BetaFunk Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 After the Beatles and Zappa threads now for the big debate. Come on, give it your best shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumps Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I bet James Blunt could beat Mozart in a fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Undoubtedly the finest songwriter the universe has ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Not better than Mozart, but would say that he doesn't deserve a lot of the flak that he gets from various quarters.. I went with the wife to see him at Rivermead Leisure Centre in Reading a few years back - I went in expecting not to enjoy it, and would have to say that it's one of the better gigs I'd seen in recent years. Clever songwriter with a good band behind him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Yep better. Mozart is chronically overrated by middle class Radio 4 presenters and Daily Mail types. His violin tunes and silly requiems are deeply irksome. Blunt on the other hand is a genius in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Better than genital warts . Probably . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 O.K so he's better than Mozart , but is he better than a Stingray ? That is the real question we need to answer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I wouldn't say he's better or worse than Mozart, but he's certainly more irritating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370265924' post='2098272'] O.K so he's better than Mozart , but is he better than a Stingray ? That is the real question we need to answer . [/quote] I think that Mozart would have ditched the clavier pronto if Stingrays had been around then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 He is surprisingly entertaining when not singing. as is mr Blunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 James Blunt lends himself to limericks better than Mozart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370266201' post='2098282'] I think that Mozart would have ditched the clavier pronto if Stingrays had been around then. [/quote] Incontrovertible evidence for this hypothesis : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceoLCYMOwP0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Is that James Blunt playing the bass??? Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 As one of the few on BC to have known both Mozart [i]and[/i] James Blunt on a personal basis, I would say that Mozart was better fun when going a-whoring. But I'd rather have young James alongside when scouting bandit territory. Picked off a Pathan tribesman at 550m, one shot, clean as a whistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 All I will say is that Im thankful he doesn't get much exposure these days. Anyone who could write such drivel as 'Goodbye, my lover' and sing in that wailing voice should be kept out of sight. Mozart would cut him a new one in a fight. Word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) There has been so much good debate on this subject that i'm having to reassess my views. I reckon that James could knock out a decent tune on the clavier but have come to the conclusion that Wolfgang Amadeus would be crap on the guitar. So it's one up to JB at the moment but of course this could all change. Edited June 3, 2013 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWKNLDZiHI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWKNLDZiHI[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) I don`t know about better, but I certainly prefer JBs material to WAM. And I do think that the flak he gets is probably a lot to do with his accent - that old "who does he think he is" stuff that comes out when someone who speaks "proper" gets into the public eye. Much the way certain X-Factor and The Voice contestants have been attacked - nice upper class accents the common denominator. Edited June 3, 2013 by Lozz196 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 He saved the world, Mozart didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Mr Blunt now has his name in the good old cockney rhyming slang book................ After necking a few sherbats, that Mozart geezer could be a right old James. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 [url="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/how-james-blunt-saved-us-from-world-war-3-2134203.html"]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/how-james-blunt-saved-us-from-world-war-3-2134203.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 [quote name='The Bass Doc' timestamp='1370266325' post='2098285'] James Blunt lends himself to limericks better than Mozart. [/quote] Well, I thought it was funny... Personally, I like Beethoven. Movies about big soppy dogs? Gotta love 'em. More than that Blunt.... (Searches for rhyme) Bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1370277974' post='2098516'] I don`t know about better, but I certainly prefer JBs material to WAM. And I do think that the flak he gets is probably a lot to do with his accent - that old "who does he think he is" stuff that comes out when someone who speaks "proper" gets into the public eye. Much the way certain X-Factor and The Voice contestants have been attacked - nice upper class accents the common denominator. [/quote] For me it's all about the music. Cloying and sickly, or at best just totally bland. I've seen him on Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks and he seems like a funny guy who's happy to laugh at himself, just stop him making records please. Edited June 4, 2013 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I like that he once said his next record would only be audible to dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 [quote name='The Bass Doc' timestamp='1370266325' post='2098285'] James Blunt lends himself to limericks better than Mozart. [/quote] [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1370329477' post='2099071'] Well, I thought it was funny... (Searches for rhyme) [/quote] OK, Here you go..... A performer whose name is James Blunt Made an album with his face on the front And then on the back Instead of each track Was another big pic of the............ "Can't think of a rhyme there Lurcio...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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