1 | James William Durbin (born January 6, 1989) is a rock-and-roll singer and guitarist from Santa Cruz, California. He got his big break when he competed on the tenth season of ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ultimately finishing in fourth place. Shortly after that, he recorded and released his first album, ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster'', which has enjoyed a fairly significant amount of success. In April of 2014, he released his second album, ''Celebrate''. |
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3 | !!Discography: |
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5 | * ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster'' (2011) |
6 | * ''Celebrate'' (2014) |
7 | * ''Riot on Sunset'' (2016) |
8 | * ''Homeland'' (2018) |
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11 | !! James Durbin's works provide examples of the following tropes: |
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13 | * [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Man and the Old Lady Out]]: In "Screaming", Durbin says his parents are "liars" for saying that his life would get better. |
14 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: "May", but it doesn't end well. See DeathByChildbirth below. |
15 | * CoverVersion: "Everything Burns" is a cover of a song by Anastacia and Ben Moody. |
16 | * DeathByChildbirth: Happens to the title character in "May." |
17 | * GriefSong: "May" tells the story of a ChildhoodFriendRomance that ends with the girl dying while giving birth to a baby girl. |
18 | * LighterAndSofter: ''Celebrate'' is much poppier than ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster''. |
19 | * NewSoundAlbum: ''Celebrate'' is LighterAndSofter than ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster'', with more of a focus on pop elements than the hard rock of the latter. ''Riot on Sunset'' is sort of fusion between the two, returning to the rock-and-roll sensibilities of ''Memories'', but keeping the lighter tone of ''Celebrate'' (for the most part). |
20 | * RockstarSong: "Stand Up" is a song about how a man feels like to be in a rockstar life. |
21 | * ShapedLikeItself: Apparently, the title character in "May" was "just like she was." {{Subverted}} later on, when it turns out he's saying that their daughter is just like her mother. |
22 | * SurprisinglyGentleSong: "May" is a ''huge'' departure from everything else on the hard-rock oriented ''Memories of a Beautiful Disaster''. |
23 | * ShoutOut: |
24 | ** "Fool For Love" has the line "Would she like me better if I was Music/BrunoMars?" |
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