As any of my friends or housemates will tell you, having been recently subjected to endless caterwauling from me as I attempt to recreate her sultry, soulful tones, I have a new love. Actually it isn't really a new love at all, but a recent discovery of the recordings of her 2011 performance at the Royal Albert Hall has rekindled my adoration, whilst providing a handy backing track to revision, relaxation, and just life more generally. I am of course talking about the utter goddess that is Adele. Yes, I know such a proclamation is not exactly original, and just about everyone has already seen this show, but I am not intending to demonstrate any kind of serious musical insight, or to make pretences at coolness. Rather, I want to share with you the reasons why I'm convinced Adele is the cleverest of all of us, as well as putting the whole show in one handy place for you. So sit back, enjoy, and fall in love along with me.
Class with a touch of sass
Adele shows effortlessly that pretentious conversation does not an interesting woman make. Instead. she is just her fucking self, and that self is fabulous. She flips from soothing songstress to foul-mouthed femme in 30 seconds flat. Watch:
Class with a touch of sass
Adele shows effortlessly that pretentious conversation does not an interesting woman make. Instead. she is just her fucking self, and that self is fabulous. She flips from soothing songstress to foul-mouthed femme in 30 seconds flat. Watch:
She's a Dolly Parton fan!
And no one who loves Dolly Parton can be bad. And I also find the way she asks if the audience is alright incredibly comforting. I'm weird, I know, but that's exam-term soothing right there. Just shut out the revision and pretend she's talking to you.
And no one who loves Dolly Parton can be bad. And I also find the way she asks if the audience is alright incredibly comforting. I'm weird, I know, but that's exam-term soothing right there. Just shut out the revision and pretend she's talking to you.
She's known heartbreak and she sure knows how to sing about it
Knowing that even someone as gorgeous and fabulous as her (I wasn't kidding, I really do adore her) gets kicked in the teeth too makes me feel less awful about my own life, and it should hopefully offer you some solace too!
Knowing that even someone as gorgeous and fabulous as her (I wasn't kidding, I really do adore her) gets kicked in the teeth too makes me feel less awful about my own life, and it should hopefully offer you some solace too!
'Not enough time has gone by since he was a fucking prick to me, so I will chat shit about him until I'm blue in the face.'
Pure poetry...
Pure poetry...
In all seriousness, this is just stunning:
She's known the struggles of the common man
I can sympathise, Adele, the Tesco checkout woman doesn't know who I am either...
I can sympathise, Adele, the Tesco checkout woman doesn't know who I am either...
For all that she badmouths people, she knows how to forgive and how to apologise
And that's a very valuable lesson in grace, which even the best of us could do with a reminder of from time to time.
And that's a very valuable lesson in grace, which even the best of us could do with a reminder of from time to time.
If you've made it this far, I do hope you'll forgive me for being such an over-indulgent fan. I also hope you now see why I love her to bits. Anyone up for a singalong?
Miriam Goode
Miriam Goode