Is Ed Sheeran our punishment for giving Bono stick?

PostWoke

No problems with the man himself, or even his music... the first handful of times.

Please make it stop. It makes me dread going out in public. I saw a florist the other day that literally had an 'Ed Sheeran Free Zone' sign in the window.

I'm sorry I called you a pretentious wanker Bono; well you are, but I would kill for some Discotheque right now. Or Beautiful Day. Or Sweetest Thing.

Ed Sheeran's cover of 'Galway Girl' is an abomination. Like Ronan Keating pissing all over 'Fairytale of New York'.

EmmetSpiceland

Can’t say I’ve noticed his “music” playing too often when I’m out and about. Solo male “acts” all seem to sound like James Arthur anyway.

Maybe I’m just getting too old.

Collie D

I’ll see your Ed Sheeran and raise you a George Ezra Shotgun.

Gregor Samsa

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ed Sheeran's cover of 'Galway Girl' is an abomination. Like Ronan Keating pissing all over 'Fairytale of New York'.

While they’re both odes to “comin’ over here, takin’our wimmin” with the same title, Ed’s Galway Girl is not in any way a cover of the other proper song.

And Ronan would refer to it as raining all over the song, so as not to offend anyone.

biko

Deleted User wrote: »

Ed Sheeran's cover of 'Galway Girl' is an abomination. Like Ronan Keating pissing all over 'Fairytale of New York'.

It's not a cover. He wrote a song about Grafton Street and called it Galway Girl.
What a dickhead Ed is.


Next he will write a song about drinking with his mates in London and call it "The Boys Of The Old Brigade"

suicide_circus

biko wrote: »

It's not a cover. He wrote a song about Grafton Street and called it Galway Girl.
What a dickhead Ed is.

my favourite part is the little rap he does

biko

He is very English - appropriating Irish culture and getting it all wrong.

pgj2015

hes such a mediocre singer.

Woke Hogan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ed Sheeran's cover of 'Galway Girl' is an abomination. Like Ronan Keating pissing all over 'Fairytale of New York'.

Yeah it’s not a cover. Can you not tell the difference between two different songs?

PostWoke

Collie D wrote: »

I’ll see your Ed Sheeran and raise you a George Ezra Shotgun.

I was almost five before the Berlin Wall was torn down, you're going to have to explain this to me.

biko wrote: »

He is very English - appropriating Irish culture and getting it all wrong.

What's the story with this because I was surprised to hear he lives in London. Pretending to be Oirish for the yanks?

The Tetrarch

pgj2015 wrote: »

hes such a mediocre singer.

I read that as ginger.

dan1895

Galway Girl, either version, is a f*cking horrendous song.

The Tetrarch

dan1895 wrote: »

Galway Girl, either version, is a f*cking horrendous song.

Ei, Ei, O.

pgj2015

The Tetrarch wrote: »

I read that as ginger.

same goes. "oh hes so good looking" no hes not your just saying that because hes famous. as someone said on here before, people who looked like him in school got bullied for looking like that.

EmmetSpiceland

PostWoke wrote: »

What's the story with this because I was surprised to hear he lives in London. Pretending to be Oirish for the yanks?

He’s got Irish family, grandparents or something. I don’t think he claims to be “Irish”.

Leg End Reject

I find everything about him dull and bland, I've no idea how he's so popular. He should be a cruise ship entertainer.

Woke Hogan

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Yeah it’s not a cover. Can you not tell the difference between two different songs?

I doubt if you can differentiate your arse from your elbow.

cnocbui

Op, get some in-ear earphones.

blinding

We deserve everything we get for inflicting Bono on the world . May God forgive us !

Woke Hogan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I doubt if you can differentiate your arse from your elbow.

You can tell because you don’t talk out of your elbow.

Woke Hogan

Woke Hogan wrote: »

You can tell because you don’t talk out of your elbow.

You don't talk out of your arse either. And politicians are scrupulously honest.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ed Sheeran's cover of 'Galway Girl' is an abomination. Like Ronan Keating pissing all over 'Fairytale of New York'.

Its not a cover.

From the few times I have heard him he seems like a decent songwriter.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Can’t say I’ve noticed his “music” playing too often when I’m out and about. Solo male “acts” all seem to sound like James Arthur anyway.

Maybe I’m just getting too old.

Same here. Although I think it's more a case of just being able to automatically tune it out the same way you tune out background noise.

bodice ripper

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Its not a cover.

From the few times I have heard him he seems like a decent songwriter.

He did a lovely job writing Let's Get It On a second time...

Woke Hogan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You don't talk out of your arse either. And politicians are scrupulously honest.

Go back to bed, pal. What a mess.

Woke Hogan

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Go back to bed, pal. What a mess.

Other posters had the maturity to civilly correct me, you opted for the gutter snipe. You're the architect of your own downfall.

Pintman Paddy Losty

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Other posters had the maturity to civilly correct me, you opted for the gutter snipe. You're the architect of your own downfall.

You on the beer horse? You're barely coherent. Banging on about politicians. Embarrassing stuff.

kneemos

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I doubt if you can differentiate your arse from your elbow.

Must cause difficulties in the mornings.

Pintman Paddy Losty

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

You on the beer horse? You're barely coherent. Banging on about politicians. Embarrassing stuff.

