Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You | LIVE 

Who else is loving Ed's 'Afterglow' song?? EdSheeran.lnk.to/Afterglow

When you have a group assignment in school and you do all the work

Legend says that he's still in that Studio adding lyrics to the song.

“They say I’m up and coming like I’m fucking in an elevator.” This line always gets me every time I listen to this masterpiece.

I feel like not enough people fully understand and appreciate the sheer talent it takes to be able to play, run a loop pedal, and sing all at the same time without compromising the quality of the music.

The way he casually drops his guitar and headphones to the ground and walks away as if he didn't just blow my mind

Seriously one of his best performances in my opinion! Deserves way more views! Such talent.

Guy in booth: "Sorry mate I forgot to hit record"

“I make shit happen, call me a laxative” is the funniest lyric I’ve ever heard in my life 😂

how many times are you gonna add lyrics to this song? ed sheeran: yes

11 minutes of rapping, singing, harmonizing, beatboxing, loop peddling, playing guitar, and all he says is "cool" omg i can't

Ed sheeran could sing the terms and conditions and I'd still cry

Honestly this is still my favorite thing he's done. Really shows off his artistic ability. His new stuff are still bops of course, but this specific performance is always gonna have a special place in my heart

I low key want him to keep adding to this song until it gets to be like 45 minutes long and then release an album called "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" that has only one song on it.

No autotune. No production. No tweaks. Just raw talent, a guitar & loopstation.

"I make shit happen. Call me a laxative." 4:44 I half expected the guitar to catch fire

I'm at university studying music all because I saw this video when I was 12

He fucking slays!!! And then just walks out of there like it was nothing!? 😵💗

They say Im up & coming like Im fucking in an elevator Best line of the song

That's pretty much the coolest thing i've ever heard coming out of a man just holding a guitar.

12 years have passed and this just doesn’t ever fail to make me say wow

In the end, he just walks out saying "cool" as if he didn't set that studio on fire in 11 and a half minutes...

*Sings like a ginger jesus for 11 minutes* Ed: "Cool"

1,742 words (I just spent a couple of hours writing out the lyrics) and not a single mistake. He just created insane loops and mashed up about 5 different rap styles, with a couple of covers and a new verse over 11 minutes and didn't make a single mistake, that accuracy level is actually crazy. Amazing raw talent :)

THAT was peak Ed. I had such a massive motivation to up my guitargame because of him at the time. What a legend.

Ed Sheeran - the human radio station - rap, reggae, rock, folk, garage, pop - he'll bang them all out. What a fucking boss.

The album version will never be enough!

I always have to sing along to this but the line "Suffolk sadly seems to sort of suffocate me" trips me up so much every time. My lips can't keep up. Hahaha

*Spits 10 minutes of straight fire* "Cool"

Other artists be like "Look, I'm gonna need a drummer, a keyboard player, a guitarist and couple of backing vocals" Ed Sheeran be like "Mate, hold my beer. I'll do it all alone"

This guys, THIS is music... like, is there anything he can't do? Singing, rapping, beat boxing, playing the guitar like a fucking god... I mean I just sat here with my mouth opened and couldn't believe how fucking awesome this was and he just ends up with "cool"? jesus, Ed will kill me one day, I swear

As a guitarist who has been playing for 35 years this is so entertaining such a unique style and his metronome timing is perfect

Ed is a fucking genius.

'Cause I make shit happen, call me a laxative' This guy has the best lines ever heard

*ed pulls off epic performance* *Me: jaw dropped* ed: cool *walks away like nothing happened*

Running a loop pedal, making all the sounds live in one take, erasing and creating new all while singing, rapping and playing the guitar, on top of some beat boxing and playing the guitar as a drum. People truly have no idea how impressive this video is. It's what made me a fan all those years ago.

This is pure musical talent. Right now, only Ed Sheeran can sell out arenas with just him and a guitar.

THE WAY ED BANGS HIS GUITAR!!!!!!! OMG LUCKY GUITAR!!

