guys, it's nothing to get offended at. it's jokey in tone
― illegalblues, Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
I found it obnoxious too but it doesn't effect my enjoyment of the band at all, come on LL. I dont think I'd want to meet any of these guys in person anyway!
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 January 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, this is Swans.
― the drummer is a monster (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
Ok ok, I'm over it!
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
Seem like nice people to me, but maybe a bit grumpy. When I saw the Swans a couple of years ago I saw Thor meeting someone who must have been an old friend or something, it was really sweet how excited he looked at meeting the person. For some reason this sticks in my mind.
I still think there is good stuff on that list (surely overpopulation is something that doesnt get talked about enough; science fiction authors were scared of it in the 60s-70s, so why arent there loads of movies about it now?); there is some advice about self-sufficiency that I should probably take but I'm too scared of hurting my hands doing diy stuff. For every time I roll my eyes at some obvious overfamiliar piece of wisdom, I think that there is always going to be some people who have never thought about it. I remember a girl on Devianart who was asking for help because her boyfriend beat her up and she blamed herself for it. The idea that she was being wrongfully abused seemed like a total revelation to her.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 30 January 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
ha, i enjoyed that list, thor seems cool. my brother hung out with all the swans on a recent tour, had dinner and breakfast with them through a mutual friend. said thor was super nice. gira was kind of a dick but that's no surprise.
― marcos, Thursday, 30 January 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
Thor is one of the sweetest people I've ever known. I dislike lists of what people should or shouldn't do though his how to be in a band one was funny because if you spend a lot of your life in a tour van a lot of it resonated. the strength of that piece was that it spoke from an experience many share but that's unusual for many. I don't think it's presumptuous for a guy who's been in a bunch of bands & is well liked by almost everybody he's worked with to write a "how to be in a band" list, but I think it's presumptuous for pretty much anybody to write a "here's how to live your life list" well there we have it I've shared my opinion about Thor's list have a nice day everybody
― joe perry has been dead for years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 30 January 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
i'm glad to know we share the same opinion about thor and his list! he seems like a decent person, it's just the "how to live" list-making itself that i dislike but I'd feel the same way if my beloved or bff made a similar list. just kinda disappointed.
CARRY ON with the music-making, Swans
― mambo jumbo (La Lechera), Thursday, 30 January 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
listening to Filth first time ever, and yeah these guys have pretty much always been good. Yet another addition to the "I can't believe this happened in 1983" canon, and in a weird way, can see how this would have influenced extreme metal bands. Not in the speed department, but in the generally inhuman, grinding beats and guitars.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
oh dear lord Public Castration Is A Good Thing
― Dominique, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
yes, that one
― sleeve, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
"oxygen" is killer
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 21 April 2014 15:13 (ten years ago) link
you guys
https://youtu.be/AKb88rSal6M
― circa1916, Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/AKb88rSal6M
nnng. one day i'll do this correctly.
― circa1916, Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
put an "s" after the http
― KrafTwerk (sleeve), Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKb88rSal6M
― circa1916, Sunday, 18 May 2014 09:22 (nine years ago) link
thought i had it that time. why am i still here.
― circa1916, Sunday, 18 May 2014 09:23 (nine years ago) link
I think you actually need to remove the s after http.
― overwhelmed with sweat (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 May 2014 09:33 (nine years ago) link
:)
― circa1916, Sunday, 18 May 2014 09:47 (nine years ago) link
is there another thread to talk about the new album?
i picked it up at their show in DC the other day. it was the second time i've seen them, and it was predictably great, albeit slightly less ferocious than the last time around (the seer tour).
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 18 May 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
yes, please join us here:
SWANS - To Be Kind 2CD (May 13, 2014) ft. St. Vincent, Cold Specks, Little Annie, Bill Rieflin and others
― KrafTwerk (sleeve), Sunday, 18 May 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
Meantime I looked back thirty years...
http://thequietus.com/articles/15465-swans-cop-anniversary-review
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
Ned I hate to tell you this but "Half Life" is the opener, not "Why Hide" ;)
― polyamanita (sleeve), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like you are describing the right track fwiw
SWANS QUESTION
i just saw them a couple days ago and the last song they played had a penultimate part that sounded almost exactly like "Mother Sky" only without the lead guitar or fancy drum overdubs -- just the condensed essence (the doot doot dootdootdoot part was prominent)
they played a couple of faster songs this set and i really liked it -- the trombone one and the mother skyish song in particulari overheard thor tell someone that they were playing all new stuff so i was just wondering if anyone else had heard the same thing?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
update: I have discovered that the song is called Black Hole Man
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
mother of the world or piece of the sky?
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
noi know both of those songs and it was neither of those
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
i know mother of the world backwards and forwards! it was on my workout mix for a year.
oh... the Can song. duh...
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
Mother Sky is also on my workout mix, that's why I'm so sensitive to hearing parts of it, hence the above question.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
checking out a massive live tape from last week -- kicking myself for not going to see them the last time they were here.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
That's how I felt about missing the Chicago show! I'm convinced that Chris Pravdica is their secret weapon.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
Update: I conferred with someone who saw the Chicago show about the Mother Sky sounding song (he is someone who would know what I was talking about too, and wouldn't hesitate to tell me if i were mistaken) and he agreed, and added that he heard it in the bassline. So Swans enthusiasts can look forward to hearing more of that. I know I am at least.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 April 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
"Black Hole Man" was the encore at the recent SF show I went to. It was amazing.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
won't you come and wash away the rain
― example (crüt), Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
here's a recording of the whole set apparently? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNIIw455Wgw&spfreload=10
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 13 April 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
wow thanks
― sleeve, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:19 (nine years ago) link
The 3CD deluxe reissue of Filth, which also includes the debut 12" EP, Body to Body, Job to Job and a bunch of bonus live tracks, all newly remastered, is available for preorder now (street date is 5/26).
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
oh wow! never thought that would happen, tbh
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
Thanks! Don't they send out mails about this kind of thing anymore?
― StanM, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
THis new set comes with the audio for the London debut which was when i first saw them. Might just get another copy of this since it also has the first e.p. which I was just thinking I'd never heard last night. Have heard the soundbites up at the suite now.I think the stripey back cover of the 3cd set is the front cover of that e.p. isn't it?
― Stevolende, Thursday, 14 May 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
yes
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 May 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
Apparently (and I ordered before I knew this) if you pre-order it from the YG site, Gira signs it.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 14 May 2015 23:15 (eight years ago) link
He seems to do that with most of the stuff you get from the YG site doesn't he? I've certainly had a number of things bought from there come with his autograph.Could just be recent releases but certainly seems to be something he does regularly
― Stevolende, Thursday, 14 May 2015 23:42 (eight years ago) link
a la his mate jim foetus, a similar online groove.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 May 2015 23:53 (eight years ago) link
(have heard that jim does the whole foetus online thing himself these days, and it would not surprise me if michael followed the same path)
― mark e, Thursday, 14 May 2015 23:55 (eight years ago) link
Just got it today - I can't say I hear a whole lot of difference between this version of Filth/Body To Body and the ones that were released on YG in 2000, which sounded more than adequate already. The Swans EP sounds way better than any version I'd heard before + the CBGB's and London recordings sound rather mediocre to say the least :-/
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/SwansOfficial/photos/a.487755361977.266239.13879391977/10153948860591978/?type=1 : remaster/reissue of White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity in the works+https://www.facebook.com/SwansOfficial/photos/a.487755361977.266239.13879391977/10153779357881978/?type=1 : new album to be recorded starting in September
― StanM, Sunday, 19 July 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link