# Ed Sheeran **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 21, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277 "2026-05-21T12:34:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/41 "2026-05-22T12:08:54Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > The key is that it was a 360° stage, so every seat could be filled, and also there was a large standing general admission area. Ah, that makes sense, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/42 "2026-05-23T03:36:15Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I like Ed Sheeran very much, but I’ve only heard songs from two or three of his albums. > > My favorite song of his is “Perfect”. I also like “Shape of You”, “Thinking Out Loud”, “Nancy Mulligan”, and “Galway Girl”. > > He did at least two versions of “Perfect” that were duets, including one with Beyoncé. I also like “Castle on the Hill” > [@XOldiesJock](#): > > He’s done well for a guy who looks like a cross between Opie Taylor and a Hobbit. Probably why he was hired to write a song for The Hobbit soundtrack (“I See Fire”) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/43 "2026-05-23T05:35:26Z")
Yes, “Castle on a Hill” was also very good. “Supermarket Flowers” was good but very sad for me. I don’t like songs that make me think of what it would be like for me whenever Mom dies. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/44 "2026-05-23T07:08:37Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Supermarket Flowers” was good but very sad for me. One of my cousins sang that when we scattered my grandma’s ashes a few years back. It was very touching. On a less sad note, Sheeran’s collab with Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself”, is the only time I’ve ever really enjoyed a Bieber song, and it’s one of the mellowest-sounding fuck-you songs I’ve ever heard. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eu6bAOVuxss/maxresdefault.jpg "Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu6bAOVuxss) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/45 "2026-05-23T07:20:02Z")
I loved “Yesterday”, and “Perfect” without even realizing there was a person called Sheeran.. But that Justin Bieber number is my #2 least favorite song of all time after “Seasons in the sun”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/46 "2026-05-23T07:23:35Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > But that Justin Bieber number is my #2 least favorite song of all time after “Seasons in the sun”. We have such _sights_ to show you. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ppFNY4xHCIw/maxresdefault.jpg "MILLIONAIRES - Just Got Paid, Let's Get Laid (Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppFNY4xHCIw) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/47 "2026-05-23T18:54:24Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Yesterday - The Beatles And in that film he played himself, which was the first time i really knew who he was. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/48 "2026-05-23T19:34:49Z")
Me three, or four, or however many. I was more embarrassed about that until reading this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277/49 "2026-09-25T15:44:04Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > And he’s coming back this summer to Gillette! Canceled! (due to n’oreaster) Genuinely funny that Kraft could have shut his mouth and it would have played out the same (though without the politics). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-sheeran/1030277.md?page=2)