And Here's Adele's New Video
By popular demand (aka two friends emailing me), here's Adele walking around Paris singing a song that I always think is a James Blunt song whenever it yodels out of my iTunes. Listening to an Adele song makes me thank Shauna Sand's exquisite lucite heels that she wasn't around during my first major-ish relationship when I was 18. The disc changer in my Mitsubishi Mirage would've never survived if she was around then. It would've been a disgusting display marinated in a gross puddle of sappiness.
Whenever my first boyfriend and I would get into a fight over some stupid shit (examples: Him looking at the waiter at Coco's for way too long. Him not answering any of my 35 voicemails in a timely manner. A timely manner being 2 seconds after I left it. I don't care if you're taking a caca. Cut it short or learn how to push and talk at the same time.), he'd put himself on mute and ignore me for days. This happened almost every week.
Every time he did that, I'd get into my Mitsubishi Mirage and take the pilgrimage (in search of the pathetic me that lounges in the shallow parts of my soul) to his house in the middle of the night. I'd sit in my car and loudly sing along to some easy listening Emo crap while picturing him tapping his peen on the ass cheeks of that skanky, homohome wrecking Coco's waiter! Sometimes I'd sink down into new levels of teenage desperation by leaving my car to drop a small mound of dirt on his porch. I'd go to Denny's, eat a plate of fried woe is me and then I'd go back to his porch to see if the mound of dirt I left was disturbed (it never was). Just a mess that nobody should admit.
So I thank Adele for not being around then or my tonsils, my Mitsubishi Mirage and my first boyfriend's Long Beach neighborhood would've all had to enter the Scorned Gay Protection Program.
The me of today watches this video and thinks: "Bitch, just get new dick! Isn't there a bar around that bridge? Shit."
The teenage me would've called my ex-boyfriend and played this song in its entirety on his voicemail over and over again until his box filled up (throw that image back into the gutter, you sick ho), because it could no longer take the crazy.
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Like I really needed to hear this right now. I already feel like I'm getting the SADs (seasonal affective disorder), and this song just reminds me of my last relationship (which started around this time of the year, too).
I haven't even had a relationship now in like... 3 1/2 years? Something like that. Although it's probably for the best because I just get too depressed when I can tell that things are ending and after the eventual break-up.
Edit: Ugh. Actually, today was the first time we kissed (I only know this because I was stupid enough to put it in some e-mail calendar notification). It was a really good, romantic one, and we were both slightly tipsy. We walked back from the bar together, foregoing a ride from our friend. We weren't in a relationship yet, and apparently he thought I liked someone else. We started plafyully holding hands, and close to my dorm I kissed him on the cheek (a low-risk move). He kissed me. Then, because it was too late at night to go inside, we started making out on the steps of the other nearby dorm (now nonexistent). And there is my TMI story that I would normally feel uncomfortable sharing. Even the bar part beforehand has a "story," but I'm pretty sure I've already overstepped my bounds.
Submitted by parissucksliterally on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:28pm.
Something for people to remember when they say she has nothing else to sing about- these songs were written LAST YEAR and ALL AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD. So now, she may have plenty else to write and sing about, but the songs on "21" are what her fans want to hear her sing.
It's not like she is still writing these songs now.
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Well, I hope she has more tricks up her sleeves then, because she's beautiful, voice rocks and it would be a waste to have a career built up on one kind of theme.
Then again, some would call her an specialist at doing sad love songs.
Whatever the case, so long as there's a market out there and people are pleased with what they pay for, everyone wins.
Why do people hate 'chubby' women on here? I registered here as it was common knowledge amongst the snarksite grapevine that DListed had the most overweight female posters in cyberspace. Strange.
ps- Adele is a sexy woman with a greeeeeaaaaaaat voice and YES I WOULD!
BBW can email me at www.chubbychaserUK@yahoo.co.uk
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Submitted by gladyslove on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:19pm.
