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Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker/Why does Adele's 'Someone Like You' make everyone cry?
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| Feb. 11, 2012.
Posted on 02/13/2012 10:11:22 AM PST by nuconvert
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:11:26 AM PST
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nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Since it seems I like in a closet I don't who she is and don't think I've ever heard the song.
When the Grammies were on I walked through as some black chick was shackled to a big wheel chanting weird stuff.
Asked my daughter what in the heck was that. Got the “Oh, Daddy” with the big eye roll.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:16:42 AM PST
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: nuconvert
in the words of Mr. Spock...”fascinating”.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:18:00 AM PST
by
SueRae
(I can see November from my HOUSE!!!!!!!! 11.06.2012, the Tower of Sauron falls,)
To: nuconvert
I think she’s that chubby girl who won all the Grammys last night. Can’t say I’ve ever heard the song, and I doubt it would make me cry - only two songs have done that to me over my 50+ years.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:20:12 AM PST
by
mkleesma
(`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
To: PeteB570
Then you're missing out, in a sense. She's a "plus size" working class English girl, who doesn't dress sleazy, and just gets up there and
sings. Extremely well. The song caught, I think because the theme was a true story for her having a broken heart because she was ditched by the guy she loved. No obscenity, no sexual references, nothing. Just a not very attractive girl singing like she meant it.
I'm pretty much an Allman Brothers/Pink Floyd kind of guy, but that woman can sing.
To: PeteB570
Then you're missing out, in a sense. She's a "plus size" working class English girl, who doesn't dress sleazy, and just gets up there and
sings. Extremely well. The song caught, I think, because the theme was a true story for her having a broken heart because she was ditched by the guy she loved. No obscenity, no sexual references, nothing. Just a not very attractive girl singing like she meant it.
I'm pretty much an Allman Brothers/Pink Floyd kind of guy, but that woman can sing.
To: PeteB570
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:21:51 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: PeteB570
Me too. Before last night I’d never heard of her. She seems like a pretty decent lady. I was pretty amused that Gaga was so ignored.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:22:27 AM PST
by
bkepley
To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Also, she just had to have an operation on her vocal chords and last night was her first performance.
Not a fan and I don’t even watch the Grammys...but she can sing.
To: mkleesma
only two songs have done that to me over my 50+ years. A good rendition of America the Beautiful can get me misty.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:27:05 AM PST
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: nuconvert
It’s a good song but cry? Come on.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:28:17 AM PST
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central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: nuconvert
The one that always gets me has a similar intro: it is the scene in Les Miserables where Fantine welcomes Jean Valjean to come with her to heaven. My eyes well up, my face heats up, and I sob as imperceptibly as possible, but I can never seem to stop my shoulders from shaking involuntarily. From the “Epilogue” scene of Les Miz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oh8HnwVZQM&feature=related
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:29:46 AM PST
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
To: nuconvert
The song's heavy rotation on 'hit' radio makes it more depressing than likeable.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:31:25 AM PST
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newzjunkey
(Romney vs. Santorum? The establishment wins.)
To: nuconvert
Doesn’t make me cry - low class fat girl who looks like a 19th century streetwalker, singing corny lyrics, nothing melody. Makes me wonder about life on this planet.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:32:06 AM PST
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:34:15 AM PST
by
ElayneJ
To: nuconvert
Is this the, “we could have had it all” song?
I like it. It did jump out from the radio, when I first heard it. The thing I noticed about the song is that that line is the only significant melody. The rest of the song is a off-kilter rhythm, carried along only by her voice. So when the melody appears, it stands out. Maybe this is what the author is getting at.
The other important part of that line is that everyone who has endured a breakup can relate to it.
To: central_va
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:37:05 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Migraine
I have the DVD. So many great songs.
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posted on
02/13/2012 10:40:20 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: kabumpo
That low class fat girl has an arm load of grammys for songs she wrote and performed. You on the other hand are a very classy untalented, nodoubt skinny, no talent goober. Im bettin'.
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