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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2015 18:41:31 GMT -5
I cringe whenever I hear her say "to go over" in this song. It is SO ridiculous and dramatic and white chick basic and I can't. As your fellow KC partner in crime, I'd advise you to reconsider several parts of this sentence
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Post by kmbgs on Nov 8, 2015 18:56:55 GMT -5
Listen that lyric is not her best - and yes I'm being nitpicky but it's an observation. And FWIW a friend of mine, unprompted, mentioned his disdain for that lyric today too. So I'm just saying!
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Post by bigb0882 on Nov 9, 2015 20:27:02 GMT -5
It isn't about being nitpicky, it is about calling something "ridiculous and dramatic and white girl basic" and then ending that claim with "and I can't." LOL! You just used the most ridiculous, dramatic and white girl basic line out there.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 9, 2015 23:02:35 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me but that performance was average. I'm here for Adele and love Hello but when she hits the top of the chorus it sounds like she is literally shouting. Idk...I love this girls voice and considering that this is one of the first of soon the be thousands of performances of this song, it did its job. I just think she needs some control on the choruses. She did sound shouty and a bit pitchy in places. When Adele was an unknown she would nailed each performance as if we were hearing the actual record. But I had a feeling with the rollout of 21 her voice was gonna start changing and it did. She had to have that surgery because of it. Her voice is definitely not the same live as it used to be. But it's still beautiful nonetheless.
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Post by glen on Nov 10, 2015 11:04:48 GMT -5
ADELE'S PREORDER BONANZA
What Record Will Her Record Break Next?
With a little more than one week until street, Adele’s 25 (XL/Columbia) continues to rack up huge preorder numbers. Across all retailers, 25 is approaching 500k in orders. Of course, the bulk of this—over 80%—is digital, since most physical retailers don’t offer a preorder option. (But those that do are seeing serious action: At Amazon, 25 is nearing the record 88k set by Susan Boyle’s debut SYCO/Columbia release.)
Only two weeks ago, Adele became the first artist to sell over 1m downloads of a single track with “Hello.” Will she become the first artist to sell 1m digital albums in a single week? With current forecasts at 2-2.5m for the album overall, it’s very likely she will. hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=298449
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2015 16:20:03 GMT -5
I thought her performance was great. It seemed like maybe her mic needed to be turned up a little bit? Also, we should take into account how difficult the breathing is for that chorus, switching incredibly quickly between belting and falsetto repeatedly-- even prime Mariah occasionally faltered live with that.
What I love is Adele's theatricality in her performances-- her face gets filled with the emotions of each line, which is so powerful. Also, this was her first performance since being back, and she's suddenly the biggest music star in the world-- humble queen was definitely nervous. Let's wait and see how she slays SNL before we go ahead and assume her voice isn't the same.
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Post by getonthebus on Nov 10, 2015 17:47:00 GMT -5
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Post by The Upper Hand on Nov 10, 2015 18:07:15 GMT -5
Patti LaBelle or Tina Turner?
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Post by Colton on Nov 10, 2015 19:07:34 GMT -5
'25' may not be on Spotify for streaming on Nov. 20Spotify may have to change one of its core principles if it wants to stream Adele's new album. In 2013, Spotify missed out on Beyoncé’s massive eponymous album, which was exclusive to iTunes. In 2014, Taylor Swift batted the company around in the press, calling it "an experiment" as she kept the biggest album of the year, 1989, off the service. Now Adele may be the latest to join their ranks, as she considers keeping her upcoming album 25 off Spotify, unless they meet her demands. When you may end up missing out on the album launch window from the world’s three biggest artists, it may be time to reassess your business model. Adele and her team have been pushing Spotify to limit the release of her third album, 25, to paid subscribers only, which would shrink the availability of the album to around 20 million of the streaming service’s 75 million total users, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Spotify has resisted the proposal and has yet to find out if 25 will be available to stream on the platform.
Before Adele released her monumental sophomore album 21 in 2011, she pushed Spotify to make it available to paid subscribers only, but the streaming service did not want to fragment its music catalogs. But 2011 was a different time — Adele didn’t have the leverage she carries now, and Spotify wasn’t closing in on 100 million users. 21 went on to sell 30 million albums worldwide and 10 million albums in the US alone, turning Adele into a household name, and Spotify went from a company solely operating in Europe to the most widely used paid streaming service in the US. Despite the growth of streaming music and the expanded reach of streaming services, with those kinds of numbers expected in her first week, Adele still doesn't need to stream her album. But Spotify may need Adele. It’s hard to call yourself the best streaming service around if you’re missing the newest albums from the world’s two biggest artists in Adele and Taylor Swift, and potentially Coldplay. (Beyoncé added the re-release of her eponymous album to the service last year.)
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Post by Rican@ on Nov 10, 2015 19:16:11 GMT -5
Better not play. I am a paid subscriber though, so I am cool with idea.
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Post by balletgirlmom on Nov 11, 2015 8:43:23 GMT -5
Wow, interesting article about Spotify. Thanks!
