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Mumford and Sons

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Jeebus.
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So i got a question, do they actually ever make their own songs??? Or do the ONLY make covers of great songs that they only wish they could write?
While you ponder this question listen to a great song that they attempted to recreate...

Mar 3 2013 10:06PM
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Forcillo
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You're one dumb fuck OP
Mar 3 2013 10:12PM
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Jeebus.
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Shut up you bum.
Mar 3 2013 10:12PM
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nacho.steez
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they just sang that song, they werent taking cred for it at all
Mar 3 2013 10:14PM
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Anathema
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i think the same thing every time i hear queen and david bowie singing under pressure.


that shit was ICE ICE BABY
Mar 3 2013 10:14PM
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Jeebus.
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hahahaha, funny.
Mar 3 2013 10:15PM
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northeast
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this. fuck those guys.
Mar 4 2013 12:40AM
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deleted5
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You know who actually did that and got away with it Led Zeppelin. However all their songs sound exactly the same.
Mar 4 2013 12:52AM
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Stickity
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lol at op thinking anything in music is original lolololololol
Mar 4 2013 12:54AM
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Where-am-I
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so they have done a couple of covers and that makes them hacks? im confused by the purpose of this thread
Mar 4 2013 12:57AM
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Stickity
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op must really hate me first and the gimme gimmes
Mar 4 2013 1:00AM
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Stose
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So they made one or two covers? Someone is just pissed that Mumford and sons won album of the year
Mar 4 2013 2:31AM
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.Hugo.
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Do you not know that basically every band/group does at least a cover or 2 at some point?
Mar 4 2013 3:04AM
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feihlination
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wouldnt say that. they have these nice ballads "thats the way", "going to california" and others, these harder rock type of stuff like "black dog", "immigrant song" and "kashmir" and a lot of experimental things like "moby dick", "d'yer m'ker" and one song off "coda", cant remember its name.

then obviously "stairway to heaven" and there really isnt an argument on their musical spectrum
Mar 4 2013 12:30PM
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Jeebus.
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Im aware, they aren't anything special though.
Mar 4 2013 1:18PM
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powderdrunkie
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i can't stand mumford and sons. shit sucks regardless of who wrote the songs
Mar 4 2013 1:52PM
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deleted5
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Im on moble but.

Led Zeppelin are remembered for two things banging a groupie with a mudshark and recording songs that rocked harder than any band had ever rocked before. Too bad a bunch of that shit was stolen.
Don't believe us? Well, here's a whole laundry list of songs they stole; but if the words of a dawn-of-the-Internet era website aren't enough to convince you, consider their classic song "Dazed and Confused."
A young Jake Holmes played a song of the same name (and chords, and lyrics kind of) at a show in 1967 where he was opening for The Yardbirds, who featured--say it with us!-- Jimmy Page on guitar. "Dazed and Confused" became a mainstay of The Yardbirds live sets and eventually found its way onto Zep's 1969 debut album, where it was credited to... nobody. Holmes never took legal action but he did eventually send Page a letter asking for acknowledgement and maybe a little gas money if he could spare it (he could). The letter went unanswered.

But who cares, right? We're talking about Led Zeppelin here. The band who wrote "Stairway to Heaven" man! It's the most popular song in the history of sound! It's the song that was playing on the van stereo when your father shot the load that would become you into your mother's moist and eager lady parts! That one song is enough to secure the legacy of 10 bands!

Gross.
Too bad they jacked that shit too. The opening notes (and easily the most recognizable part) of "Stairway" were taken almost note-for-note from a song called "Taurus" by Spirit.

How did nobody notice that? Because nobody knows who the hell Spirit is. But for the record, Led Zeppelin opened for Spirit on their first U.S. tour, so it's safe to assume they were familiar with the band. Repaying an opening spot on a tour of the States by stealing a guitar riff is sad, but what's even sadder is that Spirit's guitarist, the awesomely named Randy California, knew exactly where "Stairway to Heaven" came from but was too nice of a guy to say anything - he just wanted them to say "Thank you."
They never did.


Mar 4 2013 2:59PM
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Casey
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They are terrible.
Mar 4 2013 3:03PM
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95959
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Not to mention the numerous blues standards that they recorded and claimed to have written themselves. Stones>Zepplin
Mar 4 2013 3:04PM
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deleted5
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Would it have made you feel better if I typed it out myself. Led Zeppelin steel songs that's a fact I don't need to write my own essay about it.
Mar 4 2013 3:07PM
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ForrestW
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I have mixed emotions about this thread...

