Ed Sheeran Mania

Stonedpilot · 04-05-2018 01:00PM #1

So his Irish tour starts today in Cork and its in the news and something like 1 in 10 Irish people going to see him. To be there!.

My mind boogles. A bumfluff beard ginger busker type who incessantly dresses like a broke ass student with hair stylist approved "messy" hair and crooning out the cheesiest of cheese love songs (not a genuine heartfelt or mournful word in any tune) on a looped guitar track.

One trick pony. Lads been busking with this sthick since the early 2000's and often much better with more interesting songs. Anytime I hear his trite songs and whiny voice I have to change the radio station.

Anyway fair play to him milk it for all its worth Ed but he probably cant believe hes getting away with it.

To me hes as manufavctured as Milli Vanilli.
A teenage heart-throb type who will love you "forever and a day its all groovy baby sing with me darling type" all that bs and the businessmen behind it rake it in. Hand over fist.
Guy has been marketed as well as the McDonalds "Happy" meal.
Grown adults listen to his songs and swoon.
Even some men!?!?!.

Very very strange they cant see past his marketed gimmick and extra strengh cheese "love" songs.

pjohnson · 04-05-2018 01:03PM

Take it your upset youcouldn't get tickets :P

Stonedpilot · 04-05-2018 01:05PM

pjohnson wrote: »

Take it your upset youcouldn't get tickets :P

Been crying all day.

Dont get it all. You will see better on Grafton Street over the weekend!.

Salvation Tambourine · 04-05-2018 01:07PM

I'm not particularly a fan of his but I prefer the radio being full of a lad with a guitar over R'n'B or rap songs so I'm okay with it all.

Seems a sound lad, if that means I've been influenced by excellent marketing then fair enough, I don't care enough to challenge it.

Most pop love songs sound cheesy or corny I reckon.

diomed · 04-05-2018 01:10PM

I wouldn't know any of his songs.
He comes across as a nice guy and if he can make millions singing well done.

irishguitarlad · 04-05-2018 01:11PM

After hearing the Galway song and the Barcelona one, I wonder where he'll do next, damascus, baghdad?

mloc123 · 04-05-2018 01:13PM

His hair is hilarious. The modern day equivilant of a comb over... The messy brush forward fringe.

jimgoose · 04-05-2018 01:16PM

I've finally forgiven him for misappropriating and thoroughly bollixing up Steve Earle's "Galway Girl" title. Woman and I are going on Sunday, but will probably have a couple of jars in town first and skip some of the support-act crap, we're too old for too much standing. All hail the Ginger Freak-Boy. :cool:

irishguitarlad · 04-05-2018 01:23PM

jimgoose wrote: »

I've finally forgiven him for misappropriating and thoroughly bollixing up Steve Earle's "Galway Girl" title. Woman and I are going on Sunday, but will probably have a couple of jars in town first and skip some of the support-act crap, we're too old for too much standing. All hail the Ginger Freak-Boy. :cool:

The lyrics to that song really speak to me on so many levels.

Woke Hogan · 04-05-2018 01:24PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

So his Irish tour starts today in Cork and its in the news and something like 1 in 10 Irish people going to see him. To be there!.

My mind boogles. A bumfluff beard ginger busker type who incessantly dresses like a broke ass student with hair stylist approved "messy" hair and crooning out the cheesiest of cheese love songs (not a genuine heartfelt or mournful word in any tune) on a looped guitar track.

One trick pony. Lads been busking with this sthick since the early 2000's and often much better with more interesting songs. Anytime I hear his trite songs and whiny voice I have to change the radio station.

Anyway fair play to him milk it for all its worth Ed but he probably cant believe hes getting away with it.

To me hes as manufavctured as Milli Vanilli.
A teenage heart-throb type who will love you "forever and a day its all groovy baby sing with me darling type" all that bs and the businessmen behind it rake it in. Hand over fist.
Guy has been marketed as well as the McDonalds "Happy" meal.
Grown adults listen to his songs and swoon.
Even some men!?!?!.

Very very strange they cant see past his marketed gimmick and extra strengh cheese "love" songs.

Do you drive a taxi?

Hector Savage · 04-05-2018 01:25PM

1 in 10 Irish people will see him ???

So approx 400k people will see him in Ireland ???

break that down for us .. .

Stonedpilot · 04-05-2018 01:25PM

mloc123 wrote: »

His hair is hilarious. The modern day equivilant of a comb over... The messy brush forward fringe.

His hair is from his secret father Donald Trump. Ed Sheeran was born Edward Reginald Trump in 1970 which makes him 48 in a New York Hotel after his father Donald had an affair with a local Irish J1 student Mary Madden O Reilly when she was cleaning a hotel room 9 months previous.

He was adopted by the Sheeran family as his contsant off key warbling kept his father distracted from business deals. The Sheeran family gave Ed a guitar at 39 the rest is history.

Stonedpilot · 04-05-2018 01:27PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Do you drive a taxi?

Hahaha. Nice

Do you have Ed Sheeran posters on the bedroom wall?.

PTH2009 · 04-05-2018 01:28PM

The Rolling Stones coming here on the 17th May that's all that matters

Ironically Ed is playing Phoenix Park that same week. 16/18/19 May. Maybe he might pop in for a song with the stones or he prob be visiting family ?

Woke Hogan · 04-05-2018 01:28PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Hahaha. Nice

Do you have Ed Sheeran posters on the bedroom wall?.

