But Why?
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Same reason inauthentic folksy shit is popular anywhere - see also Irish pubs, Tom Cruise in Far & Away.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
like it or not they've transcended the niche tho
― children of the church planters (Edward III), Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
damn i remember the track of theirs someone posted in cultural pessimism thread
new lows for england
― Nigie Dempstah (nakhchivan), Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm just chalking it up to another sign of god's neglect
― children of the church planters (Edward III), Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
My Question was in relation to this.
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
neglect would beget merely entropy
mumford suggests some sort of deliberate malefaction
― Nigie Dempstah (nakhchivan), Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Little Lion Man seems like a Pogues song minus Shane MacGowan. ie. a terrible Pogues song
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
So, basically Mumford & Sons is to the UK what Kings of Leon is to the US: one day you wake up, and they're filling stadiums. (Except, of course, that that the UK was suckered in by KoL, too, long before the US).
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
looking forward to the burgeoning of Mumford and Sons tribute acts.
― Magic Our Maurice! (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 20 January 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
there's nothing Irish about Mumford and Sons, don't drag us into your problem ffs. Next you'll be trying to claim Northern Ireland is part of the Republic.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Thursday, 20 January 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
talk to the MES cuz the ILX isn't sayin
― Nigie Dempstah (nakhchivan), Thursday, 20 January 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Xtians are getting behind this?! There's a F-word right in the middle of "High and Dry""Little Lion Man"!
― amphetamine enhanced scholar (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 January 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
That's known in the trade as "doing a You're Beautiful" - deploying an F-word in order to add a slight frisson of "unpredictability" to an otherwise MOR song.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 20 January 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe this band is awesome but we just can't handle their deep emotional honesty and intensity.
― http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Friday, 21 January 2011 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Friday, 21 January 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Sadly, I don't love that guy beyond measure, but I thank him for trying.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 January 2011 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
which ilx poster has the most hatred for mumford and sons?
― Nigie Dempstah (nakhchivan), Friday, 21 January 2011 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
But Why?― Mark G, Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:34 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― 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
― ciderpress, Friday, 21 January 2011 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Alice likes them, I'm like "um, that's the sort of thing I should be more into than you!"
― Mark G, Friday, 21 January 2011 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Via 'Questions' on my Facebook feed:
Have you heard of Mumford & Sons? They are amazing.
Argh.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 January 2011 06:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Ouch.
― Young, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― children of the church planters (Edward III), Friday, 21 January 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I've seen the light. (And dry-heaved.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
thank u for the testimonial ned it has renewed my faith in mumford & sons & god
― children of the church planters (Edward III), Friday, 21 January 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Lead singer looks like Tim Tebow. Dealbreaker.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 21 January 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Avett Brothers sound like this now, all sort of clean and kind of whiny. I prefer boringified Avett Brothers over this.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 21 January 2011 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Read that as 'bongified'
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 January 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 21 January 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 January 2011 18:49 (1 hour ago)
Speaking to God down the big white telephone.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Friday, 21 January 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/LesterBangs.jpg/200px-LesterBangs.jpg"I Saw God and/or Tangerine Dream Mumford and Sons"
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Friday, 21 January 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- kinda watery.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 January 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I still like "Little Lion Man" a lot... but the rest of the album is indeed kind of a bore.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Friday, 21 January 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
^ this
― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Friday, 21 January 2011 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― amphetamine enhanced scholar (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 21 January 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
wife: "oh i have a new favorite band!"
me: "oh cool! who?"
her: "MUMFORD & SONS!!"
me: "awww"
her: "whaaatttttt? they're good"
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:21 (thirteen years ago) link
man is it a good thing successful relationships don't depend on music taste
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shit http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/bob_dylan_to_perform_at_grammy.html
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 February 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
It lives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzFUbEnjDOY
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 February 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
https://twitter.com/McNeely/status/21634978865483776
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 11 February 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i trust u copied that from the other thread and we haven't both been browsing mumford interviews on youtube xp
― DJ Mendoncap (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 February 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeDH4OXgCig
is the fat one trying to imitate gervais or does it come naturally
― DJ Mendoncap (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 February 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
You trusted accurately. And thank you for providing that slice of pain.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 February 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
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"
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Saturday, 12 February 2011 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Saturday, 12 February 2011 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
No results found for "cumlord & sons".― 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.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 12 February 2011 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
So in a few days they conquered the world or something?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.pinglewood.com/2008/February/images/2420.jpg
― the philosopher named after a whiskey (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link