Rod Stewart gives withering take on Ed Sheeran’s music

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Rod Stewart has given a withering evaluation of Ed Sheeran’s music whereas discussing trendy hitmakers.

The legendary rocker has been a stalwart of British music for the reason that Nineteen Seventies, with a wealth of hits corresponding to “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” and “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It”.

In a brand new interview with The Times, Stewart, 79, was requested his opinion on whether or not there have been any songs being created at this time that may show as timeless as his.

After namechecking his personal 1971 hit “Maggie May”, Stewart tried to recommend different songs and artists that might equally stand the check of time.

“I like whatshisname. Oh f***ing great, Rod. Well done,” he started, as he tried to recollect the title of the artist.

“He’s British, really talented and his songs will be around. Erm…”

When journalist Jonathan Dean steered Sheeran because the thriller artist, Stewart rejected the thought, saying: “No, not Ed, I don’t know any of his songs, old ginger b****cks. Jesus…”

Eventually, George Ezra was revealed to be the musician in Stewart’s thoughts after singing the lyrics to his 2019 smash, “Shotgun”.

“I think he writes really tremendous songs. He’ll be around for quite a while,” Stewart said.

Despite not having a transparent fan in Stewart, Sheeran is without doubt one of the world’s best-selling musical artists, having bought greater than 150 million data globally.

Elsewhere within the interview, revealed on Friday (9 February), Stewart mentioned the abandonment of his assist for the Conservative Party after a few years of being a Tory supporter.

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When requested whether or not he believed that it was time for a change within the nation’s management, Stewart mentioned: “Keir Starmer and Labour deserve a crack at it. If there was anyone else we could vote for, then maybe, but they should be given a shot.

“I live here [in the UK] now. I didn’t used to. And I see what the Conservatives get up to.”

Only final 12 months, the rocker admitted that he was nonetheless a fan of Boris Johnson regardless of “Partygate”. Turning his consideration to the previous Prime Minister, Stewart continued: “Well, I liked Boris Johnson. He was a good figurehead, but he turned out to be a lying f***ing public schoolboy. He got found out and things haven’t been much better since.

“How many prime ministers have we had that haven’t been voted for? What’s all that about?”

Stewart will quickly launch an album of massive band covers with musician and TV host Jools Holland, and his orchestra, titled Swing Fever.