I Can't Believe ADELE Did This Again!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 17. 10. 2021
- In this episode we take a look at and analyze Adele's first new single in over 5 years, "Easy On Me".
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âIt sounds like a Humanâ. Spot on there Rick.
I absolutely despise the way popular music has gone the last x-number of years. The move to fix everything and have everything perfect takes the humanity out of the music. Human musicians are not machines... even the best will have imperfections in the work. It is what it should be.
Well said, Ralph.
@@nvrumi I mean, I get where youâre coming from but evolution is inevitable. There will always be room for ârealâ musicians.
@@theshine2 sounds like a great vision of the future of music you have, where there is 'room' for those who can ACTUALLY sing & ACTUALLY play a musical instrument đ
Count me out!
@@1972mrkleen I canât be sure but I think you are misunderstanding my point.
It would be a very beautiful time to sit and really listen to an actual robot sing in such a beautiful time to listen. (Cette chanson est d'oeufs)
Rick, the pure joy you felt while listening to Adele brought tears to my eyes. Iâm a 58 year old rock fan who freely admits to being an Adele fan, quality counts!
I agree!!!!
Yes me too. Lyrics melody will always win
Bass and piano lay the land
I'm in my 60s, a rocker, and am a fan, as well. Not ashamed to say it.
100% Tom, I'm a 52 year old rock guy and Adele gives me goosebumps without fail.
59 and right there with you word for word!
She proves what is missing in most of todayâs music. She is phenomenal. A beautiful, heartfelt song.
Not just what is missing, but what IS there a, real unadulterated human voice.
Autotune SUX.
No - she is just not quite as empty as most on the radio; she still is just format-and-final and I hate that
Adele is one of the few artists from this generation that I feel like will withstand the test of time. Her music isn't something you throw away after a night at the club, a great night out, or a certain time in your life.....she is someone that lasts....a future beethoven, elvis, and aretha..
Adele will definitely be a multi generational artist. Songs like this just cut you to the bone.
@@madbug1965 so very true â€
I never thought we would ever get to a time when we get excited about a REAL piano and REAL bass guitar.
and a REAL voice đ©. The sorry state of music today that we are excited about these things that should just always be real.
I have a tambourine , lets party !! I know what you mean
Sad.............
The bar for "what makes this song great" has been lowered. But this is a great piece.
Rick didnât call the video this, but he just made a What Makes This Song Great video for a song that was just released three days ago. Rick is a genius.
Haven't seen him enthuse over a new song like this in a while. Probably ever!
It's a simple song that lets Adele's voice do all the work.
When Rick gets jacked up on something like this I know I need to pay very close attention to it. I never heard this song before, and I loved it only two minutes into his video. Spectacular video. Wow.
Haha ... YES, Rick nailed it. It IS a great song! đ
Yes, Rick is a genius.
I'm a rock/metal guitarist and I think that Adele is an amazing singer and songwriter truly amazing. I can't listen to that song and not get goosebumps from her beautiful voice I almost tear up wtf.
Same to everything...
Itâs because youâre getting olderđ
@@TheSteinbitt It's because she has talent which there is not much of anymore.
@@danriley5848 I agree, just kidding:)
@@TheSteinbitt No. Really good music has a universal appeal. My tastes have become broader, but the songs that affect me deeply all have the same traits and effect.
It's a testament to how much the public are desperate for music just like the quality of Adele's.
The atmosphere and connection music from the past gives us is rarely encountered with today's offerings, yet she delivers on both counts, admirably.
Adele's for me is a torch bearer of yesterday's music and she understands and respects exactly what the public wants.
Thank you for covering this track, Rick.
âShe reminds us of the way singers used to singââŠamen. Rick, I love your passion. You give me hope in a world which is going to hell in a hand basket. Thank you for this video. In peace.
You'd think the record industry would stand up and take notice. Hmm, the people want real singers, not autotuned pop tarts who either can't sing or are mediocre at best. There are tons out there with singing chops like Adele, but they aren't getting record deals.
@@vaskylark the problem is that lots of people do want the awful singers over the good ones
he's great isn't he.
Adele is just a clear hard statement that people gravitate to great songs and meaningful, deep emotions. We definitely need more of this.
and Cardi B is just a clear hard statement of the exact opposite.
I don't see any of what you said... she's as mainstream as anybody else
Martinho Da Vila - Mulheres V Adele - A Million Years ago.
