I am totally one of those people who won't like an artist because I'm supposed to. It's not that I'm stubborn, it's just that I can't if I feel there's a push, and if it's one thing I am sensitive to, it's a push. Like Bon Iver. It seems like the indie rock/mainstream zeitgeist has entirely bent itself to adore Bon Iver. For more than a year it's been "Bon Iver this" and "Bon Iver that" with Justin Vernon popping up seemingly everywhere and Pitchfork doing a story about the Bon Iver every other day. My beloved Flaming Lips even got in on the act, making hay out of their collaboration with Vernon for their new album. Bon Iver was inescapable... until I listen to Bon Iver and find myself singularly disinterested. Bon Iver isn't especially objectionable, but there's something that's repelling me from giving them the time of day.
To a certain extent that's how I feel about Adele. I'm glad she's got her voice back and that she continues to triumph over assorted trials and tribulations, and I wish her well as a human being and as an artist, but..... I can't muster up even the slightest interest even though she's become completely ubiquitous. Of course she was going to win big at the Grammy's. 2011 was "the year of Adele." Just not for me. Maybe after all the Adele hubbub dies down.
Thanks for letting me get that off of my chest.
Thanks for letting me get that off of my chest.
like bon iver, but agreed. do not like adele, just no my cup o' tea. let the hate mail begin.