At the start I was like "How the heck can he play the guitar like that while singing and rapping?" but then I remembered "Oh yeah, it 's Ed Sheeran".

When someone says that Ed is overrated, show him/her this. Literally flabbergasted

so this is what heaven sounds like

Ed sheeran to the rest of the band - you need me man I don't need you

When you realize how many artists' famous pop songs were written by Ed, this song be hitting different.

Human: 70% water Ed sheeran: 100% music instrument

I love how at the end he just says "cool" as if he didn't just bust out the greatest thing in music history

11:34 minutes for a song and didn't get bored for a single second

"Suffolk sadly seems to sort of suffocate me" Damn man! Great alliteration.

I love how he just walks off like that wasn't one of the greatest live performances of all time.

"I make shit happen, call me a laxative"-best line in the whole song.this guy is gifted

'you only have 11 minutes and 24 seconds to live:' me:

Also I love how when he's done with ALL of that, he's just like "cool." And walks off lol

He closed Manchester with this last night... still obviously got the passion for playing it and it was awesome.

"Ed, whenever you're ready, sir." - "..Thanks man."

what in the world ed sheeran can't do? i mean, he raps like a god, sings like an angel, knows how to play guitar like nobody, knows how to do beatbox, AND HE MADE HIS OWN LYRICS

and just walks off like he didn't see brains blowing up everywhere

Can we have a moment of silence for his guitar strings

"Call yourself a singer-writer, you’re just bluffing Your name’s on the credits and you didn’t write nothing" rekt

Proof you can’t accuse this genius of auto tune

Ed needs to keep adding to this song so by 2020 it's a 45 minute sonnet.

this is such a fucking eargasm

2012... its been 6 years and this the first time Im hearing this. Holy shit, this is the greatest thing I've seen all year

Here we are 4 weeks away from 2023 and still raging this joint

You notice how his enunciation of the lyrics in parts parallel the picking of the guitar notes. That's a master of his art form, no accident.

What no-one has noted is the history of writing this song. E.S. was informed by his first recording company, “We’re sure you’re an up and coming young performer, but you need to stick to your easy-listening folksong genre and not attempt rap or hiphop. Also, you will be totally unmarketable unless you get rid of that appalling red hair.” This is the retort he penned to their verdict: “I think you’ll find that you need me a lot more than I need you.” One of the most elaborate fingers in the history of music.

Best thing Ed sheeran has ever done... if I ever get to see him live I pray that he does this 🤞🤞🤞

"I make shit happen' call me a laxative" best line ever 10/10

Gives the most insane performance ever. "cool." walks away. This man is amazing

I'm jealous of his guitar and his pedal loop and his headphone ....microphone .....I'm jealous of the air he breathe ...but did he even breathe ??? Such an EPIC performance