@@JulioLeonFandinho Being mainstream doesn't immediately disqualify her from being incredibly talented with a great voice. I'm a prog rock and blues guy but I can't deny the quality of her voice.
@@zonkedmusician1502 I find her way of singing disgusting and her overly fake sound disgusting. I don't know about her voice because she disguise it every second.
Her songs are formulaic, bland and boring, it's like I don't know... Barry Manilow as a woman.
About mainstream in 2021 think twice about it... this isn't 1967 precisely
Nothing like being able to share the emotion she is expressing while listening to this song. You stated everything perfectly on why she is an across the board artist
10:27 "People can hear the realness." one might even say "Authenticity".
She's a genius!
@@simonmultiverse6349 in this world of artificiality and divisiveNess, from artificial intelligence to governmental manipulation of the masses, what we donât need is anything that is virtual. we need experiences that are authentic, natural and real. Nothing will ever be as good as an experience, rooted in reality, not in virtual reality. And thatâs why we love Adele, because she is singing from her heart to ours and we get it. Of course we do, and we love her for it because itâs human; she is not a robot. Even if her songs are just so damn sad we cry, they still feed us emotionally. They feed us something we hunger for- a real emotional human experience Thatâs connected to somebody else. I donât care if she is off pitch in some places, as was Judy Garland especially in her latter years, itâs much better her than some perfect AI bitch. By the way they used to say of Judy Garland, her performances on her worst days was better than 90% of the performances of any other female singer on their best days. I donât want to be perfect. I donât want my music to be perfect. I want it to be human because Iâm human.
I think what makes this song so special for me is how controlled it is. It's simultaneously an incredibly display of skill without feeling like I'm being performed at.
The most important thing you said about this song and specifically Adele's singing, Rick Beato - was, "it sounds human".
Yes, but not just any human, a sublime human.
Sounds like crackhead.
took the thought right outta my head.
imagine that- someone singing without tons of electronic help...stunning vocals...(the closing "easy" trills section setting up the end that Rick says is slightly sharp gives you chills because of how really emotive it sounds)...
its real but she still only shouts
The raw emotion of Adelâs voice is what makes this song great.
You sho got that right!
If you are looking for pure and total emotion may I suggest that you listen to Angelina Jordanâs rendition of this song
The song breaths. Something most modern songs miss.
So admirable how Adele has consistently sounded like a 1975 2 inch tape when Ed sheeran has completely gone the other way.
i wished Ed stay true to his root.
Ed Sheeran always sucked, sorry.
@@msallehuddinsoeb Me too! It's SO much more real!
Adele is just a monster of a vocalist. Amazing. And your enthusiasm for music is infectious. I love your channel.
She is certainly a monster
... and composer.
@Blm Propaganda WHITE GENOCIDE, codeword ANTI-WHITE so you're telling me the overweight girl that sang sad songs about her terrible lovelife is illuminati? They're more clever than I thought. They hide their messaging in the least likely places
@Blm Propaganda WHITE GENOCIDE, codeword ANTI-WHITE What else would you sell it for??? Makes sense to me.
@Gay cha Sad comment
I canât decide what I like more. The spiritually beautiful sounding Adele or the eloquent professional critique from this guy. Both absolutely emotional.
Rick Iâm not a very huge fan of Adele. I like her music and listen to her every now and then. But when I heard this song the first time, tears ran down my face and I could do nothing against it. Nothing.
Btw. I love your channel so much. Itâs a blessing to get your analysis on so many things. Keep it up, looking forward for and future content.
what a beautiful comment!
Same. Listening to Adele usually just depresses me. It's the worst on Family road trips when my Wife get's her time to control the playlist :-) I do not deny she is talented, but hearing her voice just makes me want to cry and not in a good way. Def not a fan but more power to her.
It's beatifull to hear a human being expressing emotions through music.
Adele has an outstanding voice and the best musicians playing with her. And, as a rock lover, to me one of the most important is that she dosen't use autotune. She put all the cards on the table showing all the wonderfull imperfections, simply due to her human condition.
There's talk about imperfections in her voice, but there is far more perfection than imperfection
Oh, agreed. Every time I listen to this song, I hear the flaws (they're much more apparent to me in this song than any of her previous chart-toppers). Her pitch isn't always right on, and there's a...a threadiness, a kind of buzz, in her high notes, and on a very picky level, that bothers me because she is such an excellent singer in general. BUT. I love it that the emotion and expression in her voice show through the flaws. On top of that, the lyrics of this song are about making it through difficulties, and the imperfections in her vocal delivery underscore the meaning of the song.
