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Ed Sheeran, am i missing something?

ronnie085

Average singer, average songwriter, go as far as saying he'd struggle to fill the local based on talent (in my opinion) yet he is one of the biggest deals at the moment. Victory for the PR hype machine? He's kinda Irish you know

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me_irl

Once there's going to be mass produced / think-thank generated pop masquerading as "one man/woman and his guitar/voice" shtick, then no.

This sh*t will be around forever unfortunately.

NIMAN

Wouldn't really be a fan of him, but my real bugbear is how the Irish media have basically adopted him as Irish.

He's not.

razorblunt

gramar wrote: »

Wtf is grime?
While I mightn't understand a lot of music types that I'm not into at least I've heard if them. Never heard of grime though! I shall google.

It's basically rapping in a London accent from what I can tell. He's the new Dizzie "fix up look shaaaaerrrrrrrp" Rascal.

My summary, is presumably, very, very incorrect.

gramar

NIMAN wrote: »

Wouldn't really be a fan of him, but my real bugbear is how the Irish media have basically adopted him as Irish.

He's not.

His granny is from Wexford. He can play for Ireland.

demanufactured

I'm more of an Ozzy Osborne fan....so yes.

buck65

Glastonbury is ****ed if Ed gets the nod.

Jack the Stripper

He badly needs a hair cut.

fizzypish

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

He badly needs a hair cut.

You could say ed needs a sheeran...

gramar

fizzypish wrote: »

You could say ed needs a shear'n.....

Or you could leave it unsaid.....

fizzypish

gramar wrote: »

Or you could leave it unsaid.....

My coats already on.....

learn_more

His eyes creep me out. He reminds me of Damian from The Omen.

mfceiling

The guardian gave his new album 2 out of 5.

He was interviewed recently and admitted that his songs are written for mass appeal and for exposure on different radio stations.

In other words bland shìte.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

His music isn't my cup of tea but it's not as bad as a lot of other stuff.

I feel like the last week or so I know loads of stuff about him that I have no interest in though. Seems to be trying to flog his album by telling totally cool stories about the time he was like, drinking, with like, some other celebrity, and something happened and it was just like a totally wild night, ooooooooooh my god.

I guess it's just drinking stories aimed firmly at his fan base, who are just about at the point where a story about how Marina threw a handful of skittles at Arthur after her third Smirnoff Ice is the most interesting thing in the world. It's definitely getting to where I'm aware that he exists to the point that it's mildly irritating.

byte

buck65 wrote: »

Glastonbury is ****ed if Ed gets the nod.

I think that ship already sailed

Riddle101

I'll admit that Ed does kind've annoy me at times, but not as much as some of the other so called artists in the music business today. Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Azealia Banks, Justin Beiber, and Nicki Minaj can all jump in a lake for all I care. Can also add Katy Perry to that list too.

NIMAN

gramar wrote: »

His granny is from Wexford. He can play for Ireland.

Good for his granny, but he's 75% not Irish.
More not Irish than Irish.

red ears

mfceiling wrote: »

The guardian.

We need to get over this idea that journalists matter.

Irish Guitarist

He appeared on The Bastard Executioner as the unlikeliest looking executioner I've ever seen. The theme song by him wasn't bad though.

I'm not a fan of his but I don't see anything wrong with his music either. He's talented in that he's a reasonably decent guitarist, has a decent voice and writes his own music. Anything that tells record companies that 'singers' don't have to have a Jedward style lobotomy to appeal to teenagers can only be a good thing.

diomed

I believe he is a nice person. Is that the guy?

[Deleted User]

I only know 2 of his songs, one I have forgotten already but it was around in 2015 (?) and, the other is I'm In Love With the Coco and no matter how bland the rest of his music is he'll always have my respect for that

saintsaltynuts

Best of a very bad bunch. ie, not a fan.

Muir

NIMAN wrote: »

Good for his granny, but he's 75% not Irish.
More not Irish than Irish.

Both his paternal grandparents are Irish, so I'd guess his dad was born here making him 50% Irish. He's proud of his Irish heritage, what's the problem with that? There are millions around the world who are proud of their Irish heritage, no matter how far back in the family tree it is. Plus, we have a world famous artist writing songs about us, might even encourage tourism.

PARlance

Was driving down the main street of a County town one night last month. There were about 50 young wans who had set up camp for the night. Music blaring, edgy looking haircuts, the lads posturing and fluffing their feathers... a real sense of youthful energy. Normally, the grumpy old man in my mid-30's body(not to be taken literally), would let out a sigh of disapproval but something changed...

I thought, good for them, they're probably queuing up for some festival or rave somewhere, I felt a sense of excitement for them...

Turns out that it was Ed Sheeran tickets that were going on sale.

Mr. Incognito

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I saw this on Twitter:

That's fake

Muir

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

That's fake

Not sure about the UK, but he is the top 17 on Spotify in Ireland.

Edit: Looks to be the top 16 in the UK too.

ToddyDoody

Not nearly. We've only had the albums divide and multiply. We still have addition, substration and some other bits of the foundation maths syllabus.

222233

Spotify is really bugging me this past week now that at least 9 of the top 50 are Ed Sheeran songs and I only like 1, back to iTunes with me for the coming weeks. I like Ed Sheeran and all but, just no.

Auldloon

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

That's fake

I thought it must be but just had a look and the uk top 16 are all yer man. Can't see the appeal myself.

The Specialist

He really is every "guy who wont stop playing the ****ing guitar at a 4am house party" rolled in to one man and given radio play.

[Deleted User]

Finally today I dipped the toe in. One of my biggest let downs.

Somehow I managed to go a _long_ time without ever hearing about him. And then I got to 2017 without ever hearing his music at all.

But I read about him and he sounded _exactly_ my kind of guy and music. I read a recent article about how he was waiting and waiting for Damien Rice to contact him - as all his other musical heros had.

His busker back ground appealed to me - his music tastes and influences - just about everything I was hearing said "I am going to love this guy". I then saw on youtube the interview about lego he did on Graham Norton and the one where the radio station bought him Jon Snows sword from Game of Thrones and I thought "This guy is simply lovely - I love him already".

How I _usually_ get into music is by hearing them cover songs I love. Glen Hansard I first got into covering Bob Dylan. Damien Rice I first got into covering Prince and Portishead. David Gray I fell instantly for when he covered a whole Van Morrison medley in his live show.

So today when I read that Sheeran had done David gray's "This Years Love" I was almost drooling with excitement. I looked it up on you tube - put on my best head phones and - nothing. Absolutely nothing. His voice - his presence - his guitar style. Nothing. I felt nothing for it. Completely unmoved and unimpressed.