― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― BARMS, Monday, 18 July 2005 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:24 (eighteen years ago) link
If, however, he becomes omnipresent, then he can join Colin (not edith) and Chris Martin on my spaceship to the sun.
― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:44 (eighteen years ago) link
What a yessed out opus that promises to be!
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 18 July 2005 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link
My life is brilliant.My love is pure.I saw an angel.Of that I'm sure.She smiled at me on the subway.She was with another man.But I won't lose no sleep on that,'Cause I've got a plan.
Well done James you've made eyes at a hot chick on the subway, a bit like on that tic tacs ad. She was with another bloke but well that shouldn't stop you eh? You've got a plan. So let's hear this plan.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.I saw your face in a crowded place,And I don't know what to do,'Cause I'll never be with you.
What do you mean you "don't know what to do?" I thought you had a plan now you're all negative? What's happened here?
Yeah, she caught my eye,As we walked on by.She could see from my face that I was,Fucking high,And I don't think that I'll see her again,But we shared a moment that will last till the end.
Wait a minute you were high? Were you gurning at her James? You "shared a moment that will last till the end?" Yeah right, couple of mitsi's was it?
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.I saw your face in a crowded place,And I don't know what to do,'Cause I'll never be with you.You're beautiful. You're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.There must be an angel with a smile on her face,When she thought up that I should be with you.But it's time to face the truth,I will never be with you.
Comedowns suck.
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Especially the one he does from that cliff in the video.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link
If that's the actual lyric, he's home safe.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link
though blunt's status definitely ain't hood.
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:41 (eighteen years ago) link
'I saw her on the subway...she was...wthnthrmn..' Wonder what it would sound like sung by someone with less of a nails-down-the-blackboard voice.
― Mippy (Mippy), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link
However, my vote goes to Cervantes.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 11:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mippy (Mippy), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 11:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link
Which just proves that not all soldiers are untalented. But Blunt is. Tit.
― Guilty Boksen (Bro_Danielson), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 11:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link
-- mark grout (mark.grou...) (webmail), August 24th, 2005 11:39 AM. (later) (link)
I just checked the CD in HMV, and it is true. The single has (edit) on it, so I guess that's not the version.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mippy (Mippy), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mippy (Mippy), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mippy (Mippy), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link
It reminded me of those young NME writers who throw 'fuck' in every sentence as an indication of their rock cool but come across like prefects on a night out with the rude boys. I diskard them uterly.
― Mippy (Mippy), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
he was on SNL today (feel free to make fun of me for watching SNL, but there was actually a good sketch tonight with lettuce!)...
I'm afraid he's taking over America now....
― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 4 December 2005 06:19 (eighteen years ago) link
The only thing funnier than Blunt's voice/songs are his facial expressions as he's singing them.
― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 4 December 2005 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Sunday, 4 December 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― biz, Sunday, 4 December 2005 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 4 December 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
i didn't like it much. but it was strange to hear him do another song,
― terry lennox. (gareth), Friday, 16 December 2005 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 2 March 2006 10:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Okeigh, Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Not a lot of defending going on here is there?
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link
How else could it defeat all borders and take over like that?
1) Is he 'fit'? (Not especially)2) Interesting personality? (uncheck)3) stunning vocal performance? (strongly disagree)4) Speak of a shared experience that the listener may well empathise with? (ah now....!)
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link
"High" isn't too bad.
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link
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I was WONDERING when someone would make the joke. First thing I thought of too. -- Ned Raggett (ne...), June 30th, 2005.
haha.
but does he REALLY say 'fucking high'?
― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 2 March 2006 12:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 2 March 2006 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
He changed his name so's as not to get people confused with our own.
Yes.
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 2 March 2006 12:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 2 March 2006 12:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 2 March 2006 12:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 2 March 2006 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 March 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
--Sasha Frere-Jones in this week's New Yorker
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 March 2006 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
His version of Where is My Mind? by The Pixies is really good too, he makes it into a real epic.