I'm a fan.
A few hertz off just adds emotion. Great song, can't wait for her 14th studio album, 65.
đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łtoo!
haha
I'm hanging out for 69.
Nice.
Hey, Pepe! My hero! Such a misunderstood fellow.
Exactly this. All this rush to quantize, compress and autotune completely misses the point of music.
10:58 because it is a real voice with here and there some breaks. This is the reason why her voice is so unreached. People always think, a voice must be perfect. No, it just must be real and human. This touches our souls.
That is why I prefer blues and soul singers. They are not always perfect but what they sing is from them and not a studio.
it feels so good to sing too. I can't describe it, but if you like to sing and can hold a tune, this is one of the best feeling songs to sing. It scratches an itch that is hard to describe unless you love to sing lol
The imperfections only highlight the perfections.And there (it seems to me) is a measure of acting in all her performances-in the sense she is reliving every moment of joy, sadness, pain and regret- every incident in every song and pulling us in to experience it with her. What a goddess!
She is f**king amazing. AMAZING. I love the slight cracks in her vocals - it shows she isn't hiding behind anything. Raw, soul, what an incredible gift.
In my opinion, that's not only a gift but she added a whole lot of hard work to make it this way, emotionally full and heart warming
I love Adele. Also Sia. Those 2 singers really move me. And I'm a huge rock and mental fan but they have soul. Love when you get excited about music. It touches our hearts
am also into geology, but don't celebrate mental illness. cheers.
@@litpen8056 You are an underrated comedian.
But Sia has done and said things that aren't entirely correct
â@@Nekogal21Things like what?
@thebeatnumber she used a perfectly able bodied and able minded person (Maddie Ziegler) to portray a neurodivergent person when there were plenty of qualified neurodivergent people for the role as well as said ableist slurs about neurodivergent people. On multiple occasions, she did things with and to maddie that if it were a male in that position, it would be called abuse, grooming, etc. I'm sure there are other things but they're the main ones
Adeleâs voice alone can fill a room better than most five pieces. Her voice is what people come to hear. An engineer and producer with the sense to not mess with it are probably the most valuable part of the mix.
Itâs depressing, mass hypnosis is whatâs made her a star, the same with that lucky busker Ed,
Piano is beautiful. My favorite.
We are standing before someone who simply refuses to lose her unic human condition. To me, it is listening voice's imperfections that leeds me to heaven. Thank Adele for not using autotune. Thats why who are truly apreciated and loved worldwilde. Still have good old musicians and their fans.... God bless you all
Very well stated for sure, so true
@@cosmoslogic9088 Thank you for your kind answer. Greatings from Portugal
As a relatively old man who grew up listening to the music of the sixties and seventies, it's good to hear your appreciation of a contemporary artist. I know they're out there. Art doesn't die. Great video.
Me too David. Regards, Dave
very well said Sir! it is still out there!
Soulful đ This is why we love Adele đ
Love Rick's face listening to Adele's Voice đ„... it's magic
You can see how humbled and grateful he is (as we all are) in the face of her phenominal, transcendental talent
There is no doubt about it Adele is in a class by herself. She is like the singers of yesterday. She really has talent. She is one of the few singers of today I listen to. There are not many singers like her out there today That is why she is a superstar. That is why she sells records. Most of the songs out there are missing something. Adele's music brings back the music of yesterday. When music was really music.
Completely agree⊠sheâs one of the greats like a Barbara Streisand or Linda Ronstadt or Whitney Houston.
â€In no particular order Adele is in Karen, Celine, Minnie, Mariah, Ann territory.
Adele is better than all of them! Much, much better!
On stripped down accoustic versions of her songs, P!nk's voice is phenomenal. Another underrated vocalist is Jessie J. What they all have in common is that they are not only exceptional technical singers, they also have an ability to emotionally connect to a lyric and melody.
I love Adele, but sheâs no Franklin or Streisand
Nobody has a greater capacity to make that which is fundamentally subjective seem so objective than RB. Thereâs never any hint of âtoo-cool-for-schoolâ snobbery; just the bare, intrinsic fundamentals of whatever it is that heâs presented with. His analysis of popular music is second to none. This isnât just âcontentâ - this is important stuff folks. And itâs free! Hats off to RB.
