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Mumford & Sons — White Blank Page
Album: Sigh No More
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Released: 2010
Length: 4:11
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Can you lie next to her
And give her your heart, your heart
As well as your body

And can you lie next to her
And confess your love, your love
As well as your folly

And can you kneel before the King
And say I'm clean, I'm clean

But tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart

A white blank page and a swelling rage, rage
You did not think when you sent me to the brink, to the brink
You desired my attention but denied my affections, my affections

So tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart

Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life
O lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life
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For pity's sake, PLEASE stop playing these assholes!
Posted 12 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Play it, Bill !
Nice to listen to your subtle blend : ) 
Posted 12 years ago by Jörg_Asmussen    [ Reply ]
Quick, turn it off!!
Posted 12 years ago by StoneyG    [ Reply ]
I am so sick to death of the drivel that the Mumford Brothers spew. Ugh. Please Bill, have mercy, no more of this shit.
Posted 12 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
  Talk about bad. It takes an effort to be that irritating.
Posted 12 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I know styles and vocabularies vary greatly among all folks and regions and I don't mean this as a knock to your stylistic choices, but "earnestness" seems like a peculiar word to use in that instance.  By its principal definition, the word is a synonym of "sincerity".  I assume you were referring to this band's excessiveness, pomposity, or exorbitance being "nauseating", more than their devotion or enthusiasm is - maybe not.  Anyhow, I don't much care for their "bellowing" either, particularly on this number.


 



Your right Proclivities. The proper sentence would have read, "false earnestness" since their act seems put on.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
 shakitten wrote:
I just don't understand the popularity of this band. Listening is painful...
 
I totally Agree it's a mournful dirge at best..

Posted 12 years ago by noelski    [ Reply ]
 salzburg4321 wrote:
Banjo = 7
 
Totally. But sounding like distressed sheep = 1.
Posted 12 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
Banjo = 7
Posted 12 years ago by salzburg4321    [ Reply ]
I just don't understand the popularity of this band. Listening is painful...
Posted 12 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
I'm so glad I get to join in and bash a band. At times, they sound like the soundtrack to a Disney straight to video movie. Their earnestness is nauseating, it might be insincere and it's definitely unsustainable. If you already come off as suspiciously "put on," people will grow tired of your self-righteous bellowing before too long.
 
I know styles and vocabularies vary greatly among all folks and regions and I don't mean this as a knock to your stylistic choices, but "earnestness" seems like a peculiar word to use in that instance.  By its principal definition, the word is a synonym of "sincerity".  I assume you were referring to this band's excessiveness, pomposity, or exorbitance being "nauseating", more than their devotion or enthusiasm is - maybe not.  Anyhow, I don't much care for their "bellowing" either, particularly on this number.


Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
I'm so glad I get to join in and bash a band. At times, they sound like the soundtrack to a Disney straight to video movie. Their earnestness is nauseating, it might be insincere and it's definitely unsustainable. If you already come off as suspiciously "put on," people will grow tired of your self-righteous bellowing before too long.
 

Sasha said it much better than I did today.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
This is Sick, and not in a good way.  Sick!
Posted 12 years ago by Whimary    [ Reply ]
Really don't like this.  Pomposity disguised as rootsy sounds 
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Somehow I knew Mumford would evoke some cynical killjoy comments from this forum. Thanks for playing it anyway, Bill. *I* enjoy it.
Posted 12 years ago by GirlFriday    [ Reply ]
What a bad singer!!
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This Album's title needs to be tweaked to "Sing no more."
Posted 12 years ago by lafcadio    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:
I am reasonably certain that that the CIA uses this as part of an advanced interrogation technique.  It sounds like a chorus of mashed cats played at half-speed.
 
Yes, I hear it! Musical cats that perform very well while being mashed and that play and sing at double speed!  
Posted 12 years ago by krysthal    [ Reply ]
I am reasonably certain that that the CIA uses this as part of an advanced interrogation technique.  It sounds like a chorus of mashed cats played at half-speed.
Posted 13 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:

When I rate stuff a 7 i find it Quite Likable.
This braying I rate a 3. 

 

Syntax, meant to way I understand why people might NOT like this, but I do. 7. There, better?

Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
this one's Bluegrass Kings Of Leon
Posted 13 years ago by motorichi    [ Reply ]
 dkwalika wrote:
Great album. Best of the year?
 
ROFL. Good one.
Posted 13 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
Great album. Best of the year?

