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thavidesco said:
I expected this. You didn´t disappoint :)



Adele EBW and Dad rock Miracle is only an attempt to describe a characteristic of a song in a certain way.
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I always shrugged off your Adele-EBW comparison. But the other day I was at work and heard a song come on the radio and immediately I thought, "sweet. Acoustic EBW!" But nope, it was Someone Like You by Adele. The opening piano parts sound identical and then I barely listened to the rest (EBW is still waaaaaay better). I hate Adele and hate that song, but the openings at least, sound very similar.


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ozeeko said:
I know this isn't going to help, but the piano intro to EBW (version 2) really does sound like the start of an Adele song. Not saying it's bad or not bad bc of it, just saying to say.
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Didn't even see your post, and just said the same thing. lol.


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bobsaget77 said:
I always shrugged off your Adele-EBW comparison. But the other day I was at work and heard a song come on the radio and immediately I thought, "sweet. Acoustic EBW!" But nope, it was Someone Like You by Adele. The opening piano parts sound identical and then I barely listened to the rest (EBW is still waaaaaay better). I hate Adele and hate that song, but the openings at least, sound very similar.


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In a restaurant I go to, unfortunately they play Someone like you very often. I confused it with Waves as well. What is interesting I discovered how irritating the adele song is after a few listens and how stupid the lyrics are. Luckily, not the case of Every Breaking Wave.
 
I like Songs of Innocence. I also like Adele.

This is my contribution to this thread.

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Irvine511 said:
How does one "hate" Adele? Honestly.
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I like some of her stuff, fir example We could have had it all, Skyfall or I set fire are excellent, but Someone like you gets soooo annoying song after a few listens, that you don´t wanna hear it again, You don´t wanna, you don´t wanna :)
 
But "hate"?

I stopped "hating" music I didn't like or was annoyed by in college. Because it's not my taste doesn't mean it's worth of hatred.

Except for Mambo #5 and Who Let the Dogs out. Hate that shit.
 
Irvine511 said:
But "hate"?

I stopped "hating" music I didn't like or was annoyed by in college. Because it's not my taste doesn't mean it's worth of hatred.

Except for Mambo #5 and Who Let the Dogs out. Hate that shit.
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I hate people who are intolerant of other people's cultures....and the Dutch! They smell like cabbage...carnival folk!


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CosmoKramer said:
I hate people who are intolerant of other people's cultures....and the Dutch! They smell like cabbage...carnival folk!


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:angry: Sure about that bruh? I'm gonna punch you for that right after I stop being high!




:wink:


Also, for what it's worth. I like Someone Like You. The lyrics hit home if you've been in a similar situation.
 
Galeongirl said:
:angry: Sure about that bruh? I'm gonna punch you for that right after I stop being high!









:wink:





Also, for what it's worth. I like Someone Like You. The lyrics hit home if you've been in a similar situation.
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Are you Dutch??

The response I was looking for would have been "Dutch Hater"!

Of course if you haven't seen Austin Powers 2 this wouldn't make any sense...so... ;)


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Galeongirl said:
:angry: Sure about that bruh? I'm gonna punch you for that right after I stop being high!
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While you go punch him, I'll roll one up for us to split, no worries :D



Also, for what it's worth. I like Someone Like You.
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Adele has the creepiest lyrics in her songs.

Exhibit A, "Someone Like You", aka most stalker-ish song I've ever heard:

We broke up long enough ago that you've met someone else and married them, "but for me, it isn't oooverrrrr". So I'm gonna show up unannounced and uninvited on your doorstep (at the house you presumably live in now with your new wife) and after having waited years to spill out my hea - wait a sec, never mind. Instead I'll just find a carbon copy of you and project all these emotions onto this poor unwitting sap. This plan cannot fail. All the best to you and your new wife!

Another bonus super creepy Adele lyric from "Rumour Has It":

"She is half your age, but I'm guessing that's the reason that you stayed"

So if the new girl is half his age, one of the following scenarios must apply if we assume the song is autobiographical and Adele is talking as her then-21-year old self:

A. Adele's ex boyfriend was about the same age as her, and is now dating a preteen; or

B. Adele's ex boyfriend is dating a new girl who's about the same age as her, meaning Adele was dating a guy in his 40s when she was barely 20.

But since scenario B means that pointing this out in the lyrics as if it's derisive effectively neuters that line and renders it meaningless, we can logically conclude that Adele's ex boyfriend left her for a 12 year old, and not only that but despite the fact that he's an obvious pedophile, she misses him and considers taking him back.