Now I'm in town, break it down, thinking of making a new sound Playing a different show every night in front of a new crowd That’s you now, ciao, seems that life is great now See me lose focus as I sing to you loud And I can’t, no, I won’t hush I’ll say the words that make you blush I’m gonna sing this now See, I’m true, my songs are where my heart is I'm like glue I stick to other artists I'm not you, now that would be disastrous Let me sing and do my thing and move to greener pastures See, I’m real, I do it all, it’s all me I’m not fake, don’t ever call me lazy I won’t stay put, give me the chance to be free Suffolk sadly seems to sort of suffocate me, hey [Chorus] Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me, man, I don't need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me [Verse 2] I sing, "I write my own tune and I write my own verse," hell Don't need another wordsmith to make my tunes sell Call yourself a singer-writer, you’re just bluffing Name’s on the credits and you didn’t write nothing I sing, fast, I know that all my shit's cool I will blast and I didn't go to Brit school I came fast with the way I act, right I can’t last, if I’m smoking on a crack pipe And I won’t be a product of my genre My mind will always be stronger than my songs are Never believe the bullshit that fake guys feed to ya Always read the stories that you hear on Wikipedia Musically I’m demonstrating When I perform live, feels like I am meditating Times at the enterprise when some fella filmed me A young singer writer like a Gabriella Cilmi yeah [Chorus] Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me, man, I don't need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me man [Verse 3] All I want in this cold world is to make music and use it Not to abuse it and get affected, infected with the who's who of music Who did it, who is it, who's in it or what the hell does it matter? Chitter chatter, don't matter what a yidder, yidder, yadder, it don't matter to me All I want is a bit of dignity in me to battle this industry freely To be me in this seedy, needy world, can you hear me? Hey, so I keep singing that When I first started this rapping shit I felt pressure from haters Became invaded with sadists and just developed a hater radar And made for the stars, kept my grind in the dark And then appeared with a remedy kicking rhymes with a melody Hennesey shots and Glocks, all these fools on the block Who said you gotta be a gangster now to raise to the top? I'm just a normal, casual, usual, everyday type of guy With my head in the sky, Ed Sheeran, Urban Angel coming ready to die So see the signs, stand to the side Open your eyes and take a look and realize The resurrection's arrived and as the mist clears I arise from my tomb in disguise, all alone, Alonestar Urban Angel rising from the ashes Surprising all haters, guiding, now moving steady [Pre-Chorus] You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub Mummy I've got the X if you're into taking drugs Into having sex, I ain't into making love Come give me a hug if you're into getting rough You can find me in the club, bottle full of bubbly Mummy I've got the X if you're into taking drugs Into having sex, I ain't into making love Come give me a hug if you're into getting rough [Chorus] You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me, man, I don't need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me [Instrumental break] [Bridge] My eyes are red, I've been burning, I've been burning My eyes are red, I've been burning, I've been burning My eyes are red I've been burning, I've been burning on a spliff off your high grade My eyes are red I've been burning, I've been burning, burning, burning [Verse 4] Now where I come from burning weed it is a habit A big fat bag of high grade weed, you know I got to have it Cos if I don't have it in my pocket I'm going to panic Cos like I said where I come from weed smoking is a habit Yup, we'll do da bun in the place up in the hood One of them things I have inherited like a ghetto man should One of them things is smoking weed it yes it makes me feel good Burning high grade sensimilla, yes it makes me feel But me is a man, ah, talk about sensimilla is a drug And if I start to smoke it I'mma-nna turn into a thug Where I come from that they talking could that only get you mugged Where I come from burning weed it is a blessing from above Where I come from yes we bun it when we listen rub a dub Where I come from yes we bun after we just-a make a love Where I come from yes we bun it when the sun starts shine I blaze high grade weed all the time! [Bridge] Now my eyes are red Cause you need me, I don't need you You need me man, my eyes are red You need me man, I don't need you You need me man, my eyes are red And you need me, I don't need you You need me man, my eyes are red You need me man, I don't need you You need me man, I don't need you [Instrumental break] [Interlude] Woooah Woooah Woooah Yea [Verse 5] Cause with the lyrics I'll be aiming it right I won't stop until my name's in lights With stadium heights, with Damian Rice On red carpets, now I'm on Arabian Nights Because I'm young I know my brothers gonna give me advice Long nighter, short height and I gone hyper Never be anything but a singer/songwriter, yeah The game's over but now I'm on a new level Watch how I step on the track without a loop pedal People think that I'm bound to blow up I've done around about a thousand shows but I haven't got a house plus I live on a couch So you believe the lyrics when I'm singing them out Wow, from day one I've been prepared With V05 wax for my ginger hair Now I'm back to the sofa giving a dose of What the future holds cause it's another day [Verse 6] Rucksack with the old clothes, I rap with cold flows I'm back with the old jokes, in fact you don't know On tracks I throw blows to make my punchlines relevant If you can't keep up you'll get none, you're celibate My flows developing, skin lacks the melanin Give me a shot of adrenaline and I get it in Do it for the hell of it Cause ever since I hit the mainstream with The A Team I seem to sell a bit I took what held me back with the women, then I packaged the image Put in some content, then I sold it back as a gimmick The fact is this, I'll end up dating actresses Wake up on dirty mattresses, I think I'll need to practice this But I make shit happen, call me a laxative World's on my shoulders, I don't even know what Atlas is Hard bars sharp like a cactus is I'm back to rapping, back to back cause I've been practicing I'm back to sing this [Chorus] Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me, man, I don't need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me, man [Verse 7] I'll keep my last name forever, keep this genre pretty basic And I'll be breaking into other people's tunes when I chase it And replace it with the elephant in the room with a facelift Into another rapper shoes using new laces I'm selling CD's from my rucksack aiming for the papers Selling CD's from my rucksack aiming for the majors Nationwide tour with Just Jack, still had to get the bus back Clean cut kid without a razor for the mustache I hit back, when the pen hurts me I'm still a choir boy in a Fenchurch tee I'm still the same as a year ago but more people hear me though According to the MySpace and RU-vid videos I'm always doing shows if I'm not I'm in the studio Truly broke, never growing up, call me Rufio Melody music maker, reading all the papers They say I'm up and coming like I'm fucking in an elevator [Chorus] Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me, man, I don't need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you You need me, man, I don’t need you at all You need me man Don't need yu [Outro] Cool…

