I am a confirmed metal-head. I just happened to see Adele sing this live at the BAFTAS when she burst onto the publics conscience. It was such an emotion filled performance, just her and a piano. It was one of the most powerful performances i have ever seen. You should watch the video of that and see the audiences reaction.
Not my style at all, but what an incredible talent. Such an emotional singer. You can connect with her immediately. When I hear her, I stop what I'm doing, listen and try not to break down to the point I need to call my therapist.
Skyfall is her best work, and arguably one of the best Bond theme songs ever recorded. Worth a listen - and actually, how about a series on Bond songs!
Something about Adelle songs make me very emotional, she is an incredible singer/song writer and most of her songs are about previous relationships, breakups, etc and she has so much emotion in her voice. Thank you for the video.
I think Adele does a fabulous job with this song and you do your usual fabulous analysis. The pauses could be intended to suggest a sniff, or a sob, before she can finish a phrase - just like someone trying to come to terms rationally with their new situation, whilst being overwhelmed by emotion. Yes, as someone has suggested, Amy Winehouse would be a good call, also Eva Cassidy!
While we are on ABBA again, glad you got to realize they were 2 voices. Please please review I Wonder (Frida) and Slipping through my Fingers (Agneta). It will be really enjoyable, I assure you. And the latter is a sentimental must for parents.
Since you are starting to expose yourself to some rock/pop women, I think it's time you discovered one of the MOST outstanding and outright LEGEND in the trade....KATE BUSH. Larger than Adele, Madonna, Lady Ga Ga or any of those more modern Pop stars. I'd start with Wuthering Heights, Kate's first release which was the first time a female artist wrote/produce and sang a #1 in the pop charts. Of course she went on to break other records.. Please do research and explore this fresh artist - who was originally discovered by none other than David Gilmore of Pink Floyd fame!!!
@@doloresmary13 Yes, but it's called The Host of Seraphim. Based on Vlad's selections thus far on this channel, I doubt he is even familiar with the sophistication of Dead Can Dance.
A great album about autumn/winter is PJ Harvey's 'I Inside The Old Year Dying.' She even uses olde english type words to convey the ancientness ( is that a word?) of nature and the seasons.
More Adele and yes Amy Winehouse. Adele does her own backing vocals. She had an operation on her throat to remove some sort of growth and it ended up making her voice stronger. You can hear it on the next album 21. Please more. She’s an amazing talent.
I think what you describe with regards to the poetry-like rhythm of the lyrics where they flow and pause in unexpected places is the literary device called enjambment.
Adele - Set Fire To The Rain Live at The Royal Albert Hall - Would love to hear your thoughts on this piece,one of my favs,so good live,better than the record for me
Brilliant review, concise information, but how the packets are phrased affects the significance and embues the information, just like your review . Awesome as always Amy.
Now I will hear this song from your perspective: Some lines might be Adele's self talk in her own head, some lines are said to her former lover. I don't know if Adele wrote it with this intent, but damn! I like this song even more now and I've never really like Adele's voice when it goes all screechy and loud. Thanks for the review!
Interesting. As an ABBA fan since I was quite young, I did make the connection regarding the subject matter of this song with "The Winner Takes it All" but other than "female singer" made no further connection between the voices I've listened to most of my life and this one. That may be because this isn't the first song by Adele that I heard. That song was quite different and I hope that's what you will be listening to next. The first time I heard that song, "Rolling in the Deep" I did something I hadn't done in years - I bought the CD. There is something in her voice that just draws one in. I suppose it is that she, as you noted with Agnetha, is able to convey complex emotion through her voice. In the end, that matters more than technical prowess (though Adele and both ladies in ABBA have plenty of that too). A strange comparison, but since you've reacted to it, maybe it will make sense, is Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits in "Brothers in Arms". He's not someone with huge range, but he sings that song like he "feels" every line and you can't help but feel it with him - if that makes sense.
