Having had about a week now to (continuously) play the new James Blunt CD – I have reached a verdict.

Terrific!! Fantastico! Wunderbar!!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls – have no fear. Mr. Blunt has created yet another monster batch of future hits. Maybe not another “You’re Beautiful”, but there’s some terrific, terrific songs on this disc…

As a matter of fact, it almost has the feel of a Beatles album – one of the poppy ones of course.

Hey, wouldn’t it be fun to imagine (no pun intended) a NEW Beatles?

Paul McCartney is still around, so he could keep his original role.

Ringo. What’s he doing these days? Working at a Kinko’s somewhere? Let him back behind the drum kit, and you’ve got 50 percent of the band back together again. More than enough to keep hard-line sticklers happy.

Then, instead of something tacky and predictable like Julian or Sean Lennon, why not James Blunt?? Come on, he’s British, he’s tall and thin, and he has that high voice. It’s almost spooky I tell you. I’m getting poultry bumps just thinking about it!!!

To round out the new Fab Four, you could really shake things up, and maybe have Norah Jones as the serious one. That works on a number of levels.

“And now Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a really big shew…Paul, James, Norah and Ringo – The Beatles!!!””

Crowd goes wild…

Man, I gotta get this idea into the hands of somebody that can do something with it…

Chow for now!!