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Okay now that I got your attention, and before the Ed Sheeran fans start picketing for my head let me explain myself..
I am a fan of Ed's stuff, and I think he is extremely talented, but this song to me displays lazy, sell out music writing.
A lot of people won't know the original "Galway Girl", written by Steve Earle, but every Irish man, woman and child knows this song off by heart, its a classic tune that gets everyone going. Now type in "Galway Girl" and see what comes up? Ed's version, this classic has been re written by a poorly and lazily written pop tune. I feel he is just cashing in on an already written song loved by Irish people, and using the same name as a platform to launch his song.
It starts with him meeting his Galway girl outside a bar on Grafton street. It makes me think why he uses Grafton Street (a street in Dublin) and not a street in Galway, I feel he thinks "Okay, what's Irish, what can I sing to make them think Ireland straight away, Grafton Street!" Also, there are no pubs on Grafton Street, it's a world famous shopping street. Other little things such as her asking what the Gaelic tattoo on his arm means (I assume he means Gaeilge, the language of Ireland and not Gaelic) when she is Irish! Dancing to "Cèilidh". How can some one dance to a social gathering or event (Cèilidh - Irish for social gathering/event). "Played the fiddle in and Irish band but fell in love with an Englishman", this line make it sounds like it is some sort of taboo or social stigma for an Irish person to wed an English person. I feel he has just made a list of things he thinks is "Irish" and used it to cash in as he knows no one will say a bad word about it.
The music video is as poor as the song, full of stereotypes and as bad as the last diddly dee do music solo that plays at the end. To me, as an Irish man, the song feels like cultural theft. Maybe I am looking into to much, but us Irish love a good whinge!
What other kind of music would I like. That sort of “This is not your grandma’s ceilidh” music. In general I’m not a huge fan of Ed Sheeran but heard that song and was like “YES THIS IS THE KIND OF MODERN CELTIC MUSIC I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!” Where can I find more?
This is just my personal opinion on Ed Sheeran's "Galway Girl", because I've just watched the video and it's showing up all over the place all over again and wrecking my head.
Firstly, the name. As everyone already knows by now, because every single copy-and-paste Joe.ie, CollegeTimes.com or whatever covered it at some stage, the muse for this particular song isn't actually from Galway, she's a married woman from Limerick. So she's not from Galway, and she's not "his girl". Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems fairly blatantly obvious that Ed chose the title of this song, and possibly the entire reason for the song's existence, simply so that he could ride on the back of the already hugely recognised and celebrated original "Galway Girl" by Steve Earle. I know Earle himself isn't Irish, but it's hard to argue against the fact that it's an Irish staple at this point and that every man, woman and child in the country knows it more or less off by heart, in English and as Gaeilge, whether they'd like to or not. This annoyed me before I had even listened to the song, because I thought "wow, what a dickhead, he's just cashing in on an already established classic because he knows he's Ed Sheeran and Irish 16 year olds will love it" and "who does he actually think he is to essentially steal that song away?". And it wasn't even that he was covering or even paying homage to the song; he's completely and unashamedly overwritten it. If you Google search "Galway Girl", the original doesn't even show up on the first page of results anymore. The song has no actual inspiration or reason to exist other than to pander to the people of Ireland (remember "Irish Celebration" by Macklemore?), and a perfectly good piece of Irish culture has been tainted and overshadowed.
Secondly, the song is absolute trash. I think Anthony Fantano described it best when he said "Ed is spitting verse after verse over this fusion of Celtic music and hip-hop, it's so gross". The music itself is disgusting to listen to, and the lyrics are even worse. "What do I know about Ireland? Oh yeah, Grafton Street, Temple Bar, pubs, drinking, céilidhs and speaking "Gaelic". Oh, and that Galway Girl song". It's just the same old shit as seen in any stupid American film or TV show which decides to include Ireland because everyone loves Ireland and that's what Ireland is. Also, "she played the fiddle in an Irish band BUT she fell in love with an English man". "BUT"? Is he implying that it's some sort of taboo that t
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Congrats to Give Me Love, for winning the first ever Ed Sheeran World Cup. After an intense 3 days of voting, it narrowly beat Photograph in the final, by a final score of 185 - 177.
Over the past month Give Me Love has won 5 matches, and its route to victory was as follows:
| Round | Votes for Give Me Love | % | Songs eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | 138/247 | 56% | Shape of You, The City, Leave your Life, I don't want your Money, Nothing on You |
| Group stage | 69/127 | 54% | Perfect, Galway Girl, Nina |
| Quarter final | 117/208 | 56% | Lego House |
| Semi final | 100/186 | 54% | Castle on the Hill |
| Final | 185/362 | 51% | Photograph |
I have enjoyed hosting this tournament, and am grateful for the support and engagement you have given throughout.
Interestingly, I didn't vote for Give Me Love at any point during the competition. I don't think it's a bad song by any means, just thought each time its opponent was better.
There may be a future Ed Sheeran World Cup in the future, but lets wait a couple of years at least. Hopefully a new album or two might be out by then to make things more interesting.
Have a great 2022 everyone!
Welcome back to the World Cup of Ed Sheeran songs, a competition to find our overall favourite tune by our favourite singer, and hopefully have a bit of fun along the way.
We're over half way through the initial group stage now, as The tournament started last week, and so far the voting has closed on seven groups:
The other 28 songs from these three groups have therefore all been eliminated.
Group 8 is still open for another 16 hours, if you haven't voted there already.
This post is for Group 9, which contains two songs from Equals, two from No.6, one from Divide and one from Multiply. Which of these is your favourite?
Remember: You can only vote for 1 song, but the top two will progress to the next round!
Welcome back to the World Cup of Ed Sheeran songs, a competition to find our overall favourite tune by our favourite singer, and hopefully have a bit of fun along the way.
We've nearly finished the initial group stage now, and so far the voting has closed on eleven groups, only two more to go for now.
The other 44 songs from these groups have therefore all been eliminated.
This post is for Group 12, which contains three songs from Multiply, one from Equals, one from Plus and one from Dviide. Which of these is your favourite?
Remember: You can only vote for 1 song, but the top two will progress to the next round!
Welcome back to the World Cup of Ed Sheeran songs, a competition to find our overall favourite tune by our favourite singer, and hopefully have a bit of fun along the way.
We've nearly finished the initial group stage now, and so far the voting has closed on nine groups:
The other 36 songs from these groups have therefore all been eliminated.
Group 10 is still open for another 7 hours, if you haven't voted there already.
This post is for Group 11, which contains two songs from No.6., two from Plus, one from Divide and one from Equals. Which of these is your favourite?
Remember: You can only vote for 1 song, but the top two will progress to the next round!
Welcome back to the World Cup of Ed Sheeran songs, a competition to find our overall favourite tune by our favourite singer, and hopefully have a bit of fun along the way.
We've nearly finished the initial group stage now, and so far the voting has closed on eleven groups, only two more to go for now.
The other 44 songs from these groups have therefore all been eliminated.
Group 12 is still open for another 17 hours if you haven't voted there already.
This post is for Group 13, which contains three songs from No.6, one from Multiply, one from Divide and one from Equals. Which of these is your favourite?
Remember: You can only vote for 1 song, but the top two will progress to the next round!
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