Trollheart's Hate List

Trollheart · 11-11-2019, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MarieMarie

You mean Morissey's solo career, or are you including the smiths?

I mean Morrissey's solo career. I was never a Smiths fan, have heard virtually nothing from them, but I have nothing against them. Also: Johnny Marr.

Trollheart · 11-11-2019, 02:17 PM

So what’s the end result then? Having listened to all four of Ed Sheeran’s albums, do I still hate him, or have I come to a better appreciation of both him as a person and his music? Well, yes and no. That is, yes I still hate him and no I haven’t come to appreciate him, not at all. I won’t deny some of his music, particularly on his first album, is all right, but the rapping and the attempt to be the next, “nice” Eminem while still pandering to his fanbase of folky pop kids bugs the hell out of me, I must admit. It’s not even good: I mean, he swings from one to the other like someone who isn’t really sure what he wants to do, what direction he wants to take. Or like someone who’s trying to be all things to all men, please everyone, and we know that’s nigh on impossible.

His most recent album though says it all. It’s almost an abandoning of the themes and ideas explored on the first three albums, and his diving head-first into hip-hop and soul. For me, it just doesn’t work. It’s too crowded. If this had been just him paying tribute to the hip-hop artists he admires, that might have been something, but essentially he seems to have handed control over to Eminem, Khalid, Scott et al and the album became more a collaboration/compilation (which, to be fair, he both titled it and considers it to be) than a pure Ed Sheeran album.

But even had it been the latter, I don’t believe his music speaks to me. I just don’t like it. I mean, I like some of it, and there’s no questioning the fact that he’s both a good musician and a good songwriter, but so are hundreds of other people. What makes him so special? What has he got that they don’t? Why do millions wet themselves at the thought of a new Ed Sheeran album or going to see him live? You got me.

Maybe I just don’t get it. Maybe I’m too old. Maybe I prefer my music to have a bit more direction and heart, and not seem like it’s written to appeal directly to a pre-selected audience. Maybe I just don’t like him. But as some sort of wunderkind of the pop world, as every teenage girl (and maybe boy)’s fantasy, as a role model for generations? Nah. I get that he’s basically safe, so kids can go to see him with their parents and both enjoy the concert, and fair play to them and him. But he’s not for me, and I don’t get the cult of celebrity, the almost worship that has arisen around him, to the point that were his next album to be him sitting humming a tuneless tune all through it, these fans would declare it the greatest pop record ever recorded. Don’t think I’ll ever understand his appeal.

So, now that I’ve listened to and read about him, is he still on my Hate List?
Does the pope shit in the woods?

Trollheart · 11-11-2019, 02:54 PM

I won't be back to this for a little while, but just so you know, when I do...

Neapolitan · 11-11-2019, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I won't be back to this for a little while, but just so you know, when I do...

I can't hate her, cause of her looks. I just think she made some bad choices in life music-wise, but I certainly can't a face like that.

The Batlord · 11-11-2019, 04:51 PM

I want to turn that pussy out and then never call her again just to see if she writes a god-tier pop banger about me.

YorkeDaddy · 11-11-2019, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I want to turn that pussy out and then never call her again just to see if she writes a god-tier pop banger about me.

So you’re telling me that if somehow Taylor Swift let you have sex with her, and she somehow enjoyed it enough that she wanted more...you would ignore her calls just to see if she writes a song about you? Instead of having more sex with Taylor Swift???

The Batlord · 11-11-2019, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

So you’re telling me that if somehow Taylor Swift let you have sex with her, and she somehow enjoyed it enough that she wanted more...you would ignore her calls just to see if she writes a song about you? Instead of having more sex with Taylor Swift???

Alright I'll leave an escalating series of creepy messages on her phone asking her to call me back and then show up at her house with an onion ring from work and ask her to marry me to see if she writes a god-tier pop banger about me cause of course the first time was the biggest mistake of her life and she just wants to forget about it.

11-11-2019, 02:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	So what’s the end result then? Having listened to all four of Ed Sheeran’s albums, do I still hate him, or have I come to a better appreciation of both him as a person and his music? Well, yes and no. That is, yes I still hate him and no I haven’t come to appreciate him, not at all. I won’t deny some of his music, particularly on his first album, is all right, but the rapping and the attempt to be the next, “nice” Eminem while still pandering to his fanbase of folky pop kids bugs the hell out of me, I must admit. It’s not even good: I mean, he swings from one to the other like someone who isn’t really sure what he wants to do, what direction he wants to take. Or like someone who’s trying to be all things to all men, please everyone, and we know that’s nigh on impossible. His most recent album though says it all. It’s almost an abandoning of the themes and ideas explored on the first three albums, and his diving head-first into hip-hop and soul. For me, it just doesn’t work. It’s too crowded. If this had been just him paying tribute to the hip-hop artists he admires, that might have been something, but essentially he seems to have handed control over to Eminem, Khalid, Scott et al and the album became more a collaboration/compilation (which, to be fair, he both titled it and considers it to be) than a pure Ed Sheeran album. But even had it been the latter, I don’t believe his music speaks to me. I just don’t like it. I mean, I like some of it, and there’s no questioning the fact that he’s both a good musician and a good songwriter, but so are hundreds of other people. What makes him so special? What has he got that they don’t? Why do millions wet themselves at the thought of a new Ed Sheeran album or going to see him live? You got me. Maybe I just don’t get it. Maybe I’m too old. Maybe I prefer my music to have a bit more direction and heart, and not seem like it’s written to appeal directly to a pre-selected audience. Maybe I just don’t like him. But as some sort of wunderkind of the pop world, as every teenage girl (and maybe boy)’s fantasy, as a role model for generations? Nah. I get that he’s basically safe, so kids can go to see him with their parents and both enjoy the concert, and fair play to them and him. But he’s not for me, and I don’t get the cult of celebrity, the almost worship that has arisen around him, to the point that were his next album to be him sitting humming a tuneless tune all through it, these fans would declare it the greatest pop record ever recorded. Don’t think I’ll ever understand his appeal. So, now that I’ve listened to and read about him, is he still on my Hate List? Does the pope shit in the woods? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-11-2019, 02:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	I won't be back to this for a little while, but just so you know, when I do... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018