One of all times best rock bands for sure. If only their songs weren't way too short.

@thefunnytvmanofthenight1537

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously! Who make a song ONLY 30 minutes cmon!

@mindmy609

3 жыл бұрын

one of the loudest ive never been to one of their shows but my ego was decimated with the soundtracks album prior listening into the subconscious before I dosed three hits of blodder it stuck with the trip of course things got crazy acid scissors and mirrors don't mix I cropped my personality hair lol looks like their playing in a air plane hangar lots of reverb

@charmicarmicat2981

3 жыл бұрын

Right? Fucking 32 minutes. Give us another pop album Mike, that’s exactly what we want :b

@turqdeth

3 жыл бұрын

@@mindmy609 bro u good?

@frackingfluidinjection

3 жыл бұрын

@@turqdeth he’s alright, he’s just the average swans fan

the glowing man live is probably an unreal experience

@el_mal_de_ojo

6 ай бұрын

Life-changing. Had the pleasure of seeing them in 2017 during the Deliquescence tour, totally life-changing. May be the best gig I ever experienced.

genuinely impressive how none of them lose count during those long ambient sections

@fleuvenoir7733

5 жыл бұрын

I think they are mostly guided by Michael

@dancarstens5577

4 жыл бұрын

They aren't, at least not in the traditional sense. Even when he isn't obviously cuing them, they're all following Gira's playing, movements, and vocals. The band watches him closer than orchestras watch conductors. Their songs are always divided into distinct sections and they know what kind if playing is expected of them during those sections, but Gira is 100% in charge of the speed, feel, and length of those sections.Counting would be totally useless because they won't move on to the next material without being cued and Gira decides when to do that by feel. They also practiced for upwards of 10 hours a day, 7 days a week for months leading up to tours, which is how they are able to play pounding, repetitive chords for like 10 minutes straight and manage to be the tightest band I've ever seen.

@richardroberson2564

4 жыл бұрын

@@dancarstens5577 Also they are just fantastic musicians.

@filtinator

4 жыл бұрын

sure would be fun to do this

@HiGlowie

4 жыл бұрын

filt right?? Every time I watch these guys play I always think “man, I gotta meet some people like this!” Although, my musicianship is nowhere near these cats.

you know it’s swans when it’s a 2 hour set and they only play 6 songs

@MrKongatthegates

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was one. And not a very good one

@coleintheville117

3 ай бұрын

@@MrKongatthegates goofy

This is beyond art, it is live revealing of nature, like watching a volcano. Criticism or acceptance are irrelevant next to the thing itself.

@rotnihilist

5 ай бұрын

Bloody well said !

I find it hilarious that arguably the loudest band on the planet today is a bunch of 50 and 60 somethings that seem like they'd refuse nights out on the bars because they're "too loud"

@randomenbyuploads8925

2 жыл бұрын

One thing to always remember is that if the members of a hardcore and/or loud band look like just a couple of guys, they will most likely shatter your skull

30:05 - When you finally get home to listen to Swans

@charmicarmicat2981

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin M me when I got out of basic and could listen to Swans again

1:11:49, this part where the crescendos changes from loud burst into the most earth shattering jam session is absolutely insane. What a phenomenal band.

Its insane how loud they are live

@fabiansanchez7203

5 жыл бұрын

Theyve played at 140db which is the same as shooting a mid power handgun with no earplugs

@rudolfboing

4 жыл бұрын

You must see Mogwai live. I had a high pitch in my ears days afterward

@Go_EZ-ier_On_Us_And_Enjoy

4 жыл бұрын

I went to this tour - always wear ear plugs people! Protect the ears and enjoy!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@slightlyallthetime

4 жыл бұрын

@@Go_EZ-ier_On_Us_And_Enjoy good advice. I didn't do this when I saw them in london in 2014 and 2015 and now I have tinnitus. Was worth it though

@deadlysnakeman

4 жыл бұрын

Guac Squad How is Michael Gira not deaf yet

Swans is the quintessential example of a band whose studio albums are merely a taster for the live experience, which after having experienced it myself can definitely say is THE way to consume their otherworldly sonic assaults. As genius as they are in the studio (legitimate arguments for several masterpieces in their discography), they blow the studio albums out of the fucking water with the live sound. They just know exactly what they're doing live. Frequencies are filled, the sound assaults you physically, stupefies you. You're left hypnotised and at the end of the set, you wonder 'just what on earth happened?'. I don't know exactly what happens, but I know it's got the potential to change your perspective entirely.

