# Adele's 'Hello'. Goodbye. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487 "2015-11-24T23:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/21 "2015-11-25T12:51:19Z")
I hadn’t really paid much attention to Adele and then this [WATCH: Adele Impersonates an Adele Impersonator](http://www.out.com/popnography/2015/11/23/watch-adele-impersonates-adele-impersonator) was in my news feed a few days ago. I really enjoyed it and checked out the album. Well she is an absolute genius. I’m now a big fan. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/22 "2015-11-25T13:34:37Z")
I know what the OP refers to by “sounding like she’s trying too hard”; just not in regard to Adele. The previously mentioned Mses. Carey and Aguilera are prime examples. There’s no denying they have excellent voices but the way they \*use \*them is not pleasant to my ears. I don’t get that at all from Adele but I can relate to the sentiment. To those that agree she is trying too hard or don’t like her type of voice, who / what style do you like?I’m not baiting you so as to ridicule your choices, just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/23 "2015-11-25T16:33:37Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I’ve listened to it twice, two days ago, first the SNL spoof and then I watched the actual video. > > I’ve listened to it twice…I’ve _heard_ it eight thousand and eleventy brazillion times…in my head…because my brain won’t stop singing it. > > Make it stop. _whimper_ [Does this help?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84RxK4N1wfE) ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/24 "2015-11-25T16:46:46Z")
It’s a bummer that you don’t like the song because it’s already everywhere and doesn’t look it’s going away anytime soon. The album is doing HUGE business. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/25 "2015-11-25T18:07:54Z")
So I am not the only one that finds her voice grating as opposed to great. I am happy to hear this. Adele’s voice is not to my liking at all. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/26 "2015-11-25T18:17:03Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > (Good Gawd, they’re still playing it) Did you expect them to stop partway through? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/27 "2015-11-25T18:51:11Z")
OK, I looked up “Hello” on YouTube and… meh. Adele’s a great singer, but the song is boring dreck; the type of dull, inoffensive background music they play at the mall. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/28 "2015-11-25T20:05:17Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [Does this help?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84RxK4N1wfE) No. Tincture of time helped, a little bit. Then I watched [Jimmy Fallon last night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yL7VP4-kP4). :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/29 "2015-11-25T21:26:22Z")
I still haven’t heard it. Don’t even try. I shall not click on your links. I’m sure it’ll happen sooner or later. (How is Bowie overwrought and emotional again?) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/30 "2015-11-25T21:33:15Z")
I’ve been listening to it a bit. Her vocals are amazingly good, but the song is pretty weak. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/31 "2015-11-25T22:13:23Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I’ve listened to it twice, two days ago, first the SNL spoof and then I watched the actual video. > > I’ve listened to it twice…I’ve _heard_ it eight thousand and eleventy brazillion times…in my head…because my brain won’t stop singing it. > > Make it stop. _whimper_ This is why I tend not to listen to the most popular music. Not because I’m some hipster geek, but because popular almost inevitably means catchy, and catchy means ear worm. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/32 "2015-11-25T23:05:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > (Oddly enough, a snippet of it just came on the telly as I am typing this) > > (Good Gawd, they’re still playing it) > [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Did you expect them to stop partway through? It was a news story about the song. They were playing portions of it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/33 "2015-11-26T02:05:27Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > (How is Bowie overwrought and emotional again?) I was really thinking of him more as affected, but [Moonage Daydream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDj3shXvco) isn’t really holding much back. He’s not married to the style, but he has his moments, and I love it when he does it. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/34 "2015-11-26T02:15:51Z")
I rarely listen to pop but I gotta say, this lady has one hell of a voice. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/35 "2015-11-26T02:22:35Z")
Is it thread shitting to say I like Adele? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/36 "2015-11-26T02:32:19Z")
I like Adele and even like at least one or two other songs I have heard on this Album but I also hate this song. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487/37 "2015-11-26T12:42:31Z")
The most recent hit song that could be spliced into [this clip](http://youtu.be/C03YDFFLWrg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adeles-hello-goodbye/738487.md?page=1)