Fantastic post Chris. Absolutely spot on!
So true
Its nice of you to compliment Rick, but you've got his talent exactly backwards.
Nobody has a greater capacity to teach that there is fundamentally OBJECTIVE merit in that which others would dismiss as merely SUBJECTIVE--that there are "just (appropriate) sentiments" toward things.
Rick is the type of teacher lauded by C.S. Lewis in The Abolition of Man: "Aristotle says that the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he OUGHT.â..... âUntil quite modern times all teachers [âŠ] believed the universe to be such that certain emotional reactions on our part could be either congruous or incongruous to it-believed, in fact, that objects did not merely receive, but could MERIT, our approval or disapproval, our reverence or our contempt.â.... âThe man who called the waterfall sublime was not intending simply to describe his own emotions about it: he was also claiming that the object was one which merited those emotions.â
â@@TexGuvnahWow. I'm quite taken aback by the way you think. Not many would cite C.S. Lewis as hitting on truth in contrast to Aristotle in reference to music. I also agree that there is a collective value in correcting the unintended flaw of logic that was made by the commenter your illustration resolved. Cudos.
Itâs just a pleasure to sit and listen to one person who knows how to write a brilliant song and another person who knows exactly why it is brilliant.
Bravo Maestro.
only she didn't write it, I'd bet Greg Kurstin did. I would imagine Adele's input was probably "ok Greg, I wanna write a song about me and me fella splittin up, whadya reckon?"
@@jonah6267 I reckon youâre speculating
She writes all her songs. Yes even women have talent, get over it
@@ziggypop8106 You are totally wrong. Get over it. There are loads of talented female artists who I adore. Adele is certainly not one of them, not even close
@Jonah No, not even slightly wrong. Not being a fan of a certain musician doesn't give you the knowledge or experience to berate or cast doubt on their songwriting capability.
I think what makes this song so good is several things. First, her voice is unbelievably beautiful. The arrangement of the song is simple yet well done.
But her words take you to a place of pain in your heart that you can relate to or if you have never experienced it yourself, you wonder with a childlike wonder about what sort of thing pain like this is, which means you have a heart and an understanding of humanity.
My 4 year old daughter showed me this song and I cried in front of her and so did she. Sheâs never experienced anything painful in her young life but she relates to pain. It really blows my mind how complicated human beings are.
You have hit the nail on the head, she is like a singer from a time gone by, a real voice, full of soul.
I'm a die hard metal fan, but almost every time I listen to Adele I get goosebumps! this song actually gets me all emotional and I'm not even paying attention to the lyrics!
In my experience metal fans has the broadest taste in music styles. Remember one time at Copenhell (metal festival in Copenhagen Denmark) the Danish National Symphony Orchestra played at the main scene. They loved it and boyâŠ. When they played the Imperial March people went crazy
Me too, I mainly listen to deathcore and lots of metalcore too. And this is a great song!
@@skumflum3768 unfortunately most people think that metal heads are very ignorant in terms of music... A stereotype I guess...
@@X-EvilAsh metalcore rules! And so does this song
@@ricardomauricioaraya7625 From my experience, metalheads more often than not group up a whole lot of other genres to metal. Especially prevalent in traditional music and classical music, - aside from that really just any dark music. I dislike mainstream metal and shreddy distortion, but i do like dark music.
There was a video titled "When you want to shred on an acoustic." Played on a classical guitar. The metalheads love it, but didn't realize that that was a Spanish classical guitar piece riff in the video.
Piano, real piano. Bass, real bass! A real person! Yaay Rick, real Rick!
Fingers crossed that real music comes back to the main-mainstream again. I can't even listen to the radio anymore, it's all so overproduced and fake.
@@BirrDetonator1989 You need educated masses/people for that to happen, and sadly the trend is going the other way around.
@@BirrDetonator1989 A real person with autotune on her voice when itâs not needed. Sad, fake and overproduced as well.
Must be Grown ups here! Playing real instruments, No Computers, No Auto tune, No Synth Drums
do I hear pickle rick in there?
Oh Rick you can't tell how much of a joy it is to listen you being that excited and going through that absolutely stunning song
Beautifully raw, and soulful. Thank you for simply exploring the layers of this song and her pure talent and delivering it to us. I love your videos because they help me appreciate music and the individual artistry and talent that goes into each performance. Thank you Rick!
