• tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 hours ago

      He’s a reverse “separate the art from the artist” to me. Wonderful guy in interviews, “Shape of You” makes me want to rip my own spine out.

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        59 minutes ago

        Shape of You is horrible but listen to Songs I Wrote With Amy, +, Loose Change, or X, and he’s incredibly talented.

      • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        I think its that case of ‘the album that came out in highschool will be your favourite’ Divide is great, every album before and after that I couldn’t finish.

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          58 minutes ago

          That’s funny because Divide was my least favourite album of his, and it came out when I was in high school. Everything before Divide > everything after Divide > Divide.

          I guess it’s really… divisive.

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        14 hours ago

        I’ve actually taught a few of his songs on guitar. Shivers, Bad Habits and Perfect, I think

        Never got the Sheeran bug myself though

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          56 minutes ago

          I really like that aspect of his music because you can learn his songs in a really simple way on guitar and it’s fine, or you can learn the really complicated way and it elevates the piece.