She's not like Amy who had an AMAZING voice and her concerts were pure entertainment.
LMAO. I won't drag the deceased, but you tried it with that one.
And Janelle doesn't make the same type of music as Adele. Their performance approach is totally different. If Adele makes more up tempo music, then I think she will start to move around the stage and all that **** you girls live for with each and every performer today.
It is obvious that so many people are jealous of Adele's success, though.
If she hadn't managed to cross over to the US, I bet a lot of her current haters would put on a false sad face and say, "awww, she's so amazingly talented, that's too bad but the US doesn't recognize talent."
That's unfair to her. I mean, I don't like most of her music, but to call her "uneven" is really unfair. She nails each and every one of her songs that she does live, and I mean, if you're going to an Adele concert and then complain afterwords all she did was sit and sing...really??
If she hadn't managed to cross over to the US, I bet a lot of her current haters would put on a false sad face and say, "awww, she's so amazingly talented, that's too bad but the US doesn't recognize talent."
Yeah, ol' fake asses. It's the same ones who cry against the bandwagoners, too. They are just annoying and phony as the bandwagoners.
I don't see the problem with it. He certainly was careful to contrast his opinion with the reaction of those present. I think several of these criticisms would be problematic for me as well. But then again, I'm a person who refuses to see most artists live because I feel their live performances will lower my opinion of them.
Whatever, i'm still waiting for you to "drag the deceased".
I won't get any warning points, but you even know that mess was a reach for obvious reasons. I won't stoop that low just to prove my point. It's clear as the summer sun. Don't try it.
I won't get any warning points, but you even know that mess was a reach for obvious reasons. I won't stoop that low just to prove my point. It's clear as the summer sun. Don't try it.
Why are people so upset about this review? If you wanted to hear great vocals with a non moving picture you'd sit your a$$ home and listen to the cd.
Great vocals are amazing and thats what you get a RECORD deal for -... but thats the thing Adele isnt doing much these are PERFORMANCES shes selling... even Amy who didnt know how to dance would put on a show and get her audience riled up or make a few quips or w/e.
Adele needs to go back to the drawing board. It wasn't a horrible review it was a wake up call for her.
Why are people so upset about this review? If you wanted to hear great vocals with a non moving picture you'd sit your a$$ home and listen to the cd.
Great vocals are amazing and thats what you get a RECORD deal for -... but thats the thing Adele isnt doing much these are PERFORMANCES shes selling... even Amy who didnt know how to dance would put on a show and get her audience riled up or make a few quips or w/e.
Adele needs to go back to the drawing board. It wasn't a horrible review it was a wake up call for her.
I'm guessing that you, along with the reviewer and most people on this thread would've never gone to concerts pre-rock n' roll era, since 90% of singers back then performed just as Adele did, only standing there (or sitting behind a piano the whole time). I think it just further underlines why we have so many crap performers today, because people are like children, they need to be distracted by colorful, shiny stuff in order to be entertained. Being able to actually sing and perform is purely optional if you're visually interesting. I get that some people aren't going to be into artists like Adele because they don't find their performance styles to be appealing. Everyone's entitled to their preferences. But that doesn't mean that those artists are bad performers. That doesn't mean that they don't connect with their audience and provide an experience as equally (or more) fun and memorable as a that of a flashy performer. And one isn't necessarily a great performer just because they prance around onstage with a dozen backup dancers, either. They can still be boring as hell in spite of that.
Out of all the pop performers to deserve this critique, Adele should've been the last one to be on the receiving end of it. At least she can sing and sound just as she does on her recordings. There are too many artists out there who can't perform OR sing. That should never be excused.
I'm guessing that you, along with the reviewer and most people on this thread would've never gone to concerts pre-rock n' roll era, since 90% of singers back then performed just as Adele did, only standing there (or sitting behind a piano the whole time). I think it just further underlines why we have so many crap performers today, because people are like children, they need to be distracted by colorful, shiny stuff in order to be entertained. Being able to actually sing and perform is purely optional if you're visually interesting. I get that some people aren't going to be into artists like Adele because they don't find their performance styles to be appealing. Everyone's entitled to their preferences. But that doesn't mean that those artists are bad performers. That doesn't mean that they don't connect with their audience and provide an experience as equally (or more) fun and memorable as a that of a flashy performer. And one isn't necessarily a great performer just because they prance around onstage with a dozen backup dancers, either. They can still be boring as hell in spite of that.
Out of all the pop performers to deserve this critique, Adele should've been the last one to be on the receiving end of it. At least she can sing and sound just as she does on her recordings. There are too many artists out there who can't perform OR sing. That should never be excused.
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Who would pay to see someone lip-sync and dance badly? That's a much bigger waste of money if you ask me.
Silly kids.
They support flash and gimmicks. That's not a bad thing when the artists actually have talent behind those gimmicks. When you strip away the flash, costumes and flamboyant backup dancers, you left with basic bitches with no talent whatsoever (not everyone because there are a few who do not need the gimmicks to show REAL talent).
I'm guessing that you, along with the reviewer and most people on this thread would've never gone to concerts pre-rock n' roll era, since 90% of singers back then performed just as Adele did, only standing there (or sitting behind a piano the whole time).
Girl, pre-rock n roll? As someone that apparently attended concerts prior to the 1940s, you should know that concerts weren't even concerts in the same sense as they are now. You see, large numbers of people actually want to go to concerts to be entertained now, and they have since the 1940s.