coming down from the high

Last time I blogged I talked about excitement and anticipation for Mumford and Sons. Well the event has come and gone. My dad asked if I was going to blog about it and I didn't think I would. But I want to try and remember this moment so it would be best to write now.

I think that it seemed strange to me from the beginning that this band would play in Esch sur Alzette. I also often like to think that bands "belong" to me and this was an instance of realizing that in fact Mumford does not "belong" to me. The venue that they were playing was much larger than I was expection (can't blame me - look how small luxembourg is!) I think that there were a lot of people that came from Belgium, Germany, France and the likes. It was great because we ended up meeting some people who sold my friend a ticket. Coolest people - and we all just hungout the whole night.

new friend!

As far as the concert goes...wow! I am generally a very grounded person and it is very rare that I let hype take over. Even if I believe in something, I usually don't like to get myself get wrapped up in a situation because I think that this groupthink makes people actually loose sight of an end goal (Kony 2012 anyone). I also don't like people that just bow down and worship celebrities. I can have a lot of respect for someone but it terrifies me to see people crying and screaming when they see one direction. I let the hype take over and was not at all interested in trying to process in the moment. I just yelled and enjoyed the music.

So much yelling in fact the some French guy turned around me and told me to ' shut my f-ing face'. Luckily cat was there to defend me. And no, I was not going to shut my f-ing face. Don't care. I don't think I have ever had that little respect for anyone around me. I was going to dance like no one was watching and like no one was in the same room as me.

As far as the music goes - I would say that it sounds extremely similar to the albums. I was reading an interview and they said that were very much inspired by the sounds of live music and I did feel closer to the music. That being said, it was nothing new to me. I was a little sad that there was no new song being played or something I had never heard. There were a couple of the older songs that I would have enjoyed hearing, or a few of the slower songs from the album. It was also amazing to be able to see them just keep revolving through the instruments and just picking up what was needed for each song. So much talent here!

They also did not do much talking. It's sad that their songs are not very long, because it did not make for a very long concert. Could not have been longer than an hour fifteen.

I think my dream concert would be seeing them in a much smaller venue. Personally I love live music but I think that it's the intimacy of being able to see someones faces when they play that makes things better because I like to see someone loving what they are doing. I didn't necessarily get that. There is a difference between playing to get all the correct notes and playing because you love it. Obviously every Band has their own performance style and Mumford and Sons just happens to have a very quiet style. I guess it suits the heaviness or sombreness of some of their lyrics. That's just speculation. I'm doing a later edit. I have been just mumford and sons-ing it up on youtube and watching some of their banter at other concerts. I regret that I may have sounded a little selfish in this blog. It's not my concert. Who I am to tell them how to run their concerts. I want to see them how they are and not just performing for me. It's about us and them hanging out and them playing some sweet music. 

Also - I have been watching some interviews and they really inspire to me read and be intelligent. I really appreciate their commitment to not being public spectacles either.

It is a little bewildering that they are not much older than me either and have only been a band maybe 5 years...??
Also interesting because we initially followed them across northern europe as we were in antwerp and amsterdam the same nights as them. And our friend in Amsterdam's roommate had been at the concert in Paris.

Stalk much?
I'd like to see them again soon - but next time, personal concert/intimate hangout??