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Post by blahsi on Nov 11, 2015 11:11:03 GMT -5
I wouldn't be affected much if Spotify didn't get the album as I'm picking up the Target edition next Friday. That said, I think this is one time Spotify should give in and do the subscriber only model. This album is going to be huge, and having it could be a good enticer to get people subscribed to the service.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 12:19:24 GMT -5
I think the only thing that would keep Spotify hesitant to agree to this deal is that they'd have a lot of pressure to go back and make that subscriber-only option available to Taylor too, as well as any other big star who wants it later. Spotify's biggest selling point is that the content on its free and paid tiers is the same (well, that and the fact they even have a free tier); Spotify is probably quite gunshy about giving that leverage up, understandably so. The best interests for their business model are never going to fully mesh with the best interests of many artists, and as long as they're not at a risk of bleeding major numbers I don't think they should feel pressured to cave in even for the biggest stars. But with that said, the artists shouldn't feel pressured to cave in either. Personally I'd prefer Adele to withhold her album from streaming entirely, at least for the first year of its run. It's not like she needs the points.
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Post by when the pawn... on Nov 11, 2015 12:38:17 GMT -5
As much as I want to listen to 25 on Spotify immediately, I don't see why she wouldn't withhold from all streaming until January 1.
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Post by Caviar on Nov 11, 2015 13:14:50 GMT -5
Adele sold 1.1 million copies of "Hello" AND had it available for streaming immediately so I don't see how putting it on Spotify will affect her sales that much. People will buy your album if they feel it is worth it so her refusing to put it on there will not affect her sales all that much.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 14:56:57 GMT -5
Adele sold 1.1 million copies of "Hello" AND had it available for streaming immediately so I don't see how putting it on Spotify will affect her sales that much. People will buy your album if they feel it is worth it so her refusing to put it on there will not affect her sales all that much. Yeah, I know that, but I still want her to wait on it...Or to flip your statement a bit, not putting her album on Spotify will not affect her sales much, so why not hold back and prove a point about how quality will ultimately sell itself when presented right. As much as I love streaming, I'd like the industry as a whole to shift to that, where they only make people's current singles + back catalogs available but withhold the most recent albums for a while in an effort to spur sales. I'd like to see the industry at least attempt a compromise with the wave of the future to spur sales instead of letting streaming chip away at them bit by bit.
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Post by SHOOTER on Nov 11, 2015 15:20:51 GMT -5
Making it available to paid subscribers only sounds like the perfect compromise.
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Post by irice22 on Nov 11, 2015 16:04:57 GMT -5
If I were, I wouldn't put anything but the singles on Spotify. She can afford the streaming loss, which would only results in major album sale gains.
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Post by bunifah on Nov 11, 2015 16:08:24 GMT -5
The live performance killed my hype. She's just "there", a good live singer that could have come from any talent show. That performance REALLY lacked somethind and exposed to me how basic "hello" really is
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Nov 11, 2015 16:39:12 GMT -5
Adele sold 1.1 million copies of "Hello" AND had it available for streaming immediately so I don't see how putting it on Spotify will affect her sales that much. People will buy your album if they feel it is worth it so her refusing to put it on there will not affect her sales all that much. Yeah, I know that, but I still want her to wait on it...Or to flip your statement a bit, not putting her album on Spotify will not affect her sales much, so why not hold back and prove a point about how quality will ultimately sell itself when presented right. As much as I love streaming, I'd like the industry as a whole to shift to that, where they only make people's current singles + back catalogs available but withhold the most recent albums for a while in an effort to spur sales. I'd like to see the industry at least attempt a compromise with the wave of the future to spur sales instead of letting streaming chip away at them bit by bit. This would never work. Streaming is starting to get people who pirate back to a revenue generating model for the labels. Yanking new releases will just push them out of streaming altogether and back to illegal downloads
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Post by bigb0882 on Nov 11, 2015 19:38:53 GMT -5
Do you think we will get clips of any songs before the release or will the remaining songs all be a complete surprise?
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Post by DJ General on Nov 11, 2015 21:21:04 GMT -5
Do you think we will get clips of any songs before the release or will the remaining songs all be a complete surprise? with the album coming out in 9 days, I don't seem them doing anything... I don't think they should either. Keep it sealed up until the end. AS long as possible. Either way, I'm not listening to anything. We waited years, I can wait a couple more days for the target deluxe.
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Post by kmbgs on Nov 12, 2015 0:31:16 GMT -5
The live performance killed my hype. She's just "there", a good live singer that could have come from any talent show. That performance REALLY lacked somethind and exposed to me how basic "hello" really is Thank you. Not the only one around here who finds this song moderately basic
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Post by floridagrl on Nov 12, 2015 8:05:57 GMT -5
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Post by glen on Nov 12, 2015 10:26:19 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Nov 12, 2015 11:10:16 GMT -5
Amazing interview!
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Post by DJ General on Nov 12, 2015 13:23:04 GMT -5
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Post by 14887fan on Nov 12, 2015 13:46:22 GMT -5
I can't believe we're just a little over a week out. So exciting!
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Nov 12, 2015 14:05:30 GMT -5
I can't believe we're just a little over a week out. So exciting! In a matter of 3 weeks we went from nothing to multiple record breaking #1 first single, multiple interviews, a live performance, record breaking pre-order sales, and what could become the biggest debut in music history. The promo and timing is just immaculate.
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