I second that. It helped me understand why I love Adele!
Lovely to see Rick fangirling over Adele, and he's not wrong.
Its fun to watch professionals fangirl over other professionals. But It's cool when I learn why I fangirl over a professional
Ok. I just read that as fingering.
I might need go hide in a corner.
One of the great joys in life is watching Rick loving a song and conveying that to us. Thank you!
my thoughts as well!
I get excited about his excitement and energy.
yes!
From the first chord youâre hit with an immediate sense of wistful melancholy that is so painfully relatable.
I could watch rick enjoying good music..for the rest of my life and never get bored
Me too.â€
âIt sounds like a human. Itâs amazing! Right?â
Yes Rick, yes it is...
well, that in fact reveals some sad things
This is actually the first I've heard this song. My son, a music professional texted me "I just watched Rick Beato's analysis of Adele's new song. You would like it, it's a good video. I really appreciate what he said." He and I have talked before about auto tune, etc. and the fake music industry. Rick, you bring this song to life with your analysis. Thank you. Most of all, Thank You, Adele, for making real music.
I love Adele, and I love this song, but watching Rick love this song brought me to tears. I commute to work and have my radio set to 8 stations, so I'm constantly looking for a better song. My favorites are Adele, and I measure my drive by how many Adele songs I get to hear. So far my best days are four-Adele-days. Always hoping for another. Thank you for gifting us with this beautiful appreciation of her soulful voice.
Her voice could power a small town. So huge. So amazing.
One of the most pleasurable 14 musical minutes I've ever had, thank you Rick.....and Her Majesty, Adele.
"Why did it smash all these records? BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT SONG, WITH A GREAT VOCAL PERFORMANCE, THAT HAS SOUL!" Couldn't agree more on that Rick!
Rick Beato, I absolutely love your channel. I love the way you listen to music and talk about it. At about four minutes into this video it looks like youâre going to cry as you hear Adeleâs delivery. And you know what, I have felt this way about music so many times. It was really moving to hear what you had to say and to see you reacting to the music. Love your channel brother.
All her music has such soul and emotion she is so natural and beautiful you can hear her feelings.
She reminds me of Elton John with the simplistic music sound but manage such powerful vocals. It's just simply incredible.
Wow. Good observation, i dont know why i have not made that comparison. I totally agree.
Thereâs nothing simplistic about Elton John đ
@@moiseszerep truuth
Seems sinple on the surface, but so much going on under the hood.
I have been thinking about his Madman live BBC 1971 performance since listening to this all day
the entire time I was listening to this, I thought - damn that sounds like tiny dancer
Rule of life: Never marry a singer. Sooner or later youâll be in their songs and youâll always be the bad guy. Always.
All of the people who have dated Taylor Swift over the years all learned that the hard way
i will put that in mind! :)
Apparently her ex husbands friends used to call him 'track six'
what a burden, to have a beautiful, moving love song set to music about you, and the end of your relationship. I could accept that. More often we're the bad guy without getting to be intimate with a world class artist. What an opportunity for personal growth, not to mention an amazing story to tell your eventual children, and grandchildren.
I refuse to believe that a mega-successful pop star with global fame who chose to live with and have a baby with her ex-husband long before they married was 'just a child' and 'didn't get to choose', particularly when their marriage was far shorter than their initial relationship.
i so enjoyed your discussion of this song and I can see the angst in your eyes as you said, "She reminds us of the way singers used to sing". It is truly sad, today's state of music! Sonic landscapes are all but disappearing as well as true emotions. Thank you for all that you discuss, it's sooooo rewarding to watch you. I will be honest, I find myself wanting more of a beat, a nice natural kit, like a Vinnie Colaiuta, honest drum sound, Seven Days(10 Sumoners Tales) type beat but alas..... you are right. There is nothing else needed in this song. It is honest and raw and amazing....
Anyone who has a true appreciation for great music can't help to be deeply touched by this recording. The first time I heard it I cried. Just amazing.
it's a breath of fresh air to hear that people made this an instant record breaker. There is still hope for actual music.
No doubt, music has been taken over and is being destroyed on a yearly basis.
@@34blackula Yep. Everything is now just programmed drum machines and repetitive lyrics and melodies. Some of the grooves of the biggest songs were made in GarageBand. Iâm just glad some artists are still releasing actual ârealâ music. Marillion is planning on releasing an album next year I believe and Tears For Fears is releasing an album in February of next year.
