@Valerista I used to do the tease + hairspray which worked okay…and then I discovered that a loofa covered with fabric under my hair worked a lot better and I had to tease so much less. So maybe she's got a loofa or a beehive block going on.
Or maybe she's just one of the lucky jerks with thick hair.
@Gordon Bombay Pardon me if I misinterpret your "GAH", but I think it's terrible. Full of worn clichés and big-voice bravado that I don't care about. In this case (and I think pretty much always), technique is used as a substitute / stands in the way of feeling.
This could be a Pink song.
Edit: and now I can see that the video is worn clichés about my city (and neighbourhoods). Do not want.
@lbf Yeah, that. Two of my coworkers absolutely loooove Adele, and I just don't get it. And y'know, if her amazing talent was going to sway me into liking her music I think it would have by now, seeing as I've heard this album on repeat 3 days a week since April.
@applestoapples Two datapoints, borne of my…freakish interest in celebrity nonsense. At one point, he wanted a cut of royalties from her album because he felt like he had made it all possible. I don't know if he was being tongue-in-cheek. They're "good friends" now. I read that just this week.
@FoxyRoxy Ugh, I hope he was kidding. The best outcome someone could or should hope for after not observing the campsite rule is to be immortalized in song.
I want to go pick her up and hold her to my bosom and then we shall have some wine and cigarettes so we can talk this out. Or she could just sing to me. Either way, I love this song.
Agh, this song. I credit it with helping me realize I was in a toxic relationship a few months ago (and ending it soon after); I was listening to her new album on shuffle and just started weeping about 20 seconds into the song. Basically, it made me sad, but I also realized that as painful as the emotions were, I wanted to be experiencing THOSE rather than staying in my relationship. Heavy shit.
Hearing this song multiple times daily since May or June has really limited my appreciation of it. (It plays on a loop at work.) It gets pretty dreary. However, when I have no customers, I'm definitely guilty of singing along. Adele, I'm catching up to you… and maybe your hair…
I'm a Winehouse fanatic so when everybody started raving about Adele I was a little pressed, like, why didn't anybody ever pay this much attention to Amy? When I finally found out this song was by Adele, I was like, "This is her??? The song from the bank and grocery store is what everybody is going nuts about?"
@lbf Not sure if serious? Before she died, Amy was more of a punchline then someone anybody I knew listened to. Whereas people were posting Adele all over Facebook and saying they'd never heard anything like it, which was what was annoying for a Winehouse stan.
@Valley Girl We must live in different places/social circles, cos Amy Winehouse sold a shit-ton of records and people loved her where I'm at. If you'd said, like Pete Doherty, then sure, too much attention and zero focus on his music, but then again he never put out anything good past the self-titled Libertines LP (if that).
Anyway, if my friends said they've never heard anythying like Adele before, my first reflex wouldn't be "what about Amy???" but maybe "what about like half of female-led Motown acts???"
@Valley Girl I think it is more an effect of how short our collective pop culture memories are. Amy Winehouse was suuuuuper saturated on the radio in the summer of 2007ish. But she didn't release any new music since Back to Black came out (I think 2006). So she turned into the punchline, sadly.
@sunnyciegos Also I find this song is moving but superficial. Which is how I feel about all of Adele's songs. Her music is all emoting and no depth. Anyone remember how big Norah Jones was? I predict a similar career trajectory. Both undoubtedly talented, but perhaps not suited to longstanding A-list careers.
@Valley Girl yeah, Adele is good, but her music doesn't get me deep down in my gut the way Amy always did. Adele has a great voice, sounds soulful, but there was something about Ms. Winehouse that was so raw and REAL that I don't really see Adele duplicating or able to capture. but, ya know, to each their own.
@sunnyciegos I sort of see what you're saying here. I feel like there is all this talk right now about how music is finally back to where it should be, blah blah. I mean when you compare it the Britney and Christinas of course it seems that way! But I don't know if I would go so far as to compare Adele to Norah Jones. Even if you don't see depth there, at least her voice is a lot more compelling than Norah Jones.
@polina Wait wait, I'm so confused. What does Adele have to do with Amy Winehouse? I don't think either of them would say that they are trying to sound like the other. I really don't think of them as being the same kind of music. Plus, when Amy first released her CD I remember a lot of people going nuts over her. She only started being taken less seriously when she stopped doing music and started being a mess.
@KeLynn Don't you think their voices sound similar? That said, I think Amy was original in her lyrics and her mixing together different styles, I think Adele's songs sound like they should be good, but they aren't very interesting, in sound or lyrics. Adele kind of reminds me of American Idol, and not in a good way.
@polina Sorry, must have hit "reply" on the wrong name!
