Adele

[howeird]

<rant> What set this off is someone tweeting or FBing that Adele is sexy, with a comment about women with curves. I find Adele not sexy at all. She just doesn't have that vibe for me. There are women of her shape who do, but not her.

And about all those Grammys. I don't get it. She is an above-average singer, but her songs are meh.

It's a cruel reversal on the usual conundrum where brilliant song writers (Yip Harburg, Bob Dylan, George Gershwin, etc.) can't sing their way out of a paper bag, so they need a talented singer to make their work sound its best. Adele should consider singing other people's tunes. And/or work with some composers and lyricists who have several hits under their belts, and hone her art.
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It could work. As far as I can tell, each of her songs is two or three songs stapled together. She seems to want to show off all her chops in every number.

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[howeird]

George got no air time except for his red carpet entrance. The category he was in was the last one on the Grammy list, and the winners did get about 10 seconds of play time, I think.

Talking about non-singing composers and lyricists, the music world has not changed that much, except maybe there are more song writers who can sing. That's also happening in filk, I think.

The vast majority of what is played on the radio are covers. Dylan was, IMHO, a poet whose words lended themselves to folk tunes. I credit the popularity of his concerts and recordings with an ideosyncrazy of the times which applauded content even when it completely lacked style. Rap continues that tradition today, but with less valuable content.