I choose to use my fame and platform to be a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open, not closed.
- Sheeran in defense of a few billionaire’s right to close conversations they don’t like
I read his statement as:
I choose to use my fame and platform to shield myself and avoid uncomfortable conversations that might result in the alienation of some of my fans.
i don’t really listen to ed sheeran, but i hope his lyrics are better than his prose
Now, I wonder if a PR team writes his lyrics.
I doubt it would have any impact on the lyrics
I think it’s a joke implying the PR team wrote the statement.
I wooshed myself.
He has pros?
Iron helps us play!
He has iron in him, right?
he was at krafits wedding, he performed there.
I hope people start demanding refunds. Teach the daywalker that actions (or lack thereof) have consequences.
If everyone’s lack of action was persecuted we’re all going to climate change jail
Climate change jail is just Earth.
I lold
If it’s relative to the level of damage then 80% of the world would only spend a day in climate change jail.
My minimum wage earning ass is getting a diversion
What does daywalker mean in this context?
It’s a South Park reference, referring to his being a ginger.
I’ve seen the episode. I thought it meant something else.
As I understand it, all the supporting acts are out now, including his own touring band.
The touring band part illustrates his complete cowardly failure pretty well.
Yep it seems that way. Feels like a big deal. Great to see all these acts taking a stand despite the lost revenue.
Fuck pink. Fuck ed. Fuck Israel. Fuck Robert Kraft. Free Palestine!
Need a site to note genocidal zionists.
The promoter really said, “we support genocide in this house,”
and all the supporting acts responded, “we don’t take blood money! Bye Ed.”
Pink, kid rock, and Metallica need money. You can tour with them
What did Metallica do now?
Some people are still upset about napster.
yeah I am. fuck them.
they were only anti establishment until they got rich off of said establishment, then they were all like ohhh yes establishment yes give me more more establishment yeesssss.
/probably lyrics to their shit songs. idk.
Are you me?! I’ve hated them since all the Napster shit back in the day and always turned the radio when “Mandatory Metallica” would come on. I’d rather sit in silence.
Then they did everyone a favor and made music after the Black Album that was absolute garbage. Load & Reload we’re both Loads of shit… pun intended.
maybe you are me? I agree with all that.
dead internet theory confirmed. we are all me.
Soul fracture theory? Ugh… fine
Wow, I didn’t know Mandatory Metallica was a thing, I just thought the local DJ really liked them.
I still rock out to Master of Puppets but I think bad things about James Hetfield afterwards
have you listened to “Torturing James Hetfield” by Chumbawamba? It’s pretty amusing!
https://www.grunge.com/790537/the-biggest-scandals-to-ever-hit-metallica/
Is it any of these?
Their post-black-album shittiness predates the Napster idiocy by 4 years. They went to shit before they shot themselves in the foot.
I still think Master of Puppets is a fantastic album though.
Mandatory Metallica
was this just a Milwaukee 102.9 (if I remember right) thing or also in other regions??
Basically every rock and roll radio station has it
They did something else too, it’s on the edge of my memory, ugh, in the last 5 years, something they said, oh that’s going to bother me all day till it randomly pops in my head later (at 3am).
Fuck Lars
They are also just kind of shitty people in general.
They’ve spent their entire lives with everyone telling them they were gifted musical idols, and they are to an extent. That doesn’t make them great or useful people though.
They won’t build you a house, or heal the sick, or drill a well, or take away your garbage, but they are good at what they do.
Funny enough. Vanilla ice would build you a house.
I’m upset about the human pile of shit they call a drummer. Clearly, when Cliff Burton died he took all the talent with him.
Are you a drummer? Cause I feel like drummers always hate Lars. I know nothing about drumming, and they all seem the same to me.
He’s just a giant asshole, that’s my main beef with him. For example, when they played in Bulgaria back in the day, he did an interview on TV and he was wearing two rolexes, one on each wrist.
oh, gotcha. This is probably legit.
i’m just a percussionist, not a drummer (if you ask i will lie and say i play wood block) and i wouldn’t say hate, but i really dislike lars. if he bought me a drink i’d decline.
you’d think they’d have moved on, we have soulseek now
With it being so not-mainstream I actually feel safe on soulseek sharing my lib.
