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誰能用簡單的四和絃做出許多另大家都能朗朗上口的經典名曲呢？

Yes！James！

成團將進20年，在1986年發行第一張專輯「stutter」，直到2001的「Pleased to meet you」後James宣告解散。
我強忍著淚水看完Getting away whit it…live DVD，難過的不願意相信我以後再也沒有機會聽到James的消息了！聽完了11張專輯後被強迫畫上休止符。James，難道你們不知道你們在我的音樂生命中佔了很重要的一部分嗎？之前為了要表達我的愛慕之意，我到英國堅持要在曼徹斯特機場降落，我要把你們與英國的第一印象結合在一起。走在曼城的路上，cd裡放的就是B-sides Ultra專輯，我自己孤軍奮鬥，找到了Oldham street上的James pavement，就只憑著一張照片…

曾經有人告訴我James是最被台灣人忽略的英國團，我不否認，不過我更堅定我的立場，要永遠的支持下去！用你們留下的歷史，去開拓未來的世界。


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以下是主唱Tim Both寫給歌迷的一封聲明書：
Statement from Tim Booth:
Dear Friends, enemies and anyone else who is listening. After 11 albums it's time for me to leave James. The timing feels right - 20 years and still peaking. I am deeply proud of just about everything we've done. The gigs at Christmas will (I believe) be my last with James and will enable us to have a massive farewell celebration. I'd like to thank my co-conspirators in James for the great adventure. I am looking to act, teach trance dance, write and make some music next year.
Thank you. Thank you for seeing us. For seeing through us to our essence. I hope the feeling was mutual. "I know what I'm here for hanging on through late December". So now you get the lyric. If I had left when I wrote it, it would have been a suicide note. The band imploding in traditional rock'n'roll antagonism. This way - leaving after a great album and a packed tour, when we are as united as we have ever been - couldn't be sweeter. I'm proud of nearly everything we have done as James and believe the mothership to be in safe hands as I step out… into… space.
2003-08-16 08:48:50