I finally caved in a got the James Blunt Album ?Back to Bedlam?. It has been at Numero Uno in the charts for a while now so it must be good??..mustn?t it?
First Listen?
Well I?ve listened to it now, all 10 tracks, and it?s quite good, although there is something nagging at me that I feel like I?ve heard a few of the songs before, not that they?re rip-offs but some of the soings are a bit same-ish. I can?t quite put my finger on it but if you?ve heard it you might know what I mean.
A while later?.
Ok, I?ve listened to it a bit more, and actually listened to the lyrics, and I must admit that some of the songs do do it for me, and I think it?s one of those ones that I ?ll listen to when I?m a little lonely and want a few songs to wallow in.
I couldn?t do better myself though so I?ll stop now.
Got any comments on it???
I saw James Blunt on ?later?.with Jools Holland? and he did a solo version of ?goodbye my lover?. He was clearly very nervous, and the performance wasn?t much cop and I wasn?t impressed at all. But then over the next couple of days I found that the song had implanted itself in my brain, so I went out and bought the album?. and I know exactly what you mean. I *quite* liked it, but it didn?t strike me as brilliant. Sure ?goodbye my lover? and ?you?re beautiful? stood out, but I was averagely indifferent to the rest.
But it grew on me.
At Glastonbury, I got up on the sunday morning to check him out on the main stage. The crowd was pretty big and it was a beautiful sunny day, and he was fantastic. Really brilliant, and I understand it was the making of him. By the time I got home on the monday night, his concert at Rock City had sold out, and he was booking a slot in the Nottingham Arena. Shortly afterwards ?You?re Beautiful? climbed up to number 1 in the chart having been released 6 weeks earlier. Despite hearing it a huge number of times, I still like it and I haven?t got tired of it. In fact, I think I?m going to pop the album on now.
I know some people hate him, can?t stand his voice blah, blah, blah. But fuck?em. I like it.
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I?m liking this a lot now.