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Post by Wanderlust on Sept 27, 2010 20:57:22 GMT 1
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Post by Ramz on Sept 27, 2010 21:02:56 GMT 1
 This one might not be depressing! |
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Post by borneoman on Sept 27, 2010 21:14:10 GMT 1
Train should sue him  it's a carbon-copy of Hey Soul Sister  |
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Post by o on Sept 27, 2010 21:38:57 GMT 1
That is a turn up, wonder how it will fare in the charts?
I still remember seeing this video and liking it, and it reaching #173 in the charts! And look where he is now, how many albums has he sold?
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Post by raliverpool on Sept 27, 2010 21:43:20 GMT 1
I thought "Wiseman" with its legendary (lyric) "semi by the sea" was upbeat, and a good tune.
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Post by Jordan on Sept 27, 2010 22:14:50 GMT 1
I really dislike him. I said so on Twitter and one of his fans attacked me  |
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Post by Wanderlust on Sept 27, 2010 22:38:59 GMT 1
This should do well for him, I am glad he is slightly re-invented himself .
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Post by borneoman on Sept 28, 2010 9:09:31 GMT 1
ohh I thought that James Blunt was universally hated  for me he represents all that's wrong with record companies, and I define him as a 'fake singer songwriter' in the sense that there's nothing real bout him and he is basically a record company toy. At the start of the 00s, a new era for singer/songwriters started mainly due to the success of David Gray's White Ladder, and at a minor scale, Damien Rice's O. Until then, singer/songwriters were critically acclaimed but sold little (eg Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, etc...) but Davd Gray really opened a door and showed that real artists can sell too. The downside to this was that record companies jumped on the wandbagon and started to invest in 'creating' new singer/songwriters. and that's what they did with Blunt. Lots of $$ behind, pairing him to write song with other songwriters, etc... and of course it worked and he sold cazillions of CDs... but he's the fakest thing ever, a true songwriter doesn't pair up with this Max Martin (Baby One More Time, My Life Would Suck, etc) to write a song. Ray Lamontagne, Leonard Cohen, they sismply wouldn't do that. /end of rant |
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Post by wonderwall on Sept 28, 2010 13:18:37 GMT 1
song is ok nothing brilliant |
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Post by Wanderlust on Sept 28, 2010 17:44:47 GMT 1
Its just a 'nice' song, very inoffensive and well produced |
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This one might not be depressing!
it's a carbon-copy of Hey Soul Sister 
for me he represents all that's wrong with record companies, and I define him as a 'fake singer songwriter' in the sense that there's nothing real bout him and he is basically a record company toy. 
