James Blunt on Army Life and Living Large: Exclusive Audio

Austin Scaggs' interview with James Blunt for the current issue of Rolling Stone took the pair from Ibiza to New York, and the conversation was just as eclectic. Listen in to a few choice bits of their chat right here:

Blunt opens up about his time in the British military, where he saw action in Kosovo:

Blunt talks about his childhood and the difficulties of moving around often:

Blunt got his pilots' license at age sixteen — here he chats about his aerospace studies in college and how he spent most of his time napping in class:

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Song Stories

“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

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