Blur's Alex James: "Taylor Swift is bigger than The Beatles"
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Blur bassist Alex James has discussed the dominance of solo artists in the current musical climate, claiming that Taylor Swift is "bigger than The Beatles".
"A big one's still a big one in the world, like Taylor Swift is bigger than The Beatles, but it tends to be singers and backing musicians [who are big]," James told Digital Spy.
The Blur bandmates also revealed their admiration for Taylor Swift, with Coxon describing the singer as "a wholesome person with some classy opinions". Bassist Alex James continued: "She’s bigger than anyone ever and if you’ve got little girls you can’t resist The Swift. They’re great tunes, she’s smoking hot, what’s not to like?"
Asked whether he would be open to collaborating with Swift, Albarn answered positively but claimed "very few people I write for use my songs and it’s a bit of a mystery to me". The singer also reportedly laughed when imagining Taylor Swift covering Blur's 1995 UK Number One single 'Country House'.
