Today I heard Ed Sheeran on the radio at least 5 times. I believe it was a message to me as to who to feature from my IPod today.  The radio Gods have spoken! And look, it is a song from this decade.

I got to see Ed Sheeran live last summer. The weather was much like it is tonight – rainy with thunderstorms except the storms were epic. Lighting everywhere, thunder that shook your ribs and rain that was on par with being sprayed with a fire hose. As luck would have it, the Moms that went had the outdoor seats and the girls were using the box seats I’d gotten at a silent auction.

With no where to go, the adults had to stand outside the men’s bathroom, cover by a small ledge. The girls, under cover, were texting about how bad the storm was. The storm raged on during the opening act and finally let up right before Ed came on. The girls had asked if we would get them t-shirts and so we were standing in line when there was such a loud noise, it sounded like a train was coming through. No train, just screaming fans. Screaming loudly. It was crazy.

The concert was good and despite the weather, we all had a good time. Ed is coming back to the DC area but this time at the Verizon Center where weather won’t be an issue. I’ll be there waiting for the screaming.

When Kathryn first got turned on to Ed Sheeran, she came out from her room one night to play me a “really cool song.” She started playing it and was SHOCKED that I knew the words. She was playing “The Parting Glass.”  I’d grown up listening to the Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem’s version. No, she insisted, this is a new song, off his new album. No, I insisted, it’s old, look it up. This same scenario happened when the Lemonheads redid “Mrs. Robinson” and my stepson Matthew, would not believe it was a remake. “It was old when I was a kid” I told him, to no avail. Like who is going to lie about when a song came out…

I like a number of his songs. I did like “Thinking Out Loud” but I caught a bit of Barbara Walters interview with Mary Kay Letourneau and her husband. Her kids sang this at the end and Barbara said something about this song applying to them – ugh.

“The Parting Glass” usually ends an evening, and so I say goodnight.

Enjoy