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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

What are your thoughts on him?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Poor man's Ed Sheeran

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land

He has gorgeous eyes!

Some of his songs I like, nothing I’m wild about though. I thought “say you won’t let go” was cute

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"Poor man's Ed Sheeran "

Is that even possible?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"He has gorgeous eyes!

Some of his songs I like, nothing I’m wild about though. I thought “say you won’t let go” was cute"

I liked The Truth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Poor man's Ed Sheeran

Is that even possible? "

Fair point

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By *cot611Man
over a year ago

carterton


"Poor man's Ed Sheeran

Is that even possible? "

no

its impossibuuuuuuuuuuuullllll

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land


"Poor man's Ed Sheeran

Is that even possible?

no

its impossibuuuuuuuuuuuullllll"

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land


"He has gorgeous eyes!

Some of his songs I like, nothing I’m wild about though. I thought “say you won’t let go” was cute

I liked The Truth"

I’m off to listen

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By *ieman300Man
over a year ago

Best Greggs in Cheshire East

He's alright. Can't get passed him being an x factorite. So I am probably unfairly biased against him.

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land


"He's alright. Can't get passed him being an x factorite. So I am probably unfairly biased against him."

Oh! It probably helps then if you never watch the X factor

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Sings through his nose making him sound bunged up a lot.

Over rated but strangely I do like some of his songs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rank!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never liked him tbh

M

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By *ieman300Man
over a year ago

Best Greggs in Cheshire East


"He's alright. Can't get passed him being an x factorite. So I am probably unfairly biased against him.

Oh! It probably helps then if you never watch the X factor "

He's marketed as such though. Winds me up. He has great tatts on a side note.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had to google him, just another manuufactured musical drone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't know who he is, sorry

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?"

Charisma?

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

Googled him!

Still don't know who he is?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?"

Hes a good boro lad

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod

over a year ago

East Sussex


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

Charisma?"

Possibly. Obviously I don't know him personally and my opinion on him is irrelevant

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

Charisma?

Possibly. Obviously I don't know him personally and my opinion on him is irrelevant "

Same as me, I've got a neutral opinion but was just having a guess.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Poor man's Ed Sheeran "

On that subject; while I wouldn't say a poor man's alternative has anyone heard Tom Walker? I prefer his tone to Sheeran but undeniably similar in style:

https://youtu.be/qi1a6eygSJ8

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod

over a year ago

East Sussex


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

Charisma?

Possibly. Obviously I don't know him personally and my opinion on him is irrelevant

Same as me, I've got a neutral opinion but was just having a guess."

I think you're probably right. He seems very uncomfortable being interviewed etc so we don't get am idea of the personality behind the image.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Who ?

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

Charisma?

Possibly. Obviously I don't know him personally and my opinion on him is irrelevant

Same as me, I've got a neutral opinion but was just having a guess.

I think you're probably right. He seems very uncomfortable being interviewed etc so we don't get am idea of the personality behind the image."

Possibly a similar thing with Andy Murray?

Probably really nice, genuine lads that you would be proud to call Son and both successful in what they do.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff


"Who ?"

I know this won't be popular but I've never liked any of their songs and I don't like the lead singer much.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

My thoughts on James Arthur are this.....

He is immensely talented. He has far more talent than anyone who has posted on this thread.

He hasn't had things easy.

He's worked hard.

Some things don't go his way but he picks himself up and does what he believes in and is passionate about.

He seems to be easy to knock. Mostly by those without a single chance of sharing their emotion through writing music and lyrics and performing in massive arenas but also due to his fragility from time to time: e.g. mental illness, not so stable background.

This is just my opinion but he is accused of being manufactured because of the avenue he had to take to get a break.

Also my opinion is that when he matures further ( as he has done greatly over the past few years ) he will stabilise and be more of who he really is.

He has a great future in the music industry whether he performs or not. I can see him doing something to help those who find it difficult to get a foot on the ladder without prostituing themselve to syco or sony.....

He appears really genuine and without too much ego.

I'd give him a thumbs up.

Like many talented people he will , with time, metamorphose and grow.

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By *on and TammyCouple
over a year ago

Manchester


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

Charisma?

Possibly. Obviously I don't know him personally and my opinion on him is irrelevant

Same as me, I've got a neutral opinion but was just having a guess.

I think you're probably right. He seems very uncomfortable being interviewed etc so we don't get am idea of the personality behind the image."

I've never read or heard an interview with say, Leonard Cohen but then i don't need to because his personality comes across in his songs. I could say the same thing about many other singer/songwriters so maybe the failure is in James Arthur's material? ( i don't know a note of it btw so not really commenting on the quality of it or lack thereof)

Mr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Think he has come through a lot and dealt with his demons. I like his song recovery. It is very poignant

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod

over a year ago

East Sussex


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

Charisma?

Possibly. Obviously I don't know him personally and my opinion on him is irrelevant

Same as me, I've got a neutral opinion but was just having a guess.

I think you're probably right. He seems very uncomfortable being interviewed etc so we don't get am idea of the personality behind the image.

I've never read or heard an interview with say, Leonard Cohen but then i don't need to because his personality comes across in his songs. I could say the same thing about many other singer/songwriters so maybe the failure is in James Arthur's material? ( i don't know a note of it btw so not really commenting on the quality of it or lack thereof)

Mr"

I don't know any of James Arthur's. I heard a song he'd written on the show Your Song at the weekend, it was very good and I felt from the heart. My opinion of him comes from seeing him interviewed.

As with any celebrity our opinion of them is skewed by their media image so I'm aware that what I think of any of them is probably wrong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What are your thoughts on him?"

Have none

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod

over a year ago

East Sussex


"He made mistakes. He's been very open about mental health issues. He wrote a nice song and sang it for a girl who had been badly bullied,self harmed and attempted suicide.

Why can't I warm to him?

Charisma?

Possibly. Obviously I don't know him personally and my opinion on him is irrelevant

Same as me, I've got a neutral opinion but was just having a guess.

I think you're probably right. He seems very uncomfortable being interviewed etc so we don't get am idea of the personality behind the image.

Possibly a similar thing with Andy Murray?

Probably really nice, genuine lads that you would be proud to call Son and both successful in what they do."

Yep.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well he was the only one that actually wrote a song on our song

And I like him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To quote Scott Mills...WWhhooo??

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By *oney_Bee_xTV/TS
over a year ago

Teesside

I hate James Arthur songs with a passion.

Not my type of music at all. It’s too much of a sad looser depressing Whiney wingey genre for me.

I usually change the radio station as soon as I possibly can.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s obviously talented and successful. But I don’t like his music one bit.

He also cancelled LAST MINUTE at and event for Children’s Charity.... then he had the cheek to complain about not getting asked to headline for Glastonbury. Glastonbury obviously saw he was not dependable.......

Too wingey

Too whiney

Too sad

Too depressing

Too heart achey

Horrible

(That’s just my opinion..... which I am entitled to)

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By *cot611Man
over a year ago

carterton


"I hate James Arthur songs with a passion.

Not my type of music at all. It’s too much of a sad looser depressing Whiney wingey genre for me.

I usually change the radio station as soon as I possibly can.

He turned you down then???

Don’t get me wrong, he’s obviously talented and successful. But I don’t like his music one bit.

He also cancelled LAST MINUTE at and event for Children’s Charity.... then he had the cheek to complain about not getting asked to headline for Glastonbury. Glastonbury obviously saw he was not dependable.......

Too wingey

Too whiney

Too sad

Too depressing

Too heart achey

Horrible

(That’s just my opinion..... which I am entitled to)"

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