James Blunt Ramble

James Blunt



In an age when finding an angle to promote an artist sees PR departments pushing war veterans, ex prisoners and astronaughts, all suddenly exposed as possessing musical and song writing genius, it tends to cloud the true purpose of exposing fresh talent. The Song!


Is it the music that drives an artist’s career or a past soaked in supposed good and evil?


What for the artist committed to a life of tabloid mediocrity. How can you possibly finish school, achieve good grades, earn a degree, meet a girl, settle down, perhaps even get married and achieve critical acclaim for your songs? Musical suicide it would seem in the current musical climate.


The under dog privately toils away writing hundreds of worthy songs about the world he knows, delving into an imagination tapped through song. Songs crafted over time and delivered live in pubs and clubs to a handful of faithful, a troubadour in a pure musical sense. A mundane job pays the bills and fuels a talent that goes largely unnoticed.


In a world far removed, enter the wise and enlightened troubadour, eighteen years of age and committed to exposing a past full of toil, heartbreak and secondary sub par musical offerings all designed to translate into something extraordinary and magical. Please.


Take for instance UK man of the moment James Blunt. A worldwide phenomenon thrust into the music market like a shot from a cannon. He writes about pretty girls at train stations who ignore him, your typical run of the mill singer songwriter fodder.


With a supposed history of macho warfare and bravery, of army tanks strapped with acoustic guitars and artillery fire threatening lives you’d anticipate songs of true insight and lessons learnt from a life changing experience. If anybody was going to write a classic, it’s this guy.


Not so. It’s high school poetry scribbles that do the trick.

The fact that James Blunt served in the military has zero bearing on the songs he has written. Back to Bedlam no doubt refers to his return to society and his failure to adjust to the single life. The correlation between the song writing content and the public relations spin is distant.


All we know is that James Blunt maintains a military background, but are his songs really any good? What do they have to offer the world? You’d think they’d offer more than school girl ramblings. And the fact that many radio stations around the world refuse to play his music based purely on his annoying voice remains justified.


As an artist James Blunt has the opportunity and the pedigree to contribute timeless music to a world in suffering. He is one person who can offer insight to a population glued to the six o clock news.


I don’t care if you’re attracted to girls. I want James Blunt to deliver on the promises hammered home by his Record Company. Deliver on the hype associated with your past and be the spokesperson for a generation.