From a poster determined to absolve Maria Bailey at every opportunity & declare the story "long forgotten", take a long look in the mirror.

Pintman Paddy Losty

[Deleted User] wrote: »

From a poster determined to absolve Maria Bailey at every opportunity & declare the story "long forgotten", take a long look in the mirror.

Go back to bed and listen to a few cover songs you dullard.

Gregor Samsa

I can imagine Berties_Horse and Woke Hogan meeting some day. They both jump straight in to hurling bad insults at each other. Quickly running out of school-ground taunts, they and stop stare at each other. Suddenly, they embrace and kiss passionately, The assembled crowd erupts in rapturous cheers. The camera pans out revealing an aerial shot of Central Park and Manhattan island. Fade to black and credits roll to Ed Sheeran doing a cover of War’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I can imagine Berties_Horse and Woke Hogan meeting some day. They both jump straight in to hurling bad insults at each other. Quickly running out of school-ground taunts, they and stop stare at each other. Suddenly, they embrace and kiss passionately, The assembled crowd erupts in rapturous cheers. The camera pans out revealing an aerial shot of Central Park and Manhattan island. Fade to black and credits roll to Ed Sheeran doing a cover of War’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”

It'd be like Boris Johnson meeting The Rock.

Gregor Samsa

Alternatively, Berties_Horse is a decorated veteran detective on his last day on the job before retirement. He’s been tracking down serial killer Woke Hogan for 25 years, but has never managed to catch him. A trail of clues left by Woke to taunt Detective Horse leads him to a public toilet in a park. On the mirror in blood is written “know thyself”. Horse looks into the mirror, only to see Woke’s reflection staring back at him. In panic, he raises his gun to it while the reflection does the same.

In a flashback sequence, we see previous scenes, but with Woke as the detective and Horse as the serial killer. They’re the same person! He’s been both chasing himself, and running away from himself all this time!

The camera pans out revealing an aerial shot of Central Park and Manhattan island. A gunshot is heard. Fade to black and credits roll to Ed Sheeran doing a cover of War’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”

Woke Hogan

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

You on the beer horse? You're barely coherent. Banging on about politicians. Embarrassing stuff.

Crying about maturity after calling a song an abomination. What a disaster.

JohnnyFlash

He always appears to rile up the beard stroking classic rock bores, so he’s worth having around for that alone.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

bodice ripper wrote: »

He did a lovely job writing Let's Get It On a second time...

No idea.

The groupthink that dislikes Sheeran is hard to understand but each to their own.

kneemos

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

No idea.

The groupthink that dislikes Sheeran is hard to understand but each to their own.

Don't think it's groupthink.

Woke Hogan

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

He always appears to rile up the beard stroking classic rock bores, so he’s worth having around for that alone.

Impotent Hot Press readers.

Tony EH

PostWoke wrote: »

No problems with the man himself, or even his music... the first handful of times.

Please make it stop. It makes me dread going out in public. I saw a florist the other day that literally had an 'Ed Sheeran Free Zone' sign in the window.

I'm sorry I called you a pretentious wanker Bono; well you are, but I would kill for some Discotheque right now. Or Beautiful Day. Or Sweetest Thing.

I can genuinely say that I don't come into contact with him much. I wouldn't have a clue what he does.

Can't say I hear much from Bono either come to think of it.

Maybe just switch off when they come on?

bodice ripper

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

No idea.

The groupthink that dislikes Sheeran is hard to understand but each to their own.

I'd imagine it's possible that I don't care for Ed Sheeran on his own merits, rather than because someone told me to.

The One Doctor

PostWoke wrote: »

No problems with the man himself, or even his music... the first handful of times.

Please make it stop. It makes me dread going out in public. I saw a florist the other day that literally had an 'Ed Sheeran Free Zone' sign in the window.

I'm sorry I called you a pretentious wanker Bono; well you are, but I would kill for some Discotheque right now. Or Beautiful Day. Or Sweetest Thing.

Edward Sheeran is Ireland/UKs answer to Eminem.

Without the talent, obviously.

EmmetSpiceland

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ed Sheeran's cover of 'Galway Girl' is an abomination.

Jesus, B, you shouldn’t be making a claim like that about a song you haven’t “heard”.

Very poor form. Have you listened to it since?

dd973

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

He’s got Irish family, grandparents or something.

Has he? I wouldn't have thought so from the look of him..

blinding

Is he not an Irish Leprechaun brought up in Britain ?

EmmetSpiceland

dd973 wrote: »

Has he? I wouldn't have thought so from the look of him..

Wexford, I think.

Pretty sure I saw him with a Wexford jersey and his grandmother was mentioned.

I’m open to correction on that.

PostWoke

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

No idea.

The groupthink that dislikes Sheeran is hard to understand but each to their own.

'groupthink', yeah that's it, not the crazy frequency we have to listen to him for.

Read the op please.

dd973

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Wexford, I think.

Pretty sure I saw him with a Wexford jersey and his grandmother was mentioned.

I’m open to correction on that.

Irony fail!

weldoninhio

Sheeran is dire!! Hozier and Hansard are both as bad too.

mrcheez

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Solo male “acts” all seem to sound like James Arthur anyway.

who?

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Maybe I’m just getting too old.

Clearly I'm already there

gerrybbadd

mrcheez wrote: »

who?

James Arthur. Its right there in the post