1) Pretty much all music has been influenced/taken from previous work these days, and covers are very often done with good intent.

2) Mumford and sons does often create repetitive and boring music.
Mar 4 2013 3:16PM
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Jeebus.
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Wait, Are you Retard?
Mar 4 2013 3:20PM
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Bateman
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With Babel?
Mar 4 2013 3:22PM
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nagger
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as I said in another thead
fuck mumford and sons with their watered down brand of soft ass maritime hipster folk shit.
Mar 4 2013 3:38PM
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.Hugo.
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So you just steal another person's essay without giving them any credit. Kinda hypocritical, no?
Mar 4 2013 4:11PM
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Stickity
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precisely so why is this thread here?
Mar 4 2013 4:12PM
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Jeebus.
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Still butthurt i see.
Mar 4 2013 4:14PM
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90053
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hipster? definitely not how i would describe mumford and sons
Mar 4 2013 4:17PM
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nagger
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sounds like something a hipster might say
Mar 4 2013 4:19PM
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Stickity
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as i clearly stated before, there is indeed physical pain emanating from my glutes
Mar 4 2013 4:21PM
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90053
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haha fuck off, they're a down-to-earth, typical british festival band that happened to have made it big, they're not trying to be different or edgy in any way whatsoever, quite the opposite of hipster
Mar 4 2013 4:23PM
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nagger
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well unfortunately for them they attract a crowd of dustfuckers that annoy me which has reflected negatively on them. oh well I still hate their music and I'm not sure why
Mar 4 2013 4:29PM
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a_burger
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tbh a lot of their songs are just the same "Beat+Singer+White Noise" as everything else on the radio today, but hey at least they aren't using computers for the white noise.




Mar 4 2013 4:31PM
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Stickity
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it really pisses you off that much?
Mar 4 2013 4:31PM
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Casey
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Hipsters are into folk now, didnt you get the memo? Its ironic
Mar 4 2013 4:31PM
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nagger
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yeah I really hate the sound of their songs. when i hear it i'm like got damn i gotta turn this shit off
Mar 4 2013 4:33PM
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Bateman
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and crank up your favorite Lil Wayne track.
Mar 4 2013 4:35PM
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nagger
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yeah that's my shit
swerve
Mar 4 2013 4:36PM
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Stickity
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so turn it off and listen to something you like. no one's forcing you to listen to it
Mar 4 2013 4:37PM
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theabortionator
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I can't stand mumford and think they're overrated as fuck, but I also have no idea what you're trying to say op.


Mar 4 2013 4:39PM
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.Hugo.
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He is saying that only mumford and sons can't do covers. but it's fine for everyone else to
Mar 4 2013 4:41PM
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nagger
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the fuck you sayin man that shits playin at school, inside at the ski hill, in stores etc
I thought this was a discussion thread not a mumford and sons rim job contest
Mar 4 2013 4:51PM
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Stickity
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i'm not a big fan of them either but i don't piss myself over it.
Mar 4 2013 4:52PM
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theabortionator
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I'm going to exit this thread

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Mar 4 2013 4:56PM
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nagger
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you sound like a woman
Mar 4 2013 4:59PM
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Bateman
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spider man thread? Click for larger image
Mar 4 2013 5:01PM
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theabortionator
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Mar 4 2013 5:25PM
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Where-am-I
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it would seem no one here cares for mumford and sons. i am intrigued, i always assumed they were a well liked group
Mar 4 2013 5:46PM
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Bateman
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bich i like mumford and sons. but spiderman is and will always be my #1 boy

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Mar 4 2013 6:13PM
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.Hugo.
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NS just likes to always go against what everyone else likes. If something is popular, everyone on here hates on it
Mar 4 2013 6:15PM
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theabortionator
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Yes totally. It has nothing to do with the popularity of these bands getting stupid popular without really having it.

Hell people think mumford and sons is bluegrass. But of course, I hate them to up my hipster status.

Wait, mumford and sons are a hipster band with a hipster following. If I hate mumford and sons how can I be doing it for hipster reasons?
Mar 4 2013 6:23PM
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