No Thor on this one
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
Track listing with running times (from the Young God site):
The Beggar 2CD tracklisting
CD1:The Parasite (8:27)Paradise is Mine (9:23)Los Angeles: City of Death (3:29)Michael is Done (6:08)Unforming (5:55)The Beggar (10:15)No More of This (6:55)Ebbing (11:04)Why Can't I Have What I Want Any Time That I Want? (7:38)
CD2:The Beggar Lover (Three) (43:51)The Memorious (8:38)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
When I got the promo email I initially thought this was the album cover:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0397/1609/files/Swans_2023_TourPoster_Venue_v2copy_50ac29fc-beab-4c77-831c-a725de264052_480x480.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 17:48 (one year ago) link
Gira will be 70 next year. His hearing must be totally gone at this point.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
I almost ordered it but then I remembered I paid for "New Album Fundraiser & Pre-Order" last time (got the "Is There Really A Mind" CD last year but this includes the 2023 album too, or it should)
― StanM, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 19:22 (one year ago) link
I chatted him up after a show in Houston and asked if he ever wore earplugs. He gave me quite a dour look.
If he was my neighbor I would refer to him as “Chuckles.”
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
lmao that Ben Frost didn’t allow himself to be caricatured, dude appears to be somewhat self obsessed
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
Why Can't I Have What I Want Any Time That I Want? (7:38)
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
yeah i dunno i'll probably check this out though xD
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 21:27 (one year ago) link
The Beggar Lover (Three) (43:51)
beats Richard Dawson by almost three full minutes!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
I hadn’t realized it was out. Enjoying it.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 13:19 (one year ago) link
It's pretty good
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link
Haven't found much discussion of the remastering, I listened to White Light last night, it sounds great but very different, just now reading that aside from the obvious change (adding "Blind") that some of these songs are significantly different edits, I'm a bit dismayed but at least I still have my old Various Failures and White Light CDs. Maybe someday there'll be deluxe versions with all versions. I don't have a lot of experience listening to remasters of old favourites, hope it won't always cause this anxiety.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 18 August 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
I didn't know about the edits.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 19 August 2023 09:55 (one year ago) link
I only have the remastered White Light from the Mouth of Infinity. I just have all the old CDs from the 90s that were bunched together
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 19 August 2023 09:56 (one year ago) link
The live band from 1988 was one of the best things I'd ever heard, extremely heavy folk rock. Played by most of the band that recorded Children Of God but with a different drummer. It took me an age to get hold of recordings from that era. I missed getting the official botleg which I think documents it Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room . Not sure if that has been reissued. I think the sound they reached at the time does inform their more recent incarnation to some extent.
― Stevo, Saturday, 19 August 2023 10:31 (one year ago) link
Remaster still sounds great, but different things are brought forward, I can't quite say what it is I'm missing from the older version
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 19 August 2023 22:44 (one year ago) link
How do they compare to the original LPs?
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 20 August 2023 11:48 (one year ago) link
Just dropping in her to say that I listened to Screen Shot and Oxygen again today annd they are two of the best songs ever produced (and I don’t really care for this band much). Carry on!
― hrep (H.P), Sunday, 20 August 2023 12:20 (one year ago) link
I've never heard the vinyl versions of any of them
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 21 August 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
me neither
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 13:04 (one year ago) link