You name should be El Retardo.
If they are fucked up emotionally, it is not the reason they are fat, but because they have spent a lifetime being treated like shit for being visually unacceptable.
Migraineuse, I love you.
I've been obese my entire life until a few years ago when I became a vegetarian. Now I'm just overweight. Except, I do overeat for all those reasons. I've hated myself since I knew what the word meant. I've learned in recent years it's because I grew up around people (family and people I went to church with) that hated me because i didn't look like my goddess sister.
Now, that I've lost 50 pounds, people are nicer (except my family and the people I went to church with, but they can go fuck themselves). It's a shock to the system when people smile instead of scowl and when Lane Bryant clothes are too big.
I'm still overweight and I'm still full of self-loathing. But now I just don't give a fuck. What I do I do for my health.
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My obsessive fascination is in your imagination.
Fat haters, please go read Kate Harding's Shapely Prose archive and stop boring the rest of us.
Fat people aren't fat because they "self-medicate" or because they eat too much or because they're masochists who want everybody to hate them. They're fat because getting fat is what some bodies do, and it's extremely difficult, if not impossible, to alter one's own body chemistry and keep a fat body thin. If they are fucked up emotionally, it is not the reason they are fat, but because they have spent a lifetime being treated like shit for being visually unacceptable.
The solution is to stop treating fat people like shit. Which means not talking shit about them.
P.S. Beauty standards can suck it. They are a slave collar around the neck of every woman.
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Mitsubishi Mirage was a fine-ass car.
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Submitted by suckandfuck on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 9:32am.
UH. Excuse me everyone. Do you think that it's funny to make fun of people who are overweight? I don't. When someone is overweight they clearly have either a health issue or a minor mental issue. If they're your friend or family member, why don't you approach them with a caring tone and say "Hey friend, I love you, why don't you take care of yourself a little better? Let's work together to see what we can do ok?" Show them a little positivity and in turn they'll reflect that into themselves. Show them that being even just a little overweight can turn into big health problems later in life, such as heart disease or diabetes. Some overweight people live in a desperate cycle of medicating themselves with food and need a friend or loving family member to snap them out of it. Show them with a little effort through diet and exercise, they can make progress and make strides in their confidence. Otherwise, leave them alone. My 10 year old sister doesn't make fun of fat people. If you want to make fun of someone, look in the mirror, maybe you are just trying to hurt other people because you feel bad about yourself? Maybe you're really the fat one? I hope you find some love and light in your life. Grow up, people.
Sucky is that YOU??? So little CAPS, so much maturity.
fuck that Fattie Nancy Grace, MY pepperoni slice is wide open.
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"I'm so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her unbelievably stupid name! Fuck Sookie!" - Vampire Badass Pamela Swynford De Beaufort.
Lot's of talent.. and yet I just can't like her. Her songs are too much HER. I want to hear songs that make me like the song. With Adele, every song is like "look at me, listen to me, don't I have the most amazing voice?! aren't I so awesome? what about me, me me?". MK, please post some early nineties one hit wonders to wash this bad taste out of my mouth.
I love Adele's version of The Cure's Lovesong. It's kinda jazzy and beautiful!
Almost 1am here on the EC. Hey all. Some months ago Eiles posted this on fb and I viewed/instantly fell in love w/ the words/theme of this track. Props.
Fat, slim, donuts, ding dongs, vino, bong, teen stalker, dirt-tracker, summer-haze-influenced, 8-track love songs; whatever....I THINK WE CAN ALL RELATE, NO?...
♪♫...I hate to turn up out the blue uninvited....but Iiiii, couldn't stay away....I couldn't fight it....We were born and raised... in a summer haze...♫♪ -- Who the fuck here hasn't experienced this dire-straight shit????
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Bugs Bunny 'What's Opera, Doc?"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VMqQ6XnmI (Beginning portion)
Dre,Eminem, Skylar- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA770wpLX-Q&ob=av3e
Love her. I would love her to cover You Oughta Know.
