Paula...you said he sounded like a male bonie Tyler which is an insult to him which is a good thing but it is also ad isult to bonnie Tyler who is awesome. But i think that James Blunt is the crappiest Singer of all time the one thing i am going to give to him though is he sounds the same live which means his voice isnt tweeked but in some cases i think it should be. BTW Triple J is the best Radio station so I agree that if you dont want to listen to him just listen to Triple J
James Blunt is without doubt the worst singer I've ever heard. First it was Goodbye My Lover, which had no tune && not even good lyrics to compensate. Then, he brought out the video clip. Who in their right mind would strip off on a beach for a clip? That's definetly beyond me. Afterward, he had to make myself && Crowded House//Neil Finn fans around the world hate him even more by covering 'Fall At Your Feet.' When I first heard it on Itunes I was nearly in tears. He murded it. I can almost hear Neil Finn sobbing at the sound of the song. Why did anyone give him a record contract? Were they drugged up while they were listening to his demo? That's the only possible explination for such an act. Why should James be the one with the record deal while so many other talented singer/songwriters have to play in clubs, just hoping that they might get recognized? Those singers actually sing, not whine!
I disagree with... well I like him, but I recently was thinking the same thing after listening to the whole album (awesome album ) about "How the hell did he ever get a recording contract?" I think he must have already known the right people or something. I don't think anyone heard him and saw potential to make money there. At the same time though I just remebered that Guns & Roses 'Sweet Child O Mine' was a regular on the only, at that time, "New Rock and Roll" Los Angeles radio station but it wasn't a hit for years to come and there was no other one song on their first album that I would have thought warranted that they had something that other bands did not.
If your'e playing in clubs though, you're really just playing in clubs for whatever reason and being "discovered" is just a wet dream anyway.
I like all the songs he has released off of the album, but I have never listened to the whole album in full (yes I bought it), I get to bored and try and find a song with a beat and never find one. Yeah, i like slow songs sometimes, but not nearly a whole album of them.
This poll has been up for a year and half so I've had more and more time to put good thought into it. I've finally decided that the answer is "no" because if you're like me and you watch TV, you know that saying James Blunt should be dead is like murder and that murder is wrong when it is not done as revenge for someone being unlikeable.
Also, where's the new album already? I want a new album. Maybe the guy smart enough to have saved his money and will slip back into anonymity, but I hope not.
The world needs musicians like James Blunt and Coldplay. It's an instant measuring stick to knowing if the person you're talking to has a mind of their own and taste in music.
"The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest And visit their graves on holidays at best The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them" - The Replacements, "Bastards of Young"
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