History Music / JamesBlunt

* TheCaptain: He was a British Army officer (and rose to this rank) for six years, who served in Kosovo during the 1999 NATO bombing campaign and was instrumental in resolving a incipient crisis between NATO troops and Russian troops of the occupation of Pristina airport by querying an order from US General Wesley Clark to use force against Russian troops in possession of the airport.

-->She could see from my face that I was ''fucking'' high

And one came back at death of night\\

* AlbumTitleDrop: In his song "I can't hear the music" from his second album ''All The Lost Souls'':

* RecycledLyrics: Hilariously defied in "Love me better":

* {{Scatting}}: Appears in 3 chords in "You're beautiful" and at the end of "Out of my Mind".
* SelfDeprecation: At the height of the overplaying of "You're Beautiful" and the "James Blunt is a c**t" backlash, Blunt appeared on an episode of ''Series/TopGear'' and promptly won over both the audience and the viewing public by cheerfully demonstrating his total willingness to take the piss out of himself, his music and the ridiculous hype about the song.
** "If you thought 2016 was bad - I'm releasing an album in 2017."

** "If I Can't Hear The Music" also mentions [[Music/TheBeatles The Lonely Hearts Club Band]].

-->"But the walls came tumbling down, down / Will you go down on me?"

-->''(from "Same Mistake")'': And so I sent some men to fight / and one came back at death of night / Said he'd seen my enemy / said he looked just like me / So I set out to cut myself, and here I go.

--> "Far, far away; find comfort in pain
-->All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble
-->It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain"

* {{Scatting}}: Appears in 3 chords in "You're beautiful" and at the end of "Out of my Mind".

"1973", being an ode to the 70s club scene, is naturally loaded with references to the music of that time.

* CryIntoChest: Well, kinda. "Cry on my Shoulder" is about letting a loved one do this.

James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974), better known by his stage name James Blunt, is a British singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2004 with the megahit "You're Beautiful". It got played to death on the radio, to the point the a lot of people were heartily sick of the sound of his voice. Coupled with other artists being shunted off festival bills in favour of Blunt due to his newfound prominence, there was a huge backlash amongst the British public under the rather [[JustForPun blunt]] catchphrase "James Blunt is a c**t".

* CryIntoChest: well, kinda. "Cry on my Shoulder" is about letting a loved ine do this.

--> "Far, far away; find comfort in pain//
All pleasure's the same: it just keeps me from trouble//
It's more than just words: it's just tears and rain

->''"{{Cockney rhyming slang}} for the [[CountryMatters good stuff]]; [[SelfDeprecation Proof that one song is all you need]]"''

'''James Blunt''' is a British singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2004 with the megahit "You're Beautiful". It got played to death on the radio, to the point the a lot of people were heartily sick of the sound of his voice. Coupled with other artists being shunted off festival bills in favour of Blunt due to his newfound prominence, there was a huge backlash amongst the British public under the rather [[JustForPun blunt]] catchphrase "James Blunt is a c**t".

->''"Cockney rhyming slang for the [[CountryMatters good stuff]]; [[SelfDeprecation Proof that one song is all you need]]"''

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-->Would say "You're beautiful" but I've used that line before

* RecycledLyrics: Hilariously averted in "Love me better":

-->"But the walls came tumbling down, down/Will you go down on me?"

** The line "Billy's got himself a gun" in "I Can't Hear The Music" is quote from "Disorder" by Music/{{Slayer}}.

* Bowdlerise: In the radio version of "You're Beautiful", "fucking high" got changed to "flying high".