http://www.langfieldentertainment.com/images/IMAGES%20TO%20KEEP/sade.jpg
― gershy, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I know I am an old man tonight, because I just wiki-ed her and found out she's 49. And of course she is, if I think about it. Still. I hate it when time passes.
― kenan, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 07:28 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov04/images/classicpela7sade.l.jpg
― deej, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 07:32 (sixteen years ago) link
large images of sade being hott (pretty much any pic of her)
yes, i also noted that GIS is none too forthcoming with the pics of her at 7 a.m. in curlers and her "comfortable" robe.
― kenan, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 07:32 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^^^my desktop photo
I've started quite a few Sade threads around here. Apart from some isolated comments on how Sade fans couldn't possibly "love music", they've been well recieved.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 08:38 (sixteen years ago) link
dood. 'your love is king' slays a party if mixed into hiphop. she should put out an lp produced by dangermouse or timberlake/land.
― U-Haul, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
There's no straight-up "classic or dud" thread because everyone thinks she's classic.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
harumph!
― zaxxon25, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i'll use this thread to recommend both of her live DVDs
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes. Almost every good old song should be remixed and updated. For the kids!
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
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― jhøshea, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link
by your side is the tenderest ever
she should put out an lp produced by dangermouse or timberlake/land.
-- U-Haul, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:07 (48 minutes ago) Link
no offense dude, this sounds like awful idea
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Really, really happy I had the chance to see her perform. Her voice is just as stunning live. "Is It a Crime?" = SWOON. I'll check out those live DVDs mentioned.
― scampering alpaca, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
actually it would have been dope to see her do a record produced by Massive Attack in their prime. but you really cant fault her music at all.
― pipecock, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Good lord, her with Massive Attack. That sounds like a fantastic idea.
― Bimble, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Not everyone, apparently. From AMG's review of Promise:
was once again the personification of cool, laid-back singing, seldom extending or embellishing lyrics, registering emotion, or projecting her voice. This demeanor made her more desirable in the minds of many fans and was perhaps the ultimate misapplication of the notion of sophistication.
From AMG's review of Stronger Than Pride:
After two LPs with little or no energy, Sade demonstrated some intensity and fire on her third release. . . . Not that she was suddenly singing in a soulful or bluesy manner; rather, Sade's dry and introspective tone now had a little more edge, and the lyrics were ironic as well as reflective.
AMG was also lukewarm on Diamond Life. To be fair, all three of these reviews were written by the same reviewer (Ron Wynn). Still, I'm surprised, since I've always thought that AMG seemed pretty generous to artists (maybe that's a complete misperception).
FWIW -- not much, I know -- I like Sade, but I don't think she's as great as most others here apparently do. De gustibus non est disputandum, I guess.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 11 March 2008 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I know I'm gonna sound like some random googler, but, Sade? I love her. I mean, I really, really love her.
(Um, classic obv.)
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 06:56 (sixteen years ago) link
That is a really rare contrarian POV for AMG.
― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 07:31 (sixteen years ago) link
PS: Most classic for me of all her classic moments: "Every day is Christmas / And every night is New Year's Eve."
― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 07:32 (sixteen years ago) link
live album is good
― chaki, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:04 (sixteen years ago) link
'By Your Side' is very soothing
― joedee, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Bimble, don't be so literal! I started this one in 2001:
Sade: Hologram or Dud?
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 11:17 (sixteen years ago) link
If anyone's interested in what a Sade/Massive Attack Collabo might have sounded like, this is probably the closest thing to it -
Sade - "Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Mad Professor Mix)"
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sks22h
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 11:22 (sixteen years ago) link
There's also a shitty Neptunes remix of 'By your side' floating around
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
It's on the single. I don't like it mainly because it changes the chord progression, rendering Sade's singing faintly ridiculous for anyone who loves the original..
