can perfectly understand someone sitting at home, having some me time and listening to Radiohead.

It is the idea of saving up all year, being on the razz all day and then standing there listening to Radiohead that I find a bit alien really.

 

Watch those, see if you think they are chin strokers.

I get why they are not for everyone at times, but live - there will be something for a lot of people.

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9 hours ago, Martin Ashford said:

There is one major problem here  - ADELE IS NOT FUCKING ROCK 'N ROLL - she is music for Valentine's Day compilations. SHE IS A BETTER LOOKING VERSION OF SUSAN FUCKING BOYLE - The perfect gift for Mother's Day and in all honesty the most improbable rock festival headliner of all time. I blame that arsehole Cowell for this. He has almost ruined British culture.

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary  Performing Arts

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So Adele's first show of this tour seems to be getting great reception and went off without a hitch. Gonna be a weird night at the Pyramid for sure but anybody who thinks she isn't gonna flat out nail it is kidding themselves. And that setlist up there is as good as anybody could want from her

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