Ladies and gentlemen, Adele.
 
DaveC said:
While you go punch him, I'll roll one up for us to split, no worries :D






Adele has the creepiest lyrics in her songs.

Exhibit A, "Someone Like You", aka most stalker-ish song I've ever heard:

We broke up long enough ago that you've met someone else and married them, "but for me, it isn't oooverrrrr". So I'm gonna show up unannounced and uninvited on your doorstep (at the house you presumably live in now with your new wife) and after having waited years to spill out my hea - wait a sec, never mind. Instead I'll just find a carbon copy of you and project all these emotions onto this poor unwitting sap. This plan cannot fail. All the best to you and your new wife!

Another bonus super creepy Adele lyric from "Rumour Has It":

"She is half your age, but I'm guessing that's the reason that you stayed"

So if the new girl is half his age, one of the following scenarios must apply if we assume the song is autobiographical and Adele is talking as her then-21-year old self:

A. Adele's ex boyfriend was about the same age as her, and is now dating a preteen; or

B. Adele's ex boyfriend is dating a new girl who's about the same age as her, meaning Adele was dating a guy in his 40s when she was barely 20.

But since scenario B means that pointing this out in the lyrics as if it's derisive effectively neuters that line and renders it meaningless, we can logically conclude that Adele's ex boyfriend left her for a 12 year old, and not only that but despite the fact that he's an obvious pedophile, she misses him and considers taking him back.

Ladies and gentlemen, Adele.
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:hmm:





:ohmy:
 
DaveC said:
While you go punch him, I'll roll one up for us to split, no worries :D






Adele has the creepiest lyrics in her songs.

Exhibit A, "Someone Like You", aka most stalker-ish song I've ever heard:

We broke up long enough ago that you've met someone else and married them, "but for me, it isn't oooverrrrr". So I'm gonna show up unannounced and uninvited on your doorstep (at the house you presumably live in now with your new wife) and after having waited years to spill out my hea - wait a sec, never mind. Instead I'll just find a carbon copy of you and project all these emotions onto this poor unwitting sap. This plan cannot fail. All the best to you and your new wife!

Another bonus super creepy Adele lyric from "Rumour Has It":

"She is half your age, but I'm guessing that's the reason that you stayed"

So if the new girl is half his age, one of the following scenarios must apply if we assume the song is autobiographical and Adele is talking as her then-21-year old self:

A. Adele's ex boyfriend was about the same age as her, and is now dating a preteen; or

B. Adele's ex boyfriend is dating a new girl who's about the same age as her, meaning Adele was dating a guy in his 40s when she was barely 20.

But since scenario B means that pointing this out in the lyrics as if it's derisive effectively neuters that line and renders it meaningless, we can logically conclude that Adele's ex boyfriend left her for a 12 year old, and not only that but despite the fact that he's an obvious pedophile, she misses him and considers taking him back.

Ladies and gentlemen, Adele.
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:applaud::applaud::applaud:

I haven´t laughed like mad for a long time.

Thanks :wave:
 
DaveC said:
While you go punch him, I'll roll one up for us to split, no worries :D






Adele has the creepiest lyrics in her songs.

Exhibit A, "Someone Like You", aka most stalker-ish song I've ever heard:

We broke up long enough ago that you've met someone else and married them, "but for me, it isn't oooverrrrr". So I'm gonna show up unannounced and uninvited on your doorstep (at the house you presumably live in now with your new wife) and after having waited years to spill out my hea - wait a sec, never mind. Instead I'll just find a carbon copy of you and project all these emotions onto this poor unwitting sap. This plan cannot fail. All the best to you and your new wife!

Another bonus super creepy Adele lyric from "Rumour Has It":

"She is half your age, but I'm guessing that's the reason that you stayed"

So if the new girl is half his age, one of the following scenarios must apply if we assume the song is autobiographical and Adele is talking as her then-21-year old self:

A. Adele's ex boyfriend was about the same age as her, and is now dating a preteen; or

B. Adele's ex boyfriend is dating a new girl who's about the same age as her, meaning Adele was dating a guy in his 40s when she was barely 20.

But since scenario B means that pointing this out in the lyrics as if it's derisive effectively neuters that line and renders it meaningless, we can logically conclude that Adele's ex boyfriend left her for a 12 year old, and not only that but despite the fact that he's an obvious pedophile, she misses him and considers taking him back.

Ladies and gentlemen, Adele.
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it's been a long winter.
 
Gone are the good ol' days of musical snobbery. Adele wouldn't have had a chance on a U2 message board in the 80s or 90s.
 
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