Edward Sharpe Frontman Defends 'Home' After People Declare It the 'Worst Song Ever Made'
AUG 8 – Alex Ebert defended "Home" as a good song despite criticism, noting its 90 million views and influence on folk-pop acts like The Lumineers, who sought similar production style.
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Edward Sharpe frontman defends 'Home' after people declare it the 'worst song ever made'
Alex Ebert also accused other folk-rock bands like the Lumineers of ripping off his group's "stomp-clap f---in' folk-pop thing."Rebecca Sapp/Getty Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles in January 2020Key pointsEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros frontman Alex Ebert defended "Home" as "a good song."The track had been deemed the "worst song ever made" in a viral social media post.Ebert also accuse…
No, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' 'Home' Is Not the Worst Song Ever Made — According to Its Singer
The internet has a new villain, and apparently, it’s a 2009 Tiny Desk performance. This week, a clip of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros playing their breakout hit “Home” has been circulating on social media, prompting a heated (and slightly absurd) debate over whether it might be the “worst song of all time.” Alex Ebert, the band’s lead singer and songwriter, would like to make one thing very clear: absolutely not. In a video posted to Instag…
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros' Alex Ebert Sets The Record Straight On Claims That 'Home' Is The 'Worst Song Ever'
“If the bones are good, if the bones let the song survive context, if you pull it out of acoustic guitar, you put a piano there and it works, it’s a good song,” Ebert explains of the 2009 track.
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