Thursday 21 February 2013

"Mumford & Sons are having the biggest impact since Led Zeppelin!"

DISCUSS!! 

Now don't get me wrong I like Mumford and Sons, I like them a lot and I firmly believe that everyone is perfectly entitled to their opinion. If that means saying things that are at best, 'a little over the top', then so be it. However the above title was a quote from a reporter from the music press with regard to last nights Brit awards, frankly a person that should have known a lot better. Mumford and Sons have only been around about five years and that's fine. They have been moderately successful in that time and three years ago they brought out their first album, their second album hasn't been out four months yet. 
Not the most awesome rise to fame, more steady and sure! 
I won't even start to compare the two groups, as you would surely need to before you said something with regard to impact, but Stairway to Heaven within four years and four of the most iconic albums ever in the same time - work it out for yourselves!
I would say Led Zeppelin were a big impact on, even, Mumford and Sons and continue to be on new groups in 2013, some 45 years after they were formed.
Mumford and Sons are good, they show huge potential. They will be big and as they get bigger so will their impact be more noticeable but please! It is a bit like expecting a toddler to run an adult marathon as say a forty year old professional.

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