Ed Sheeran
#1
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
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?
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NEqY0eY1_vQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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?
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NEqY0eY1_vQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
#3
DVD Talk Godfather
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 57,765
Received 1,726 Likes
on
1,388 Posts
From: Home of 2013 NFL champion Seahawks
Re: Ed Sheeran
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?"
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?"
#6
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Ed Sheeran
I think Taylor recommend him to Selena Gomez as a boyfriend.
#7
Moderator
#8
DVD Talk Legend
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.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s93NCuXt7x4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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.
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.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s93NCuXt7x4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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.
#9
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Ed Sheeran
He is still around and probably stronger than ever
This song is pretty good
This song is pretty good
#10
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Ed Sheeran
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
#11
Banned
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 20,052
Received 169 Likes
on
127 Posts
From: Conducting miss-aisle drills and listening to their rock n roll
Re: Ed Sheeran
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.
#12
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Ed Sheeran
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.
#15
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Ed Sheeran
Be careful, people here have been banned for posting coffee-spilling gifs.
#17
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Ed Sheeran
Maybe every song from his new album is going to be a hit
#19
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Ed Sheeran
He is back
#20
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Ed Sheeran
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".
The following users liked this post:
andicus (05-04-23)
#21
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: Ed Sheeran
The following users liked this post:
andicus (05-04-23)
#22
DVD Talk Reviewer/Moderator
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 17,245
Received 2,713 Likes
on
1,747 Posts
From: Formerly known as L. Ron zyzzle - On a cloud of Judgement
Re: Ed Sheeran
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.
#23
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Ed Sheeran
Robert Johnson's heirs should sue every musician that has ever picked up a guitar.
#24
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Ed Sheeran
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).
#25
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Ed Sheeran
That's great news.
Now Robin Thicke should appeal.
Now Robin Thicke should appeal.




