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Old 07-03-13 | 02:50 AM
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Ed Sheeran

Do you like him or hate him?

Flavor of the month and destined to join James Blunt and Daniel Powter and be quickly forgotten or is this the beginning of a productive career?

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Old 07-03-13 | 06:21 AM
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I cant really say as all I have heard is from the radio and youtube, but what I have heard I like.

This one is probably my favorite of his:

Old 07-03-13 | 11:30 AM
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I like The A Team, though the rest of + is hit and miss for me. It's kind of an eclectic album.

When Sheeran appeared with Elton on the Grammys, my friend's kid who's a Sheeran fan asked "Who's that old guy ruining Ed Sheeran's song?"
Old 07-03-13 | 09:04 PM
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How did Bilbo Baggins become a babe magnet?

Old 07-06-13 | 12:27 AM
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+ is ok, but mostly miss. He has a great career ahead of him as a songwriter though.
Old 07-06-13 | 07:25 AM
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I think Taylor recommend him to Selena Gomez as a boyfriend.
Old 07-08-13 | 08:05 PM
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+ is ok, but mostly miss. He has a great career ahead of him as a songwriter though.
'charisma' and 'skill as a songwriter' are not mutually exclusive.
Old 07-13-19 | 02:10 PM
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Ed Sheeran and his killer new Rock song

Someone posted this song on another board, and I clicked on it because of the question asked about it. (Which KISS song does this sound like?)

I didn't expect much because, well, it's Ed Sheeran. Pop guy.

And then the riff started and I was quite impressed. (It actually sounds like a riff I wrote around 1999, so it's a pretty standard issue, obvious riff that is elevated by a great performance and a fantastic groove here, as well as some good vocal melodies.)

I don't know what you think, but as a hard core Hard Rock fan (one who appreciates funk and a good groove in a Rock song) I really dig it.

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No one's going to call this a great song, lyrically, but so what? It's a great ROCK song with a killer groove and catchy vocal melodies.
Old 07-13-19 | 06:15 PM
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He is still around and probably stronger than ever

This song is pretty good

Old 07-13-19 | 08:04 PM
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I like about half of the songs on his new collaboration album that came out yesterday. The song with Eminem and 50 Cent and the one with HER are pretty good
Old 07-14-19 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Do you like him or hate him?

Flavor of the month and destined to join James Blunt and Daniel Powter and be quickly forgotten or is this the beginning of a productive career?
He’s just dreadful. And look at this old comment. It’s sad that guys like James Blunt were a flash in the pan while this awful guy endures. He made a music video where he skied and snuggled in winter sweaters with a chick and it wasn’t ironic! All his songs are whiny and he’s the proof that payola still exists.
Old 07-14-19 | 01:30 PM
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I don't like him but 40 year old housewives need something to listen to. You can only listen to so much Bon Jovi before you need a break.
Old 07-15-19 | 01:47 AM
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I like him but I'm a 41-year-old married woman
Old 07-18-19 | 05:24 PM
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Old 07-18-19 | 05:34 PM
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Be careful, people here have been banned for posting coffee-spilling gifs.
Old 07-18-19 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Decker
Be careful, people here have been banned for posting coffee-spilling gifs.
Do I even wanna ask? haha
Old 08-21-19 | 08:09 PM
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Maybe every song from his new album is going to be a hit



Old 08-21-19 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Maybe every song from his new album is going to be a hit
There's an s missing somewhere in there.
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He is back


Old 05-04-23 | 01:35 PM
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Ed Sheeran found Not Guilty of Copywrite infringement in composing "Thinking Out Loud". It always felt like a dubious claim. I can't really hear anything all that similar in "Let's Get It On".
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Old 05-04-23 | 01:55 PM
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Ed Sheeran found Not Guilty of Copywrite infringement in composing "Thinking Out Loud". It always felt like a dubious claim. I can't really hear anything all that similar in "Let's Get It On".
There are definite similarities. Whether they were enough to win a court case is another matter. Rick Beato gave a pretty good comparison of the 2 songs here ...

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Old 05-04-23 | 02:02 PM
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There are only so many chord progressions in the world. It will be interesting to see if lawsuits like this continue to increase as more and more musicians go back to the same well.
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Robert Johnson's heirs should sue every musician that has ever picked up a guitar.
Old 05-04-23 | 03:36 PM
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The one lawsuit I kept waiting for but never got filed with John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" which seems like a total rip-off of Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready" as it has the same melody, rhythm, and a very similar theme even (though with kind of the polar-opposite message).
Old 05-04-23 | 04:25 PM
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That's great news.

Now Robin Thicke should appeal.


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