|
Discussion: Is Adele now officially the new "Voice of our Generation?"
Member Since: 3/30/2009
Posts: 79,408
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Cap10Planet
I feel that this thread is shade and bait. Not too long ago you said she was "The British 'IT' Girl of the Moment."
Stop trolling.
|
It's because her success and the praise she's getting are immense, so I'm unsure if it will happen ever again to her. I personally find "21" slightly overrated, to be honest. I much, much prefer "19" to it. "Daydreamer," "Chasing Pavements," "Melt My Heart To Stone," "Right As Rain" >>>>
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/6/2010
Posts: 27,791
|
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 3/7/2011
Posts: 1,181
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/29/2006
Posts: 12,001
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Duca
Keep it cute, forget the shade.
|
i don't believe you gurl!
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/1/2010
Posts: 65,177
|
Quote:
Originally posted by edicsonhades
i don't believe you gurl!
|
.
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/28/2010
Posts: 26,529
|
she is "one of the voices of our generation", that how the title should have been
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/30/2009
Posts: 79,408
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Good_Doc_Gone_Bad
You can't be the voice of the generation off of one album.
|
The girl made "19," an album released in early 2008, one of the best-selling albums of 2011.
|
|
|
Member Since: 2/2/2010
Posts: 503
|
Adele >>> Christina and no one besides xtina fans would dispute that.
I think adele is just a breathe of fresh air everyone has been waiting for especially older adults. Look an artist with no gimmicks with good music and a great voice. Who would have thought? Artists like Adele tend to sell well anyways look at Amy Winehouse and Norah jones. Adele is slaying at the moment and this is her year to shine, I don't want to jump to any conclusions but I do think she will be around for a long time and I'm so excited to see her grow and give us even more beautiful melodies and lyrics. She has the type of music that brings story telling and raw emotion back into pop music in a way that touches you. In Someone like you she really makes you feel the heartache and see the story play out when she sings. ugh I love her.
Also with the rise of Adele shows me that people are tired of the autotune, dance pop lifeless bs. Hence why those artists can barely sell albums, can't wait for this music phase to be over.
|
|
|
Banned
Member Since: 10/26/2010
Posts: 12,889
|
Quote:
Originally posted by RudeBoy
No, Beyonce is.
|
Quote:
Originally posted by CaptainMusic
No, Beyonce is.
|
Love on top top top top top
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/30/2011
Posts: 5,259
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Bea.
Amy is a tragedy and as such will be remembered for longer.
Look at Elvis and Tom Jones, arguably equally talented, friends, around at the same time and equally famous yet Elvis died and everyone knows who he is. Tom Jones is alive but doesn't have as a big a fan base.
|
This is true. Now she's died young, she'll become the kind of singer hipsters listen to in 20 years while looking down on modern artists. If she hadn't died, she would have been remembered more for her drug addiction and tabloid antics.
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/16/2010
Posts: 19,686
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Duca
It's because her success and the praise she's getting are immense, so I'm unsure if it will happen ever again to her. I personally find "21" slightly overrated, to be honest. I much, much prefer "19" to it. "Daydreamer," "Chasing Pavements," "Melt My Heart To Stone," "Right As Rain" >>>>
|
Adele is a phase. It is ALMOST the Susan Boyle factor too.
I find her music to be over-rated. I think people feel like they have more substance if they listen to Adele because she is something other than Katy Perry and Britney Spears when in fact you can listen to whatever the hell music you want and still have substance as a person. She makes people feel intelligent and sophisticated. British, talented and not the kind of appearance expected from the music industry these days.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/9/2011
Posts: 11,102
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Bea.
I don't think people will stay interested in her.
