In Ed Sheeran’s Game of Thrones cameo during the Season 7 premiere, he provided the episode with a little musical interlude
Spoilers –
Sheeran’s cameo came about while Arya was traveling through the woods after leaving the Twins, where she had massacred what remained of House Frey. She stumbled upon a group of Lannister soldiers eating around a campfire and having a bit of a singalong before they continued to ride towards where Arya had just come from, planning to investigate what happened. A solider played by Ed Sheeran was singing, and Arya immediately had the question any Sheeran fans tuning in also had: What was that song? He identified it only as a new one.
It actually wasn’t new, though. Book fans may have recognized some of the lyrics in Sheeran’s song, which included the lines, “For hands of gold are always cold, but a woman’s hands are warm.” In George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, the song “Hands of Gold” is sung by Symon Silver Tongue. Whether that character has any connection to Sheeran’s unnamed soldier is unclear at the moment, but the song definitely has book origins.
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He rode through the streets of the city
Down from hill on high
O'er the wynds and the streets and the cobbles
He rode to a women's sigh
For she was his secret treasure
She was his shame and his bliss
And a chain and a keep are nothing
Compared to a women's kiss
For hands of gold are always cold but a women's hand are warm
For hands of gold are always cold but a woman's hands are warm
My favourite thing about this scene is that Maisie Williams is a big Ed Sheeran fan, so the GoT producers asked him to come on GoT partly as a treat for her, and she had absolutely no idea she was going to meet him until they were filming this scene, so that nervous look on her face as she gets off the horse is genuine, not because Arya is about to sit with a bunch of Lannister soldiers, but because Maisie is about to sit with Ed Sheeran.
Parece que soy él único maldito mexicano aquí
For gods sake could you not shut up horse?
Can I get this as a whole new song?
When she laughs at the end … chills
Nice tune. Been awhile since I heard it last.
He rode through the streets of the city
Down from his Hill on high
Over winds and the steps and the cobble
He rode to a woman's sigh
For she was his secret treasure
She was his shame and his bliss
And a chain and a keep are nothing
Compared to a woman's kiss
For hands of gold are always cold but a woman's hands are warm
For hands of gold are always cold but a woman's hands are…
I had no clue who this guy was. I still had to look up his name. He did not break immersion or was distracting in anyway. Everyone complaining must be too into themselves. Dude was just another actor. Yet everyone scared him off Twitter or something. For shame!!
He rode through the streets of the city
Down from his hill on high
O'er the wynds and the steps and the cobble
He rode to a woman's sigh
For she was his secret treasure
She was his shame and his bliss
And a chain and a keep are nothing
Compared to a woman's kiss
[Refrain]
For hands of gold are always cold
But a woman's hands are warm
For hands of gold are always cold
But a woman's hands are …
Worst and innecesary scene got ever!
is it real song?
él es elegido para cantar las canciones de todo game of thrones…. thats it
Can't believe people made a big fuss about this scene. "OMG, ED SHEERAN SANG A SONG AND SAID ONE LINE IN THIS SHOW, I'M DONE WITH IT FOREVER".
Go "Frey" yourselves, jackasses.
Set on the subtitles for understand the true meaning of the song min. 0:24
I'm not an Ed sheeran fan.. But he recieved death threats for this? I mean why? you nerds really need to get a life. "OMG ED HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY FAVOURITE TV SERIES? YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE A REAL LIFE! YOUR FACE RUINS THE MOOD OF GOT! AND THIS IS THE ONLY LIFE I HAVE"
I just listen to whatever on Spotify, so I couldn't recognize the face….the scene seemed completely fine….in fact it was a great scene as it re-humanized Arya. It showed that many soldiers in this war didn't give a fuck. They had their own lives and even Arya. The entire scene was supposed to be "disconnected" from the Dragons, Jon Snow, Targaryen's, The Iron Throne, etc.
Plot twist: The wine is drugged and when Arya went unconscious, proceeds to gang rape her. GG
I seriously don’t understand all the hate poor Ed had to suffer for this cameo. I mean what was wrong with it?
I can see Ed Sheeran being a main character in a medieval-themed show.
We demand full version!
Can anyone please tell me what did this kind of songs called
Please i want more songs like this
I don't understand how so many people could give Ed and the producers shit for this scene, apart from the song being beautiful, the scene itself was a special, still and fantastic display of the subjectiveness of evil in GoT, and that not every person in that universe is a cunt.
To many people hated on Ed for this, I don't understand why and also the kid from this is England in this
fucking cuckold. way to push that 3rd wave feminist propaganda you ginger manlet coalburning piece of shit.
I cannot wait to watch this season! I've been waiting for all of them to become available on the fire stick so I can watch each episode from start to finish.
Anyone knows if this song was actually released as a full song? And also what's it's name? Thank you
Anyone knows if this song was actually released as a full song? And also what's it's name? Thank you
0:59 @Serj Tankian as teenager ??
I really hope these guys weren't in that baggage train.
Forgot all about him supposed to be in this season. They didn't make it cringy so I didn't even know it was him xD
how long do you think they were practicing that harmony
I am waiting for Madd Dogg
I was so into the moment I didn't realise it was Ed Sheeran. But during his singing I was thinking: "This guy is so good, he should go professional". It's such a wonderful song and an even more beautiful scene. I enjoyed watching it.
So many people seemed to hate this I personally liked it and want to hear the rest of the song (also get Bronn to finish the dornishmans wife while your at it), I also know some people who didn't recognise ed Sheehan who loved the scene as it was humanising the Lannister men
i was shock seeing ed sheeran in the series. i don't want his throat to be cut off or his head decapitated. XD
I don't care what anyone said he did a wonderful job for such a small part he doesn't deserve all the hate.
what if those lannisters army know its arya stark from winterfell. could they bring her to the queen ? or kill her ? :v
This scene was very out of place for game of thrones.
Nobody is that nice and happy in this show, especially not lannister soldiers. They jumped the shark on this one.
grrm wrote this song it's in the 3rd or 4th book
What I loved about this scene was when Arya sat down and ate with the soldiers and realized just how nice they were being she really regretted even thinking about killing them
"I don't know who Ed Sheeran is so what's the point of a cameo?"
The point is now you know, so go listen to him.