I'm not a professional musician. But I wouldn't call this a simple song. I think it has this kind of natural complexity that only the most talented ones are capable of creating. The great emotionality works because it doesn't come simple.
If you were a musician you would call this a simple song. Simple can be emotionally powerful. So can complex. Emotion and the level of complexity simply aren't related.
Hi Amy. Nice reaction as always! No, Adele is not rock. She writes almost everything herself and it has many influences, but rock, not so much.. There is one cover that she did of a rocksong that would be cool for a cover comparison though. The Raconteurs - Many shades of black. The interesting thing about this cover is that the only thing different between the versions is the voice, yet they feel very different. The original is sung by Brendan Benson, one of the singers of the band. The other singer is Jack Black (who was also in the White Stripes). How the cover came about, I don't know, but I imagine they where in the same studio's next to each other and the band asked her if she wanted to have a go. Either way, great song (both versions)!
I wonder if you can tell she is English from her phrasing? I hear it, but might just be my preconception. Something about holding back from getting too bluesy and being halting when expressing strong emotions,
While I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to Adele, I do like to hear it when it comes around. Her song "Hello" has similarities to this one, but turned up a notch, similar song from a different perspective. "Sky Fall" was the theme for a James Bond movie of the same name, that is what she got the Oscar for. Alanis Morissette has a song on this kind of subject, but from a different emotional state "You Oughta know". You may get a kick out of watching "Frog Leap Studios" metal cover of both "Someone Like You" and "Hello".
Please, do Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman. The guitar player Ozzy had in those days was classically trained. I would be very interested in seeing your reaction.
Great reaction..Adele has an amazing sound. Since you're doing female singers, have to so Whitney Houston. I will always love you live at the 94 grammys. And graatest love of all live, as well. I say live cause she is arguably the best of all time, ok the best.
I liked this song when I first heard it, it was one of those songs that were always on radio and great to sing along with. I respect Adele for her talent but I've never been a huge fan of her music. Just a matter of taste. However, as you already know, I love some of pop songs and singers, even though pop has been painfully bad lately. Anyway, I fully support your exploration of other genres, outside of rock and metal, no matter what some people in the community might say. To me it is refreshing. And if I may recommend one artist outside of rock and metal, it would definitely be Lara Fabian. But she has to be seen! Any live performance. Simply because she is, in my opinion, the best singer in the world. Not because of her range, but because of her emotions, both in her voice and in her body. I've never seen/heard a singer like her, even though I've heard so many singers in my life and I've always had an obsession about them. Lara is special and I'd really like to hear your thoughts of her.
AMY if you liked Adele, you are going to LOVE "BREAD" BREAD, BREAD, BREAD (named after a wonder bread truck sign).... I recommend to you "IF" the shortest title of a song ever and "IT DON'T MATTER TO ME" but in reality ANY song from this band is SUUUPERB. One of the best bands from the 70's with about 15+ hit songs. By the way, they were contemporaries to "YOUR COUSINGS THE CARPENTERS" queen, beatles, doors, CCR, and other GREAT bands. LISTEN TO BREAD!!!!!!
Think it would be fitting for you to react to Für Elise - Faouzia (stripped version) for your take on classical meets pop plus to hear one of the strongest vocals in recent years.
Since I don't have a computer (just a government phone) to watch your videos I'm forced to make a recommendation via this comment section. I recently stumbled across a clip of a DAVID LETTERMAN episode airing Sept. 12th 1985. In the clip is Whitney Houston performing in a debut of a song from her self-titled album. Singing "SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU" in what I believe is her first televised performance. In the years that followed her stage presence is undeniable. But I digress. As an old white guy and a '70s/'80s rocker I found this performace quite moving. Whitney Houston is one of many talented souls who left us way too early. I'm gonna leave a copy of the link below for Vlad or any others to experience the birth of a shining star. ❤❤❤❤❤ ua-cam.com/video/rfonBZuEYBY/v-deo.html&feature=shared Enjoy
That is the part that I don't understand about, well, you. Not knowing any of the many many songs you now listened to on this channel seems to also require a somewhat extensive lack of contemporary culture. Don't you ever watch movies? TV? Go into a theater when the play is not hundreds of years old? I don't understand.
