{"id":5637,"date":"2010-10-11T13:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T12:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:27:13","slug":"james-blunt-ill-sing-the-taleban-into-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/james-blunt-ill-sing-the-taleban-into-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"James Blunt; &#8220;I&#8217;ll sing the Taleban Into Surrender&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh dear, sometimes pop stars make it far too easy for the public to absolutely rip them apart.<\/p>\n<p>I actually quite like James Blunt. Not his music, obviously, I think his music is profoundly annoying and soulless. I mean that literally by the way. It came as no great surprise to me that James is a former military man, his music sounds like it was written by a man that has been programmed to switch off his emotions altogether, but in a desperate attempt to stop being so dead inside has started performing soppy love songs. Obviously, I don&#8217;t like his music, but I do like him.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s therefore extremely annoying that he has given <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv-entertainment\/music-news\/2010\/10\/10\/james-blunt-my-secret-weapon-to-beat-the-taliban-i-ll-sing-them-into-surrendering-115875-22622652\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this interview to the Daily Mirror<\/a>, claiming that he holds the key to making the Taleban surrender. Admittedly he said it tongue in cheek as this quote should hopefully convince all of his haters; &#8220;I&#8217;m going out there at Christmas time and will sing the Taliban into surrender. If I can&#8217;t do it, then who can?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately I seriously doubt that this will stop the tsunami of sh*t jokes that every poxy music blogger (myself excluded, of course) is bound to write. Before you relay this story to someone else in order to get a cheap laugh, please remember that 1) you&#8217;ll be in no way unique and 2) he really does seem like a nice guy. If you don&#8217;t believe me then please watch the video below. If you don&#8217;t warm to him in anyway then frankly, I pity you.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow me on twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/monkeyhotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@monkeyhotel<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o2Z6tDSb6c8<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/camping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh dear, sometimes pop stars make it far too easy for the public to absolutely rip them apart.<br \/>\nI actually quite like James Blunt. 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