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I've written a letter to MK...saying...I...love...youuuuuu.
I love Adele's voice and think she looks amazing. She's beautiful. Plan and simple. <3
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Submitted by becky n sydney on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 6:01pm.
I *love* Adele. This song has been around for weeks here but is always shown on TV as the live performance from the Brit awards.
For Adele fans, enjoy! :)
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I love that performance!
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I *love* Adele. This song has been around for weeks here but is always shown on TV as the live performance from the Brit awards.
For Adele fans, enjoy! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCya1yiFFP4&feature=related
Good song, boring horrible video
Reminds me of the Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares to You" video. And look how all THAT turned out.
-Einah
She's like the british Taylor Swift.
Can't stand artists who only got songs about exes.
Shut the fuck up and move on, there's more to life than this.
Amazing voice, and beautiful. But I can't wait for when she's older and her lyrics mature a little.
Something for people to remember when they say she has nothing else to sing about- these songs were written LAST YEAR and ALL AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD. So now, she may have plenty else to write and sing about, but the songs on "21" are what her fans want to hear her sing.
It's not like she is still writing these songs now.
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I like Adele, I like a lot of the songs on her new disc (didnt bother getting her first one) but I can't bother coming to her defense, really. I agree, it's a matter of opinion who you like and don't like. Just because you don't like her doesn't make you a Rihanna or Britney fan.
I myself WOULD lose my shit a bit if someone dares to call Fiona Apple talented. But I can respect someone if she says she just doesn't prefer Fiona, or doesn't find her voice appealing. That's fine, I'm used to that since most of my high school friends hated her music.
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Well, it seems that this is an impossible quarrel to settle, because frankly, there's nothing to it more than it's perfectly fine to like or dislike this woman's music.
It just appears to be clear that there's anger towards anybody calling the song boring no matter what, though.
All this defensiveness makes me think this is a topic as divisive as politics, religion, blahblahblah, which come to think of it, is quite ridiculous considering it's just a matter of taste.
Submitted by Neurotic on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 4:25pm.
Well no, you didn't mention Rihana, but her picture should be right under any dictionary auto-tune entry anyway. She was just an example of the many pop singers who'd meet the self starved, auto-tuned, boob in your face stereotype you presented.
There seems to be a lot of defensiveness around Adele and I've no idea why. Maybe it's the belief that people who aren't keen on her have terrible taste in music or something.
It's alright. People like what they like, but sometimes it's funny to see the irrational level of vitriol spilled at anybody who dares criticizing the songstress du jour.
You've got to be kidding. It's certainly not my fault that at the mention of AutoTune,YOUR mind automatically went to Rihanna. (I was actually thinking of Britney when I made that comment.) I don't see how comparing Adele with other artists is anything near vitriol. I didn't say anything about those who don't like Adele having shitty taste in music. I DO listen to other music besides her. You're putting words in my mouth and trying to find something to pick on in my comment, and there is nothing there.
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Well no, you didn't mention Rihana, but her picture should be right under any dictionary auto-tune entry anyway. She was just an example of the many pop singers who'd meet the self starved, auto-tuned, boob in your face stereotype you presented.
There seems to be a lot of defensiveness around Adele and I've no idea why. Maybe it's the belief that people who aren't keen on her have terrible taste in music or something.
It's alright. People like what they like, but sometimes it's funny to see the irrational level of vitriol spilled at anybody who dares criticizing the songstress du jour.
Submitted by SANS FARDS on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 1:28pm.
Damn, that sista can sang. What a great voice. She also looks cute...who cares if she's not rail thin and boobular, like Katy Perry, she can sing circles around most popular female artists today.
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HOLA i love you
that is all
(Katy Perry is just TITS)
Submitted by Neurotic on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 4:08pm.
