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There is a reason Ed Sheeran is so well loved and will be loved for quite a while. He cares about music. He doesn’t give a damn about what sells. He uses passion, his voice, a guitar, a little technology, and an attitude of “This is me and I’m glad you like it”. You, as the onlooker, are forced to just simply accept what is being fed to you. And it isn’t bad, either. The boy can sing! And his lyrics are very strong, not coming from a word-randomizer and spit out as prosey poetisism, as much of pop today tends to be.
There is a reason Ed Sheeran is so well loved and will be loved for quite a while. He cares about music. He doesn’t give a damn about what sells. He uses passion, his voice, a guitar, a little technology, and an attitude of “This is me and I’m glad you like it”. You, as the onlooker, are forced to just simply accept what is being fed to you. And it isn’t bad, either. The boy can sing! And his lyrics are very strong, not coming from a word-randomizer and spit out as prosey poetisism, as much of pop today tends to be.
Ed Sheeran takes a well-known song like “The A Team”, nails
it, and then adds his own rendition of it at the end, crooning out some serious
opera notes, and stretching the song to seven minutes.
Ed only ended up singing three songs because his second song
proved my point. It lasted twelve
minutes. Yep. A whole twelve minutes! Ed Sheeran started it off by asking permission
(basically just telling us) to use a Boss Loop Station. He quickly explained in
terms we could understand, what the technology did. It essentially made him into a one man band,
allowing him to play, beat his guitar, and blow or sing into the microphone and
the BLS would repeat it over and over again.
Then, Ed would sing and play over the top of it. He could also stop the BLS with his foot and
start it up again when he relieved the pressure.
About eight minutes into this song, not one word of his rat
a tat lyrics had been understood by anyone in the crowd and the awe-inspiring
talent began to wane on us. People
stopped cheering and sat down. By the
time Ed was done, everyone was in their seats, hoping beyond hope he would play
“The A Team”.
He did, they popped up, and everyone loved him again. Ed Sheeran was gold. Ed Sheeran will be gold. Look for more from this confident and
talented young man in the future.
Ed Sheeran left quickly, not caring what anyone thought
about his exit. He was done. He had come, he had shined, and he had
wowed. My wife was jittery. The next act was the only reason she was there.
Her hands were cold and clammy and she wanted nothing to do with
me. The love of her life was about to
enter her room.
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