FabSwingers.com forum: Is Adele an overrated singer

By *hubby Couple OP Couple
over a year ago

Essex

Great voice…great personality but no massive tours, just massive ticket prices.

Go Easy….

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

No.

I watched her (several years ago) perform Someone Like You, live at the Brits, it was a career defining moment for her and just beautiful. Not overrated at all

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Not only a great singer but also a great songwriter. I think she deserves all the praise and attention she gets.

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

No she’s amazing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

"I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

This for me too

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By *hubby Couple OP Couple
over a year ago

Essex

"I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

This is what we are thinking, nothing to with how great she is etc…

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

"I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

This for me too"

And me 3

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A great singer and a lovely personality but limits her range as she seems to stick to big ballads.

With a voice like that, she could genre hop all day long. I think Damon Albarn mentioned his disappointment that she's reluctant to expand. Which is a shame.

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By *hroatQueen_CATV/TS
over a year ago

Carlisle

Not a big fan of her tone and pitch! Her songs sound samey. She's no Amy, Who had more of a soulful jazzy voice and more versatile in my opinion.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know I might be in the minority, but to me she is overrated and her voice sounds like fingers down a chalkboard.

I can't watch Skyfall unless I can fast forward the title song.

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Market Harborough/ Kettering

Fantastic singer, great personality and extremely talented but oh so boring. After 2 or 3 songs Im ready to jump out the window

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

She's crap

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By *an4funMan
over a year ago

london

"I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

This for me too

And me 3 "

Make it 4

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Great voice…great personality but no massive tours, just massive ticket prices.

Go Easy…."
dont work hard work clever exactly what shes doing rationing her performances to maximise her returns

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

She’s shite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd say she is very much rated.

Loved a song of hers called hometown glory which I heard maybe 15 years ago before she made it big. Nice lyrics & she was class then she went crazy popular a few years later

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nah, she's the real deal

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By *musedforlifeMan
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

Overrated totally, good voice but not great. Not got the vocal range compared to some great female vocalists.

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By *evil-AngelWoman
over a year ago

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I think she has an incredible voice but her songs all sound the same. I enjoy them when they come on the radio but I couldn't imagine listening to a whole album or concert.

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

No she can definitely sing! I just don’t like her music. At all.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Magnolia music

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hear hear .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

shes ok, but not all that, to me most of her song are very samey, nice voice, but not the best 6/10 in my opinion

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

She’s a really good singer.

Personally though, I think she’s not in the same league as the really great singers from soul/jazz etc such as Esther Phillips, Aretha, Sarah Vaughan, Candi Staton, Ella or Alice Clark.

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By *ike5678Man
over a year ago

LONDON

For me anyways its more of her songwriting and personality that takes her over the top, she has a good voice too but she makes people feel things and is relatable

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By *ed VoluptaWoman
over a year ago

Wirral.

She has a great voice for sure, but not my cup of tea. Middle of the road, boring crap.

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By *igerstyle2k2Man
over a year ago

Oxfordshire

She's a great singer and comes across really well in interviews but I don't like her songs.

I think all her songs are very similar and seem to center on breakups.

The expensive tickets were for the Hyde Park Concert. Tickets at the front were expensive. General admission tickets to be in the concert area but not the fenced front areas were cheaper.

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

"Great voice…great personality but no massive tours, just massive ticket prices.

Go Easy…."

No passed it maybe.

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By *hroatQueen_CATV/TS
over a year ago

Carlisle

"She’s a really good singer.

Personally though, I think she’s not in the same league as the really great singers from soul/jazz etc such as Esther Phillips, Aretha, Sarah Vaughan, Candi Staton, Ella or Alice Clark. "
Where's Nancy Wilson, Etta James, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Dusty, Blossom Dearie, etc loads way better than Adele hahaha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A bit over rated but a very talented lady but her voice does nothing for me other than get on my nerves .

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here

"No.

I watched her (several years ago) perform Someone Like You, live at the Brits, it was a career defining moment for her and just beautiful. Not overrated at all"

outstanding voice and great musician

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Nah. Even I heard her on the radio today and was impressed, didn't know it was her, and that music is totally not my bag.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Well, she’s no Judith Durham is she.

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By *ilverFox55Man
over a year ago

Watford

Truly awful, screeching voice, same rinse and repeat songs. Adele and Sam Smith from the same stable of pure shiteness

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Don't really like that wailing, self-pitying genre but she has got the pipes TBF

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"She’s a really good singer.

Personally though, I think she’s not in the same league as the really great singers from soul/jazz etc such as Esther Phillips, Aretha, Sarah Vaughan, Candi Staton, Ella or Alice Clark. Where's Nancy Wilson, Etta James, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Dusty, Blossom Dearie, etc loads way better than Adele hahaha "

Those too (plus many others)!

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Great voice…great personality but no massive tours, just massive ticket prices.

Go Easy…."

She's better than me.

Cal

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

"Don't really like that wailing, self-pitying genre but she has got the pipes TBF"

Me neither. I find her music quite depressing

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The limit of my knowledge about someone called Adele is that she is a popular singer, at present, and has drastically revamped her former image.

