Anybody Else Getting Just A Wee Bit Bored Of Pop Tart Ed Sheeran?

[Marty McFly]

I had never heard him until I moved to his home city. It's hard to avoid hearing about him here.

He's even decided Toronto should be called "The Six." So that's what all the trendy hipsters call it now.

Thankfully there's a large contingent of people who want him to f**k off. Basically anyone over the age of 30.

Never understood 'The Six' thing.

 

[halbpro]

Might also explain why he's on every media outlet going....which is the OP's complaint.

It's a positive cycle. He was all over the place promoting the new release, which was very successful, which has driven the album to ludicrous highs, which gets him back on even more media, which makes the album even more successful etc...

 

[Badger]

Never understood 'The Six' thing.

I did ask someone about it. Apparently it's either to do with the area codes in Toronto, or the 6 original boroughs in the city. Either way, it's a bit crap.

 

[melias shoes]

OK, fair enough, he's paid his busking dues, and he's patently a nice humble bloke, albeit ginger, and now he's got a record to sell, but the publicity is RELENTLESS. This is a bloke who turns up at The Brits in a suit then gets change into jeans and tee-shirt to go onstage.

A bit like Ellie Goulding. Complete space cadet at The Brits a couple of years back. Now Pantene 'ambassador'.

Don't blame either of those kids, expertly steered by their business managers, for cashing in.

But it's all a bit horrible, no?

And... RELAX

I see you mentioned Ellie Goulding now I don't get her at all. Voice is just shit. IMHO.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Who ?

I have heard of him, but have never heard him. One of the advantages of never listening to radio 1 and never watching the sort of tellybox programmes the Ed probably appears on - I'm guessing now: Pebble Mill at One; Ant and Dec; The Des O'Connor show; Magpie; the Lottery programme?

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[darkwolf666]

He currently has 16 songs in the top 20 on the charts. This would indicate that a lot of people don't find him annoying.

I know times have changed and all, with downloads counting rather than physical plastic, but that is some sort of record to be celebrated - phenomenal...

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Cannot stand him.

And sick to death of hearing that he broke his effing leg when he was six. Why not now? He might not attempt to make any new music for a while.


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That's spooky. I broke my leg when I was six. I wonder if we are related.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

The Daily Mail like him because he is down to earth and goes out with an old school friend. ( I read this in the barbers and she looks very pretty)

 

[Wilko]

Not sure why people are so against him, even if you find some of his music bland or not to your taste, he does write it all, play it and sing it all himself. Would much rather listen to ES all day than a manufactured, autotuned Simon Cowell monstrosity.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Ipswich fan too, just another reason to HATE him

That's a reason to feel sorry for him, not hate him

 

[Bry Nylon]

He was okay in the Harry Potter films.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

I have heard of him, but have never heard him. One of the advantages of never listening to radio 1 and never watching the sort of tellybox programmes the Ed probably appears on - I'm guessing now: Pebble Mill at One; Ant and Dec; The Des O'Connor show; Magpie; the Lottery programme?

I

Pebble Mill at One would never lower themselves to Ed Sheeran, they are the home of the proper singer like Paul Shane.

https://youtu.be/ZJvGdOC6D1Y

 

[BeHereNow]

I agree with what you've said there.

I find his music mostly boring, but some of it is ok. Where he's gone wrong is adding a rap element to it, and just like any other big pop puppet these days, he collaborates with some rapper, both on stage, and on a single. It just the buissness trying to cash in on both markets, but it's quite sickening. Could you imagine proper artists/bands with self respect doing that?

Seeing him everywhere is beginning to grate. Eventually members of the public will actually believe that he's the dogs. I bet any major record company could do the same with someone similar and it would have the same effect, it just happens to be that he's the one who has been chosen, probably because he ticks a lot of boxes. It's all about victim hood these days, so the public lap up the idea that he was probably bullied at school for being ginger and being a beta.

Fair play to the bloke though, he's got what he wants, but he's probably to stupid to see what he's become.

 

[Driver8]

My wife and daughter insist on playing his shite in my wife's car (I'm allowed R5L in mine).

Middle of the road shite. This generation's Elton John.

 

[BeHereNow]

I have heard of him, but have never heard him. One of the advantages of never listening to radio 1 and never watching the sort of tellybox programmes the Ed probably appears on - I'm guessing now: Pebble Mill at One; Ant and Dec; The Des O'Connor show; Magpie; the Lottery programme?

I

Radio 1 is terrible these days, it's all geared towards a London audience.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Radio 1 is terrible these days, it's all geared towards a London audience.

Apart from the weekday ten to midnight slot in the 70s, and the later rearrangements (Peel show etc) it has always been a horrorfest of smashy and nicey, assorted other egotesticles, hairy corflakes, and the twisted brain-wrong of one-off man-mentals.

 

[bWize]

He currently has 16 songs in the top 20 on the charts. This would indicate that a lot of people don't find him annoying.

Being signed to Warner Brothers probably helps (Asylum Records)

WB know how to get their own way when it comes to money! They have clearly seen his Album as a cash cow and I very much doubt he would have 2 or 3 in the top 20 if it wasn't for them. 16 hits in the top 20 is just ridiculous... He's a decent enough singer, but not that good!

 

[OvingdeanSeagull]

I agree with what you've said there.

I find his music mostly boring, but some of it is ok. Where he's gone wrong is adding a rap element to it, and just like any other big pop puppet these days, he collaborates with some rapper, both on stage, and on a single. It just the buissness trying to cash in on both markets, but it's quite sickening. Could you imagine proper artists/bands with self respect doing that?

Seeing him everywhere is beginning to grate. Eventually members of the public will actually believe that he's the dogs. I bet any major record company could do the same with someone similar and it would have the same effect, it just happens to be that he's the one who has been chosen, probably because he ticks a lot of boxes. It's all about victim hood these days, so the public lap up the idea that he was probably bullied at school for being ginger and being a beta.

Fair play to the bloke though, he's got what he wants, but he's probably to stupid to see what he's become.

To be fair to him, it's not like he's just added rapping to his music. Loads of his older, much better music was a lot more rappy. He's actually very good at it. Exhibit A:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvzzTICvJs

I'm not a fan of a lot of his new, more commersialised stuff but but I can't understand the hate for him. He's a genuinely nice and immensely talented bloke.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

More so of Ellie Goulding. I just don't get her at all. At least Sheeran is talented.

 

[Insel affe]

Who ?