Pino and Ed Sheeran

[Cato]

Apparently Mr Sheeran now has 16 songs in the UK top 20.

He's basically broken the charts.

[krispn]

We were waiting to start a gig at the weekend and a song came on the house pa. Singer/guitar player half knew it, I joined in and bluffed my way through it and had it down in a few bars. The crowd, many of which were ladies, were all singing away and having a great old time. Turns out it was an ES song. Then I heard about his current 'chart rampage' and we may do one of his tunes. People seem to love him. I'm still annoyed at him ripping off Brother Marvin on that terrible song a few years ago but the one I heard at the weekend was OK from a "give them what they want" set list.

Edited March 14, 2017 by krispn

[Mykesbass]

Shocking these 'so called' artists having the temerity to record songs that have been written for them by others. Just as bad as Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and all those other lightweights who weren't the Beatles 😉

[Rich]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1489067734' post='3254126']
He's played for lots of people, including Nick Heyward...
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Pino-ey goodness from 2:30

[media]http://youtu.be/99mCq3_mlYA[/media]

[charic]

Not a huge fan but it's hard to deny that the guys got a LOT of talent bottled up in there. The song he did for the hobbit was fantastic though

[chris_b]

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1489480157' post='3257206']
I'm still annoyed at him ripping off Brother Marvin on that terrible song a few years ago [/quote]

Hardly a rip off. Thinking Out Loud bears no resemblance to Let's Get It On in the copyrightable bits, the lyrics and melody. These songs are simply not the same. So if you think you can sue over a chord sequence or rhythm then every song written in the last 60 years is a rip off.

This is a smash and grab. An opportunistic attempt to con some cash out of ES, hoping he doesn't want any "bad" publicity.

[krispn]

Err I'm not suing him 😀

[crompers]

Not my bag (and a bit miffed about him taking the Sunday slot at Glasto) but fair enough he writes his own songs etc etc.

I do agree there is a lot of hype about him at the moment as if he was the first man to ever write a song but meh, I don't pay too much attention anyways.

[uncle psychosis]

The most memorable Thing Ed Sheeran has done is write what is quite possibly the worst lyric that has ever been committed to record.

"They say I' m up and coming like I'm f***ing in an elevator"

Dear Ed, kindly get back in your elevator, close the doors, and go hide in a basement somewhere. Ta.