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"You're Beautiful" illustrates the narcissism of love songs.
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Date: March 24th, 2013 12:19 AM Author: naked lettuce casino Most people don't understand James Blunt's deep irony. In his hit single, "You're Beautiful", perhaps his most misunderstood song, he explodes the romantic myth. He picks the most vapid cliches to praise the beloved, while reserving for himself the choicest adjectives ("My life is brilliant. My love is pure.") and even supernatural agency (how many angels does this pinhead require?). "We shared a moment..." But notice that nothing's shared. Love is a fleeting, masturbatory moment, not an inspiration to eternal truth, as for Plato, Dante, and Petrarch.
Late capitalism has deprived us of our vocabulary for authentically expressing love. Even the guitar sounds tinny. But how do we know Blunt isn't just a shitty artist who can't write a song to save his worthless life? We can't. Therein lies his genius. |
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Date: March 24th, 2013 1:17 AM Author: adventurous stage "oh, i love you, your so beautiful JUST the way you are...i wuv you so MUCH!"
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Date: March 24th, 2013 12:40 AM Author: bespoke point volcanic crater all pop songs sung by men are some fag crooning about how much he loves a girl. was it always like this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2212665&forum_id=2#22870653) |
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Date: March 24th, 2013 12:46 AM Author: naked lettuce casino Of course. Blunt just calls attention to how narcissistic the whole exercise is. Most love songs indulge in lavish idealized portrayals of the beloved, exhaustively describing the imagined relationship ("Save the Best for Last" is a typical example). Blunt's homage to his woman is perfunctory, almost cold. It's all about him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2212665&forum_id=2#22870689) |
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Date: March 24th, 2013 1:09 AM Author: bespoke point volcanic crater in the 90's you had lots of grunge and rap songs on top 40 radio that weren't about love. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2212665&forum_id=2#22870811) |
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Date: March 24th, 2013 5:44 AM Author: Insane church building The majority of "hit" radio songs have accomplished two things: 1. they make the singer out to be a winner(whether the songwriter is the singer, or whether the song happens to be sung by another artist than the person who wrote the song) i.e., hit songs never share anything that ends unhappily for the singer (narrator) UNLESS the lyrics ultimately draw some positive conclusion from the unhappy circumstance(s); and 2. most "hit" songs are actually scripts intricately designed to make women feel good about themselves; data show that 50% of commercially available music is bought by women, while most of the remaining purchases are made by men trying to influence/better understand women. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2212665&forum_id=2#22871624) |
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