This week, I’ve had Adele’s version of the song, “Make You Feel My Love,” #OnRepeat. I know many of you out there have been listening to Adele for awhile now, but Adele is quite literally one of those singers that I keep circling back to because of her songwriting and her voice.
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, or Adele, is a British singer/songwriter, whose music blends Soul, Country, Rock, Pop and Funk. Some of her most well-known songs are “Rolling in the Deep,””Hometown Glory,”and the song, “Skyfall,” for which she received several awards.
The song, “Make You Feel My Love,” is actually a song originally written by Bob Dylan for his 1997 album, Time Out of Mind, and has been recorded by others such as Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood. The song, though written with the common love theme, has very simple, yet emotive lyrics and Adele’s performance brings out the “bareness” of the words. Although guitar accompaniment typically makes a song sound more intimate, I appreciate the fact that there are only piano and strings in this arrangement. Adele’s voice offers the intimate, raw sound that the piece calls for while the piano and strings give the song more of a “grand” feel. Listen below:
You can hear clear influences in Adele’s voice–Sam Cooke, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald and at the same time, Pink, Spice Girls and even hints of Destiny’s Child–yet she still has her own unique sound. Although I haven’t heard much from Adele recently, I’ll let songs like “Make You Feel My Love” tide me over until she comes out with another album or song.
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