Today on Dad’s Car Radio – we listened to … the radio. Neither Chelsea nor I had brought a special CD along so we tuned in to a local Pop music radio station. After first listening to a five question pop-culture contest (I went 4/5 missing the one "What major franchised weight loss program did Kirstie Alley use to drop her tonnage after "Fat Actress?’ – Do YOU know that one? If you actually care the answer is here . Anyway on with our show.
The song played right after this was James Blunt’s hit "You’re Beautiful" You may have heard this one. It’s slow, acoustic guitar gently plucked over a sleepy rhythm section. It’s a gentle melody and a lonely aching male vocal that often warbles up into falsetto… Now here’s the fun part. The Lyrics.
Lyrics in black, Dad in Green, Chelsea in Magenta, of course.
"You’re Beautiful" James Blunt
My life is brilliant.
Sounds like he jumped in too early on the music and they decided to keep it because ..
My life is brilliant – There he is again
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I’m sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won’t lose no sleep on that,
‘Cause I’ve got a plan.
He never does tell us this great plan does he?
Must be a secret plan!
You’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don’t know what to do,
‘Cause I’ll never be with you.
Yes, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Flying high,
Hey Chels, you know on the album version it doesn’t say "Flying High"
Yeah I heard. Nice guy "oh you’re beautiful" but maybe not – cause I’m HIGH!
And I don’t think that I’ll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last ’till the end.
You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
I saw your face in
a crowded place,
And I don’t know what to do,
‘Cause I’ll never be with you.
You know the thing that gets me about this song is that it sounds like an "our song" kind of thing – but they are never together – it’s a moment with not even a conversation and he’s smitten, but it’s nothing and people will probably use it at a wedding having only really heard the chorus…
I know, I mean he sounds like a stalker. Have you seen the video for this – he jumps into a glacier.
Into a glacier?
Yea, or some water from a glacier, some kind of cold looking water, he take off his hoodie and then his sweater, then his shirt and then takes off his shoes and empties out his pocketsand sits there then at the end… Doh! Jumps in…
Well maybe the joke is on us he has that super model girlfriend.
La la la
la la la la la la
You’re beautiful. You’re
beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it’s time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.
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Man, that is one annoying song. So while writing this post today I decided to see if I could find the video Chelsea referred to – and of course it’s on YouTube about 30 times… You can watch it if you like. But I found something even better. From a newspaper in Kentucky comes this:
Facing some truths about James Blunt
By Nan Hu
Singer/songwriter James Blunt drops by The Louisville Palace on Tuesday. But before you make the trip to hear this crooner, here are some things you should know about him.
10. He sang You’re Beautiful at the 2005 wedding of Elton John and David Furnish in England.
Wow. Not just any wedding, but a big, fat, GAY wedding! Told ya!
9. He recorded the song Goodbye My Lover in the home of Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) — in her bathroom, to be exact.
8. His family is well known in Norfolk, England, for preserving a historical landmark, Cley Mill, a windmill built in the 18th century that has become a bed and breakfast.
7. Members of his family have served in some form of military service since 955 A.D., a tradition Blunt carried on by becoming a captain in the British army.
6. He has been shot at more times than 50 Cent.
5. As a NATO peacekeeper in Kosovo, Blunt roamed the streets with a guitar and a gun, singing Give Peace a Chance to anyone who listened.
4. He has been banned from Essex FM, a radio station in the United Kingdom, because listeners complained about hearing his songs too much.
3. A survey of nearly 2,000 people this year indicated he is the fourth-most annoying thing in the United Kingdom.
Those Brits really know how to take interesting surveys, don’t they?
2. Each one of his four videos involves some sort of pain/misery (committing suicide, running from predators, being kidnapped, etc.)
1. He is dating model Petra Nemcova, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami by hanging onto a tree.
But then I also found this: The supermodel has dumped him for cheating on her with a "String of women" Guess that sappy stuff works…
Word is Weird Al wanted to parody the song on his new release. James said no. No sense of humor.
Best part of the video is the end where he jumps into the sea…hoping he won’t be surfacing.