@nataschkah

9 ай бұрын

Beutiiful

@kamig6430

7 ай бұрын

perfect.

@rotnihilist

5 ай бұрын

If there ever was a nail on the head response ! The albums are a point of reference ,they have to be made,they have to exist and they have to be archived...but where it's at ; the seances in the flesh...It's where the gates of heaven and hell open ; The most beautiful and terrifying thing you have ever witnessed...S\\//\ S

@diegosebastian2226

5 ай бұрын

@@rotnihilist Perfect response. Swans live is indeed like a seance. Only a few other bands are similar. Current 93 is one of them.

what they achieve together is beyond logic. even a small whistle sounds like a revelation.

I want to listen to Swans live so bad. 😭

@bulletfastspeed

3 жыл бұрын

I saw their last Glowing Man show, it was incredible. But I relate to this comment, I would love to see them live again asap

I know To Be Kind is the nu Swans album everyone says is their best one from that period, but I really think they were fucking onto something with The Glowing Man

@iggypopdrop3509

3 жыл бұрын

The perfect album would have been 1. Glowing Man 2. Could of Unknowing

@diegosebastian2226

Жыл бұрын

The Glowing Man is the triumph of the Swans return, IMO. Even though I think To Be Kind is essentially a perfect album, The Glowing Man just takes that ultra-high level and springboards onto another dimension entirely. The apocalyptic blues of TBK implode into some kind of dark hole from the sheer mass of the instrumentals into a collapsing star on TGM. It's otherworldly music in the purest sense of the word. Deliquescence as a companion piece. It's just so unbelievably good. It digs deep into your brain and never leaves. I think I've heard TGM in its entirety at least 300 times, without exaggeration. I listened to it the album single day at work for a few years, it was my cheat code to getting into an extremely focused and productive zone. Every single listen had new discoveries, new sounds caught, something to ponder.

@moushindeiru9769

Жыл бұрын

​@@diegosebastian2226 Dang where were you able to listen to deliquescence?

@diegosebastian2226

Жыл бұрын

@@moushindeiru9769 Yes, a brilliant album. Easily top 2 in their live album releases. I saw them live as they were touring TGM and Deliquescence, so had the fortune of hearing The Knot live. Life-changing! I was too stupid to pick up the CD, and now it's resold for exorbitant prices, I'll likely still buy it off a reseller eventually.

wow never knew Thor could play all those instruments, what a legend

@cringeybydefault4151

9 ай бұрын

This is what Thor was doing before endgame

Swans is like a machine gone insane. Running around the globe without any aim.

Goddamn! These guys not only pick up where Pink Floyd left off at. They also put rocket fuel in the engine, drive it off the cliff, and set it to fly directly into the sun to burn for eternity. These guys are amazing!

I used to play this loud to scare away squealing young teenagers from outside my bedroom window. They don't go away now. Fuck I've made them Swans fans!

I like the caveman who hits things with hammers.

@spanishkey2002

3 жыл бұрын

His name is Thor

@biscuitstheanteater7306

3 жыл бұрын

Dude literally couldn’t have a better name to go with his job

@sentienthotdog2353

Жыл бұрын

@@spanishkey2002 Thor Caveman?

I like this band, they are almost as good as coldplay

@martinmcelroy8249

7 жыл бұрын

Her de fucking har

@neurotification

7 жыл бұрын

How dare you compare them

@handsome_man69

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Martin is more edgy IMO

@zlygor

7 жыл бұрын

Your comment is so wrong on so many levels

@Juozaps

7 жыл бұрын

coldplay:DD

I like seeing everyone in the crowd's reactions to "The Glowing Man" such a transcendent song and some people are really into it. It makes me happy Frankie M is a masterpiece and A Little God in My Hands makes me want to dance. Even though it's a song about death

@electrik_loss

3 жыл бұрын

I've yet to see Swans live, but if I do and The Glowing Man plays, I think I'll walk out of that concert a new person. I mean I will regardless, but The Glowing Man had such power to it

@diegosebastian2226

Жыл бұрын

Caught them in 2017 touring Deliquescence. An actual life-changing experience. The Glowing Man is tremendous live, The Knot even more so. I was paralyzed in my spot for over 2 and a half hours, locked in some kind of trance.

