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Reminder that I'll Be Waiting is the non-cover filler track on 21
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Cockney Cupcake
She better sing it at Wembley and the stage better be turning.
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OMG, YES! PLEASE!
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Originally posted by Denyy
All I Ask? What? What song is that?
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Y'all are killing me.... I defended "Remedy" for you, too!
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Originally posted by OneAndOnly
Reminder that I'll Be Waiting is the non-cover filler track on 21
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Y'all are killing me today! "I'll Be Waiting" is AMAZING and y'all will deal!
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I am NOT having these attacks towards Remedy and I'll Be Waiting! Not today, Satan!
In fact, I like IBW more than OAO.
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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I'll be waiting alone has more soul and artistry than all of 25 combined.
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Originally posted by Bey Admired
I'll be waiting alone has more soul and artistry than all of 25 combined.
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Hush
IBW is a bop though
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Member Since: 12/23/2006
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I love IBW and i hope she does it atleast at one Wembley show
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TT not being in the setlist was its biggest downfall for me, really the only one I felt was missing. I agree with CC that it was an arrangement thing, it's not like she cut all the dark-sounding ones because she still did DYR etc., and content-wise TT has one of the most empowered, 25-Adele-esque viewpoints on 21.
IBW is definitely a should've-been single, and it's always really fun to hear. I feel like the low-energy issue with Remedy's studio version would disappear with in the live setting, but I also get the sense she doesn't perform it because it makes her super emo.
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Remedy is the best song on 25.
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On the whole 'I'll Be Waiting' debate... this bop is one of the most underrated of Queen's career, and I will NOT tolerate this SLANDER. Save it for actual trash, like 'Lovesong'.
In other news, the sex anthem of our generation, 'I Miss You', stays slaying me. Queen better perform it at Wembley or I will go the **** OFF.
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ADELE sistrens,
Am I crazy or is He Won't Go like her best song? I need to ask fellow fans, because it's always been her most soulful song of her entire career.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by PrinceMichaelFan
ADELE sistrens,
Am I crazy or is He Won't Go like her best song? I need to ask fellow fans, because it's always been her most soulful song of her entire career.
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I personally don't consider it her ultimate best, but it's definitely one of the best in her discography overall, as in, Top 3. It's a masterpiece. It sucks that she's never performed it live. I think it would sound fantastic.
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Originally posted by C_Colstead
I personally don't consider it her ultimate best, but it's definitely one of the best in her discography overall, as in, Top 3. It's a masterpiece. It sucks that she's never performed it live. I think it would sound fantastic.
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That's nut that she hasn't played it live.
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Originally posted by PrinceMichaelFan
That's nut that she hasn't played it live.
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Yeah, I remember reading forever ago that she promised the couple who the song is about (a gay couple, one half of which was struggling with heroin addiction) that she would never perform it live out of loyalty to them, and she never has.
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Originally posted by Adele Addict
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Well, what can I say... I'm just not a very good friend, I guess Can't defend AIA even if my life depended on it, sorry
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Member Since: 3/2/2014
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Originally posted by C_Colstead
Yeah, I remember reading forever ago that she promised the couple who the song is about (a gay couple, one half of which was struggling with heroin addiction) that she would never perform it live out of loyalty to them, and she never has.
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Wow that's class right there. Sometimes some songs just aren't meant for LIVE, but the gem of that song lives on for me
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Originally posted by Denyy
Well, what can I say... I'm just not a very good friend, I guess Can't defend AIA even if my life depended on it, sorry
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I'm sorry sis but Daddy Ryan still FAILED this time, until i see the light someday
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Originally posted by Maddox
I'm sorry sis but Daddy Ryan still FAILED this time, until i see the light someday
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I'll pray for you so it's as soon as possible.
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Originally posted by PrinceMichaelFan
ADELE sistrens,
Am I crazy or is He Won't Go like her best song? I need to ask fellow fans, because it's always been her most soulful song of her entire career.
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Yes, stan for this masterpiece I'd definitely consider it one of her top songs.
Kinda disappointed that it'll likely never get the live treatment, simply because I think it's a unique song in her discography that deals with a relationship dynamic that often goes unspoken in the public. I think I also heard the couple broke up, though(?), so maybe it would be a bit awkward for her to sing now, in addition to breaking the promise.
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There was actually this one infamous guy on adele.tv that claimed she did perform it somewhere really early 21, but nobody's ever found receipts.
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Originally posted by daydreams
Yes, stan for this masterpiece I'd definitely consider it one of her top songs.
Kinda disappointed that it'll likely never get the live treatment, simply because I think it's a unique song in her discography that deals with a relationship dynamic that often goes unspoken in the public. I think I also heard the couple broke up, though(?), so maybe it would be a bit awkward for her to sing now, in addition to breaking the promise.
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In her 'track by track' interview, all Queen does is say that the heroin addict had been clean for over a year at that point, and that she was proud of them both, and that the bond they had overruled everything. Judging from that, I'd guess they were still together when that interview was done, say early 2011.
Completely my own thoughts, but the first people that came to my mind were Alan Carr and his bf, because I saw a picture of them walking their dogs with Queen forever ago and it's always stuck in my head, especially seeing as Queen said the couple in question became friends with her through their mutual love of dogs.
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