"Oh,and not starving yourself, using Autotune and flashing your boobs does not make an artist boring. It means that they don't need the pageantry/Autotune and what have you because *gasp* their talent is actually enough."
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The assumption that those, who aren't into Adele's music, like the likes of Rihana instead is excessive, as much as it would be for anyone to assume that Adele's fans are scorned fatties who had a tough break-up recently.
Her voice is fine. She's beautiful, but I just am tired of this heartache stuff.
What will she sing about when she's over it? I want her to fast forward to that moment.
Hello, I didn't make any mention of people who like Rihanna did I? I didn't make any assumptions . I made a comparison between Adele and the artists who use Autotune...I didn't say shit about their fans. I did not say that Adele haters must automatically be into Rihanna.
Jesus fuck.
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Time cast a spell on you but
You won't forget me
I know I could have loved you but
You would not let me
-Fleetwood Mac
"Oh,and not starving yourself, using Autotune and flashing your boobs does not make an artist boring. It means that they don't need the pageantry/Autotune and what have you because *gasp* their talent is actually enough."
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The assumption that those, who aren't into Adele's music, like the likes of Rihana instead is excessive, as much as it would be for anyone to assume that Adele's fans are scorned fatties who had a tough break-up recently.
Her voice is fine. She's beautiful, but I just am tired of this heartache stuff.
What will she sing about when she's over it? I want her to fast forward to that moment.
I absolutely love Adele, and I have lived what she's singing about in this song. Those of you who hate the song, think she's boring,etc., let's see what happens if any of you ever have to watch the man you love get married to another woman. It happens all the time, I know, but until it happens to you, you couldn't possibly understand how shitty a feeling it is.
Oh,and not starving yourself, using Autotune and flashing your boobs does not make an artist boring. It means that they don't need the pageantry/Autotune and what have you because *gasp* their talent is actually enough.
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Time cast a spell on you but
You won't forget me
I know I could have loved you but
You would not let me
-Fleetwood Mac
ITA. Fiona Apple's Limp is amazing! But then again, I love EVERYTHING she does.
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I'm bored with Adele already.
Nothing personal, but I was never into break up songs and shit, can she sing about any other subject besides that?
@ sinjin
Thank you. This is the one I got after Cokey asked me to change it. The first one was of a mugshot of some poor loser, that kinda looked like Matthew Fox but in a fat way.
Darknight, for what it's worth, I LIKE your happy to be on a boat doggy :-D
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I love your stories, MK. A pile of dirt on the porch - that's a new one to me.
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_Submitted by Few Words on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 10:13am.
fat chicks always sing sad songs.
b&w video aint slimming you.
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Submitted by moomarse on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 1:12pm.
Submitted by M.E. on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:27am.
Thank you Alanis Morrisette for "You Outta Know".
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Fiona Apple's Lying Limp, or whatever it's called is pretty good too!
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Also, Fiona's "Love Ridden":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsO0Lds94yU
And for the granola types, Sarah McLachlan's "Do What You Have to Do", which made me cry when I was in love with a guy who just wanted to be friends after a while. *sniff* Stupid Zorba.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCIw4gc6G8Q
This song is played on every major station in the Chicago area. I'M SO SICK OF IT!! I especially dislike when some "misunderstood" tweeny bopper requests it.
Damn, that sista can sang. What a great voice. She also looks cute...who cares if she's not rail thin and boobular, like Katy Perry, she can sing circles around most popular female artists today.
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moomarse, "Limp" by Fiona is AMAZING!
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"Why try to be what we are not?”
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Dog, her album is named "21", how old she was when she recorded it.
You are certainly entitled to not like her music, but please do not dismiss her creativity in a world where most music comes from a fucking computer.
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"Why try to be what we are not?”
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you can tell by my post. i listened to rap music in the 90's to get over someone and the jet's, janet jackson,mariah carey,that's it.
Submitted by M.E. on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:27am.
Thank you Alanis Morrisette for "You Outta Know".
