James Blunt 'irritates British public'

[T_i_B]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5230636.stm

Singer James Blunt is more irritating than traffic wardens, noisy neighbours and estate agents, according to a poll ranking the UK's most annoying things.

The man behind hits such as You're Beautiful came fourth in the survey of 2,000 people, beaten only by cold callers, caravans and queue-jumpers.

UK'S MOST IRRITATING THINGS
1. Cold callers
2. Caravans
3. Queue-jumpers
4. James Blunt
5. Traffic wardens
6. People who tailgate
7. Brown-nosers
8. Chantelle and Preston from Big Brother
9. Ex-smokers
10. Noisy neighbours

[Fenris]

1. He also irritates many Americans.

He's an international terrorist.

[LostinVA]

12. My SO and I agree with you -- and the poll

[ThomCat]

2. Ahem... I own his CD and actually like it.

:P

[NashVegas]

7. I Like "High"

But "You're Beautiful" annoys the piss out of me.

[ThomCat]

8. Yes. That one song was okay the first few times I heard it.

But I skip that one now when I play the CD.

[LostinVA]

13. OMG... I can no longer love you....

[ThomCat]

14. I know. I'm such a let down.

:P

No taste whatsoever.

[LostinVA]

15. A disgrace to your tribe!

[ThomCat]

16. As I had a tribe that would have me.

:silly:

Yeah, that will happen. :P

[LostinVA]

17. The tribe of the rainbow, my purry boy

Actually, I can see gay guys liking him....

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. What exactly is a cold caller?

is that like a telemarketer?

[jpgray]

4. Nah

Poker term. :P

[T_i_B]

5. Got it in one

They do love phoning at inconvenient times don't they!

[terrya]

6. He's ahead of people who tailgate.

Man, that's harsh.

[tjwmason]

9. I'm sure I'd recognise some of his "music" given how famous he appears to

be, but I can't claim to know him, or know of him.

The others mostly make sense, but if people don't like cold-callers why don't they join the Telephone Preference Service? I'm on that and the postal version too, it makes my life so much less vexing.

[billyskank]

10. You don't listen to Radio 2

I can tell. ;)

But you're right about the telephone preference service. It does seem to work. The only kind of cold callers you get after that are the completely illegal ones.

[T_i_B]

22. TJW also evidently doesn't listen to Magic FM or Heart FM.

As both of those stations have flogged that song to death as well. Basically if you work in an office which plays middle-of-the-road radio it's a good bet that James Blunt may well be the bane of your life.

Mind you, am I the only one here who seems to find that every record shop I walk into at present is playing Starlight by Muse at the moment? I think it's a great song but I am hearing it a heck of a lot at present. And then there is the matter of how many people seem to have Crazy by Gnarls Barkley as their ringtone.

[supernova]

25. Stick to your Brahms and Mahler, Mason

JB is irritating beyond belief. He's no reason to start a new interest in pop music. ;-)

[tjwmason]

29. Brahms and Mahler???

I'd rather poke my eye out with a blunt stick than listen to them. :puke:

[supernova]

31. LOL! Sorry

:P

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I love James Blunt! He's Beautiful...

But I don't know what to do... cuz I'll never be with him.

I saw his face once, in a crowded place...


Something tells me I need a nap. :)

[billyskank]

23. Even despite that

I still love you :loveya:


;)

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. hee...

:loveya: :hi:

[tinfoil tiaras]

18. Oh My God yes!!!

He irritates the hell out of me! My mom like LOVES him and freaks out when I say that I hate his guts.

[nuxvomica]

19. The only song I've heard by him is "No Bravery"

And it's beautiful. I wouldn't have heard it except for two anti-war flash animations that used it.

[Generic Brad]

20. Does this make me an honorary Brit?

I find his voice extremely irritating too.

[dolo amber]

21. He's the British Tal Bachman

:(

[JVS]

24. Maybe he should be given a recording contract by Sinn Fein

[supernova]

26. Yeah, he could BORE everybody to death!

[HeardOnTheHill]

27. Little girl in coma

I read a story about a little 6-year-old girl coming out of a coma when she heard that song "Beautiful." First off, 6-year-olds aren't beautiful, they're cute. And second, I didn't like the song in the first place, but that sacharine story placed it solidly into the "songs I detest" category.

[mvd]

30. If you want sensitive guy stuff, Five For Fighting is better

Not the newest FFF CD though, which is preachy and boring.