Introducing Simon Collects Blunt

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A podcast about collecting James Blunt — hosted by the least likely person you’d expect.Episode 1 — Introduction to Simon Collects BluntPeople assume a hardcore James Blunt fan looks a certain way.They are… wrong.In this opening episode, Simon introduces Simon Collects Blunt — a new podcast about collecting every single, album, pressing, promo, and emotional ambush ever released by James Blunt.Simon is fifty, bald, heavily tattooed, sporting a long grey beard, and currently recovering from a serious motorcycle accident that ended a 34-year life on two wheels. While learning exciting new things about pain, suffering, and the NHS, he decided it was finally time to turn a 20-plus-year obsession into a podcast.This is a fortnightly show (unless hospital appointments intervene) where Simon irresponsibly analyses:every James Blunt single and albumpressings and releases from around the worldartwork, lyrics, heartbreak, and feelingsand why owning hundreds of versions of the same songs somehow makes senseAll delivered by a man who looks like he should be reviewing death metal — not standing in the front rows of a James Blunt concert.Simon has been a fan since seeing James Blunt live in 2004, before Back to Bedlam was even released, and has spent years collecting releases, memorabilia, and some genuinely questionable amounts of plastic and cardboard. He’s even been called a “sucker” by James Blunt himself on Twitter — a career highlight.This podcast isn’t ironic.It’s sincere.Which makes it worse.If you love James Blunt — welcome.If you don’t — give it time.We’ll take it slowly.Next episode: an unashamedly detailed deep dive into High — the single that started everything.

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