I have spent the last 2 days listening to Adele's new album 21 on loop. When I like something, and this applies in particular to food and music, I have to eat/listen to it repeatedly.
I'm struck by how beautifully this young musician has managed to condense the end of a relationship into an album. I mention the word young because it is truly remarkable how lived-in and wistful the songs are, by turns angry and sorrowful.
Three songs stick with me, and I want to bring them up. The first is Lovesong. For The Cure fans out there, you should skip the next few sentences. I am not a huge Cure fan, I find their music too emo. Which is why I was surprised to have been so captivated by Adele's cover of their song. The chorus, where she repeats the phrase 'I will always love you' will remove any traces of the emo rendition from your head.
The second song is called I Found a Boy. It begins a little like an old jazz standard from the 1930s or 40s, and then progresses into a song that could fit into any decade. Delightful, like something out of an old movie. I must warn you that its likely that I have the previous thought because I watched The Philadelphia Story again, around the same time I started listening to the song.
While I Found a Boy is my favourite song on the album, undoubtedly the most moving song on the album is Someone Like You. In the song, the protagonist has dropped in on a former lover unannounced, and then attempts to rationalize the fact that he has moved on to another woman, and is happy now, by singing, "Never mind, I'll find someone like you". The lyrics, the melody, the soaring vocals provided by Adele, all combine to make the song something that will stay in your head long after you've stopped listening, not unlike an old love.
I'm struck by how beautifully this young musician has managed to condense the end of a relationship into an album. I mention the word young because it is truly remarkable how lived-in and wistful the songs are, by turns angry and sorrowful.
Three songs stick with me, and I want to bring them up. The first is Lovesong. For The Cure fans out there, you should skip the next few sentences. I am not a huge Cure fan, I find their music too emo. Which is why I was surprised to have been so captivated by Adele's cover of their song. The chorus, where she repeats the phrase 'I will always love you' will remove any traces of the emo rendition from your head.
The second song is called I Found a Boy. It begins a little like an old jazz standard from the 1930s or 40s, and then progresses into a song that could fit into any decade. Delightful, like something out of an old movie. I must warn you that its likely that I have the previous thought because I watched The Philadelphia Story again, around the same time I started listening to the song.
While I Found a Boy is my favourite song on the album, undoubtedly the most moving song on the album is Someone Like You. In the song, the protagonist has dropped in on a former lover unannounced, and then attempts to rationalize the fact that he has moved on to another woman, and is happy now, by singing, "Never mind, I'll find someone like you". The lyrics, the melody, the soaring vocals provided by Adele, all combine to make the song something that will stay in your head long after you've stopped listening, not unlike an old love.
2 comments:
Thank you for introducing me to Adele, Chelsea Dagger! Je appreciates!
You're welcome homie!
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