Posted 13 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
I like the angry Irish set
Posted 13 years ago by mpatnode    [ Reply ]
 fatcatjb wrote:
always happy when the braying finally stops
 
{#Lol}

Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Overblown.
Posted 13 years ago by Jive    [ Reply ]
beautifull i love this song so much i could here this for ever ,ever,everrrrrrrrrrrrrr.............................
so damn beautifullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
love this band !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by moonstarshine    [ Reply ]
I'm so glad I get to join in and bash a band. At times, they sound like the soundtrack to a Disney straight to video movie. Their earnestness is nauseating, it might be insincere and it's definitely unsustainable. If you already come off as suspiciously "put on," people will grow tired of your self-righteous bellowing before too long.
Posted 13 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Shut up shut up shut up!

(can't be bothered to come up with something witty this morning) 
Posted 13 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
I am not a big fan of stingray, but on this band i must agree with him. This is awful!!

Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This has got to be a parody, like Spinal Tap or The Folksmen, right?

Right? 
Posted 13 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
"Mom Ford & her overrated Sons"

Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
takes itself too seriously, pretty awful really {#Beat}
Posted 13 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
White Blank Page = quite boring song.

Posted 13 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 fatcatjb wrote:
always happy when the braying finally stops
 

Was just thinking that!
Posted 13 years ago by StoneyG    [ Reply ]
always happy when the braying finally stops
Posted 13 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
The vocal qualities may not be pure, but I enjoy the instrumentation and the emotion (if perhaps a little too dramatic)
Posted 13 years ago by jchap5    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:

When I rate stuff a 7 i find it Quite Likable.
This braying I rate a 3. 

 
3 here also. 

Posted 13 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

As stated below, I can understand why some might like this, but do not count me amongst them. 7

 
When I rate stuff a 7 i find it Quite Likable.
This braying I rate a 3. 

Posted 13 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]

As stated below, I can understand why some might not like this, but do not count me amongst them. 7



Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I like a lot of M&S, but THIS one made me get down off the ladder, come into the other room to give it a 1. 

Posted 13 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
I love the way these guys use the banjo in the same way Nirvana used the heavy guitar. A slow open and then some serious metal. Because you know, nothing says "intense" like some serious bad-ass banjo.

Posted 13 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]

I really do understand the negative vibe toward the band and their music - I started off that way.  But after a few more listens, I began to feel it and now I really like them.  Too bad they are so grossly overplayed on our local "alternative radio" FM station. . . 
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Oh good grief, haven't they fallen into obscurity yet?
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}J'adoooooooore! My preferred song!

Posted 13 years ago by dharma17    [ Reply ]
I just bought this CD. The pros: it's consistently good. The cons: I've already heard about half of it, here on RP and elsewhere. Adele's 21, my last purchase, was the same way.
Posted 13 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
Awful!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
laughing loudly

 sieversfam wrote:
They will also be performing n my recycle bin on Saturday.
 


Posted 13 years ago by azdcryan    [ Reply ]
Ok, If I saw them performing on a street corner or in a park in London or New York I'd probably stop and take a listen for a few songs. I might even remark about how nicely the banjo playing fit with the rest of the ensemble. But when the hat got passed I don't know that I'd feel compelled to leave a tip. And I certainly wouldn't spend $10.00 on their CD which would be positioned near the tip hat.

If, in a year or two they hit it big I'd feel happy for them and tell everyone about how I saw them on a street corner way back when. But I wouldn't follow their careers or buy any of their music.
Posted 13 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Some good things coming out of the UK lately, Hitch, Cowell, and now this.  Send more of that over, red rover, red rover.
Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 Mack wrote:
No, he's not a pirate, Mumford and Sons are a removals firm from Yeovil. The father was famous for being the only removals professional in the Dorset/Somerset area with one arm and the son, famous for his moustache, he's dropped the dining room table on his foot - 'Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh'.
 
{#Clap} Nice one! About as far removed from the posh background of this bunch of pseudy crooners as you could get. I think I'd rather hear the removals men singing than this bunch of nobs.


Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
They will also be performing n my recycle bin on Saturday.

Posted 13 years ago by sieversfam    [ Reply ]
They will be at Wakarusa Music Festival in Mulberry, AR in June.
Posted 13 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
No, he's not a pirate, Mumford and Sons are a removals firm from Yeovil. The father was famous for being the only removals professional in the Dorset/Somerset area with one arm and the son, famous for his moustache, he's dropped the dining room table on his foot - 'Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh'.

See them going about their work in the pic from their website:




Posted 13 years ago by Mack    [ Reply ]

It's amazing the diversity of tastes that are drawn to this station. I think this song is fantastic. This guy's voice grabs me every time.


Posted 13 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 jwb wrote:

None of those things have anything to do with this song being insipid or not, which it is.
  

Perhaps in your opinion. The song suits me just fine.
Posted 13 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
Har-ar-har-ar-har-ar-ar, me hearties! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!



