James Blunt Interviews -- He tells AOL Music about conquering the States, his video concepts and more.
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James Blunt Interview Part 1
JamesBluntisHigh: Hi Scott
AOLMusicScottB: hey hey
AOLMusicScottB: Where are you?
JamesBluntisHigh: NYC - the record label's artist lounge - code word for torture chamber
AOLMusicScottB: ha, don't sign anything without your lawyer looking at it first
AOLMusicScottB: even a receipt for lunch
JamesBluntisHigh: no - I'll sign anything nowadays
AOLMusicScottB: how long have you been in the states this time?
JamesBluntisHigh: I just finished a ten date tour. This was our second US Tour this year and we've got a third in the fall.
AOLMusicScottB: so are you claiming east coast or west coast?
JamesBluntisHigh: I enjoy both. I recorded Back to Bedlam in Los Angeles and had a great time there. I've also got friends in New York, so I enjoy it here too - and the bars stay open late!
AOLMusicScottB: that is true.
AOLMusicScottB: how big of a deal was it for you to break in the US?
JamesBluntisHigh: It's great to have the opportunity to visit new places, and I was hopeful that a few people in the US would like it, but musical success is not about number of units sold, it's about musical connection, and so I was just happy that a few people were in to my stuff.
AOLMusicScottB: even so, it's got to be pretty amazing to see your album in the Top 10 in the US
JamesBluntisHigh: Sure, you're right. There was a time when it was sitting at Number 2, and it was mind-blowing. I'm very glad the people here have given me the time of day.
AOLMusicScottB: ok, a few questions about your videos
JamesBluntisHigh: shoot
AOLMusicScottB: so in the video for Beautiful...where did you jump to?
JamesBluntisHigh: I jumped off a cliff in Majorca in the Mediterranean (sp?). The director said I was an inch too far to the left on take-off the first time, so he made me jump again. It was well over 50 feet, and that's why my voice is so high now...
AOLMusicScottB: hahahah, you're a brave man
JamesBluntisHigh: or just a fool
AOLMusicScottB: compelling footage though for sure
JamesBluntisHigh: it was a great simple idea by Sam Brown, the director
AOLMusicScottB: ok, the video for High
AOLMusicScottB: did you get a discount on the room that you filmed the video in cause the lights kept flickering on and off?
JamesBluntisHigh: i hope so, because it didn't look as though anyone else would use that room either
JamesBluntisHigh: maybe we didnt pay at all, and that's why I had to run away?
AOLMusicScottB: tape and dash?
JamesBluntisHigh: then again, maybe I was the last Ewok
JamesBluntisHigh: in a new sci-fi movie
AOLMusicScottB: you did kind of look like an ewok
AOLMusicScottB: but bigger
AOLMusicScottB: seriously, you should write a screen play
JamesBluntisHigh: I'll think about it...
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