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Adele disses Newt Gingrich
milomorris:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on February 16, 2012, 10:38:59 pm ---There's no "may" about it, that's not Adele's voice, a completely different sound/tone to it.
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BINGO!!t Plus, the REAL Adele video is in the key of A. The fake video is in the key of G. I didn't want to argue that point because not everyone is necessarily capable of hearing such distinctions. Good ear!!
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on February 16, 2012, 10:38:59 pm ---This isn't the first time I've heard someone take a pre-existing song and re-write the words for a statement, but if they were gonna do that, they should've posted a video of themselves singing it, not make it look like Adele was doing that.
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Ya know, this is one of those rare instances where I fully believe that lawyers should get involved. This video is a clear misrepresentation of Adele, and if I were her, I'd be demanding a Cease & Desist for both Youtube, and the video's creator. I just might report the video myself. Adele is a treasure, and I hate to see her mistreated like this.
ifyoucantfixit:
You are totally right to do that. When someone else steals anothers position in order to further their own,, that is illegal and immoral..
milomorris:
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on February 17, 2012, 02:05:31 am ---
You are totally right to do that. When someone else steals anothers position in order to further their own,, that is illegal and immoral..
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Done.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: milomorris on February 17, 2012, 01:21:38 am ---BINGO!!t Plus, the REAL Adele video is in the key of A. The fake video is in the key of G. I didn't want to argue that point because not everyone is necessarily capable of hearing such distinctions. Good ear!!
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Thank you. I've never formally studied music, if you came at me with a gun and told me to sing something in the key of G or I'd be shot....let's just say there's be bloodshed.
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I thought the differences were faily obvious, perhaps some old memories of (attemps at) singing with the choir at Catholic school still linger. :laugh:
--- Quote from: milomorris on February 17, 2012, 01:21:38 am ---Ya know, this is one of those rare instances where I fully believe that lawyers should get involved. This video is a clear misrepresentation of Adele, and if I were her, I'd be demanding a Cease & Desist for both Youtube, and the video's creator. I just might report the video myself. Adele is a treasure, and I hate to see her mistreated like this.
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I agree that it is a clear misrepresentation. Not only are they using Adele's image and music, the title of the video claims it is "unseen footage" from the recent Grammy awards.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: milomorris on February 17, 2012, 01:15:39 am ---I remember sitting in a pub in Northampton, England talking politics with a English dude. He was working class, and not particularly well-educated. Yet he had a keen sense of what was going on with George II, and how his administration was influencing England, America, and the rest of the world. What I found particularly refreshing was that this guy understood that the Presidents positions and deeds were not necessarily reflective of the American people. I bought him a beer for saying that.
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I've had similar experiences when traveling in Europe. And I'm glad that the Europeans I've met don't blame me, personally, for George Bush's actions. As an individual, I felt pretty powerless to influence them.
However, they would be right to blame Americans, cumulatively, for them. If there's ever a country whose people can reasonably be held responsible for the actions of their leaders, it's this one.
Unfortunately, your not-particularly-well-educated English dude may have had a better grasp of what was going on with George Bush than a large portion of American voters. That's the sad part. I've seen the same thing here at BetterMost, where people from other countries pay more attention to what's going on here than people here do. Oh, but we can all say how long Kim Kardashian was married.
A friend of mine recently remarked that she doesn't remember whether Ronald Reagan was a Democrat or Republican. A different friend asked me whether a longtime senator from our state was still in office -- he's been out of office for 15 years. And these are both people with average-ish intelligence and some education.
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