🎵 🎵 There is no comparison between Adele and Taylor Swift. There is more talent in this single song than all of Taylor Swift's songs combined. Another difference...people will be listening to this song 100 years from now. Pop song manufacturer Taylor wil be largely forgotten after her teenage girl fan base has grown up. Call me mean, but it's the truth.
Adele's voice is ok but I get the feeling she is not a very nice person, she is kind of offensive to other people that are not as lucky or doted as she is, that is bad, very bad from her.
Relax, it’s just a name. There’s room for Abba, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Bee Gees, Marvin Gaye, Dylan, etc. Listening to her takes on music, all music, that she didn’t grow up with is delightful! As a bonus, I paid attention to a wide range of artists that I’ve ignored up to now. Keep mixing it up , Vlad!
Hi Marc, I agree with you apropos "Rock." (And it is one of my fav cats of music). But I guess channels have to attract a wide audience to work and many rock fans will "quite like" Adele (me included). So I think we can forgive them. Mind you, More Led Zep, The Who, early Queen and King Crimson would be most welcome :)
I guess you have no car or only a car without a radio that you never had heard about adele ? But the journey continues which means next female has to be Taylor Swift.
Please do Amy Winehouse
Back to black.
I agree, I think that she would be very impressed with her talent.
that would be cooler . good reaction for us .. is this for us? well . 1 vote as well .
Yes Amy listens to Amy 🤩
omg yes! back to black or love is a losing game
I am a confirmed metal-head. I just happened to see Adele sing this live at the BAFTAS when she burst onto the publics conscience. It was such an emotion filled performance, just her and a piano. It was one of the most powerful performances i have ever seen. You should watch the video of that and see the audiences reaction.
Not my style at all, but what an incredible talent. Such an emotional singer. You can connect with her immediately. When I hear her, I stop what I'm doing, listen and try not to break down to the point I need to call my therapist.
Sounds like it really is your style, then?
Great music is great music, no matter the genre. I'm a rock/metal guy, but there are songs of ALL types I absolutely love.
Skyfall is her best work, and arguably one of the best Bond theme songs ever recorded. Worth a listen - and actually, how about a series on Bond songs!
Adele's voice always gives me goosebumps. For a more bluesy voice and an equally great song "Rolling in the Deep." !!!!
Something about Adelle songs make me very emotional, she is an incredible singer/song writer and most of her songs are about previous relationships, breakups, etc and she has so much emotion in her voice. Thank you for the video.
No autotune, minimum compression. No click track to dictate expression. Music, not software, poignancy, not programming.
Just 100% pure Tory Donor pedigree iykyk 😂
Are we heading in a distinctly Tori Amos direction? 😂
That would be nice!
So you’re saying - All the leaves are brown, and the skies are grey? I think I’ve heard that somewhere before…
You're not in California, perchance, are you? :)
@@MiscellanyTop No. Just dreaming that we are...
My parents once said something like that
Might I suggest "wistful" as the sad quality in her voice? Adele is amazing.
Just give her her due, this is how music is supposed to work and her voice is just so competent, in fact beyond competent.
Rolling in the deep is still her best one.
most people love Adele . shes amazing , no surprise ..
The ABBA line you recognized could 9:05 have been from "Chiquitita", where they sing "Chiquitita, you and I know"
I was (am) wondering - thanks.
Try Sade - No Ordinary Love.
And Des'ree's "Kissing You"
And Annie Lennox's "Here Comes the Rain Again"
And The Miracle of Love by Eurythmics. Some ABBA, Queen and '60 music vibes combined. Sort of. 😅
And: Your Love Is King, or Smooth Operator.
Anything Sade
As soon as you said it reminded you of fall, I thought, "She gets it." I get a little misty eyed every time I hear that song.