@themegnapkin I don't really think their voices are all that similar. The similarity I can see is that they are both good at belting, I guess? I don't know, I just don't really see Adele and Amy Winehouse in direct competition because they don't seem like they sound the same or were trying to go in the same direction, so it wouldn't even occur to me to get huffed on Amy Winehouse's behalf because people like Adele. It seems irrelevant to me – like getting mad that Katy Perry is popular because you always thought Rubben Studdard didn't get the recognition he deserved. (OK, there are bigger differences between Katy and Rubben than between Adele and Amy but just as an example of two people who may individually be talented but don't really have a lot to do with each other.)
i like adele, and this song, but man is she a horrible lip syncher. you gotta actually sing when you pretend to sing, adele, or else it looks like you're just moving your lips.
@polina It's just ridiculous how beautiful she is. She's like a Victorian-era illustration, off the wrapper of a complexion soap made from rosewater and violets.
You get hair like that by buying hair like that, and having it applied to your head by an expert. No snark! I had extensions for years (worked at a salon and got them for cheap, or I would have never been able to afford them) and I love Adele's look. But yeah – ladies, don't expect the hair that actually grows out of your head to ever do that. Maybe a few of us have naturally thick, huge heads of hair (to those few: I hate you. Now be my friend and let me touch your hair), but most of us will need serious reinforcements.
Round barrel brush and a Bump-it, yo.
@Monkey I'm wondering if there's some texturizing product in there as well. Maybe the ones that give you salty-ocean hair?
I don't think it's a Bump-it — a little backcombing, hairspray, and wrapping.
I do believe I'll try this out next week when I go to Miami. Miami Me hair.
@Valerista I used to do the tease + hairspray which worked okay…and then I discovered that a loofa covered with fabric under my hair worked a lot better and I had to tease so much less. So maybe she's got a loofa or a beehive block going on.
Or maybe she's just one of the lucky jerks with thick hair.
this SONG. GAH.
@Gordon Bombay Pardon me if I misinterpret your "GAH", but I think it's terrible. Full of worn clichés and big-voice bravado that I don't care about. In this case (and I think pretty much always), technique is used as a substitute / stands in the way of feeling.
This could be a Pink song.
Edit: and now I can see that the video is worn clichés about my city (and neighbourhoods). Do not want.
@lbf Aww, I respect your point, but you don't care for torch songs? I really love this one.
Also, the hair? I'm pretty sure there are extensions all up in that.
@hungrybee Fuck-you songs and don't-leave-or-i'll-kill-myself songs serve me much better. The Shop Assistants ftw.
@lbf Yeah, that. Two of my coworkers absolutely loooove Adele, and I just don't get it. And y'know, if her amazing talent was going to sway me into liking her music I think it would have by now, seeing as I've heard this album on repeat 3 days a week since April.
I am totally getting my brush as soon as I stop bawling…..
This VIDEO. So GOOD. I want to go all close reading on it.
I don't like how they zoom in on her eyeball. Other than that though, very nice.
I wonder if Adele's ex is okay with being the Dave Coulier of the 21st century. He's lucky to have broken the heart of someone so talented.
@applestoapples Oh my god, he IS the Dave Coulier!
@applestoapples Two datapoints, borne of my…freakish interest in celebrity nonsense. At one point, he wanted a cut of royalties from her album because he felt like he had made it all possible. I don't know if he was being tongue-in-cheek. They're "good friends" now. I read that just this week.
@FoxyRoxy I thought I'd heard something about him suing her for royalties. I'm glad to hear they've worked it out.
@FoxyRoxy Ugh, I hope he was kidding. The best outcome someone could or should hope for after not observing the campsite rule is to be immortalized in song.
@applestoapples word on the street is that they're actually hanging out again… and 20 bucks says he blows balls and will screw her over anyway.
Also, that coat/jacket! Love.
@Anna Tauzin@twitter Yes!! I'm jealous because it is SO flattering on her, but I know it would make me look like a manly linebacker. Bah.
I want to go pick her up and hold her to my bosom and then we shall have some wine and cigarettes so we can talk this out. Or she could just sing to me. Either way, I love this song.
Please, Jane, can we do a tutorial on the hair?
Agh, this song. I credit it with helping me realize I was in a toxic relationship a few months ago (and ending it soon after); I was listening to her new album on shuffle and just started weeping about 20 seconds into the song. Basically, it made me sad, but I also realized that as painful as the emotions were, I wanted to be experiencing THOSE rather than staying in my relationship. Heavy shit.
Hearing this song multiple times daily since May or June has really limited my appreciation of it. (It plays on a loop at work.) It gets pretty dreary. However, when I have no customers, I'm definitely guilty of singing along. Adele, I'm catching up to you… and maybe your hair…
I just got this song out of my head. Grah! Another day of Adele between my ears.
I'm a Winehouse fanatic so when everybody started raving about Adele I was a little pressed, like, why didn't anybody ever pay this much attention to Amy? When I finally found out this song was by Adele, I was like, "This is her??? The song from the bank and grocery store is what everybody is going nuts about?"
It's grown on me though.
@Valley Girl They coexist happily in my mp3 player, though. Fiona Apple helps keep the peace.
