One of my friends calls Adele’s songs ‘Suicide Music’ and ends up feeling depressed and traumatised whenever she hears her music. It does seem to be true that the best songs seem to get written about misery and suffering and longing and loss and that songs about being jolly and happy and contented with life are not usually massive hits but then I suppose that’s what being human is all about…
I must admit that I love a bit of misery and suffering in my music and my own songs (Did I mention I’ve been working on my debut album for 20 years and have now got seven songs so it could be finished by 2018?) all tend to be about similar things too. I remember Eleanor Kate Jackson (La Roux) saying in a recent interview that she only tends to write songs when feeling down or needing to exercise some daemons and I am certain that like many artistes she is not alone in that.
Adele has a great voice and the simplicity of this song (just a standard piano backing) accompanied by her amazing voice and depth of emotion in her performance (which is how a song should be delivered) is truly amazing.
Her success is well deserved, even if listening to her songs makes some people feel suicidal….
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