I'm not really a fan of ballads as such, but I have great time for Adelle.
Lisa Loeb has, to me, an autumn voice.
Please do a Kate Bush weekend.
A Kate Bush week. 😊
YES! Great suggestion!
I think Adele does a fabulous job with this song and you do your usual fabulous analysis. The pauses could be intended to suggest a sniff, or a sob, before she can finish a phrase - just like someone trying to come to terms rationally with their new situation, whilst being overwhelmed by emotion.
Yes, as someone has suggested, Amy Winehouse would be a good call, also Eva Cassidy!
While we are on ABBA again, glad you got to realize they were 2 voices. Please please review I Wonder (Frida) and Slipping through my Fingers (Agneta). It will be really enjoyable, I assure you. And the latter is a sentimental must for parents.
Since you are starting to expose yourself to some rock/pop women, I think it's time you discovered one of the MOST outstanding and outright LEGEND in the trade....KATE BUSH. Larger than Adele, Madonna, Lady Ga Ga or any of those more modern Pop stars. I'd start with Wuthering Heights, Kate's first release which was the first time a female artist wrote/produce and sang a #1 in the pop charts. Of course she went on to break other records.. Please do research and explore this fresh artist - who was originally discovered by none other than David Gilmore of Pink Floyd fame!!!
Lisa Gerrard, superior voice against all you mentioned.
@@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk More specifically, imagine if she listened to "The Host of Cherubim"!
@@doloresmary13 Yes, but it's called The Host of Seraphim. Based on Vlad's selections thus far on this channel, I doubt he is even familiar with the sophistication of Dead Can Dance.
Simply the best female voice in the last 15 years
A great album about autumn/winter is PJ Harvey's 'I Inside The Old Year Dying.' She even uses olde english type words to convey the ancientness ( is that a word?) of nature and the seasons.
A voice that goes to your heart.
More Adele and yes Amy Winehouse.
Adele does her own backing vocals. She had an operation on her throat to remove some sort of growth and it ended up making her voice stronger. You can hear it on the next album 21. Please more. She’s an amazing talent.
I think what you describe with regards to the poetry-like rhythm of the lyrics where they flow and pause in unexpected places is the literary device called enjambment.
Adele - Set Fire To The Rain Live at The Royal Albert Hall - Would love to hear your thoughts on this piece,one of my favs,so good live,better than the record for me
Brilliant review, concise information, but how the packets are phrased affects the significance and embues the information, just like your review . Awesome as always Amy.
My favourite Adele songs are "Rolling in the deep" and "Set fire to the rain". (And of course the James Bond theme song "Skyfall".)
I just knew i would like Vlad.
just HAS to be the BRIT performance you listen to. just HAS to be
Now I will hear this song from your perspective: Some lines might be Adele's self talk in her own head, some lines are said to her former lover. I don't know if Adele wrote it with this intent, but damn! I like this song even more now and I've never really like Adele's voice when it goes all screechy and loud. Thanks for the review!
Interesting. As an ABBA fan since I was quite young, I did make the connection regarding the subject matter of this song with "The Winner Takes it All" but other than "female singer" made no further connection between the voices I've listened to most of my life and this one. That may be because this isn't the first song by Adele that I heard. That song was quite different and I hope that's what you will be listening to next. The first time I heard that song, "Rolling in the Deep" I did something I hadn't done in years - I bought the CD. There is something in her voice that just draws one in. I suppose it is that she, as you noted with Agnetha, is able to convey complex emotion through her voice. In the end, that matters more than technical prowess (though Adele and both ladies in ABBA have plenty of that too). A strange comparison, but since you've reacted to it, maybe it will make sense, is Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits in "Brothers in Arms". He's not someone with huge range, but he sings that song like he "feels" every line and you can't help but feel it with him - if that makes sense.
I'm not a professional musician. But I wouldn't call this a simple song. I think it has this kind of natural complexity that only the most talented ones are capable of creating. The great emotionality works because it doesn't come simple.