We just had The Decemberists on only 4 tracks ago. A bit too much Nu-nu-folk for these ears :(

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 rez wrote:
urrrgghhhh James Blunt does emo !!  {#Yell}
 
Arf! Nicely put {#Clap}
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 teapot wrote:

Only bitter hipsters make these kinds of comments. Mumford are a bunch of guys who love to play music, and they worked hard to gain their success. Geez, get a life.
 
None of those things have anything to do with this song being insipid or not, which it is.
Posted 13 years ago by jwb    [ Reply ]
 jwb wrote:
A couple of banjos and some hipster singer can't make this song any less insipid.
 
Only bitter hipsters make these kinds of comments. Mumford are a bunch of guys who love to play music, and they worked hard to gain their success. Geez, get a life.
Posted 13 years ago by teapot    [ Reply ]
A couple of banjos and some hipster singer can't make this song any less insipid.
Posted 13 years ago by jwb    [ Reply ]
Been a fan since they started years ago, and this has always been my favorite song. I'm still shocked they are so popular now. The first performance I went to had 10 people in the room. Now they are playing festivals. 
Posted 13 years ago by teapot    [ Reply ]
Saw these guys live in Galway Ireland a few weeks ago.  Crowd of 150 people knew every word and clearly loved the band.  The album grows on you with each listening in a weird way, like this song, I didn't think I would like it but The Cave, Little Lion Man are really great songs.

Posted 13 years ago by Ericocean    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Har.
 

:)
Posted 13 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]
Har.
Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 Kittee wrote:
Powerful...love it.  The "earthiness" to the singer voice is very pleasing to me.
 

Yes, I like the intensity of this one, relative to others I've heard from them.
Posted 13 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 dogpound wrote:

dogwoman {#Angel}
 
gender not specified.  dogster  {#Wink}
Posted 13 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
urrrgghhhh James Blunt does emo !!  {#Yell}
Posted 13 years ago by rez    [ Reply ]
 Ubaldo wrote:


I truly understand what the dogman means!
 
dogwoman {#Angel}
Posted 13 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
I like this, but it isn't really putting anything new on the table.  Not that I expect every song or artist to present something unique to the world.

Still, I can see while people think this will get old after a while.  I'm going to enjoy it when it comes up here, but I'm not rushing out to buy their cd anytime soon.  Maybe if I see in the discount bin somewhere for cheap, I'll pick it up.  Otherwise I'm just going to add this to the "heard it before even if I've never heard it" category.


Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 dogpound wrote:
there's a big part of me that thinks, huh, I should find these guys really annoying.
But I don't, I actually really like them. 
 

I truly understand what the dogman means!
Posted 13 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
Play more Mumford & Sons. Best new band in a long time.
Posted 13 years ago by avl28804    [ Reply ]
Love these guys.  Thanks RP.
Posted 13 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Enough Mumford. It was mildly amusing when this came out, now it is grating. The ratings on this tune are going downhill at an alarming rate and with luck this might be the last play on RP. . . and the cover pic will be of them in a charity shop window.

A new term. . . barfofolk 


Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Love these guys.  Check out the song live at Bonnaroo last year https://www.metatube.com/en/videos/34929/Mumford-Sons-White-Blank-Page-HD-720P-live/
Posted 13 years ago by Groogrux69    [ Reply ]
Powerful...love it.  The "earthiness" to the singer voice is very pleasing to me.
Posted 13 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
Not my taste!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
I'm still partial to this father & son team.

Sanford and Son
Posted 13 years ago by iggam    [ Reply ]
 tipper wrote:

Seriously grim this lot. Something about the guys voice, not to mention the lyrics means I just can't listen to this.



 
It takes time, believe Bill!

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 StoneyG wrote:
Hmm.  Sounds like a big ol' pile of MEH.
 
Sounds like a bunch of poncey toffs ;)

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

Seriously grim this lot. Something about the guys voice, not to mention the lyrics means I just can't listen to this.



Posted 13 years ago by tipper    [ Reply ]
Hmm.  Sounds like a big ol' pile of MEH.
Posted 13 years ago by StoneyG    [ Reply ]
Gotta soak this in a bit....

{#Confused}
Posted 13 years ago by mapman    [ Reply ]
Agree with others...just can't get into these guys.
Posted 13 years ago by bjesch    [ Reply ]
Fake folk bollox.
Posted 13 years ago by geordiezimmerman    [ Reply ]
I really like their sound and the songs peppered in a mix... because... it's tough to listen to the entire album. Every song is about the gal that dumped the lead singer on his ass. I haven't heard a more heart broken wussy since the Little River Band.
Posted 13 years ago by ltbluesoda    [ Reply ]
 Jazbo wrote:
Thought it was DMB......
 