@Valley Girl Yeah it's shocking how little attention Amy Winehouse received
@lbf Not sure if serious? Before she died, Amy was more of a punchline then someone anybody I knew listened to. Whereas people were posting Adele all over Facebook and saying they'd never heard anything like it, which was what was annoying for a Winehouse stan.
@Valley Girl We must live in different places/social circles, cos Amy Winehouse sold a shit-ton of records and people loved her where I'm at. If you'd said, like Pete Doherty, then sure, too much attention and zero focus on his music, but then again he never put out anything good past the self-titled Libertines LP (if that).
Anyway, if my friends said they've never heard anythying like Adele before, my first reflex wouldn't be "what about Amy???" but maybe "what about like half of female-led Motown acts???"
@lbf I was Amy for Halloween a couple of years ago and NOBODY GOT IT
I get what you mean, though.
@Valley Girl I think it is more an effect of how short our collective pop culture memories are. Amy Winehouse was suuuuuper saturated on the radio in the summer of 2007ish. But she didn't release any new music since Back to Black came out (I think 2006). So she turned into the punchline, sadly.
@sunnyciegos Also I find this song is moving but superficial. Which is how I feel about all of Adele's songs. Her music is all emoting and no depth. Anyone remember how big Norah Jones was? I predict a similar career trajectory. Both undoubtedly talented, but perhaps not suited to longstanding A-list careers.
@Valley Girl yeah, Adele is good, but her music doesn't get me deep down in my gut the way Amy always did. Adele has a great voice, sounds soulful, but there was something about Ms. Winehouse that was so raw and REAL that I don't really see Adele duplicating or able to capture. but, ya know, to each their own.
@sunnyciegos I sort of see what you're saying here. I feel like there is all this talk right now about how music is finally back to where it should be, blah blah. I mean when you compare it the Britney and Christinas of course it seems that way! But I don't know if I would go so far as to compare Adele to Norah Jones. Even if you don't see depth there, at least her voice is a lot more compelling than Norah Jones.
@polina Wait wait, I'm so confused. What does Adele have to do with Amy Winehouse? I don't think either of them would say that they are trying to sound like the other. I really don't think of them as being the same kind of music. Plus, when Amy first released her CD I remember a lot of people going nuts over her. She only started being taken less seriously when she stopped doing music and started being a mess.
@KeLynn I wasn't the one talking about Amy. Personally, I don't think they have much to do with one another other than being British and Soulful.
@KeLynn Don't you think their voices sound similar? That said, I think Amy was original in her lyrics and her mixing together different styles, I think Adele's songs sound like they should be good, but they aren't very interesting, in sound or lyrics. Adele kind of reminds me of American Idol, and not in a good way.
@polina Sorry, must have hit "reply" on the wrong name!
@themegnapkin I don't really think their voices are all that similar. The similarity I can see is that they are both good at belting, I guess? I don't know, I just don't really see Adele and Amy Winehouse in direct competition because they don't seem like they sound the same or were trying to go in the same direction, so it wouldn't even occur to me to get huffed on Amy Winehouse's behalf because people like Adele. It seems irrelevant to me – like getting mad that Katy Perry is popular because you always thought Rubben Studdard didn't get the recognition he deserved. (OK, there are bigger differences between Katy and Rubben than between Adele and Amy but just as an example of two people who may individually be talented but don't really have a lot to do with each other.)
i like adele, and this song, but man is she a horrible lip syncher. you gotta actually sing when you pretend to sing, adele, or else it looks like you're just moving your lips.
@madge ahh this bothered me too!!! and then I thought maybe it was on purpose? but why? I don't know.
@madge She does do a lot of hand moving, etc., when she performs so maybe they told her to tone it down a bit, haha.
@madge Seriously, she wouldn't stand a chance on Drag Race.
Honestly Adele could sing a commercial jingle and it would probably still move me to tears.
Anyone see the UK cover of Vogue? She is seriously the most beautiful woman on the planet.
http://www.vogue.co.uk/magazine
@polina It's just ridiculous how beautiful she is. She's like a Victorian-era illustration, off the wrapper of a complexion soap made from rosewater and violets.
You get hair like that by buying hair like that, and having it applied to your head by an expert. No snark! I had extensions for years (worked at a salon and got them for cheap, or I would have never been able to afford them) and I love Adele's look. But yeah – ladies, don't expect the hair that actually grows out of your head to ever do that. Maybe a few of us have naturally thick, huge heads of hair (to those few: I hate you. Now be my friend and let me touch your hair), but most of us will need serious reinforcements.
@TheShe As Amy Winehouse said, "yeah, it is all mine . . . because I bought it."
@Lucienne Like Dolly said, "People always ask me how I do my hair. And I don't know, because I'm never in the room when it's being done."
Lyrics: Meh.
Voice: Wonderful, with the potential to be great.
Hair: MINE. NOW. I WANT IT.
This song, it's aight.
Set Fire to the Rain now THAT SONG I could listen to all day.
It doesn't help that the radio stations in TO reverse that – Someone Like You ON ALL THE TIME. 3 stations playing it at once! Argh argh argh.