I imagine the guys behind the glass just being like "What is happening here, omg is this Ed f*ing Sheeran or some genius alien life form"

This is the Ed Sheeran I can appreciate. A lot of his songs on the radio are mediocre teen angsty music, but this is raw talent.

Every time I watch this I shake my head in disbelief. Every. Time. He’s amazing

This is an absolute masterpiece. No questions asked

I'm a man of simple taste, I see ed, I click the like button

Ed sheeran is one of the few artists that can make a 11mn music, and you won't be bored for a second !

11 minutes for a single song. Just normal with Ed Sheeran lol

i still come back to this masterpiece 12 years later

castle on the hill & shape on you 's out and still watching this on repeat! Who's with me?

37 year old and finally broke it with my Narcasistic father. Guess this song is my victory song...!

Im so amaze at how fast and effortlessly he can just put together the whole song. some, guitar layers on top of some beatboxing, plus some claps and more guitar playing, oh and did i forgot the rapping and singing, pfftt this is genius!

Easily one of the greatest pieces of artistry of modern times. Just sensational

I genuinely think Ed Sheeran is the most talented performer of all time. A bold claim, but a deserved one!

I don't usually comment on youtube, but I gotta do, I must, to give respect to this pure genius and a fantastic artist. I would give a billions of thumbs up if I could.

Best 235 minutes ever!...

This is the soul of a man possessed by the spirit of rhythm itself. Dear Lord, thank you for Ed Sheeran, a man who is both before and ahead of his time.

I am kind of in love with this.

why cant he make music like this anymore goddam

this is so much better then the pop sound he has in studio versions of his songs

Best video on the net. Been listening since 2011. Unbelievable

Love how he just walks away like it was nothing at the end😂

I swear, it doesn't matter how many times I watch or hear this it never gets old. He is beyond AMAZING, his words, voice, and everything else. Such an inspiration. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM SEPT 9th!!!!!!!

I first listened to this version in April 2012 and every time I listen to this I appreciate it a bit more. this man's talent is incredible.

This is the best rendition of this song preformed by him yet!!!

When people say Ed doesn't have talent: "Bitch, watch this video."

I send people here whenever anyone says Ed Sheeran isn't talented

When everyone has heard of 'Perfect', 'Thinking Out Loud', 'Shape Of You', 'Don't' .. and you are chilling there like You Don't Need Me is one of his best, underrated tunes..

Just imagine having a jam-session in a dingy basement with this version of Ed Sheeran, any musician's dream...

This man used to have STUTTER when he was a kid. look at him now. respect to you my gingergod

BY FAR, my favorite musician. So talented, meaningful lyrics, and plays the guitar so elegantly. Such a relaxed looking guy.

"They say I'm up and coming like I'm f$%king in an elevator" haha