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Fiona Apple's Lying Limp, or whatever it's called is pretty good too!
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I guess it's best to end a relationship the same way you start it: absolutely fucking tanked. MK 6/11
this song has been driven into the gutter. my gaAWD! i can't take this fatty tit breathing into the microphone. a dozen times was great...but every fucking day this song is on. and, it puts people in a trance. its so annoying! ihate the song..wont watch the video. just to see what? fucking eyeliner and masara application done epically well...no. and she s fat. i cant wait for her to come back looking like katy perry in year. cause, that is what is next...
Oh hell no! I'm not updating Flashplayer just so I can view this fat mess. Don't like her voice of her music. I had a major eyeroll when I saw she named her new album "Someone Like You". Yeah, you're original. Because no one else has EVER used that for a song or album title. *eyeroll*
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Eh, she's kinda whiny. The whole album is like that, whine, whine. Reminds me of when my gayelle friend got dumped by her girlfriend and she complained about it for TWO YEARS. Which I can understand if the relationship was great, but it wasn't. When they were together my friend was always complaining that her girlfriend was kinda ugly and embarrassing, snored, her hair smelled, etc. Then when she got dumped all of a sudden she was like ♫ Never mind, I'll find someone like yoooooouuuuu!♫" And she made a big stink, calling me up in the middle of the night to cry like that, for way too long. Self-indulgent, I tell ya.
M.E.-I'm on team "This Love" too. It helped me with my most recent breakup. Actually any Pantera helps me with anything, but I digress.
Even though I'm a tried and true metalhead, I can't get over loving this Adele chick and her voice. I need to buy her CD or something. I feel like a wuss.
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If you wanna be in black and white, black and white's gotta be IN YOU!
I LOVE Adele, and I'm also glad she wasn't around during my angst ridden teen years. My mother's patience (or ear drums) would never have survived. Having Mariah Carey around made things bad enough for her (Mariah and I sang many "duets" back in the day. Anyone see the YouTube video of her singing at the O2 awards in London where she breaks down at the end? I cried. But then again I'm a pussy in bitch's clothing.
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Menage a NO! NO! NO!-MK
Thank you Alanis Morrisette for "You Outta Know".
But then, Pantara's "This Love" and "Walk" were better healing songs for me when the ex I've been talking about ripped my heart out, shredded into pieces, then burned it.
Seriously, it took me 10 years to get over him.
Didn't help that when I did run into him, we'd hook up and he'd tell me how much he loved me.
UGH! STOP FUCKING WITH MY EMOTIONS!
I'm a fat bitch and feel free to call me that to my face. My Muy Thai trained ass will roundhouse kick you from here to Timbuk-fuckin-tu and finish you off with a neck kick into Sunday. Never underestimate the power of the thunder thigh, bitches! Adele, you sing girl, I got your back.
Iread somewhere the other day that her ex,the inspiration,for that beautiful but depressing album, has recently wormed his way back into her life. He's playing the "can we be friends and be civil" card. *rolls eys* Ironically,she says its ok,because its good that they are at a place where they can be friends. F-that! Has this chick learned anything? He all of sudden wants to be cordial now that you are a popular artist and your music is in heavy rotation *side eye*
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Absolutely. Timing is so key and it's terrible terrible when that destroys an otherwise loving and beautiful relationship.
i love adele but like MK i am so grateful that she was not around during my angsty teenage years. aiaiaiai i barely made it through with the gawdawful 90s music that was around!
also, adele is looking splendid. really gorgeous video.
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Submitted by Bree on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:05am.
I know everyone says buck up and move on but a lot of times people have to go through something like this to be strong enough to be that type of person who can move on.
Sometimes you fall in love with the right people at the wrong time. I loved my first love so much when we broke up and he still loved me, but it just wasn't working for a lot of reasons. It's hard for both of you to go your own ways and see them love someone else, knowing the love you had for them.
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