Mumford and Sons are freaking awesome. Just look at them. They are beautiful! They are an English folk rock band. If you want to know what folk rock is, the definition is: a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. This genre of music genre arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s. The reason that i want to make sure there is a little back ground to this genre of music is because i don't even listen to a lot of music of this type myself. With that said, i would recommend this band to EVERYONE to listen to. Mumford and Sons are kind of a mainstream band now with there really popular song like "The Cave".
Not only do i love their songs, but also their music video's tend to be so interesting and cool to watch. There very different at times and don't make sense, but thats what is so awesome about them. The music video's tend to be simple with not a lot going on, but to me it's just because i feel like the "less is more" saying is what Mumford and Sons go by. I can't even explain how much i love their songs! The vocals of this band are just fantastic too. It's kind of scratchy and rough. Anyone and everyone should check them out. Plus they have a sick banjo. I will put more of my favorite songs by them below.
This week after listening to The Beatles album Rubber Soul, their songs did sound different and a lot more slow, but i still really enjoyed listening to them. It seemed to me like they had a lot more back ground vocals in their songs, and i always love harmony so it was awesome. I really liked the song "In My Life" from their album. The lyrics in that song caught my attention, especially the part that goes:
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all
To me these lyrics mean that through out one's life, the people that you love and become friends with, no matter if it's from the past or present, they still mean so much and one will always appreciate them through their whole life. Even though this song somewhat has a slow beat and seems kind of down, the lyrics are really positive and happy. I also really like how the song shifts a lot to different beats and melody's through out the song like in the video (below) around the 29 second part and so on through the song. My favorite part is the end of the song where the piano sounds legit (about 1:30 mark in the video below). It's really interesting how producers experimented back then with studio's to make new sounds, even though today speeding up the sound to a piano seems like nothing. I loved this album and i definitely want to come burn it to a CD sometime so i can have it for myself!
I know that Taylor Swift is under country music in itunes, but no one considers her music to be actually country. Surprisingly, all of her new songs on her up coming album, that is coming out on October 17, takes the number one a two spot of the current top songs. I personally think that Swift is more pop, but i absolutely love her. I feel as if i can relate to a lot of her songs, and i find all of them really catchy. Also, i really love that she writes all of her music. I feel bad for all of the guys she has dated, because she seems to write really bad songs about them dumping her. I love Taylor Swift, and i hope one day i can go to one of her concerts. I recommend everyone to go check out her new album coming out soon!!
After being in class today (Friday) and seeing that no one was there due to ACL, i feel like i should talk about it. We watched some of the bands performing live, and i must say that i really was not crazy about any of them. I just do not see how someone would want to ever spend 200 dollars plus to see these bands. I specifically remember one of the bands named War on Drugs. To me, this band had somewhat of an old school feel and i liked that. I enjoyed listening to the melody and beat of this band, and as well as the lyrics. There was one song where i was like wow this dude can't sing, but then after listening to some other horrible vocalist i felt like War on Drugs wasn't that bad. I don't really know that much about this band, and i don't know the name of the lead vocal singer, but i really did like his voice because it was somewhat scratchy and i like that. I am very curious to how ACL will turn out next year since it's going to be over a 2 weekend period.
I'm not a huge fan of remixing songs or anything of that sort, but i was with my friend the other day, and they showed me this really cool group called White Panda. What they do is take songs and will mix them together. For example, they will take a beast and melody of another song, then put different song lyrics with it. Honestly after listening to a lot of their songs, the songs that White Panda creates are either really good or just terrible. If you have a Spotify account, that is a great way to check these guys out. My favorite song so far that they have created is called Midnight Life. I think it's one of the best remix's i have ever heard. I will put the song below:
I really liked the movie Help by The Beatles. I feel as if it is very rare to see a movie done by an entire band. The movie seemed to be a little cheesy at times, but overall i did get a good laugh from it. I enjoyed all of the music in the movie, and i like how there were a lot of different settings within the movie. At some point The Beatles would be wondering along the shore of a beach, then the next thing you know, they are skiing in the mountains. I must say that I really did not like Ringo's hair. It bugged me through out the whole movie. I thought that it was too long, and it looked like he was just wearing a bowl over his head. Finally, the way some of the booby traps were designed to catch Ringo, so that the bad guys could get the famous ring back, were very creative. My personal favorite was when all The Beatles were at the bar, and Ringo fell through the floor into a room with a huge tiger. That made me laugh so hard because it was just so random but really funny.