LET'S GO BRANDON ALL 3 VERSIONS WAS A HIT TOO !
"actual music"
So, who gets to make that definition? You? How do you measure it, and more importantly, how do you enforce it?
There's no such thing as "actual" or "real" music. All music is real music - no matter what way it's made, or how popular it is. Music is art, and art is 100% subjective. Gatekeeping doesn't change that.
@@Syklonus There's no point, dude. There will always be people making this argument ad nauseam without any critical thought. For some reason they think the line is divinely drawn at guitar, bass, keyboards, and drumset. Anything more than that is not "real" music somehow.
This is a beautiful, sincere, honest, heartfelt song that tells a relatable and believable story. Her voice is gut wrenching and emotional. She is being vulnerable and and humble. Itâs hard to listen to because you feel her pain but itâs hurts so good that you canât stop listening. Kinda reminds me of Faithfully by Journey. Same powerful raw emotional performance.
Its hard to listen yes Imagine how hard to play the song, once your hands on the piano playing you canât stop in the middle ...Your eyes are full of tears, heartache, memories ... You have no choice canât lose control ... And Whatâs harder than playing is writing music... if this is how she expressed herself imagine what she was going through.
I am SO GRATEFUL that I found your channel a few months ago.
I have adored music & have been a singer and drummer for most of my life.
But watching you and how you savor has taught me to actually chew & taste the songs in a whole different way.
As is life, sometimes we race through & forget to slow down, and we miss the beauty.
One of my favorite videos of all time because Rickâs emotional reaction matches Adeleâs massive expressiveness. It made me cry more than the âofficial videoâ because it captures her ability to emotionally connect with her fans, in this case one of the most talented musical analysts out there.
It's kind of sad that nowadays we are completely over the moon when there is someone on the radio who really sings...
Love your videos Rick! Keep up the good work!
YES. So many fake "vocalists" out there.
Adele has always had beautifully produced, heartfelt songs in her repertoire. Her voice is so unique in tone, raspy in some spots, as if sheâs just gotten finished crying out her agony and painâŠit simply touches you upon hearing it. Sheâs just a beautiful artist, and deserves every bit of her fame and successâŠ
She has seriously damaged her larynx TWICE from over-stressing when singing. I'm so glad she's been able to recover sufficiently to record this latest. It was a real worry that she would have to retire forever.
Another 'real' music fan here, never really heard 19 but when 21 came out I was blown away. Couldn't stop playing it. Adele is a once in a generation artist - huge soulful voice, great songs, perfect arrangements and top notch production that stays out of the way. Watching Rick draw much the same conclusions put a huge smile on my face đ
she is wonderful, such compassion in her voice. You have such an appreciation for the music that I love. Can't thank you enough Rick!
Itâs 2021 and weâre amazed because one record actually sounds like human being. How have strayed this far from our essence?
Agree all day long on that. Rick stated that exact idea multiple times... "This is a real song". "She's using her real voice".
And everyone's losing it cause something was intentionally recorded without a whole lot of digital BS.
It takes a lot of courage to do something so stripped back.
The vocal sounds really overproduced to me.
You're actually wrong. It's two records. Has it escaped you that ABBA have made a new record? They haven't either used any autotune
and they use real instruments just as Adele.
don't worry :) The eighties have past as well. It wil be alright.
The first time I ever heard Adele was when my father, a lifelong musician told me , â listen to this girl sing , sheâs amazing, occasionally she uses her voice like a saxâ
Loved her ever since. She can sing.
Yes Rick. Just yes . She's in a realm up there with not much company . Gorgeous voice & she knows how to use it ...
Love the way you pull these songs apart and highlight the great qualityâs in production and performance and appreciate the realness very refreshing mate đ
Why write an Album every year when you can produce something like this every few years. Great passion as usual, You're a real tonic Rick.
For money. New albums means a chance to tour... More money.
To give the artist's fans value for money. Being prolific does not mean guality is lowered. The Beatles managed it with two albums a year plus separate singles. Other artists have done similarly.
Because you are a creative dynamo?
Sade does the same. She takes her time and every album is perfect.
@@geraldhenrickson7472 in case your comment was for me. What are you on about?
Hearing this song for the first time here.. I have tears in my eyes. Her voice is so full of feeling. All of her skills and talents are used in service of the lyrics and the emotions, not to show off.
