For the diehard fanpersons out there, I am sure this is pure gold, nothing can fail.
For the radio hits listener and occasional music video watcher like me, this was a bit repetitive and thrown together.
I feel like I would have learned just as much, if not more, from a 30 minute straight interview.
Yes, there are cute moments in this (giving the guitar to the little boy, personal reminiscing with the wife, dabs Sheeran, his team), and that realness would have sufficed without ladling the sadness out again and again.
Loss is the Sum Of It All, then?
It just focused on that for over two episodes, and not in a coherent way.
The song-letter to Jamal would have been enough (and is revealing as to what his friend did NOT tell him).
I empathise, I do, but most of us have experienced loss, Ed is not special just because he is affected by it and sings about it (and for me at least, there are better songs about loss out there). He can afford therapy, anytime, anywhere. Here's my free advice picked up somewhere on the internet: Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
The story of his success is dealt with much too quickly in ep 1 'Love' imo, taken up again at the beginning of episode 4 'Release' when his pedals are explained. That belonged in ep 1.
See what I mean with jambled? It jumps around making me unwilling to follow.
Yes, he's a nice guy, yes, he's a good singer with some really nice songs. He is a global star, he has a family and kids, he's had pain and loss. He's a hard worker who always had a plan. Kudos to him.
But another montage of cities and performances and interviews and I will scream!!!
Or at least put a sticker on it '90% of this is interesting only for fans'.
I'm realising that I feel a bit bored while ep 4 is running.
I do not feel for multi-millionaires worrying about their career plateau-ing (when before he said just doing what you love is happiness). Give me a break. Write songs, sing'em, perform'em, in Suffolk or your living-room or wherever, and know that no monetary worries will EVER bother you.
Release me. To my radio hits listening only.
For the radio hits listener and occasional music video watcher like me, this was a bit repetitive and thrown together.
I feel like I would have learned just as much, if not more, from a 30 minute straight interview.
Yes, there are cute moments in this (giving the guitar to the little boy, personal reminiscing with the wife, dabs Sheeran, his team), and that realness would have sufficed without ladling the sadness out again and again.
Loss is the Sum Of It All, then?
It just focused on that for over two episodes, and not in a coherent way.
The song-letter to Jamal would have been enough (and is revealing as to what his friend did NOT tell him).
I empathise, I do, but most of us have experienced loss, Ed is not special just because he is affected by it and sings about it (and for me at least, there are better songs about loss out there). He can afford therapy, anytime, anywhere. Here's my free advice picked up somewhere on the internet: Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
The story of his success is dealt with much too quickly in ep 1 'Love' imo, taken up again at the beginning of episode 4 'Release' when his pedals are explained. That belonged in ep 1.
See what I mean with jambled? It jumps around making me unwilling to follow.
Yes, he's a nice guy, yes, he's a good singer with some really nice songs. He is a global star, he has a family and kids, he's had pain and loss. He's a hard worker who always had a plan. Kudos to him.
But another montage of cities and performances and interviews and I will scream!!!
Or at least put a sticker on it '90% of this is interesting only for fans'.
I'm realising that I feel a bit bored while ep 4 is running.
I do not feel for multi-millionaires worrying about their career plateau-ing (when before he said just doing what you love is happiness). Give me a break. Write songs, sing'em, perform'em, in Suffolk or your living-room or wherever, and know that no monetary worries will EVER bother you.
Release me. To my radio hits listening only.