ja, he like does'nt strecth it out enough, he stops blunt there you go no emotion into the song bla bla bla.
When i hear neil version i want to cry and cry some more, with james blunt it's buckets full of vomit Sorry for that but he really cannot sing that song

he really can't sing any song

Ugh! Something possessed me to think that it would be a good idea to listen to this again before i posted . Beleive me, not a good idea .

I've already had a say about this cover on another thread somewhere before i knew about this one, but my opinion of it has in no way improved.

HOWEVER. I have come up with a similarity between th music of Neil Finn, and that of James Blunt (who'd a thunk it?). Dont rush to pelt me with stones, wait til you hear what it is and judge for yourself;

The similarity is that the music of both these men creates a twisting sensationin my stomache. The differece is the the one created by Neil is a nice, gaspy sensation, and the one created by Blunt is a 'i think i'm going to be sick, this is painful' sensation .

I get the exact same feeling Kari. Neil's talents & hearing his voice make me feel fuzzy and warm inside. Thats a nice feeling. Whereas James Blunt makes me want to and that isn't a very pleasant feeling.

Painful with every inch he sings, like he is trying to hard or something. I'll tell you who does a good cover, listen closely; Jesse Cook, he sounds almost like Neil, i could'nt believe it. His version is more latin guitar influenced, mainly 'cause he is a latin guitarist. A gazillion times better than James i sing stupid blunt.

My husband bought me James's cd because it had Neil's song on it,terrible.terrible.terrible.
The cd languises in my cd rack,might sell it on e-bay.
Still gotta say,Marilyn Manson's version of "I Got You" sounds worse!!!

old blunty should be locked up in rock'n' roll prison, his version of u2's "in a little while" is plain awful.

Aparantley,James is to appear on a special show of "The Muppets",singing "Your Beautiful" as "Triangle" or something.
Speaks volumes doesn't it,personally i think Elmo Rocks!!

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Originally posted by Finn:
Aparantley,James is to appear on a special show of "The Muppets",singing "Your Beautiful" as "Triangle" or something.
Speaks volumes doesn't it,personally i think Elmo Rocks!!

???

I'm by no means James Blunts biggest fan, but I don't see what all the vitriol is all about.

The cover is ok, if a bit odd because he sings it faster than Neil does. But that tends to be what happens with covers - artists change it to suit their style.

James Blunt really isn't my kinda muso. To be perfectly honest, whenever I've heard him open his mouth all I've heard is dribble. Good on his for his success. I find it amazing that he's done so well!

If I was to give advice to Mr Blunt here's what I'd say.

"Please, leave the singing to people who actually have a voice and don't try to cover someone who is respected in the community, you'll only butcher a classic."

Sorry if i caused offence in my last post,each to their own.
To put it Bluntly then,personally he is not my cup of tea!!!!

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Originally posted by Greatfox:
oh....god.....IT'S AWFUL!!!!!!! couldn't listen past "i'm really close"

agreed.

where's the vomiting emoticon when you need it?

Sounds like a lot of us will be looking forward to James's cd in our xmas stocking then!!

It's SHOCKING.
And that's an understatement.
Listening to it, I could almost see Neil at home crying because James basically murdered the song.
I was nearly crying myself.
It's reallyyyyy bad.

lol I remember saying something about this on a crowdies thread... didnt know there was a whole thread about it here!!

Personally, I think a couple of ppl have jumped on the bandwagon of hating it, but I didn't think it was as bad as wanting to make me vomit or anything, just too rushed for my liking... especially "the finger of blame..." part of the song.

I actually saw the episode of the OC it was in, and remember laughing for ages at the guy toppling off the cliff and literally falling at Marissa's feet

That's funny. Some guy in production was like "Oh man! I have the perfect song for that scene!"

Perhaps in a bedroom scene they could play 'When You Come'

Oh come on now, y'all knew someone would say it.

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Originally posted by Anna 3000:
That's funny. Some guy in production was like "Oh man! I have the perfect song for that scene!"

Perhaps in a bedroom scene they could play 'When You Come'

Hahaaaa!
That's funny.

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Originally posted by Alana:
Listening to it, I could almost see Neil at home crying because James basically murdered the song.

Yeah, I'm sure he was crying all the way to the bank with his songwriters royalty cheque...

Haha.
My mum made that point too.

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Originally posted by Greatfox:
oh....god.....IT'S AWFUL!!!!!!! couldn't listen past "i'm really close"

i stopped at moving inside her.

ughhh.