So do I have tears in my eyes David. Rick is as much a gift as Adele.
Thank you, Rick, for reminding us what real music is and how it's made. Like you I'm a player and like you I remember when quality mattered in popular music. Always love to check in with your channel and stay in touch with that. đ
I had tears rolling down my face listening to this. Adeleâs voice has so much soul and tonality youâd have to be made of stone not to feel anything.
Rick, you are a breath of fresh air... I am so sick of so much of today's manufactured music and singers and here you show us a real singer..a real song. How refreshing. Way to go Adele.
...like so much of the sh*t they roll out on SNL
Another real one is Sigrid out of Norway.
@@stevenjones6780 I was thinking the same thing.
When my 87 year old grandmother, 61 year old mother, me at 39 and my kids 7-14 can all agreed that she's an incredible singer...that means she has true prefect talent! And I've seen her live twice and it's always either the same as the recorded version or better! Usually better because depending on how she's feeling the song, the crowd, her emotions she sings it that way by adding words or changing words or the emotions hit at different parts of the song that's not hit on in the recorded version. It's magical actually. And the reason her songs sound the way they do is because she sings and records each of her songs just once. For the demo, start to finish and that's the song that's released, period. She said at one of her concerts that the song we hear recorded is the first time it was all put together, it was all of her raw emotions she was feeling while writing the song being put together for the first time. And if she can't do that in one take then the song doesn't make the cut. She goes so long between albums because her songs are hers and based off her real life at the moment she wrote it, she can't sing songs that she didn't write and make a album based off someone else's feelings that she had no part in. So she has to live a life to make a record. And it's magical! I hope I'm 80 years old and able to hear Adele's 60 record đ
Unfortunaly that is her Achilles heel. She has to keep having a crappy emotional life to be able to make such amazing songs
I absolutely love your "60" thought đ Hope we both get to hear it.
I love the imperfections! It just adds to the soul and appeal of the music by making it personal. It is like an old piece of furniture where dents and scratches lend to its story and helps add to its personality.
It's a piece of art...it's timeless...and the voice is so honest and true....yet the simplicity of the mix is genius ..best so g I heard in years
I really appreciate how you point out that there are imperfections in her vocal performance. Obviously you did not mean that negatively. In a time where everything is autotuned and quantized to death, a real musical performance with slight imperfections is a breath a fresh air. This reminds me of someone pouring out their soul and just letting everything out. Thatâs so powerful and relatable. The overly quantized/autotuned music today doesnât hold a candle to this.
Some imperfections are actually planned such as a crack in the voice to display sadness.
yes you can tell this song was one take. where as I'd imagine a lot of songs now are several takes with the best performed pieces of each spliced together to make "one amazing" take
@@rubenTR309 No you can't đđ
A piano, a real bass along with an unaltered real voice smashes recorders. Proof that the masses with their untrained ears hunger for true music.
Found your channel for the guitar analysis and commentary. I like Adele well enough but this helped me understand why this song struck me so when I first heard it. This is the best thing of yours I've seen so far. Credit given where credit is due.
Amazing how the lyrics match the melody and how the chord progression works with the voicing and the phrasing.....very close to Broadway without going over the falls and actually landing on a broadway stage.....such a fantastic song.....
Adele never disappoints. Her global appeal is due to both her incredible talent and her authenticity. She's a legit diva with a common touch.
Love your analysis!
I want to hear Adele and David Ghilmour playng The Great Gog in the Sky ( her voice of course )
one of the most overrated. if you want to listen to best voices, try Eva Cassidy, Allison Krauss, Barbra Streisand, or Janis Joplin. She has to strain to sing every song. Overrated !
@@jflmd They are all great too. Why is Adelle not? What about Ella, Billie, Aretha, Annie Lennox and a host of other greats. Are they also rans too? Adelle sure doesn't sound like she's straining to me. Can't say that about Janis at times.
@@alistersutherland3688 That's because Adele clearly is NOT straining. She makes the transition back and forth between falsetto and standard voice sound like she isn't even switching, it's so effortless and beautiful. And I'm not even really much of a fan of her music... Adele absolutely IS among the greats, and is certainly NOT overrated.
@@jflmd haha i agree mate!! Overrated shite from an Englishman. She sounds like a drowning cat ffs đ€Šââïž
The look on Rick's face...his faith in real music has been restored.
