First it was Avril Lavigne, now it’s James Blunt - the next in line for plagiarism charges by disgruntled ex-producers/co-writers.
According to Lukas Burton, he helped write several songs on James Blunt’s multi-platinum album Back To Bedlam. The songs in question include, ‘Goodbye My Lover’, ‘No Bravery’, ‘Cry’, ‘I Don’t Believe’, ‘I Really Want You’ and ‘Don’t Lose Yourself’.
Burton’s impressions of James Blunt are interesting. Of his time with the songwriter,
“His stuff was crude, occasionally laughably direct, and betrayed his relative lack of musicianship or discernible influence…it would probably be an overstatement to say that in terms of his professional musical aspirations James had nothing going on, but he definitely had next to nothing going on.”
Blunt and his publishing company, EMI, are not taking it lightly. They are asking for the UK High Court to rule on the case.
Is this another case of someone getting famous and a disgruntled companion wanting a piece of the action? Or is it a legitimate gripe?
It’ll be interesting to see how this one plays out.
(Source: NME)
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“His stuff was crude, occasionally laughably direct, and betrayed his relative lack of musicianship or discernible influence.”
I can agree with that statement. Listening to a couple of the tracks on his album made me wince at the brutal rhymes and writing.
“I saw your face, in a crowded place…” Blargh. Not to mention he’s singing about being stoned on a subway and seeing a pretty girl.
I just could never get into his lyrics.
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