Agree
If you were a musician you would call this a simple song. Simple can be emotionally powerful. So can complex. Emotion and the level of complexity simply aren't related.
Hi Amy. Nice reaction as always! No, Adele is not rock. She writes almost everything herself and it has many influences, but rock, not so much.. There is one cover that she did of a rocksong that would be cool for a cover comparison though. The Raconteurs - Many shades of black. The interesting thing about this cover is that the only thing different between the versions is the voice, yet they feel very different. The original is sung by Brendan Benson, one of the singers of the band. The other singer is Jack Black (who was also in the White Stripes). How the cover came about, I don't know, but I imagine they where in the same studio's next to each other and the band asked her if she wanted to have a go. Either way, great song (both versions)!
I wonder if you can tell she is English from her phrasing?
I hear it, but might just be my preconception. Something about holding back from getting too bluesy and being halting when expressing strong emotions,
While I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to Adele, I do like to hear it when it comes around. Her song "Hello" has similarities to this one, but turned up a notch, similar song from a different perspective. "Sky Fall" was the theme for a James Bond movie of the same name, that is what she got the Oscar for. Alanis Morissette has a song on this kind of subject, but from a different emotional state "You Oughta know". You may get a kick out of watching "Frog Leap Studios" metal cover of both "Someone Like You" and "Hello".
Adele doesn't need autotune. What a voice!
Regina Spector. "Fidelity"
PJ Harvey perhaps?
A unique female voice and song writer is Rickie Lee Jones. You should check her out.
Last Chance Texaco is a masterpiece
Yeah! Her, Joni Mitchell, Patty Waters, Laura Nyro...
One of the most beautiful female voices is Agnes Obel. "The Curse", "Stretch Your Eyes", "It's Happening Again", would be a my choice.......
To Make You Feel My Love next? If so, I wonder if Amy guesses who wrote it?
I would so love to see you react to Antony and the Johnsons , Leonard Cohen song, 'If it be your will'
Please, do Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman. The guitar player Ozzy had in those days was classically trained. I would be very interested in seeing your reaction.
Great reaction..Adele has an amazing sound.
Since you're doing female singers, have to so Whitney Houston. I will always love you live at the 94 grammys. And graatest love of all live, as well. I say live cause she is arguably the best of all time, ok the best.
not a huge adele fan but love "hometown glory"
It is not really a genre I like - but she is an exception. Fab in my view.
kate bush - wuthering heights? please?!
Rolling in Deep is another great
I liked this song when I first heard it, it was one of those songs that were always on radio and great to sing along with. I respect Adele for her talent but I've never been a huge fan of her music. Just a matter of taste. However, as you already know, I love some of pop songs and singers, even though pop has been painfully bad lately.
Anyway, I fully support your exploration of other genres, outside of rock and metal, no matter what some people in the community might say. To me it is refreshing. And if I may recommend one artist outside of rock and metal, it would definitely be Lara Fabian. But she has to be seen! Any live performance. Simply because she is, in my opinion, the best singer in the world. Not because of her range, but because of her emotions, both in her voice and in her body. I've never seen/heard a singer like her, even though I've heard so many singers in my life and I've always had an obsession about them. Lara is special and I'd really like to hear your thoughts of her.
To be a great singer, you need to be a good actor.
QUEEN: MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN
You want to hear ia woman with a great voice listen to Diamanda Galas especially her version of gloomy Sunday
Check out her song Love Is a Game. Brilliant.
Alanis Morissette, Uninvited. Please
You need to listen Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones...
"Skyfall" - is her best
It's fab. But her best?
Great voice, powerful melody ... but 1-5-6-4. See Axis of Awesome, though in your case, I should provide a spoiler alert :)
Should check out Allie Sherlock singing Adele she is outstanding imo
I wonder at times if Adele was influenced by Christina Perri's style or vice versa.
Um ever listened to Barbra Streisand?
I love Adele, but there was no need for the Taylor Swift shade.