― Party Sausage, Friday, 6 March 2009 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/28536211731648512
<3 <3 <3
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Friday, 21 January 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Singer James Blunt 'prevented World War III'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11753050
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49934000/jpg/_49934426_010636299-1.jpg
Singer James Blunt has told the BBC how he refused an order to attack Russian troops when he was a British soldier in Kosovo. Blunt said he was willing to risk a court martial by rejecting the order from a US General.
But he was backed by British Gen Sir Mike Jackson, who said: "I'm not going to have my soldiers be responsible for starting World War III."
Blunt was ordered to seize an airfield, but the Russians had got there first.
In an interview with BBC Radio 5 live, broadcast on Sunday, he said: "I was given the direct command to overpower the 200 or so Russians who were there.
"I was the lead officer with my troop of men behind us... "The soldiers directly behind me were from the Parachute Regiment, so they're obviously game for the fight.
"The direct command [that] came in from Gen Wesley Clark was to overpower them. Various words were used that seemed unusual to us. Words such as 'destroy' came down the radio."
― Mark G, Monday, 9 September 2013 13:05 (ten years ago) link
That's an old story
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 9 September 2013 13:06 (ten years ago) link
So it is. Apols.
So, why is it in the "Top 20 news stories of Today" ?
― Mark G, Monday, 9 September 2013 13:12 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I wondered that myself. Something to do with Syria or, more horrifically, he has a new album coming out?
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 9 September 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
i bet its in Top 20 news stories of Today because people keep visiting it esp after its posted on messageboards and that
― conrad, Monday, 9 September 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
He has got a new album coming out, can't Obama do something about that too?
This is weird tho, from Wikipedia:
Blunt has just finished[58] recording his fourth studio album, entitled Moon Landing, as revealed by the singer in an email to fans.[59] It was released in October 2013 and featured production from Back to Bedlam producer Tom Rothrock. The lead single, "Bonfire Heart", was released on 7 October 2013.[60]
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 9 September 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link
we don't think about this enough but at this point wikipedia literally knows everything about everything, obv including the future
― sleepingbag, Monday, 9 September 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
Oh, it doesn't matter what I'm loking for, it just knows.
e.g. I was looking for "Clinic"
top google search gives me "Clinic (group)" yep, that's the exact Clinic I wanted.
ymmv, obv.
― Mark G, Monday, 9 September 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
Strange - it's actually an old story with an old date. I'd assumed it was being trotted out as a new story to coincide with a new album. Still, if true, I can't really begrudge him his music making anymore.
― djh, Monday, 9 September 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/JamesBlunt/status/753618984659025920
― 龜, Friday, 15 July 2016 13:14 (seven years ago) link
@JamesBluntIf you thought 2016 was bad - I'm releasing an album in 2017.https://twitter.com/JamesBlunt/status/808599054989070336
― skip, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
He really is terrible.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 February 2018 02:44 (six years ago) link
A public service announcement:
During lockdown, while many other artists are doing mini-concerts from their homes, I thought I’d do you all a favour and not.— James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) March 25, 2020
― Roz, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:27 (four years ago) link
When you laugh about people thinking you're shit to show what a good sport you are, but you're still shit
― Two Gentlemen with the Rona (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:29 (four years ago) link
Just overheard this song at the supermarket after years of not thinking about it, but this year has turned to dogshit so yeah why not?
Anyways... is the false start with “my life is brilliant” an accident? I had never noticed it before but it seems like he starts singing it by accident, stops and then starts again and I don’t understand why they didn’t edit that part out.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
why didn't they edit the entire song out
― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link
Forget it I just checked the wikipedia article and it’s in fact an accident left on the album but not on the radio version guess that’s why I didn’t notice it before.
Apparently Weird Al even references it in his parody.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 05:00 (three years ago) link
Male Adult Contemporary Artist Is Amusingly Self-Aware On Social Media
^ richard marx has been similar on twitter occasionally iirc, there may also be others i'm not remembering atm
― dyl, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 05:30 (three years ago) link
Ah, of course.
James Blunt developed scurvy after adopting an all-meat diet to assert his masculinity https://t.co/n6m9dNwSqc pic.twitter.com/zarV44uH9v— Jezebel (@Jezebel) August 20, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 August 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Not a fan of this guy's music, but I love his sense of self irony.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 13 February 2022 19:04 (two years ago) link