Adele..아델...시대를 초월한 스물 두살의 목소리..Timeless At 22..

Adele.. 

스물 두 살의 나이로서 도무지 낼 수 있을 거라 싶지 않은 음성과 감성의 주인공..

60년대의 글램 룩(glam look)에 폭발적인 목소리..

본명은 Adele Laurie Blue Adkins(아델 로우리 블루 앳킨스), 줄여서 'Adele(아델)'로 예명을 삼았다.

 1988년 5월 5일 태어난 그녀,

2006년 런던에서 데뷔해서 2008년 BRIT 어워드의 비평가상을 최초 수상하고,

2009년 그래미 신인상과 최우수 여자 팝 보컬상 수상했다.

어린 시절, 어머니의 영향으로

제니스 조플린(Janis Joplin), 제프 버클리( Jeff Buckley),밥 딜런( Bob Dylan),

조니 미첼(Joni Mitchel)l 같은 싱어송라이터들의 노래를 즐겨듣다 보니

 그녀 자신이 그들 중 한 사람이 되었다.

그런 그녀를 가장 매혹시킨 가수는  에타 제임스( Etta James)..

스물 두살에 이미 '아델'은 그녀 나이보다 두 배 이상 많은 가수들보다 훨씬 많은 업적을 남겼다.

 

 

 

(NPR의 사무실에서 공연한 '타이니 데스크 콘서트'에서 그녀는 가장 인기있는 세 곡을 라이브로 불렀다.

'Someone Like You', 'Chasing Pavement', 그리고 'Rolling In The Deep'..

보너스로 그녀만이 낼 수 있는 독특한 깔깔웃음을 간간이 터뜨리는 아델..

처음 들었을 때는 까치 우는 소리로 알았다..ㅎㅎ)

 

 

 

February 17, 2011

There's no one way to define a great voice:

 Genius might lie in the phrasing, the range, the power, the control, the words themselves, or some sort of indescribable something else.

But one way to diagnose genius for sure is to have a singer walk into a crowded room with little to no accompaniment,

 open his or her mouth, and command breathless attention in a matter of seconds.

A best-selling U.K. pop singer, Adele rocketed to fame a few years ago, alongside a handful of other soulful throwbacks.

 But unlike many other past recipients of the Best New Artist Grammy (Adele won the award in 2009),

 it's hard to imagine her fading from the public consciousness in the years to come; her voice is too pure, too charismatic.

Witness this three-song Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR Music offices, wherein she belts out three songs

 — the heartbreaking ballad "Someone Like You," the ubiquitous hit "Chasing Pavements" and the first single from 21,

 "Rolling in the Deep" — with only the low-key accompaniment of keyboardist Miles Robertson and guitarist Ben Thomas.

 

                                                                         

                                                                       

Moments before performing, Adele breezed up to our makeshift stage with little fanfare,

and proceeded to blaze through her set without so much as bothering to take off her gloves.

 Between songs, she showcased the mile-wide chasm between her mesmerizing singing voice

and her far less polished speaking voice, occasionally even unleashing a truly magnificent cackle.

At 22, Adele still isn't quite fully formed as an artist — which, after witnessing this set, is really saying something.

 She may well get even better, and even now, she's a marvel.

 

 

Origin: London, England

Decades: 2006-Present

 

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins[1] (born 5 May 1988), known professionally as Adele is an English singer songwriter.

 She was the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice

 and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics,

 Sound of 2008.

 She is a multi-Grammy Awards nominee who has won two awards,

Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2009.

 

 

 

"Someone Like You"

 

 

 

I heard that your settled down.
That you found a girl and your married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
It ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too/two.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah.

You'd know how the time flies.
Only yesterday was the time of our lives.
We were born and raised in a summery haze.
Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over yet.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too/two.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead", yay-e.

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regret's and mistakes they're memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too/two.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too/two.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah.

 

"Chasing Pavements"

 

 

 

"Rolling In The Deep"