AMY if you liked Adele, you are going to LOVE "BREAD" BREAD, BREAD, BREAD (named after a wonder bread truck sign).... I recommend to you "IF" the shortest title of a song ever and "IT DON'T MATTER TO ME" but in reality ANY song from this band is SUUUPERB. One of the best bands from the 70's with about 15+ hit songs. By the way, they were contemporaries to "YOUR COUSINGS THE CARPENTERS" queen, beatles, doors, CCR, and other GREAT bands. LISTEN TO BREAD!!!!!!
Please check out Exogenesis(Parts 1, 2, and 3) by Muse
Think it would be fitting for you to react to Für Elise - Faouzia (stripped version) for your take on classical meets pop plus to hear one of the strongest vocals in recent years.
A.f.as female voices are concerned: react to NINA HAGEN's "NATURTRANE"
goodbye old classic rock
At first I thought this was "No one like you" by the Scorpions 😂 - Adele is alright, but the Scorpions ROCK!
Wicked the movie soundtrack reaction? Pleaseeeeee
I remember hearing the way Adele sings isn't good on her vocal cords.
Listen to When We Were Young.. Watch the Church Studio recording.
Since I don't have a computer (just a government phone) to watch your videos I'm forced to make a recommendation via this comment section.
I recently stumbled across a clip of a DAVID LETTERMAN episode airing Sept. 12th 1985. In the clip is Whitney Houston performing in a debut of a song from her self-titled album. Singing "SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU" in what I believe is her first televised performance. In the years that followed her stage presence is undeniable. But I digress. As an old white guy and a '70s/'80s rocker I found this performace quite moving. Whitney Houston is one of many talented souls who left us way too early. I'm gonna leave a copy of the link below for Vlad or any others to experience the birth of a shining star. ❤❤❤❤❤
ua-cam.com/video/rfonBZuEYBY/v-deo.html&feature=shared
Enjoy
That is the part that I don't understand about, well, you. Not knowing any of the many many songs you now listened to on this channel seems to also require a somewhat extensive lack of contemporary culture. Don't you ever watch movies? TV? Go into a theater when the play is not hundreds of years old? I don't understand.
Amy Winehouse the truth. This is a pretty standard ballad. When We Were Young is deeper.
If you want to sample another female vocalist could you please listen to Lucy Thomas
🎵 🎵 There is no comparison between Adele and Taylor Swift. There is more talent in this single song than all of Taylor Swift's songs combined. Another difference...people will be listening to this song 100 years from now. Pop song manufacturer Taylor wil be largely forgotten after her teenage girl fan base has grown up. Call me mean, but it's the truth.
Adele's voice is ok but I get the feeling she is not a very nice person, she is kind of offensive to other people that are not as lucky or doted as she is, that is bad, very bad from her.
Try some sia
Yes, plese!
sia probably better voice
Current pop idol, but musically high caliber material and singer, although a bit unconventional in the way she uses her instrument. - Billie Eilish.
OMG, Adele? I can't believe it!! Now all that's missing is Celine Dion to make the tackiness complete! Please Vlad, honor the name Virgin ROCK!
Relax, it’s just a name. There’s room for Abba, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Bee Gees, Marvin Gaye, Dylan, etc. Listening to her takes on music, all music, that she didn’t grow up with is delightful! As a bonus, I paid attention to a wide range of artists that I’ve ignored up to now. Keep mixing it up , Vlad!
@@dennish.7708 I agree!
Hi Marc, I agree with you apropos "Rock." (And it is one of my fav cats of music). But I guess channels have to attract a wide audience to work and many rock fans will "quite like" Adele (me included). So I think we can forgive them. Mind you, More Led Zep, The Who, early Queen and King Crimson would be most welcome :)
LOL
In that case bring on the Sex Pistols and The Wombles.@@dennish.7708
I guess you have no car or only a car without a radio that you never had heard about adele ?
But the journey continues which means next female has to be Taylor Swift.
Beauty by simplicity!
I don’t hear ABBA at all, sorry