What a cruel thing to say.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
there's a big part of me that thinks, huh, I should find these guys really annoying.
But I don't, I actually really like them. 
Posted 13 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
How can they have NO upcoming shows for 2011? Good grief!
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 MrSpaz wrote:
I'm just not diggin' these guys that much. The instrumentation is decent enough, but the vocalist is just a taste over the top and the lyrics remind me too much of high school sophomore English class poetry.

Eh, maybe they'll evolve a bit in the future.
 
they are good, no doubt, but there is some swot feeling, for which these guys would not be my friends on high scool :) probably.
Posted 13 years ago by petrfas    [ Reply ]
I'm just not diggin' these guys that much. The instrumentation is decent enough, but the vocalist is just a taste over the top and the lyrics remind me too much of high school sophomore English class poetry.

Eh, maybe they'll evolve a bit in the future.

Posted 13 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
One of my albums of the year and this is a standout track. Supernatural live performers too...
Posted 13 years ago by techno_guru    [ Reply ]

7 {#Arrow} 8

Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Your ears,mind and heart are opening...This is the power of Radio Paradise :)

 alanthecowboy wrote:
Wow... this never happens.  I didn't like these guys at all, and now a couple of short months later I love almost every song.  What the heck is wrong with me.  I don't even like this style of music, generally.  Oh well, better than the other way around...
 


Posted 14 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
Perfect song :) Keep up the good work Bill.
Cheers from the Faroe Islands ;) 
Posted 14 years ago by ahjohannessen    [ Reply ]
sorry, it doesnt cook well :) I can stand it once or twice per week, but that is quite a job. Enjoy it as much you want, I am looking forward what is next.

 SinisterDexter wrote:


But it cooks it in a good way, right?  It does for me.  {#Tongue-out}
 


Posted 14 years ago by petrfas    [ Reply ]
 petrfas wrote:
por favor, not so often mumford and sons... it cook my brain
 

But it cooks it in a good way, right?  It does for me.  {#Tongue-out}
Posted 14 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
Wow... this never happens.  I didn't like these guys at all, and now a couple of short months later I love almost every song.  What the heck is wrong with me.  I don't even like this style of music, generally.  Oh well, better than the other way around...
Posted 14 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
Thought it was DMB......
Posted 14 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
por favor, not so often mumford and sons... it cook my brain

Posted 14 years ago by petrfas    [ Reply ]
All their songs sound the same, which makes overplaying them, that much worse.
Posted 14 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...every time i hear mumford and sons there's a moment when i think it's dan mangan, then listen more closely and realise that it must be mumford and sons...
 
For me it's just the opposite.  {#Cheers}
Posted 14 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
Hey, Mumford...sigh no more.


Posted 14 years ago by JamesB    [ Reply ]
Somewhat annoying.
Posted 14 years ago by titanium667    [ Reply ]
Harr-arr-arr - they sound like extras from Treasure Island. Shiver me timbers, lad. Pieces of eight, pieces of eight...
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Great driving song.

The entire cd is a bit repetitive when listen to whole, but still like it.
Posted 14 years ago by vesta0424    [ Reply ]
 mikexican wrote:
Overplayed. Need a break.
 
Very plaintive...almost pathetic, voice. I want to hold his hand and tell him everything's going to be okay...or slap him and tell him to shut his pie hole! {#Confused}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
OK, I am sold too.. number7 wrote:


I can't stop listening to this disk.
Great new stuff!
Thanks Bill
 


Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]


I can't stop listening to this disk.
Great new stuff!
Thanks Bill
Posted 14 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
Not bad music, pretty decent... but BURNT OUT on it already. Overplayed. Need a break. Tom Petty too. 
Posted 14 years ago by mikexican    [ Reply ]
 I think so too..{#Yes} akousa wrote:
These guys show some promise.
 


Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
What a totally unremarkable song.
Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 dddenver wrote:
I really hear Dave Matthews.
 
Heh. I came here to see if anybody else had noticed the similarity.
It doesn't bother me, though (and neither does DM's voice). This song is quite nice.
Posted 14 years ago by spaceman    [ Reply ]
{#No}
Posted 14 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 Decoy wrote:
meh, maybe I need to hear it a bit more...kind of annoying vocals
 
I'm forced to agree.  I really hear Dave Matthews.
Posted 14 years ago by dddenver    [ Reply ]

Not the best song on an otherwise excellent album.


Posted 14 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...every time i hear mumford and sons there's a moment when i think it's dan mangan, then listen more closely and realise that it must be mumford and sons...
 
Me too.

Posted 14 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
...every time i hear mumford and sons there's a moment when i think it's dan mangan, then listen more closely and realise that it must be mumford and sons...
Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
These guys show some promise.
Posted 14 years ago by akousa    [ Reply ]
meh, maybe I need to hear it a bit more...kind of annoying vocals
Posted 14 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]