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Originally posted by Johnny
Adele's success can be very much attributed to her widespread cultural appeal with music that is reminiscent of what people call real music with very little use of electronics and raw vocal talent. Much of her appeal is attributed to her music, her image, and a unique voice. What I see her as is the embodiment of what modern culture sees as a true artist who looks not for controversy, but rather produces music based on true feelings and emotions and, you know, actually has talent. Her image coincides with this concept, being a typical lady without an apparent image of grandeur and simply gets up on stage to sign with her microphone. All of these factors have collided within a social context to create her success.
What I can say about her quality of music is that is is purely subjective. There is no such thing as overrated outside of the context of your own brain, a subjective perception that can not be established as truth or fact. All I can say is there is an enormous population that loves her, and that she is rated perfectly fine.
Her voice is fantastic, but I will admit that her voice gets a lot of press where it may not be deserved. Truth is, she can fall flat during many of her live performances, she does not have the best vocal control, and does not have the best range. These are aspects of objective vocal quality mastered by the likes of Whitney Houston and Beyoncé, to name a few. Many artists in the popular sphere, based on the objective criteria, sing better than Adele.
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I agreed with much of your post until the bolded part above. Adele doesn't have a Beyonce range, but her performances are EXCELLENT. She slays live performances and she doesn't go "flat". Otherwise I agree with what you said
Unless you can provide multiple examples of Adele going flat in different performances of course
Which I doubt you can find more than 3
The thing however is also that people like Adele's voice because its a bit different then the voices of your other pop girls, which allows her to stand out even more
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Her voice really grates after a while. I don't mind her but her songs just do not last long for me. Plus, she's pretty boring and songs like Someone Like You do nothing for me emotionally because of the way she sings.