Mumford and Sons

You're a sick man.

xpost They seem to satisfy some craving for rural authenticity that I didn't even realise was there. What to me is a hindrance - the fact they look like they're playing a harvest fair or going on a grouse shoot - is to many people a huge asset. Don't ask me why this appeals at a time when the country is being shafted by people very much like them. At least the Levellers had some counterculture cachet.

Which is why only dirty smelly hippies liked the Levs but Scumford have clean-cut mass appeal

xpost -- Logical conclusion of all the handcraft/of the earth/'real things' hoohah over the past few years. Basically you've got all these people who want the 19th century plus penicillin.

huge loooool @ harvest fair/grouse shoot comment, so otm

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."

Sorry, I just died of boredom while reading that, can you resend via an Ouija board?

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. :(

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

Eno wouldn't touch Mumford and Sons with a fucking bargepole.

don't speak too soon

here come the lukewarm jets

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.

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?

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?

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'?

“little lion man” = student disco anthem right now :( Everyone thinks theyre irish too! We have enough shite already, thanks.

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

I mean there is a dude in this band that wears a trucker hat in 2011 for major television appearances.

Too soon for a 'Defend the Indefensible'?

looking fwd to TS: Mumford & Sons vs. Creed poll in a few weeks as well

id go for Creed. "arms wide open" is a decent power ballad.

creed is a band rich with lolz. mumford, not so much ... yet?

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.

NICKEL CREEK I AM READY TO FIGHT YOU

just not as funny

all I know is that headbanging while playing banjo should be grounds for immediate dismissal from the Musician's Union.

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.

"BRAVE" is what he said lol

btw, mumford & sons makes coldplay sound like fuckin peter gabriel-era genesis, dead serious

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reeeeeeally unsure how to interpret this

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.

Cancer

reeeeeeally unsure how to interpret this

how so? it's pretty clear

heard about these lads for the first time today--apparently their early albums were vinyl only releases?

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.

btw, mumford & sons makes coldplay sound like fuckin peter gabriel-era genesis, dead serious
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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

Coldplay have always been basically inoffensive and quite hard to get worked up about, so yeah they do look good in comparison.

i grew up in a time when genesis wasn't an easy synonym for musical goodness/tolerability...

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.

i grew up in a time when genesis wasn't an easy synonym for musical goodness/tolerability...

I think he's using them as an easy synonym for "ambition".

Guitar'n'fiddle Scumbag cover of 'Jesus He Knows Me' would probably finish them off.

sort of wondrin if we should do a shittest uk band of 00s/10s megapoll

But there's a limit of 50 poll options...

how many could actually win tho

toploader
stereophonics
the view
the fratellis
razorlight
hard fi
mumford

idk who else

^^^ 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.

the zutons
the feeling
athlete
keane
the ordinary boys
the thrills
the magic numbers
the courteeners
the hoosiers
scouting for girls
kaiser chiefs

oh god

don't want to be reminded of any of these

need them for the nineties poll xxp

can only see keane winning from nick's lot

athlete iirc were especially hateful, tho i can't remember any of their actual mp3s

scouting for girls wd get my vote for worst, i think

Toploader, because they have that same "people who don't really listen to music really like them" thing as Scumford.

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.