What do you think of Ed Sheeran?

Scrawny little ginger kid without an ounce of originality

A team. I didn't realise such obvious referencing to drug use was allowed. "couple of grams"

Why not?

Because if they censor 'obscene' language why do they include drug references??

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

Great lyric!

They only censor explicit references - listen to radio 1 for half an hour and you'll hear enough euphimsism to fill a carry on film.

My problem with that song was that it was more concerned about not getting bleeped on the radio than its subject matter.

Better version:

Love that version. I saw Ed Sheeran at Lovebox in the summer, and when he sang The A Team Mikill Pane came on stage to do this version which is much better lyrically and it's actually rap I like.

I don't get why all of these indie kids hate Ed Sheeran all of a sudden, they certainly didnt a year ago when he was getting known via youtube (oh yeah because that's mainstream). He wasn't supported by any major record labels or anything through the start of his career, he's not off the x-factor, he's just producing good music that coincidently caters for a large audience - thats no different to, say, Joy Division or Bob Dylan (not saying he is as good as either, just that they were equally popular or 'mainstream' back in the day).

Seems like some people just like to hate popular music because it's popular, regardless of whether it is good. I like psychedelic nu-folk just as much as the next guy, doesn't mean I can't appreciate somebody like Ed Sheeran just because he gets lots of radio time...

As a side note I prefer that stuff he did before his new album, +. Seems a bit over produced, less raw and far less edgy than the original versions of some of the songs.