James Blunt autobiography
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Yes, watched that and it was fascinating.
In particular, just how easily lead the general public are. A few press hacks got bored/envious of him and started writing derisory articles and the great British public eagerly joined in!
Reminded me a little of the Covid response and the way that so many of the public eagerly joined in with the nonsense (face masks not needed in busy restaurants apart from the 10 seconds it takes to walk across the room and sit down, etc).
In particular, just how easily lead the general public are. A few press hacks got bored/envious of him and started writing derisory articles and the great British public eagerly joined in!
Reminded me a little of the Covid response and the way that so many of the public eagerly joined in with the nonsense (face masks not needed in busy restaurants apart from the 10 seconds it takes to walk across the room and sit down, etc).
Ari said:
21TonyK said:
Seems like a pretty genuine guy who is happy to say f
k you to those who try to annoy him.
I suspect that his army experiences have given him a sense of perspective regarding what's really important that few very wealthy and successful people ever get. k you to those who try to annoy him. 98elise said:
Most people who've been in the forces aren't fazed by insults or digs. You wouldn't last long if you got wound up easily.
Indeed. But beyond that, when you've been to war zones and seen the pain and the death, people losing everything, it probably gives you a very strong sense of what is really important in life, and puts all the glitz and nonsense into sharp perspective. Ari said:
98elise said:
Most people who've been in the forces aren't fazed by insults or digs. You wouldn't last long if you got wound up easily.
Indeed. But beyond that, when you've been to war zones and seen the pain and the death, people losing everything, it probably gives you a very strong sense of what is really important in life, and puts all the glitz and nonsense into sharp perspective. Listened to this on Spotify and enjoyed it so much I finished it in one day - great fun but you realise it must have taken a toll on him too. He has a brilliant self-deprecating sense of humour that just makes you instantly like him. The chapters where he describes how he was pretty much totally blanked by the likes of Damon albarn, mick jagger etc are pretty brutal. Great book though and highly recommended.
There are few things I can imagine that would be worse than reading about that adenoidal bleater. Un-anaesthetised dental work, possibly. I'll give him this though - he does seem much more self aware than his contemporaries but as a musician he is appallingly, woefully, comically bad. Perhaps he should abandon the recording studio and adopt a David Niven persona.
Magikarp said:
There are few things I can imagine that would be worse than reading about that adenoidal bleater. Un-anaesthetised dental work, possibly. I'll give him this though - he does seem much more self aware than his contemporaries but as a musician he is appallingly, woefully, comically bad. Perhaps he should abandon the recording studio and adopt a David Niven persona.
Don't get the audiobook, he doesn't narrate that, he sings it!Magikarp said:
There are few things I can imagine that would be worse than reading about that adenoidal bleater. Un-anaesthetised dental work, possibly. I'll give him this though - he does seem much more self aware than his contemporaries but as a musician he is appallingly, woefully, comically bad. Perhaps he should abandon the recording studio and adopt a David Niven persona.
If only the whole world thought the exact same way you do, and James Blunt was as successful a singer as you no doubt are, eh? 
Magikarp said:
but as a musician he is appallingly, woefully, comically bad.
I'm not a musician, so explain to me why. Not just that you don't like the music. I don't like jazz, but I accept the members of the band are usually accomplished musicians. I just wish they'd all agree to play the same song at the same time.
So why is Blunt a bad musician?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I'm not a musician, so explain to me why. Not just that you don't like the music.
I don't like jazz, but I accept the members of the band are usually accomplished musicians. I just wish they'd all agree to play the same song at the same time.
So why is Blunt a bad musician?
You know that will be it. I don't like jazz, but I accept the members of the band are usually accomplished musicians. I just wish they'd all agree to play the same song at the same time.
So why is Blunt a bad musician?
I find it rather odd that people decide that they are the arbiter of taste, be it music, art or interior design, and seem genuinely unable to understand that actually, other people like different things to them. You see it a lot these days.
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