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James Morrison returns with his third solo album...and people are listening!
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ver the last few years, shooting your mouth off about The X Factor was usually reserved for the embittered indie star, incensed by the ‘talent’ shows dominance of the pop culture climate while their latest effort barely cracked the top 20. A shrewd James Morrison however, seemed to pick the right time to take a pop at Simon
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Cowell’s creation, recently branding its hopefuls “idiots who can’t sing!” and by-product JLS, “completely talentless”. And with the nation switching off from the ITV reality series in their droves, it appears the ‘You Give Me Something’ singer is right on the money. That said the 27-year-old is still keen to do a little damage control. “I think JLS would like
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to hit me very hard for what I said” he laughs. “At the end of the day, I’m not a negative person. I don’t usually like talking about people negatively, even if I don’t like them.
It’s more gratifying to write real songs in life instead of...[breaks into JLS’s ‘She Makes Me Wanna’]...I mean c’mon, what the hell is that supposed to be?” With the BBC’s purchase There’s a lot of music of US smash hit ‘The Voice’ out there I don’t like, soon to hit our screens, it seems Morrison is a fan but it works and it sells for them. What of the ‘blind’ talent series alternative. “It’s definitely I try to do is write a better idea. I think it’s real songs, real stuff, which I think is the best type of talent show that’s ever been thought up. more validating.