Liked I've stated before, she and the band are above icon status

In a Class all by themselves

American Idol is a joke, I never got excited over the dumbass show and felt it was a quick and easy way to get famous instead of really working hard to get recognized and perfect your craft the way those greats did. Having said that, I do like several songs of some of the winners though from Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks. Once ET was showing a clip of mj singing One day in your life as a kid and they were putting it down saying he would never even get on American Idol with that when he souded heavily inspired by Barbara Streisand and the late Karen Carpenter singing it and sang it with soul, something autotune and Christina Aguilera-like screaming killed

And of course Sade is iconic, everyone is checking for Sade when a new album is out and she's touring. She's a good cross between modern day jazz and mainstream soul/adult contemp

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duccichucka said:

oh lawd, he forgot to put the lil man on that list

definitely an ICON of the 80s, visually and sonically

after the 80s, a moderately big superstar (big fanbase & adult-contemporary audience)

Pop this in the car at night while you're going wherever then get back to me:

duccichucka said:

There are only four iconic pop recording artists/figures and sadly, Sade is

not one of them. She is more of a cult icon than anything else.

(The four: Michael Jackson, Madonna, Elvis, The Beatles)

Okaaay.

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HuMpThAnG said:

oh lawd, he forgot to put the lil man on that list

ducci's list is defensible. As a Prince fan I wouldn't agree with it, but if Springsteen, Dylan, Stevie, Jimi, and other artists of legendary ilk were excluded, Prince can be too.

Though never on MY list.

Graycap23 said:

phunkdaddy said:

Are you just not a fan or you just don't like enough of her catalogue to consider her iconic?

I'm a fan but her catalogue is limited at best. I'd go as far as 2 cal her a one trick pony. All of her material sounds basically the same.

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BlaqueKnight said:

Graycap23 said:

phunkdaddy said: I'm a fan but her catalogue is limited at best. I'd go as far as 2 cal her a one trick pony. All of her material sounds basically the same.

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Truth hurts?

scriptgirl said:

Or a legend? Or do you feel it is too soon to call her either one?

We are all entitled to our opinion and mine is a big NO! Sade is neither a legend or an icon.

Yes, she is a very good singer. I have all her cd's and I enjoy her music, but I would not called her an icon.

HuMpThAnG said:

oh lawd, he forgot to put the lil man on that list

I purposefully left Prince off of my list because I think his impact on a global

scale is arguable. The Beatles, Elvis, Madonna and Michael Jackson do not

present room for disagreement the way that Sade does. Nobody can deny my

four's icon status without being considered categorically stupid. My omission

of Prince does not speak to the level of admiration I have for him as a recording

artist and/or musician, by the way.

namepeace said:

ducci's list is defensible. As a Prince fan I wouldn't agree with it, but if Springsteen, Dylan, Stevie, Jimi, and other artists of legendary ilk were excluded, Prince can be too.

Thanks, NP. I left Hendrix, Miles Davis, and Stevie off because, again, I have a strict

definition of the phrase "pop icon."

Empress said:

scriptgirl said:

Or a legend? Or do you feel it is too soon to call her either one?

We are all entitled to our opinion and mine is a big NO! Sade is neither a legend or an icon.

Yes, she is a very good singer. I have all her cd's and I enjoy her music, but I would not called her an icon.

Reasonable minds can disagree, and I see her as a legend, given her artistic and commercial success over 3 decades. In fact, her minimal output actually make her more of a legend in the pure sense . . . a la . . .

once upon a time there was an artist named Sade with a band of the same name. Sade made groovy music for heartsick brooders and cocktail parties. Sometimes, when you're not looking, Sade rises from the deep with more siren songs . . . and then disappears . . .

Graycap23 said:

I would agree to the one trick pony comment, but if I want to listen to Sade,
I know what I'm getting before I play it. It's her (the band) style
that is attractive to the ear. So she's the McDonald's of smooth jazz! Where ever you go, the taste is the same!

G3000 said:

Graycap23 said:

Truth hurts?

I would agree to the one trick pony comment, but if I want to listen to Sade, I know what I'm getting before I play it. It's her (the band) style that is attractive to the ear. So she's the McDonald's of smooth jazz! Where ever you go, the taste is the same!

Pure haterade. One trick pony is an insult to almost anyone. She is a SINGER. Unlike some of these frequent orgers, I don't want or need for all of my music to come from one source. She has made her mark musically and none of you haters can take that away from her. There is something to be said for STABILITY and as G3000 just said, you kjnow what you get when you go to get a Sade record. I happen to like that. Too many artists have screwed up majorly by not having a degree of stability. Too often artists get egotistical and start getting overly experimental, forgetting their fan base and why they are where they are in the first place.

As to the term "icon" - yes, she is musically iconic.

BlaqueKnight said:

G3000 said:

Graycap23 said: I would agree to the one trick pony comment, but if I want to listen to Sade, I know what I'm getting before I play it. It's her (the band) style that is attractive to the ear. So she's the McDonald's of smooth jazz! Where ever you go, the taste is the same!

Pure haterade. One trick pony is an insult to almost anyone. She is a SINGER. Unlike some of these frequent orgers, I don't want or need for all of my music to come from one source. She has made her mark musically and none of you haters can take that away from her. There is something to be said for STABILITY and as G3000 just said, you kjnow what you get when you go to get a Sade record. I happen to like that. Too many artists have screwed up majorly by not having a degree of stability. Too often artists get egotistical and start getting overly experimental, forgetting their fan base and why they are where they are in the first place.

As to the term "icon" - yes, she is musically iconic.

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BlaqueKnight said:

G3000 said:

Graycap23 said: I would agree to the one trick pony comment, but if I want to listen to Sade, I know what I'm getting before I play it. It's her (the band) style that is attractive to the ear. So she's the McDonald's of smooth jazz! Where ever you go, the taste is the same!

Pure haterade. One trick pony is an insult to almost anyone. She is a SINGER. Unlike some of these frequent orgers, I don't want or need for all of my music to come from one source. She has made her mark musically and none of you haters can take that away from her. There is something to be said for STABILITY and as G3000 just said, you kjnow what you get when you go to get a Sade record. I happen to like that. Too many artists have screwed up majorly by not having a degree of stability. Too often artists get egotistical and start getting overly experimental, forgetting their fan base and why they are where they are in the first place.

As to the term "icon" - yes, she is musically iconic.

I'm a Sade fan so this comment about being a hater makes no sense.

What is so great about releasing basically the same song OVER and Over again?

What u call stability, I call limited.