Warning: You must have eight minutes and 42 seconds to dedicate to listening to the musical genius of Mumford and Sons before beginning to read this post.
I shared my new found love for Mumford and Sons a few weeks ago, and I mentioned that my favourite song of theirs was Dust Bowl Dance, but I must have lied because I have become even more enamored with M&S- the more I listen to their music, the more I am just in awe of their talent; it's not that generated typical pop music, but sheer raw talent. Just reading the lyrics of one of my true favourite M&S songs emphasizes their giftedness:
Awake My Soul
How fickle my heart
and how woozy my eyes;
I struggle to find
any truth in your lies.
And now my heart stumbles
on things I don't know;
my weakness, I feel,
I must finally show.
Lend me hand
and we'll conquer them all,
but lend me your heart
and I'll just let you fall.
Lend me your eyes-
I can change what you see-
but your soul you must keep
totally free.
Awake my soul,
awake my soul.
How fickle my heart
and how woozy my eyes;
I struggle to find
any truth in your lies.
And now my heart stumbles
on things I don't know;
my weakness, I feel,
I must finally show.
In these bodies,
we will live;
in these bodies,
we will die.
The way you invest your love,
you invest your life.
In these bodies
we will live;
in these bodies
we will die.
And the way you invest your love,
you invest your life.
Awake my soul,
awake my soul,
awake my soul-
for you were made
to meet your maker.
Awake my soul,
awake my soul,
awake my soul-
for you were made
to meet your maker-
you were made
to meet your maker.
Even though I already posted three different videos of them (which I know you all watch multiple times a day), these three songs (from the lyrics above and the two videos below) are really my favourites. White Blank Page follows Roll Away Your Stone on their album, so I'll follow their example and let you see the videos in the same order. My favourite bit of Roll Away Your Stone comes at 2:45 until the end- it is simply brilliant. I love the syncopation...Oh, what I wouldn't do to see them perform! Unfortunately, every single show on this continent is sold out and has been for weeks. The next time they come across the pond, however, I.will.be.there.
And just a word of warning- this clip of White Blank Page is almost hard to watch its so full of emotion. But oh soooo good; I get chills up my spine multiple times during this performance:
Okay, really, how can people listen to Justin Bieber and whatever else is out there right now when you could listen to this pure amazingness instead? It is so raw and brilliant. What's your favourite Mumford and Sons song?
1 comment:
I just want to say that you can continue to post videos of Mumford and Sons each day and I will be happy.
I'm only partly kidding.
A few BBC shows could sneak in once in a while too and that would also be okay ;-)
oh yeah....and pictures. You know...of the wedding!!
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