They have the same appeal as Innocent Smoothies and the Abel & Cole organic delivery box.
Thought this line from HMV rep Gennaro Castaldo re: their post-Brits sales boost had it about right:
"With their distinctive sound, Mumford and Sons may already be firm favourites with students and with much of Middle England, but this success will now help cement their appeal with an even broader audience."
― DL, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry, I just died of boredom while reading that, can you resend via an Ouija board?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I have a feeling that this band is going to be the next Coldplay (in terms of popularity). I don't know if I'll be able to take that; going into a random store, coffee shop, whatevs and listen to it in the background. I tolerated Coldplay; M&S make me want to destroy things. :(
― daavid, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
at least Coldplay had the good sense to use a Kraftwerk melody and kinda-sorta rip off Echo & the Bunnymen and '80s U2 at times. there is not one good thing about Mumford & Sons that i can think of
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Eno wouldn't touch Mumford and Sons with a fucking bargepole.
― DL, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
don't speak too soon
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
here come the lukewarm jets
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't get at all what it is people like about them either. What I see in them is a bundle of signifiers of authenticity - none of which come off quite right, be it the folkiness, the clothes, the intensity, it's all a bit off in various directions and thus a bit repulsive, a particularly inauthentic and ugly take on 'authenticity' - but I guess it's a surprise to me that this (bad illusion of) authenticity was something people so desired.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
honestly i'm not sure the folkiness & dumb outfits & irish jigs come off as "authentic" -- i mean, it's almost decemberists-like, and those guys are basically doing music that would soundtrack a high school drama club production -- very un-authentic, right?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I know I could just go to youtube or something and find out - but you all amke them sound so bad I can't bring myself to do it. Do they sound like The Hothouse Flowers?
― brio, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
At this point I'm waiting to see if anyone leaps to their defense or if they remain one of the rare universally loathed by ILM bands.
Too soon for a 'Defend the Indefensible'?
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
“little lion man” = student disco anthem right now :( Everyone thinks theyre irish too! We have enough shite already, thanks.
― the Chinese firewall of the heart (Michael B), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
all I know is that headbanging while playing banjo should be grounds for immediate dismissal from the Musician's Union. i kept hoping one of those giant vaudeville canes would pull them all off-stage during the Grammys performance
― herbal bert (herb albert), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean there is a dude in this band that wears a trucker hat in 2011 for major television appearances.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
looking fwd to TS: Mumford & Sons vs. Creed poll in a few weeks as well
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
id go for Creed. "arms wide open" is a decent power ballad.
― the Chinese firewall of the heart (Michael B), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
creed is a band rich with lolz. mumford, not so much ... yet?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
If we ever get a Mumford equivalent of a "311, I am ready to fight you" moment, then maybe it will be a close vote.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
NICKEL CREEK I AM READY TO FIGHT YOU
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
just not as funny
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
all I know is that headbanging while playing banjo should be grounds for immediate dismissal from the Musician's Union.
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
james corden's reaction after their brits performance was great. something like 'wow that was... something. really nice.' couldn't tell if he was taking the piss or was genuinely blown away.
― The referee was perfect (Chris), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"BRAVE" is what he said lol
btw, mumford & sons makes coldplay sound like fuckin peter gabriel-era genesis, dead serious― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:08 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:08 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
reeeeeeally unsure how to interpret this
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
RAggh, a ban on people who never talk to me about music coming up and talking to me about Mumford.Seriously, I'm putting up a sign at my desk now. FUCK MUMFORD, AND FUCK HIS STUPID BLOODY SONS.
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Cancer
― Morcheeba, simply happening. (PaulTMA), Thursday, 17 February 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
how so? it's pretty clear
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 17 February 2011 02:42 (thirteen years ago) link
heard about these lads for the first time today--apparently their early albums were vinyl only releases?
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd forgive a parent for liking this shit, but not a friend. Good to see *challops alert* even some Arcade Fire fans */just kiddin* appalled at having to put up with them as supports at the Hyde Park megashow lol.
― the worst dong of the last ten years (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
well, obviously the existence of m&s can't literally change the sound of coldplay
so...
what? they make them sound better by comparison? worse? i guess it depends on your estimation of peter gabriel-era genesis
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Coldplay have always been basically inoffensive and quite hard to get worked up about, so yeah they do look good in comparison.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i grew up in a time when genesis wasn't an easy synonym for musical goodness/tolerability...
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I've got nothing against the banjos and fiddles and whatnot, I just hate the arena-sized group-hug vibe. And that's definitely a very Coldplay thing.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I think he's using them as an easy synonym for "ambition".
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Guitar'n'fiddle Scumbag cover of 'Jesus He Knows Me' would probably finish them off.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
sort of wondrin if we should do a shittest uk band of 00s/10s megapoll
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
But there's a limit of 50 poll options...
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
how many could actually win tho
toploaderstereophonicsthe viewthe fratellisrazorlighthard fimumford
idk who else
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ certainly the main culprits there. I think that including the Manic Street Preachers or Oasis would probably skew any poll towards them, as they're not only shitty but also horrible wankers.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the zutonsthe feelingathletekeanethe ordinary boysthe thrillsthe magic numbersthe courteenersthe hoosiersscouting for girlskaiser chiefs
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
oh god
don't want to be reminded of any of these
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
need them for the nineties poll xxp
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
can only see keane winning from nick's lot
athlete iirc were especially hateful, tho i can't remember any of their actual mp3s
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
scouting for girls wd get my vote for worst, i think
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Toploader, because they have that same "people who don't really listen to music really like them" thing as Scumford.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
And even after 12 years, two bars of 'Dancing In The Moonlight' heard over the PA system of a shopping centre can send me into a blind rage.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
If I ever see that poodle haired lead singer, my fist will home in on his face like a tossbag-seeking missile.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Fucking right
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Wonder what ever happenend to Hamfatter?
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
k any more nominations speak now or forever hold your peace
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
florence and the machinepaolo nutini
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link