Hit Me Baby One More Time: When Ed Sheeran Made Music Better

Who can take an already-perfect song and make it better? Ed Sheeran.

This hit maker, besides having a string of chart-toppers himself, has over 30 covers of popular songs (compiled into a YouTube playlist by a generous Ed Sheeran fan, here, thank you!)  that he’s reworked in his own unique style and made them sound completely new, different , and I dare say, better.

Ed’s acoustic covers of these tracks go from Hozier to Cee-lo Greene, and from Adele to Oasis, and now, even Fetty Wap. (Applause, applause).

It seems like there’s precious little that this flame-haired artist cannot pull off (I wish the flame hair were gone, though. Blonde is his color.) with his unimaginable vocal talent. Here’s a selection of five of his best covers:

1. Wonderwall – Oasis

 

Ed’s rendition of Wonderwall is a much mellower version of Oasis’s original 1995 release. The drastic difference in the mood of the two versions make Ed’s version sound almost like a new song.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l07cwNvZni8)

2. Hit Me Baby One More Time – Britney Spears

Let’s just suffice to say, with this, Ed did the unthinkable.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFapUOfotuM)

3. We Found Love – Rihanna

Who thought Rihanna’s pacey, spunky single could be transformed to this syrupy, honeyed – dream sequence? Ed makes miracles happens!

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=139&v=Lyv_u4pspTY)

4. Someone Like You – Adele

Ed Sheeran took the beautiful Someone Like You, and instilled a whole new vibe to it. This one is a welcome variant of Adele’s Operatic original, and has fans swooning over it.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJu_eQCHRHI)

5. Take me to Church – Hozier

Perhaps the best of the very best listed here, this version of Hozier’s Take Me to Church recorded for BBC Radio is soulful beyond measure.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPKDYuUzyw)

And my absolute favourite, and Ed’s latest cover:

TRAP QUEEN!

The natural overflow of spunk in this cover is add-let’s add another add -addaddictive.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06koEdJiwZg)

The well-timed giggle, as Ed sings Trap Queen.

(This was originally written for UE, and can be accessed here: http://www.universityexpress.co.in/delhiuniversity/2015/06/hit-me-baby-one-more-time-ed-sheeran-best-covers/)

Let’s Set the Tone!

Ideally, I wanted to write something of an ante-script to this post, but since that is only a highly desperate attempt at reversing a post-script, I’ll do nothing of the sort.

Or, maybe I just did?

That’s the very game I play at times.

I am laughing a beat-up laugh as I write this, thinking of the comic relief in the situation. The last post on this blog was on procrastination. It was almost exactly a year ago. How vain is this wisdom in a person that recognizes her lags but does absolutely nothing to overcome them. 🙂

SO, it’s been a year and I’m back (today, at least, who knows about tomorrow? Sigh.). And I’m back with Ed Sheeran. What could be a more auspicious note to “set the tone” with, than my current singing obsession?

Come on set the tone.