june 03 - addled by adele
googled today: what are the back-up singers singing in rolling in the deep?
answer: you're gonna wish you, never have met me, tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep.
soooooooo, yeah. i am obsessed with adele now. i have no idea why i was such a snob about her before. it's not that i don't think she's a great singer, i just didn't realise AND HOW. i think it all started with her rolling in the deep videoclip. (do kids still call them videoclips or something else? i've lost touch). that thumping something sound that made the water in the glasses all around her vibrate? pure magnificent. and i am sooooo into her voice. it's like a magic blanket that soothes away all your pain. when she sings nothing else matters but her voice. to me it is that gorgeous. it's not that i have never come across great voices, but in previous cases i only like them in certain instances. like nora jones', i love her but only for certain songs. yuna's, yes, she has the voice but for some reason i cannot stomach listening to her for more than a few minutes. amy lee's is the closest voice that i have a crush on but it only really soars in some songs. but adele's... adele's can come with me anywhere and everywhere. i'd marry that voice if i could.
and isn't that back-up lyrics to ritd bone-chillingly good?
other things i've discovered - i really suck if put on the spot on what books to recommend to people to read. my choices are random and so berserk-ly categorised that i cannot even name one that would be generally accepted by other people. also, i cannot name one because it's like playing favorites with your own flesh and blood. seriously books i love you ALL.