I will try to remember this comment for the next years. BRB.
I really love the way Rick connects to music and real music itâs refreshing always
Its so good to know that other people exist in the world who are as completely inthralled by music as we are!
i keep rewatching this video!!! thank you
this the best review online!!
I've always loved music, but Rick has really taught me how to properly _listen_ to music. Shame it took me nearly 50 years. But I'm so glad that this channel exists - it's my go-to recommendation for every young musician I've met.
Absolutely. Well-said.
Pay it forward!
@@kevinb3812 Absolutely - it's one of the only ways we can make this country (USA) better w/ out the political division or the like
@@OceanofMaya Sir this is the internet
Right on đđŸ
What Rick is touching on is how CLEAN this song is - literally a voice, a piano, and bass.
Perhaps, but imagine how boring if every song was like this one.
@TheBudMan29 I didn't say it was boring, I said it would be boring if all the songs were like this one, which is completely different from saying that it's a boring song.
@@EternityofNight Except that I do not hear anyone wishing that all songs were like this one. Except perhaps in the sense of been well sung, in complete takes, with real instruments. But nothing about those characteristics are boring.
@@JohnSmith-oe5kx For this song, the gimmick is - there is no gimmick. That only works once, after that you'll need more than a "classy kick drum" and piano to get by.
@@EternityofNight First of all, she could do several more like this and do just fine. But my point is that most of Rick's comments are not about the "gimmick", it is about real singing, in complete takes, with no autotune, backed by real instruments.
"Quality Over Quantityđ"; that's the reason why Adeleđ takes so long between albums.
She delivers musical compositions with substance and NEVER, compromises on production.
"Real Music by Real Musicians"; here Endeth the lessonâ
Adele is breathtaking.I am glad she waited for her passion to peak before recording.Simply Stunning.real singing ,real talent ,real feeling with no auto correct,Great video.
Rick you are a music scientist...a doctor of tone...and the chemist of melody. Thank you for helping us all connect to our shared humanity through this medium. You elevate music to our most basic needs, sir.
Rick: "people who use 'baby' in songs have soul!"
Justin Bieber: ".......yeah, that's what I was going for when I used it for an entire chorus."
hahaha was gonna say same thing.............. BABY BABY BABY.........ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND BABY
That was still like 10 years ago, barely heard it since
I haven't heard this new single but the first few lines she sang the words, I was immediately overwhelmed with emotion and I sit crying like a baby. A real singer, playing real music has a way to move our emotions that no amount of auto-tune and Musical fakery can do. Thank God real music is not dead
âSounds like a heart beat⊠so tasteful .â R.Beato
Thatâs why I love ya Rick.. you feel it too and you have made me appreciate music in a new way. You opened my eyes.. thank you!
I have lived to the times when a musician gets astonished and amazed by ... piano.
"It's a piano!!! A-a-ah! Oh! It's a real voice! Unbelievable!" :-) :-) :-)
Give me real person imperfections any day.
Oh my God, she used the word "baby" - incredible!
I don't consider myself an Adele fan, but as usual, Rick made me one.
For me, THIS song did it, and Rick explained to me why.
I love this episode so much!
This joy and enthusiasm while listening - the power of real and emotive music.
Thank you for sharing this!
I love Adele's voice in her awesome songs that she does and she seriously let it rip and it shines on so many levels and your amazement reviewing it is awesome in itself, Rick. I am so glad that I just found your channel on here. God bless, brother.
Gives me goosebumps the way you are appreciating the humane part of making music.
Same here
As a musician how could you not love Adele? She's the real deal and you can admire her craft.
Love love this song and the way you break it down. As well as the respect that you give to the creation of the song and all persons involved!
Adele, there is always a real heart beat behind the rhythm of her songs. I appreciate what you are doing in this channel.
"There will be a time when technology becomes so advanced that we'll rely on them to make music rather than raw talent. Music will lose its soul". Freddie Mercury
Adele is raw talent.
I absolutely love your enthusiasm for music, Rick. Itâs infectious.
I really began to take notice of this song through your channel. Adele is an amazing artist. This is her best song for sure. When she sings "so go easy ... on me" at the end of the chorus you really feel the emotion of this story. I want to grab that woman and comfort her. She is crying this song. Beautiful!!
She can write, she can sing , has great timeless melodies and every word is coherent. Simply brilliant. Thank you Rick. Great choice