No seriously, do you drive a taxi? Your original post reminds me of the rambling I had to listen to from a taxi driver last Saturday night.

jimgoose · 04-05-2018 01:29PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

The lyrics to that song really speak to me on so many levels.

Which - Steve Earle's one, or Sheeran's?

chopperbyrne · 04-05-2018 01:29PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

1 in 10 Irish people will see him ???

So approx 400k people will see him in Ireland ???

break that down for us .. .

Three sold out shows in Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Two sold out shows in Pearse Stadium.

Three sold out shows in the Phoenix Park.

Probably will be about 400k people in total at the shows.

Not all will be unique to each night obviously.

McMurphy · 04-05-2018 01:30PM

I don't like his music, and I don't see what the girls see in him either, in fact I'd almost go so far as to say he wouldn't even earn a second look of most of them if he wasn't famous, and worth a clean fortune.

However, in saying that any interview I've seen with him, he comes across as being a sound lad, who I reckon would be a great drinking partner some evening in a pub.

Definitely don't have any animosity to him, great work if you can get it.

Keep it up Ed, you're definitely doing something right sir.

irishguitarlad · 04-05-2018 01:30PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Which - Steve Earle's one, or Sheeran's?

Sheeran's one obviously, gawd loike.

Birneybau · 04-05-2018 01:31PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

The Rolling Stones coming here on the 17th May that's all that matters

Ironically Ed is playing Phoenix Park that same week. 16/18/19 May. Maybe he might pop in for a song with the stones or he prob be visiting family ?

Enjoy! I saw them in the Point about 15 years ago and even then they were over the hill.

jimgoose · 04-05-2018 01:32PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Sheeran's one obviously, gawd loike.

A twee little diddly ditty. Give me Earle any day.

Stonedpilot · 04-05-2018 01:34PM

jimgoose wrote: »

A twee little diddly ditty. Give me Earle any day.

Diddly eh di oh dee Ai
look fellas Im wearing an Irish jersey too!.

Diddly ai Galway Girl nah nah nah nah.

Hector Bellend · 04-05-2018 01:36PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

I don't like his music, and I don't see what the girls see in him either, in fact I'd almost go so far as to say he wouldn't even earn a second look of most of them if he wasn't famous, and worth a clean fortune.

However, in saying that any interview I've seen with him, he comes across as being a sound lad, who I reckon would be a great drinking partner some evening in a pub.

Definitely don't have any animosity to him, great work if you can get it.

Keep it up Ed, you're definitely doing something right sir.

Dude I hate to break it to you but this goes for everyone other rich bloke in the world.

Hector Bellend · 04-05-2018 01:37PM

Birneybau wrote: »

PTH2009 wrote: »

The Rolling Stones coming here on the 17th May that's all that matters

Ironically Ed is playing Phoenix Park that same week. 16/18/19 May. Maybe he might pop in for a song with the stones or he prob be visiting family ?

Enjoy! I saw them in the Point about 15 years ago and even then they were over the hill.

Theyre under the hill now

irishguitarlad · 04-05-2018 01:38PM

jimgoose wrote: »

A twee little diddly ditty. Give me Earle any day.

What are you talking about man. Earle's one doesn't have lyrics like this
"You know she beat me at darts and then she beat me at pool
And then she kissed me like there was nobody else in the room". That's Dylanesque right there, just give the man the nobel prize right now.

Woke Hogan · 04-05-2018 01:41PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

His hair is from his secret father Donald Trump. Ed Sheeran was born Edward Reginald Trump in 1970 which makes him 48 in a New York Hotel after his father Donald had an affair with a local Irish J1 student Mary Madden O Reilly when she was cleaning a hotel room 9 months previous.

He was adopted by the Sheeran family as his contsant off key warbling kept his father distracted from business deals. The Sheeran family gave Ed a guitar at 39 the rest is history.

Donald Trump. Ha ha ha. That's very good and very original.

04-05-2018 01:47PM

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Dude I hate to break it to you but this goes for everyone other rich bloke in the world.

reminds me of the time Peter Crouch was asked what he would be if he wasn't a professional footballer.

His response: "Probably a virgin"

jimgoose · 04-05-2018 01:48PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

What are you talking about man. Earle's one doesn't have lyrics like this
"You know she beat me at darts and then she beat me at pool
And then she kissed me like there was nobody else in the room". That's Dylanesque right there, just give the man the nobel prize right now.

I will concede that the Ginger One is quite the lyricist. Quite the lyricist indeed!

jimgoose · 04-05-2018 01:51PM

Tell you this much though, I think LITERALLY everyone in Cork is going to one of the shows. I've lost count of the number of conversations I've had like, "Yeah we're going to see Ed Sheeran on Sunday." "What?!? What are you going to see that little ginger fartbollix for??" "Well, he's a good singer, and I hear he puts on a decent show!" "Yeah, I'm going on Saturday..." :pac::pac::pac:

Dakota Dan · 04-05-2018 01:54PM

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Theyre under the hill now

No, they are descending down the other side and almost at the bottom.

TheRiverman · 04-05-2018 01:55PM

For those who might be confused Steve Earle's song is called "The Galway Girl" and is from his album Transcendental Blues released in 2000.Ed Sheeran's awful ditty is called "Galway Girl"and will probably drive the fans,(I am definitely not one) wild particularly in Pearse Stadium.
I know people who thought until I told them that The Galway Girl was written by Mundy.He might be from Offaly,but he is not that good.

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