I do not think I have ever knowingly heard one of her recordings.

To paraphrase the television interviewer Robin Day's comments to Tory politician, John Nott, "---a here today, gone tomorrow politician--", Adele will have her day in the sun, 'exploit' her fans, and her managers, record company and concert promoters were earn a crust too.

She will eventually fade into obscurity, and if her affairs are managed prudently, now and in the future, she will never starve.

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By *hroatQueen_CATV/TS
over a year ago

Carlisle

"She’s a really good singer.

Personally though, I think she’s not in the same league as the really great singers from soul/jazz etc such as Esther Phillips, Aretha, Sarah Vaughan, Candi Staton, Ella or Alice Clark. Where's Nancy Wilson, Etta James, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Dusty, Blossom Dearie, etc loads way better than Adele hahaha

Those too (plus many others)!"
So true!

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By *asual777Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

She does bore me occasionally and I couldn’t handle a gig , but easy on me Is elite . I want to hate it and it’s so good . Do love

I had good intentions

And the highest hopes

But I know right now

That probably doesn't even show

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By *appytrailmanMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Only better female singer in the last 20 years for me was Amy Winehouse not a fan of Adele's music but she's a cracking singer.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

She had a very distinctive fabulous voice and I like her music.

Unfortunately, her ‘lose cannon’ mouth and social hand grenade attitude lets her down

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No.

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By *hubby Couple OP Couple
over a year ago

Essex

"She had a very distinctive fabulous voice and I like her music.

Unfortunately, her ‘lose cannon’ mouth and social hand grenade attitude lets her down "

Sexy snobbery

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No... She is brilliant.

While her new song is pretty rubbish, her back catalogue is amazballs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

She's alright sometimes I want to slap her and say come on love cheer up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

She didn't get the chance to feel the world around her. Should she give up? Hello? My god this reminds me of when she was young. Bless your soul you've got your head in the clouds.

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By *hubby Couple OP Couple
over a year ago

Essex

"She didn't get the chance to feel the world around her. Should she give up? Hello? My god this reminds me of when she was young. Bless your soul you've got your head in the clouds."

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

"I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

We saw Ed in 2018. Just him & his guitar. Amazing. Not many can fill a football stadium like that

J x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved her cover of Fast Love for the George Michael tribute.

Great singer....can be a bit "samey" though.

Lady Astor

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By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

I think it's a reflection of the times. She especially stands out as a vocalist amongst her mediocre contemporaries who'd rather work with their producers to make overproduced paint by number songs. She let's her voice and the song do the storytelling. Nice and simple.

Whilst the appeal has definitely worn off, I felt her new song was extremely formulaic upon the first few listens. But it's grown on me. It's not groundbreaking but it's well crafted. I think that deserves some credit.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Great voice…great personality but no massive tours, just massive ticket prices.

Go Easy…."

Yes. Completely. But she has her market and does it well. Can't stand her off key out of tune warblings myself but I seem in the minority.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Each to their own... But seriously you can go into any music pub on a Saturday night and over half of them will be better singers. Able to hold a note and stay on the note, not be half a tone flat and not sing out of the back of their throat and that ridiculous melisma that all xfactor singers do.

Like I said.... She's got great commercial acumen... Loads seem to love her and good luck but a great voice and a great singer... Not even close to great.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

No! Exceptional person

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Adele, Sheeran and the other droning purveyors of bubble gum pop are utterly dreadful.

Chrissie Hynde on the other hand.........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

We saw Ed in 2018. Just him & his guitar. Amazing. Not many can fill a football stadium like that

J x"

His music is unprescribed mogadon. It’s just nasal melodies sung out of tune?

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

here

"I think it's a reflection of the times. She especially stands out as a vocalist amongst her mediocre contemporaries who'd rather work with their producers to make overproduced paint by number songs. She let's her voice and the song do the storytelling. Nice and simple.

I agree.

There is a hidden pulse within the new song that only emerges the more you listen to it.

Well crafted, yes

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By *rafficvanMan
over a year ago

Middletown

Not a big fan.. But some good songs there all her own songs too not copy's or remixed bollocks x

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By *irkby coupleCouple
over a year ago

Kirkby

Yeah, any one can be a good singer with all the electronics they use these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'd say she is very much rated.

Loved a song of hers called hometown glory which I heard maybe 15 years ago before she made it big. Nice lyrics & she was class then she went crazy popular a few years later "

I read this,and thought no way was it 15 years ago... so googled...and it was released in 2007

I still think the 90s were 10 years ago though

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"I guess it's subjective

Certainly talented, but I think the hype sometimes exceeds ability, just as with Ed Sheeran

This for me too"

Same here, can definitely sing but too much bloody belly aching in every song

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By *oldswarriorMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

She is a fantastic singer, but everything all sounds the same.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Amazing voice.

However i cannot bare her music... does that make sense?

Her music is lyrically trash & terribly composed.

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By *enuineCoupleCheshireBBWCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire

Love Adele

But £175 a ticket for Hyde Park standing err not that much

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