Defend the Indefensible: James Blunt

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.

Especially the one he does from that cliff in the video.

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If that's the actual lyric, he's home safe.

though blunt's status definitely ain't hood.

'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.

However, my vote goes to Cervantes.

Which just proves that not all soldiers are untalented. But Blunt is. Tit.

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.

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.

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....

The only thing funnier than Blunt's voice/songs are his facial expressions as he's singing them.

i didn't like it much. but it was strange to hear him do another song,

Not a lot of defending going on here is there?

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....!)

"High" isn't too bad.

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'?

He changed his name so's as not to get people confused with our own.

but does he REALLY say 'fucking high'?

Yes.

--Sasha Frere-Jones in this week's New Yorker

Actually, you aren't supposed to do that when you sing; if you do, you are much more likely to fall off-pitch.

So, um, he can form his vowels correctly when he sings. I guess that's a defense.

i bet its in Top 20 news stories of Today because people keep visiting it esp after its posted on messageboards and that

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]

we don't think about this enough but at this point wikipedia literally knows everything about everything, obv including the future

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.

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.

https://twitter.com/JamesBlunt/status/753618984659025920

@JamesBlunt
If you thought 2016 was bad - I'm releasing an album in 2017.
https://twitter.com/JamesBlunt/status/808599054989070336

He really is terrible.

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

When you laugh about people thinking you're shit to show what a good sport you are, but you're still shit

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.

why didn't they edit the entire song out

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.

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

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

Not a fan of this guy's music, but I love his sense of self irony.