Why is this Ed Sheeran chap popular?

[Pat Vegas]

he seems rather bland and sappy.

and quite calculated he has all the markets wrapped up, songs for weddings, funerals, Irish Market.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

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.

[Pat Vegas]

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.

he's talented with the looper pedal he uses.

why does he put an X on his guitar?

[Burney]

he seems rather bland and sappy.

and quite calculated he has all the markets wrapped up, songs for weddings, funerals, Irish Market.

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.

Mind you, the yoot are pretty bland and dull themselves, so maybe they’ve got the music they deserve. :shrug:

[Peter]

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.

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.

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.

[redgunamo]

THey do indeed deserve it. They also deserve these horrific music festivals that are now glorified corporate marketing events.

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.

[Burney]

Bit harsh, P. Rock was always a glorified corporate marketing event, from Elvis to Eminem to this Ed Sheeran fellow of yours.

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.

[Peter]

Bit harsh, P. Rock was always a glorified corporate marketing event, from Elvis to Eminem to this Ed Sheeran fellow of yours.

Rock was. Festivals were supposed to be the escape from that.

[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.

Right on. Smash the system etc.....

[redgunamo]

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.

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.

[redgunamo]

Rock was. Festivals were supposed to be the escape from that.

That's just what they told you, I think.

[SWv2]

he's talented with the looper pedal he uses.

why does he put an X on his guitar?

It is the name of his latest album I believe.

Remarkably popular in Ireland. Can't really fathom it myself but each to their own and all that.

[Pokster]

It is the name of his latest album I believe.

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 band

[redgunamo]

Right on. Smash the system etc.....

Time to just accept it; you sold out and you hate yourself for it.

Quite right too. Shameful behaviour :-)

[Pat Vegas]

Because he met a singer in an Irish band

Was it Bono?

[Pokster]

Was it Bono?

If it was he should have punched the coont

[SWv2]

If it was he should have punched the coont

I see your BBC handed over an hour of their peak time programming schedule last night to fawn over U2.

Not even RTE has done that, probably couldn't afford it.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

It is the name of his latest album I believe.

Remarkably popular in Ireland. Can't really fathom it myself but each to their own and all that.

It 'cos he's fat and ginger and Ireland's full of 'em. Makes all those fat ginger paddies feel good about themselves.