The worst artist right now. Cant' stand his brand of ear cancer. Put that guitar down fucker and work at Starbucks you goofy bitch.

I got mussed hair, I'm coooool. ish.

Give him and the Weeknd haircuts. Ann Coulter with big rusty shears.

I don't have his album, but damn, at least he writes with guitar. (I prefer Miguel's guitar sound).

I can't stand Sheeran's voice. Bleh. And his lyrics are childish cliches.

Lovely Emma.

Cutesy and music doth not mix.

The man writes trite, twee, puppy cute songs, that are complete garbage. Even aesthetically he is no pop star. Just an ordinary looking, talking, singing, guitar playing. I hate the everyman just like you pop star. Unfortunately a lot of people eat up his weak sauce trash. His elevation is a condemnation on modern music. He should be the sixth or seventh member of a boy band who nobody likes but tolerates because he is part of the group.

I agree. I don't see what the big deal is about him. He promotes fake authencity that is masked with industry agendas. I notice after that Stevie Wonder tribute last year the industry has been promoting him heavy.

sonshine said:

No, I don't agree, I think he's very talented and a lot better than most people give him credit for. He is a fine acoustic guitarist and has written some genuinely good songs.

I wager that the majority of you folks dissing him have only heard two or three of his (albeit overplayed) hits on the radio. There's some great stuff on his second album, especially the album closer Afire Love, which is very powerful and moving.

Can't believe how shallow some of you are, especially the jerk that said about him not being "aesthetically a popstar." Geez, here you have a guy who is a good singer, good guitar player and writes his own songs, and you're shitting on him because he doesn't look like a model?

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MattyJam said:

EmmaMcG said:

MattyJam said:

No, I don't agree, I think he's very talented and a lot better than most people give him credit for. He is a fine acoustic guitarist and has written some genuinely good songs.

I wager that the majority of you folks dissing him have only heard two or three of his (albeit overplayed) hits on the radio. There's some great stuff on his second album, especially the album closer Afire Love, which is very powerful and moving.

Can't believe how shallow some of you are, especially the jerk that said about him not being "aesthetically a popstar." Geez, here you have a guy who is a good singer, good guitar player and writes his own songs, and you're shitting on him because he doesn't look like a model?

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Unfortunately, I've had to endure every song he's done because my cousin, who I live with, is a big fan. Personally, I hate his voice, I think his songs are crap and he's not that great a guitarist, really. Everything he plays is very simple. Now, he COULD be really good but as far as what he's released or played in concert, which is all I have to go on, it's very simple. As for not looking like a model, yeah, he's not the prettiest man in the world. Definitely not my type. But he's got bigger problems than how he looks. Though, he seems to be doing well for himself so fair play to him. It just proves that you don't need to be really talented to have a few hits.

I'm a guitarist myself and some of his songs are deceptively difficult rhythmically speaking. Just because he ain't doing crazy solos or anything, doesn't mean that it isn't good, that's just not his style.

I also think he has a very strong singing voice.

laurarichardson said:

sonshine said:

He actually is a multi-instrumentalist if I'm remembering correctly. I believe he plays the piano and violin as well as guitar. His lyrics aren't that deep I agree but he ain't that bad either. I prefer him over a lot of the other crap they play on mainstream radio like Ariana grande for example.

--- I agree he is not that good but not as bad as a lot of the stuff on the radio. He does play instruments and you can understand what he is saying. It is a sad state of affairs when you are popular because you are doing the bare basics of music.

This. He still seems average to me. I respect that he plays an instrument and writes his music but these things doesn't automatically make him a stellar talent. Like you said, people in this era are perceived as "amazing" for doing the bare minimum

MattyJam said:

Melt one of those football cheese heads and that is his music.

i hate Ed Sheeran

EmmaMcG said:

MattyJam said:

I'm a guitarist myself and some of his songs are deceptively difficult rhythmically speaking. Just because he ain't doing crazy solos or anything, doesn't mean that it isn't good, that's just not his style.

I also think he has a very strong singing voice.

I wouldn't claim to be great at guitar myself, just started playing properly earlier this year. I'm more of a piano/keyboard girl. But even I can play the majority of his songs. A friend of mine, who is a musician of some merit, (and for what it's worth, is an actual fan of Ed Sheeran) reckons Sheeran is a very basic player too. Mind you, he still likes Ed Sheeran despite that. To each their own, I suppose.

I've played guitar daily for eleven years, most days I play between 2-3 hours, so I'd say I'm pretty good by now. By no means do I find his work overly difficult to play, but he's better than your average street musician or Noel Gallagher or someone like that. Some of his fingerpicking work is a bit advanced. With acoustic/fingerpicking playing, a lot of is not necessarily overly difficult to play, but to perform a full song beginning to end, in time, without making a single mistake, takes some practise. I don't believe somebody who has played for less than a year could play some of Sheeran's more difficult pieces beginning to end, note-for-note, without a mistake. If we're just talking about banging away on a couple of basic chord progressions then that's different. But Ed does more than that on his songs.

MattyJam said:

EmmaMcG said:

No star power (that I can perceive), multi-instumentalist, capable singer and able to compose songs (of questionable quality). This is an achievement, but one that is reached by many, including session musicians. While some session musicians can get to an extreme level of ability and technique not all of them are pop stars. I can't speak for everybody voicing discontent here, but personally it seems what he offers is significantly disproportionate to his fame and acclaim. Could I be jealous? It's possible, but it is just ponderous how well he his tofu bland songs and completely basic persona and stage prescence has got him. I am not a Beyonce fan, but can kind of see where she gets her recognition from. Ed Sheeran is the guitar playing dude version of what Adele is to aor balladry.

robertgeorge said:

No star power (that I can perceive), multi-instumentalist, capable singer and able to compose songs (of questionable quality). This is an achievement, but one that is reached by many, including session musicians. While some session musicians can get to an extreme level of ability and technique not all of them are pop stars. I can't speak for everybody voicing discontent here, but personally it seems what he offers is significantly disproportionate to his fame and acclaim. Could I be jealous? It's possible, but it is just ponderous how well he his tofu bland songs and completely basic persona and stage prescence has got him. I am not a Beyonce fan, but can kind of see where she gets her recognition from. Ed Sheeran is the guitar playing dude version of what Adele is to aor balladry.

It's a sad fact that I hear local singer/songwriter/musicians perform and they are much more talented and compelling than this guy.

I try to be positive and am trying to cut down on my level of hate for... artists...
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I am not a fan.

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Gotta go before I say something else! GRAAH!

Lukas Graham deserves this kind of success, he's got a far better voice and much better lyrics and overall sound than Ed. I'm in love with the Bieber's song he wrote, though.

Sure are I think he is okay but is still young and has potential to become much better. I do agree with the criticism that his bland and MOR. However, for him to be targeted like this is hard to believe given how much pop crap is actually much worse than him.