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 12:00 (sixteen years ago) link
theres a vinyl 2x lp of a bunch of remixes of sade out there that includes that mad prof. mix. I saw it the other day at a record store
― deej, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 13:52 (sixteen years ago) link
It's OK. Don't spend a fortune on it, tho
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
heres one from what.cd
sade - best of (the remixes)
01-sade-love_is_stronger_than_pride__mad_professor_mix 02-sade-give_it_up__kenny_larkin_rmx 03-sade-kiss_of_live__deep_mix 04-sade-feel_no_pain__nellie_hooper_mix 05-sade-turn_my_back_on_you__heffs_mix 06-sade-sweetest_taboo__extended_version 07-sade-i_never_thought_id_see_the_day__danny_tenaglias_musk_men_mix 08-sade-by_your_side__ben_watt_mix 09-sade-somebody_already_broke_my_heart__excursions_mix
― jhøshea, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man im listening to that neptunes by your side and yes it is awful - talk abt completely missing the mark uhg
― jhøshea, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess I should have said "Everyone thinks she's classic except for one AMG reviewer who doesn't post here anyway and is more on-the-fence than negative, anyway."
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I remember that Kenny Larkin remix of 'Give it Up' as being pretty good?
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
You're in luck: http://turbocity.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-of-remixessade.html
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
As much as I love Sade I don't understand how a live album could be worth having. I've been to one of her shows (at Madison Square Garden) and it was mindblowing, but aside from a conga flourish or two, the music itself seemed exactly the same as on record..
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
OTM. Live DVDs on the other hand...
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
the live DVDs are very nice. smoke some herb, watch it with your lady. the bomb.
― pipecock, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 16:26 (sixteen years ago) link
god, 'no ordinary love' is so fucking beautiful.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 31 August 2008 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
YOUR LOVE IS KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING
― dell, Sunday, 31 August 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
was she really a junkie?
― dell, Sunday, 31 August 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
!!! surely not !!!
― I know, right?, Sunday, 31 August 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
no, i was reading some brit music magazine years ago and they more than hinted at her being into that shit
but maybe the british music press does that with any given random artist as easily as the rest of us sneeze when presented with a cotton swab tickling our nose hairs
― dell, Sunday, 31 August 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
nice
― I know, right?, Sunday, 31 August 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I know, right?
― dell, Sunday, 31 August 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
...
― I know, right?, Sunday, 31 August 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
God you really hate it when people do that, don't you, I know, right?
― Bimble, Sunday, 31 August 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Sade is too excellent to go on.
― Abbott, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Also she is way too beautiful to believe.
― Abbott, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
ABBOTT BE SPEAKING THE TRUTH YO
I know I've made an ass out of myself here before, but Sade is the most attractive woman to have ever made music, ever. Why isn't she my wife? She's the creme de la creme.
― Sacriligiously Dead (Bimble), Sunday, 24 May 2009 18:53 (fourteen years ago) link
bought this guy yesterday at flea market:
http://www.discogs.com/Sade-Couldnt-Love-You-More/release/105842
― when an old mousketeer leaves the crease (donna rouge), Sunday, 24 May 2009 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
sade on horseback is magic
(Swoon)
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 28 July 2022 23:11 (one year ago) link
this was posted a few days ago. sad news but also makes me hopeful that something new will show up eventually.
https://scontent.fslc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/295694383_597681398390594_5659744349417744772_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=1kueaRPbKAkAX-mMQns&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-2.fna&oh=00_AT93KaQfdFnmHvnyx73XUn3lMf9B3aL1igjsy4EhVr_QSg&oe=62E8127F
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 28 July 2022 23:15 (one year ago) link
i found stronger than pride in the glove compartment of my boyfriends car a few weeks ago while we were driving around with the windows down. so good and tbh i've never felt cooler.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 28 July 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link
rest well mp☮️🕉
thank you for sharing that news, map and big co-sign on stronger than pride. that one's probably aged the best of her catalogue by this point. "turn my back on you" is such a standout no matter where or when i hear it.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Thursday, 28 July 2022 23:59 (one year ago) link
great music to listen to with a person you love
Lovers Rock and Love Deluxe have really been doing it for me the past years but I am now enjoying Stronger Than Pride
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 29 July 2022 08:38 (one year ago) link
does "no ordinary love" ever lose its power
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 23:23 (one year ago) link
Just relistened and nope, still great. The stereo panning on the palm-muted electric guitar under Sade's silken vocals is such a great textural touch.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
They continue to be one of the few artists my dad and his friends love that I also love. Their production makes them tower way above the rest.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 04:38 (one year ago) link
"All About Our Love" is a song i dream about sweetly slow dancing to my spouse 10-20-30 years down the line.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 05:17 (one year ago) link
^That's one of my favorites, too. In fact, all of 'Lovers Rock' is sublime.