It is a sad truth that the entertainment industry primarily revolves around sex and sex appeal and as beautiful as her voice is people are going to get bored with her funeral style and lack of sex appeal although she has a beautiful face. She is quite a one dimensional artist, she will sing jazz and the blues and she will sing about depression and heartache and people get quite tired of that quite fast. She doesn't have an interesting personal life nor is she that inter sting as a person so I would say this level of fame will last 1-2 years if she is lucky. Artists need to adapt to survive and I don't think she will.
|
Yet her album has sold so well, people are getting tired of the sex songs, there are many artist who produce those type of songs and many don't want to listen to that all the time. And she is not a one dimensional artist you and all of us has yet to see what else she can do so don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/16/2008
Posts: 59,380
|
I don't know if she is but you can't deny that her voice gives you chills and some performances have almost made me cry
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/16/2010
Posts: 19,686
|
Quote:
Originally posted by thisisit
This is true. Now she's died young, she'll become the kind of singer hipsters listen to in 20 years, and compare to modern artists. If she hadn't died, she would have been remembered more for her drug addiction and tabloid antics.
|
Well that would depend on the quality of her upcoming album and whether she was in fact really getting her life together.
My honest opinion on the matter is that Amy was more talented and she truly paved the way for Adele. Amy was a tortured soul and those kinds of people make phenomenal music, there was something so effortless about Amys music, I find Adele as talented as she is only really has one topic on 21, I like a little more variey.
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/30/2009
Posts: 79,408
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Bea.
Adele is a phase. It is ALMOST the Susan Boyle factor too.
I find her music to be over-rated. I think people feel like they have more substance if they listen to Adele because she is something other than Katy Perry and Britney Spears when in fact you can listen to whatever the hell music you want and still have substance as a person. She makes people feel intelligent and sophisticated. British, talented and not the kind of appearance expected from the music industry these days.
|
Susan couldn't even get a top 40 single and wasn't nowhere nearly as praised as Adele. And "The Gift" underperformed.
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/19/2010
Posts: 5,239
|
Our generation doesn't have just one voice. Our generation has sprung many legends with very powerful music that will be remembered.
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/6/2010
Posts: 27,791
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Bea.
Adele is a phase. It is ALMOST the Susan Boyle factor too.
I find her music to be over-rated. I think people feel like they have more substance if they listen to Adele because she is something other than Katy Perry and Britney Spears when in fact you can listen to whatever the hell music you want and still have substance as a person. She makes people feel intelligent and sophisticated. British, talented and not the kind of appearance expected from the music industry these days.
|
This.
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/16/2010
Posts: 19,686
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Brit94
Yet her album has sold so well, people are getting tired of the sex songs, there are many artist who produce those type of songs and many don't want to listen to that all the time. And she is not a one dimensional artist you and all of us has yet to see what else she can do so don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
|
19 and 21 are extremely similar.
So far she is one dimensional, there is only so far a voice will take you. I'm not saying it is a good thing or that I agree with it but I simply do not see Adele having the longevity that Beyonce or Britney has had. People will get bored. 21 is a phenomenon but that does not mean that she is the voice of our generation, we will see in 5-10 years. That would be like me saying Lady Gaga is the pop star of our generation when she has clearly got a lot to prove yet.
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/1/2010
Posts: 65,177
|
It's not almost like the Susan Boyle phase. Susan Boyle got huge hype from a damn talent show. Susan Boyle hasn't even gotten a Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hit, Grammy Awards or Brit Awards. Neither is her acclaim as big as Adele's. So, the Susan Boyle/Adele comparisons are dumb as hell. I can see someone comparing Adele to Amy, because unlike Susan Boyle, Amy had acclaim, wasn't a talent show reject and won numerous industry awards. Call Adele a phase all you want, but don't put her on the same planet as Susan Boyle.
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/16/2010
Posts: 19,686
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Duca
Susan couldn't even get a top 40 single and wasn't nowhere nearly as praised as Adele. And "The Gift" underperformed.
|
That is because Susan Boyle was unoriginal, extremely hard to look at and only appealed to old women.
Adele is young, her music is better and she is much prettier BUT that is not enough to last in the industry.
|
|
|
|
|