he seems rather bland and sappy.
and quite calculated he has all the markets wrapped up, songs for weddings, funerals, Irish Market.
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he seems rather bland and sappy.
and quite calculated he has all the markets wrapped up, songs for weddings, funerals, Irish Market.
He’s credited with being a good songwriter but some Of the lyrics in his songs are pure ****e. It’s like he’s singing a diary entry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
he's talented with the looper pedal he uses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
why does he put an X on his guitar?
He’s a Corbyn-loving cùnt and no mistake. Mind you, popular music does finally seem to have run out of new ideas, so perhaps we ought not to be surprised by the sheer blandness of what the yoot have to suffer these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Mind you, the yoot are pretty bland and dull themselves, so maybe they’ve got the music they deserve. :shrug:
THey do indeed deserve it. They also deserve these horrific music festivals that are now glorified corporate marketing events.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Sheehan is a bucket of ****. The vague nods to Van Morrison are embarrassing. I managed twenty minutes of his Glastonbury show before deciding I wasnt going to waste any more time watching an ugly busker.
Bit harsh, P. Rock was always a glorified corporate marketing event, from Elvis to Eminem to this Ed Sheeran fellow of yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Yes, but the problem is that they got too good at commoditising it. The bits that got through because the corporate marketeers weren’t actually very good at their jobs were often, it turns out, the best bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Rock was. Festivals were supposed to be the escape from that.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Right on. Smash the system etc.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
It's all the same, ain't it. Unpopular stuff that everyone likes but no-one buys, is paid for by popular stuff that nobody likes but everyone buys. The former cannot even really exist without the latter, not least because even "cool" artists want to get paid too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
That's just what they told you, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It is the name of his latest album I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Remarkably popular in Ireland. Can't really fathom it myself but each to their own and all that.
Because he met a singer in an Irish bandQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Time to just accept it; you sold out and you hate yourself for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Quite right too. Shameful behaviour :-)
Was it Bono?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
If it was he should have punched the coontQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I see your BBC handed over an hour of their peak time programming schedule last night to fawn over U2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Not even RTE has done that, probably couldn't afford it.
It 'cos he's fat and ginger and Ireland's full of 'em. Makes all those fat ginger paddies feel good about themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2