My name was on that first list of 150k. I never really liked Metallica to begin with and only snagged like 2 songs for a gym mix someone requested for track practice.
yea that’s when I gave up on those shills
The Metallica show I saw they were touring with Five Loser Death Punch. FFDP made plenty of right wing dog whistle comments through their set, and there’s no secret about how they want to be percieved.
I have never been to a tour where the main band doesn’t choose supporting bands that generally align with their views. Sometimes the less-popular band gets to say what the main one doesn’t want to themselves.
The atendees flew trump flags, thin blue line flags, amd Gadsden flags in the parking lot. They wore militia-style shirts and hats (crossed rifles, “freedom” slogans, raggedy flag shirts, etc). They were everywhere.
Metallica’s public image is highly curated, but everything I found about them points toward “highly conservative rich white dudes with few consequences” beliefs. The attendee’s display of thier politics just seals it.
I was a very long time Metallica fan, from the RtL, MoP, and AJfA days. I thought they were way out of line when it came to threatening fans over the whole Napster thing, but the right wing BS I saw at the concert ensures I’ll never listen to them again.
Metallica’s public image is highly curated, but everything I found about them points toward “highly conservative rich white dudes with few consequences” beliefs. The attendee’s display of thier politics just seals it.
did you watch the documentary too
Yes
They wore militia-style shirts and hats (crossed rifles, “freedom” slogans, raggedy flag shirts, etc).
So… Grunt Style?
Among others.
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Yesterday, Ed Sheeran said he couldn’t cancel tge tour because it would screw over his other amazing supporting acts. Today, headline went like
ThreeFourAll supporting acts quit.Robert Kraft is ultra zionist pro genocide Trump donor, btw. Owns the tour, afaik, or at least some of the arenas.
The same guy who went to rub 'n tugs
specifically at places that were under investigation for human trafficking
Eds eyes watching them walk away in different directions.
That’s how you can tell he’s not a predator.
Have seen this a couple times lately, and I’m apparently way out of the loop, as I don’t get the joke?
Ed Sheeran just plays the standard pop chord lineup when he plays guitar. E, G, C, A, D. The rest of the guitar is wasted space in his hands. It’s definitely a joke about a musician specifically for musicians to laugh at.
His music is childishly simple and uses pretty much a singular method of music theory and the circle of fifths and caters wholly to the major scale. He writes baby music to be played on a baby guitar.
I never really could describe that until now, great term, “baby music” is exactly how I’d describe it. It’s not like most pop has loads of depth, but his has like none. I literally felt like dozing out when I listened to a few clips.
No hate for people who like that, but it feels like listening to an uninteresting podcast for me.
Right, like elevator music but it hurts in your ears.
“I make elevating music, you make elevator music.”
–Eminem
“I make elevators” - Elisha Otis
Hell, even elevator music isn’t afraid to noodle a scale from time to time.
I’m guessing Ed Sheeran has no neck? Lol
I was going to say short pale thin dick. I think we can all be right
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He’s small. That’s it.
All of this could have been avoided if Ed Sheeran had the balls to quit Ed Sheeran’s tour.
Dude he’s so fucking dumb. He should have just said the tour was no longer being planned. Now the assholes who own the arenas get nothing, and have to find a new show for the dates that were being negotiated. Less money and more work for then
Keep in mind, him making a public statement wouldn’t really mean anything. It’s not legally binding. But it would probably get the hungry old money in line
I imagine those people got contracts, and If one side gets offended and prevented you from playing, you are not breaching the contract they are, and you get to be a Hero, and people would love you, but He made His choice and He prefers to be on the side of someone literally on the epstein files.
I feel like their names should be said.
They are not large bands who make millions and deserve your support!
Ed Sheeran stands to gain most from this from the free publicity.
Lukas Graham is pretty big. And Finneas is Billie Eilish’s brother and producer. He makes a ton of money.
The other two though are absolutely standing on business and taking a hit.
Fair enough, I didn’t know any of them before but it’s not really my style of music. I still feel like they are nowhere near as popular as Sheeran.
Beoga actually sound quite nice classic irish folk music!
Well I guess Lukas Graham only had the one big album a while back. So good on them too for standing up.
You are right that none of them are as big as Ed Sheeran though.
