He's a money making machine, he has an amazing grasp of trends and he only puts out what he knows will work. Music in this day and age is awful, I actually admire his songwriting think he's got real talent but he's just working in an era where to be successful you have to write bland predictable shit. There is a really good musician in there.
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I'm sure he's a nice enough bloke but his music makes my ears bleed. It also doesn't help when a girl I work with plays that shite shape of you song nearly shift.
I agree.. Even if I think most of his stuff is really tacky you can hear that he really knows what he's doing..
I doubt it. It's more likely that his musical tastes and talents align with what is popular rather than a grasp or something as intricate/analytical as that.
I think he’s a pretty calculated guy, he knows what’ll be successful and goes with that.
I agree with you in one respect. He said when his album came out that ‘Shape of You’ was his song for Radio 1 and ‘Castle on the Hill’ his song for Radio 2. He knows how to maximise his appeal.
He’s a lighthearted uncomplicated person though, not really an artiste or cool kid. Pop is the natural arena for his character, although there are very few pop folk acts about like him so he deserves credit for success with an unusual approach.
Generally this type of music doesn't bother me as it's very easily dismissed and ignored. In Sheeran's case though it has become rather hard to escape the dreck he puts out. Rather sick of him at this point, despite having previously thought he was at least vaguely likeable and inoffensive.
Not s Sheeran fan, but touting for these kind of gigs is an absolute joke and it's about time someone took responsibility for at least trying to put a stop to it.
I know people at work who deliberately buy twice as many tickets as they need so they can sell the extras on for twice as much.
Kudos to the ginger one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44195496
I know people at work who deliberately buy twice as many tickets as they need so they can sell the extras on for twice as much.
Kudos to the ginger one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44195496
That's a good move.
Is he really that toxic that you need to clarify that before posting in here!
Well yeah. He's insufferable and even managed to ruin an episode of Game of Thrones.
I find him slightly less annoying than James Corden...but at the same time there's loads of artists who've had countless opportunities to take a stand like this, and basically just don't give enough of a feck about people getting ripped off going to THEIR gigs, to do so.
It makes his constant ability to irritate me slightly more forgivable.
Is he really that toxic that you need to clarify that before posting in here!
Not a Sheeran fan but I don't see any clarification from you. You're a Sheeran fan aren't you?
Not a fan, a sympathiser.
Sheeran looks like a disabled ginger shark
One of the greatest artists around today
I like the fact that in this day and age, it’s still possible to make it big in the music business as a solo artist without looking like a model.
I like the guy too. He writes some good songs.
God his fanbase is so irritating. "He is so adorable, perfect human being" when one person is passing out from an asthma attack.
It's also kind of remarkable that he's hit the top level of music success in 2018 playing pop folk on an acoustic guitar. Firmly against the trend.
This will not go down well with Penna & Oates
Are they an Hall & Oates tribute band?
I never had them down as the ticket touting type
It has always been possible though, off the top of my head, Adele, Meghan Trainor, Pharrell Williams, John Legend etc... Sia literally hides her face.
The physical appeal is only a prohibitive requirement in Asian music industry, especially the Japanese/Korean scene. I’ve never thought of the mainstream Billboard one when it come to this. More like you have to find a niche that resonate with a particular audience.
There was tons of tickets for Sunday at the Etihad when i checked Thursday and now i can't see any. Can someone else check twickets for my own sanity? Weird how they all disappeared.
Awful music.
He's a ginger. That's worse than being bald. I feel slightly sorry for him.
Dude with a face like that managing to become this famous deserves respect if you ask me. Having said that, I don't know any of his songs apart from the one about the hooker and the one about the Irish fiddle playing girl.
Hope he doesn't get locked up by the Russians............forever
He's inoffensive I guess . I don't mind his songs certainly don't hate them but I do find they are all very similar and slightly boring.
Shape of You is his biggest. Most streamed song on Spotify with 2.2bn listens. Can't say any of his new stuff that I've heard has really impressed me.
He's ok. Music is a bit samey but inoffensive and occasionally makes a good song. Far worse out there.
Ed Sheeran is to music what Mono-Sodium Glutamate is to food.
It's a feckin shite tune that.
I've always found him a bit meh. Has a few good tunes underneath all his popular stuff though.
I found the one... better than anyone I know....
Incredibly talented and his first few albums were great. Nowadays he just takes the safe route. Standard song with a catchy enough lick that it plays on radio, collect the big check , rinse and repeat
Totally. His experimental early albums were really pushing the boundaries of anti commercial art.
Eternally funny and true.
I went to his concert. Very entertaining experience and he knows how to play the crowd. However can't remember any of the songs he played except for Shape of You. Felt mostly similar.