― KevRus, Thursday, 1 September 2022 04:18 (one year ago) link
who programmed the drums on Lovers Rock and Love Deluxe?
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link
they are perfect
for some reason I had the impression it was the drummer, but apparently no
I'm going to guess Andrew Hale.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
Thought the thread bump was going to be about this:
Brad Pitt reopens Miraval Studios at Provence wine estateAward-winning Sade has become the first artist to record new music in the refurbished studios at Château Miraval, co-owned by Pitt and which previously hosted sessions for Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’.https://t.co/LBR5zMfryk— Decanter (@Decanter) October 11, 2022
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
do we have a release date?
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
no & there's not even really much news here, they've been working on the new album since at least 2018. who knows when it'll be done
― ufo, Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:51 (one year ago) link
I think the consensus is that Soldier of Love was a bit underwhelming?
I'd be very (happily) surprised if they reach former heights on a new release
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:56 (one year ago) link
No way.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:59 (one year ago) link
Alfred otm
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 13 October 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
i guess i'll pay whatever i have to when she tours
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 October 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
absolutely the best arena show i've ever seen, definitely do so.
― adam, Thursday, 13 October 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
haha I just knew Alfred would be into it
not for me
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 14 October 2022 10:33 (one year ago) link
"Soldier of Love" (the song) ruled live. As did Sade on that last tour.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 October 2022 11:59 (one year ago) link
― corrs unplugged
Ha. Does anyone else think Diamond Life their weakest? Apart from the singles and Timmy Thomas cover it's hard to remember how the tracks go when I look at the listing.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 October 2022 12:16 (one year ago) link
I think Lovers Rock and Love Deluxe tower over the rest
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 14 October 2022 13:31 (one year ago) link
diamond life is so amazing it feels wrong to call it the weakest anything but it is my least favorite sade record yes
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 14 October 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
I saw the Love Deluxe tour. Life-changing.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 14 October 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
I'm sure I've detailed it upthread somewhere but I saw her live at MSG and was up in the cheap seats with my friends, having just bought hot dogs and beer, when out of nowhere somebody in a hi-vis vest started handing out free floor tickets. We were agog. Eventually we were led down to the floor, where folding metal chairs had been set up in rows, and waiters wearing waistcoats were swanning around with trays of plastic champagne flutes with strawberries floating in them. Every time we stood up to dance we got yelled at by the people behind us. Well excuuuuuuuse me! Afterwards somebody was telling me that she's famous for leaving the building before the last notes of the encore have even finished playing. GOAT
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 14 October 2022 15:51 (one year ago) link
Afterwards somebody was telling me that she's famous for leaving the building before the last notes of the encore have even finished playing
oh man what a power move, absolute queen.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 14 October 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
it's a huge ask for me to go to anything, i hate crowds and i live in the fucking wilderness and everything is sign-over-your-car-title expensive now etc, but if she ever makes a stop in l.a. and i still have a grand on my credit card i would at least make an attempt to get tickets and airfare.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 14 October 2022 15:59 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaD3SgPuccE
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 October 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
no reason, this simply rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ptJw8uWE0
"love is stronger than pride (mad professor remix)" (1992)
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Saturday, 28 January 2023 01:47 (one year ago) link
Yes it does.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:49 (one year ago) link
oh def
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
what's the category above 'classic'
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link
i always considered that like the blueprint, or the prototype... or maybe like the "pocket translator" level. like, right then: welcome to day one. this is where you sort out the standard definition. have a great time.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 19:49 (one year ago) link
xp iconic
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 21:17 (one year ago) link
happy 65th
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 23:20 (three months ago) link