Adele

[zero000]

27 minutes ago, Martin Ashford said:

So, Adele style honey blonde wig. Where to find one?

Dye your Taylor swift one?

[McCor]

I'm seeing her at the O2 soon, but I'm still curious to see if she'll change things up for this. Musically she's not for everyone, but she seems a top lass, I'd love to go out on the raz with her. 

Shes very clever, she knows what's she's doing is selling. And she doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks of her. 

Great booking for the festival. I predict the stage will be packed.

Edited March 20, 2016 by McCor

[LondonTom]

On 3/19/2016 at 11:32 PM, thatcrazypenguin said:

 

so lets get this straight your allowed to reply to me im not allowed to answer back? we`re playing that game are we? ok whatever floats ya boat. 

penguin x ;P

You know the rules by now for being a "hater" when these sorts of acts come along

[OBface]

1 hour ago, McCor said:

Musically she's not for everyone, but she seems a top lass

I'm not going to trot out the taxes quote but really?

Fair enough she's a good act for the festival to have secured (even though she's not to my tastes) but does no one else think her 'every woman' persona is a little staged? Personally don't take to her at all. 

[majormajormajor]

Can someone kindly tell me the year Emily Eavis began as the main booker of headliners so I can (perhaps) start on her too?

[kalifire]

5 hours ago, OBface said:

does no one else think her 'every woman' persona is a little staged? Personally don't take to her at all. 

I don't know if it's staged or not, but I do find it annoying and it comes across as quite forced. That said, it could well be her coping mechanism for dealing with nerves, overcompensating with this weary 'rough diamond' schtick.

Musically, she'll be great. I've no doubt about that. Unless she's shit, of course.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It was Bowie's contrived "alien" persona that always kept me away from seeing him live.  Seemed fake and stagey.

[slash's hat]

Will Angus ever leave school?

[Wooderson]

Comparing Adele's stage persona to Bowie. Where are my waterskis?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just introducing a level playing field.  If stage personae are an issue then everyone's fair game.

[Wooderson]

That someone's opinion of her stagecraft doesn't sit with you, fine. And ensuring everyone gets a fair hearing etc in that noble guard dog of good taste thing you do impeccably well is ace, natch. Failwhale is spouting water all over the Bowie comparison however.

[mcshed]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Just introducing a level playing field.  If stage personae are an issue then everyone's fair game.

Well no if the issue is Adele's stage personae is one based on a supposed lack of artifice.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Wooderson said:

Failwhale is spouting water all over the Bowie comparison however.

It's a good thing I didn't compare her or her stage persona to Bowie, then.

[Wooderson]

Why introduce him to the conversation if not to offer the comparison? 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, mcshed said:

Well no if the issue is Adele's stage personae is one based on a supposed lack of artifice.

I don't know that much about her to be honest, but it doesn't look like the stage version of her bold as brass / salt of the earthery is that different from most people of her background / generation.  If she amps it up a bit whilst onstage, she's no different to practically any other performer.

[mcshed]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I don't know that much about her to be honest, but it doesn't look like the stage version of her bold as brass / salt of the earthery is that different from most people of her background / generation.  If she amps it up a bit whilst onstage, she's no different to practically any other performer.

She is not the only one at it certainly, and to be honest it doesn't bother me, I was just pointing out the difference between pretending your down to earth and pretending your from another planet. With one your trying to pretend there is no pretending.

[CaledonianGonzo]

That's fair enough - and that sits her squarely in amongst the John Lennons and the Noel Gallaghers, rather than the Freddie Mercurys and Sun Ras.

[Wooderson]

48 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

That's fair enough - and that sits her squarely in amongst the John Lennons and the Noel Gallaghers, rather than the Freddie Mercurys and Sun Ras.

From the videos I've seen she's every bit the diva. It's certainly more understated than others, but she's more in common with Freddie than not.

[hughes21]

cant believe all the shit kanye got when announced and then this year they get a popstar who stands and sings slow songs she didnt even write herself hahahahah 

[slash's hat]

How many on here have an online persona, yet when it comes to the meet they bottle it or are not what was expected? Maybe its nerves, maybe it's on purpose but she come across much less bitchy than some, sort of a Robbie Williams character of the past that you could imagine going down the pub with.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Performance-wise, maybe, but I guess I'm talking more about the 'character' that's communicated in the other moments - whether off or onstage.

And in that case, one of them is toasting the audience with champagne whereas the other one's taking about taking Immodium.

From the videos I've seen she's every bit the diva. It's certainly more understated than others, but she's more in common with Freddie than not.

[Wooderson]

Ive zero interest/knowledge in her off stage *anything*.

[CaledonianGonzo]

That's the subject under discussion from when it was raised over the page - someone asking whether they feel her 'every woman' persona is staged.

All I know is from maybe one Guardian feature and seeing her on Graham Norton a couple of months back.

[Woffy]

The fan forums are no more enlightening:

Congrats to Adele who, for some days ago passed her Drivers Test. Adele shared her excitement on Twitter for us. Congrats so much!! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Though that still sounds preferable to atease.web or whatever it's called.