Uh oh. Another episode of “Retirees React”. This week, Retirees react to . . . Ed Sheeran! [cue applause track] Next week, we’ll play Beat Sabre!
I love his early work like "X" but after it's a little iffy for me. I hope this thread doesn't Spiral down to disaster lol.
He and Adele fill a musical niche. Heartfelt songs which are pleasant but have no bite, no cutting edge. Not really bland but smooth. Not that that is bad, there has always been a market for that kind of music. I don't own any albums by either but I don't dislike them either and when I hear their music played I find it "pleasant".
I would have never predicted that Ed Sheeran would open for The Rolling Stones. That is so weird. Surely, with sales alone, it should have been the other way around? Or maybe Ed has not cracked Kansas yet?
Ah now I feel bad, I went too far, I was only taking the piss,…..”Galway Girl” is the worst song I’ve heard in 20 years…..I can’t believe I made someone listen to that drivel, I hope you can forgive me
I don't own any of his albums, and his recent stuff grates on me. That said, he's an honest to God songwriter, and along with Taylor Swift and a few others, that makes him stand out on the Top 40. My vote was "good."
I’ve never been much of a fan, but his new = (Equals) album is pretty good! Got to give him credit for lasting so well. He’s hardly a flash in the pan.
It was a really brazen move to name his albums after buttons on a calculator. Which button will he pick next? And if he has done +, ×, ÷, =, what was wrong with - or was that too negative a title? It does show he has more creativity than Led Zeppelin or Scott Walker, though? Or Chicago.....shudder!
Lives not a million miles away from where I am, local boy made good, well very good actually...does lots locally for charities etc even pops into the local supermarket and his local pub...musically you can't deny he appeals to the younger generation and sold shed loads of albums, I don't own any but have listened to some tracks, i wouldn't buy any albums and he's not my sort of act but give him credit he's worked hard from playing on the local street corners to where he is now..
I'm not sure that I could identify Ed Sherran by sight sound or casual reference. Since he's big in the U.K. I guess I'll crank up You Tube and solve this mystery.
Can't say anything about him because I honestly haven't heard any of his songs. My daughter thinks he's fine but she's not a fan. I might give him a chance at some point just to see (hear) what it is all about. His success makes me think this thread will become a home for grumpy grampas.
I really liked it. The premise is fabulous. Sheeran was quite good in it, actually; I enjoyed his part in it. Like most here agree, he seems like a nice, affable guy. I think he's a decent songwriter, although not really my cup of tea. But even though I don't really care for his music that much, it isn't hard to ascertain that he is an effective songwriter that is above average in comparison to most of his generation. Still doesn't hold a candle to the greats, but that doesn't mean he's terrible.
i dont really care for the singer songwriter genre in general. when its just one person with a piano or guitar... i like it when there is a whole band. although i do own a few records i admit.
Me neither, like John Mayer or John Legend. But I have to specify I haven't actively listened to any of this. I gotta try some Ed Sheeran, only heard like some stuff on the radio. His one-man-band tour would have hit a BILLION dollars if COVID had not intervened, that is just wild.
Wait are we talking about Dave Matthews Band?!? (actually I can kind of picture what people like about DMB and I don't detest them, it just doesn't move me too much. But a lot of those fans probably would not like my heavy metal selections, though who knows I might get surprised).
I don’t know. I don’t outstay his welcome. All I know is when it’s on it drives me bonkers and bad thoughts run through my head like ‘how can anyone stick this’? I keep schtum, mind.
Do you know how Wienerschnitzel bills itself as the worlds biggest hot dog chain… But not the best? This is how I think of Ed Sheeran.
There's a scene in it where Ed challenges the 'Yesterday' guy to a songwriting duel. Whoever can write the best song in thirty minutes wins. Ed writes something or other and the other guy 'writes' The Long and Winding Road.
Once I was down in Chinatown I was eating some Lin’s Chow Fun I happened to turn around And when I looked I see My Chow Fun’s gone Paul Simon Track 10 - Paranoia Blues i don't really know his work but i'd think he's in the conversation