Mumford and Sons

http://crispinschroeder.blogspot.com/2010/06/musings-on-mumford-and-sons-and.html

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:35 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

As the first song ended I was amazed at how connected I felt to God and to the others in the room of this club I had never been to listening to a band I had never heard. The concert continued in this vein until the encore a little over an hour later. This was not a typical concert by any means. There were so many moments of transcendence where the veil of the ordinary gig in a club were shattered and we came singing together into a larger place where our hearts were opened to something greater.

Earlier that evening I had sung worship songs with a room full of Vineyard pastors but in that dive bar in south Phoenix I was again worshipping to songs I had yet to learn. I left the concert that night feeling as if I had encountered God. I don’t say this because the music was so good or the band-members so skilled but because the music and the lyrics pointed beyond the gig to another place not so far a way and to another person who loves us without measure.

Sadly, I don't love that guy beyond measure, but I thank him for trying.

which ilx poster has the most hatred for mumford and sons?

But Why?

― Mark G, Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:34 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they may have folksy instrumentation but their songs are basically arena-rock songs, with the build-up-to-a-big-moment dynamics, slick & thick production, unadorned diatonic harmony, and confessional lyrics sung in an exaggerated way

it's a formula that has always had wide appeal for its immediacy, and i suppose maybe the folk arragements magnify it to some people who don't actually listen to folk music or bluegrass music etc, and see that as eclectic or a change of pace

i do kinda like them still tbh

Alice likes them, I'm like "um, that's the sort of thing I should be more into than you!"

Via 'Questions' on my Facebook feed:

Have you heard of Mumford & Sons? They are amazing.

Argh.

Ouch.

As the first song ended I was amazed at how connected I felt to God and to the others in the room of this club I had never been to listening to a band I had never heard. The concert continued in this vein until the encore a little over an hour later. This was not a typical concert by any means. There were so many moments of transcendence where the veil of the ordinary gig in a club were shattered and we came singing together into a larger place where our hearts were opened to something greater.

Earlier that evening I had sung worship songs with a room full of Vineyard pastors but in that dive bar in south Phoenix I was again worshipping to songs I had yet to learn. I left the concert that night feeling as if I had encountered God. I don’t say this because the music was so good or the band-members so skilled but because the music and the lyrics pointed beyond the gig to another place not so far a way and to another person who loves us without measure.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:35 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

I've seen the light. (And dry-heaved.)

thank u for the testimonial ned it has renewed my faith in mumford & sons & god

Lead singer looks like Tim Tebow. Dealbreaker.

Avett Brothers sound like this now, all sort of clean and kind of whiny. I prefer boringified Avett Brothers over this.

Read that as 'bongified'

lol

I've seen the light. (And dry-heaved.)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:49 (1 hour ago)

Speaking to God down the big white telephone.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/LesterBangs.jpg/200px-LesterBangs.jpg
"I Saw God and/or Tangerine Dream Mumford and Sons"

xpost -- kinda watery.

I still like "Little Lion Man" a lot... but the rest of the album is indeed kind of a bore.

^ this

Little Lion Man reminds me of nothing so much as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl-CfQvz21Y

^except (vid notwithstanding) I like this a lot more.

wife: "oh i have a new favorite band!"

me: "oh cool! who?"

her: "MUMFORD & SONS!!"

me: "awww"

her: "whaaatttttt? they're good"

man is it a good thing successful relationships don't depend on music taste

can only imagine your battle to prevent her indoctrinating Junior tho

I'm actually surprised none of us from the States at least made a joke about this guy yet:

http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/2/26/TheAmazingMumford-FacebookProfilePicture.jpg

oh shit http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/bob_dylan_to_perform_at_grammy.html

It lives:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzFUbEnjDOY

https://twitter.com/McNeely/status/21634978865483776

i trust u copied that from the other thread and we haven't both been browsing mumford interviews on youtube xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeDH4OXgCig

is the fat one trying to imitate gervais or does it come naturally

You trusted accurately. And thank you for providing that slice of pain.

follow up conversation

wife: "yeah so they're folk singers... but like, everything is folky but INTENSE folky"

me: "huh?"

her: "like they have more drums and stuff. like a rocky kind of folk!"

me: ".............."

her: "i get chills every time i listen to them"

also i just listened to 4-5 sings of theirs,

these guys seriously make fleet foxes sound like fuckin bob dylan woodie guthrie level genius

mark e. smith otmfm upthread

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― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:24 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

This is now what I think of when I hear this band's name.

So in a few days they conquered the world or something?

http://www.pinglewood.com/2008/February/images/2420.jpg

It was forbidden and perhaps I am glad.

they had the fourth best selling album in flanders last year

They won the Brit Award for Best British Album, dressed like this:
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51283000/jpg/_51283282_51283281.jpg

guy in black coat looks like the guy from grizzly bear

Um...what's with the drunk guy holding a cloth dildo?

they remind of me the band kings of nuthin from boston

xp that's the new Brit Award trophy, designed by Vivienne Westwood.

Americans always go for stupid shit like this (Exhibit A = The Cranberries). The really weird bit will be when M&S* rapidly grow into the biggest band in Japan, India and Iran.

*DO YOU SEE????????????

It used to be that England would export our unwanted Manchester indie rockers, now it's our copious surplus of beardy folk bastards.

Can't help thinking that if Chris Martin and Thom Yorke had just manned the fuck up a little a few years ago, then a dangerous precedent would not have been set and we'd have avoided all this.

english pop music is shit

Yeah, I'm listening to Tasmin Archer and weeping.

you always do that when spurs win

i mean 'there will always be exceptions' like tinie etc but it does seem worse than usual/ever rite now