Mumford & Sons - 'I'm On Fire' (Cover) | 3FM Mega Exclusive | 3FM Live

'I'm On Fire' van Mumford & Sons tijdens de 3FM Mega Exclusive. Speciaal voor 3FM-luisteraar Jasper en zijn 50 vrienden en familie speelde de band op 9 mei een privé-optreden in Tuschinski Amsterdam.

Jasper won dit optreden doordat hij meer dan 100 uur aan de lijn hing met 3FM. Hij deed dit voor zijn vriendin die eerder dat jaar haar stiefvader verloor. Mumford & Sons was dé band van het gezin en de muziek werd op zijn begrafenis gedraaid.

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[kasnijhuis]

There's a really beautiful story behind this gig let me tell you:

The radio station organized something called a line check. It meant that you had to stay on the phone as long it was needed to win.

The only thing was only one person could win. The person who won was able to bring along only 50 people.

The guy who won this gig stayed on the phone for like 140 hours straight which also meant he also broke the world record for most expensi... uhh I mean longest phone call ever.

The guy who won had a girlfriend. The stepfather of his girlfriend went to Pinkpop in 2012 and took a CD with him back home from Mumford and Sons. They all liked the music back home. Then the stepfather of his girlfriend promised him and his girlfriend "We are going to a Mumford and Sons concert one day!".

Sadly about a year and a half before this gig the stepfather heard he had cancer. One year later he passed away. The music of Mumford and Sons was also played at his funeral.

So wasting those 140 hours of his life wasn't much of a waste at all. He did it all for his girlfriend and her stepfather. He kept the promise but made it even bigger. And as he said with his last words of his long phone call "ONLY LOVE WINS IN THE END!"

[johngrey]

We are still listening to this masterpiece in

[christopherdickenson]

I always felt the song needed to be longer. Its simply haunting.

[blaiseperry]

That lower tone Marcus drops on the “Fire” stops your soul dead cold! Amazing.

[jeanmont]

This song is so intrinsically beautiful that every cover I've heard of it is just amazing. Including this one.

[annabellehyde]

Jesus Christ what a bloody When his voice drops on ‘fire’😱😱😍😍

[Ron]

No one can sing this song like Bruce Springsteen, but man you guys just blew me away with this version....amazing

[Phoebehawk]

The 'on fire' is so gravelly and deep just class

[robert]

Only stumbled across this song and must’ve listened to it 40 times in the last three days

[slaku]

Mumford does great covers.... This Is easily their best, Its subtle how fantastic it is... it's literally revisionist, so fantastic.

[quietusplus]

Mumford & Sons. Those vocals coming together, is when goosebumps happen.

[brianmullins]

What a raw song isn't it, pure raw emotion to the point.

[geriatterbury]

I can't believe this mans voice mumfords are just so talented ....I need to express myself better because they are beyond my words

[Womanwithblackdog]

Oh Lord! I love the way he growls the word “fire”.🔥👩🏻‍🦳

[allanhughes]

PASSION ALWAYS WINS THROUGH IN WHAT EVER WE DO AND THIS IS PASSION AT ITS BEST DONE LADS YOU ARE WINNERS

[jnniksch]

There is only one word to describe this: beautiful.

[stella]

Every time I hear a cover of this song, the lyric is ALWAYS changed from "skull" to "soul"! He says the middle of my skull, e'rbody! Love M & S, but Bruce will always be my MAN <3

[HT-dhch]

Lyrics:
Hey little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he go away and leave you all alone? Mhmm
I got a bad desire
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire

Tell me now, baby, is he good to you?
And can he do to you the things that I do? Oh no
I can take you higher
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley
Through the middle of my skull

At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire

Woo ooh ooh
Woo ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Woo ooh ooh
Woo ooh ooh

[mileenlai]

His voice dropping an octave on "fire" is pantydropping...

[sassysaguaro]

on man, I've loved this song for so long, first growing up in a house of springsteen fans, then becoming a mumford and sons fan, then hearing this performed at one of their concerts (acoustic, all around one mic), and now the recording is stunning.