@bathsaltshero

Жыл бұрын

@@diegosebastian2226 the necks live shows do that to a man too. highly recommended

@el_mal_de_ojo

6 ай бұрын

@@bathsaltshero I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for them. I see I missed a show of theirs here in London not two days after my birthday last year. Sucks! Hope they continue touring in the near future.

i'm going to see them in may, i'm so excited

the music of the swans is so impressive that it becomes devastating. no sound other than theirs survives.

Wow. Been heavy into music for the better part of my 40 years alive and never heard of this band. What a happy coincidence thanks to the algorithm

Still, after three years this is probably my favorite video on KZread

They do be hugging at the start

@randomstandard

3 жыл бұрын

We could all be hugging more

Gira, we never met, but i spent more time with you than with my mother!

My favorite version of “ just a little boy” 🥰

1:11:49 is the best part

@hyf6845

3 жыл бұрын

SO SATISFYING

I came for the music, but stayed for the hugs.

Incredible stuff, i love their art so much..soothing to know, that there are still artists like them in the world. Last 10 Minutes are not from this world. So fucking good, i was in trance, when i listened to this the first time. This sound leaves no space for thinking. Unbelievable good.

@e.t.v.1255

2 жыл бұрын

this band literally change my view on music and my life in general such a amazing band no one in the world will sound like them

ça fait dix ans que j'en entend parler et là je me dis que je vais acheter tous les albums de ce groupe génial....!!

Embrace the depression and it will evapourate.

That smile at 1:13:22 tho

@tomt5745

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stellar!

They must have the most calloused hands on the planet. Love the shots where the camera is just getting rocked by the noise

I showed this band to my parents and now they think im a serial killer.

@elektrozil9728

4 жыл бұрын

Blue Die-amonds &, Purple Horse- Shoes.

@sex6cult9revolution

3 жыл бұрын

You are. You just don't know it yet.

Genius.

@Abrahamhamham

7 жыл бұрын

I can't see that. Maybe i'm not sophisticated enough. I'm seeing them in March. I'm going because i'm really curious. I know there's something there, but i can't see and hear it yet.

@stevenhines5550

7 жыл бұрын

did it happen yet?

@wollanooo

7 жыл бұрын

i love this comment. I also saw something, felt something many many years ago, that moved or changed or opened something inside. I still can't say if I like Swans or not, all the time, forever. But the repetitions, those drones, on and on and on and on and on, they change you inside

@Abrahamhamham

7 жыл бұрын

It happened. Truly apocalyptic, dirty and incredibly loud. I had to wear earplugs. Good thing i got them, because as soon as the volume got to its peak (after one minute) i instantly started to sweat. I thought it was never going to end. And i didn't want it, though. I got pounded over and over for almost 3 hours. Left there feeling drained and tired. Truly an amazing experience. I'm thankful that it happened.

@CliffordthebigredCat

5 жыл бұрын

@@Abrahamhamham Swans fucked me and it felt so good! I can't wait to get fucked by Swans again! 😂😁😎😛👌☝️✌️✌️✌️

Cloud of Unknowing makes Helpless Child look like a pop song

I've been a fan of Swans since about 1990 and I've had mixed feelings about the 2010's Swans. I saw them once in 2012 and once in 2018 and have definitely enjoyed most of the tracks/performances but I've only just now come to a conclusion how I feel about this period for them. Starting from the beginning, the early Swans is obviously raw and brutal, simple and direct. It's great but lacks the subtlety of later Swans. (This is neither better/worse, it's simply what it is). The Skin recordings and Burning World through Love of Life were Michael taking his persona to more traditional (even folky at times) forms of music to mixed results (mostly good, as is usual for him). On The Great Annihilator, Soundtracks for the Blind and Swans are Dead (and even rare recordings prior to the Angels of Light such as the Body Lovers album), Michael managed to blend experimentation, traditional sounds and the brutal early stuff to concoct a sophisticated and varied sound which he would expound upon after reforming Swans. However, where the recordings (such as on Swans are Dead) are near perfect in length, subtlety and overall effect, the reformed Swans drive this to proportions of overkill dimension! But in fairness, everything next to Swans is kind of underkill. They raise the bar on all other bands and where nothing later strikes me as quite as perfect as the Great Annihilator or Soundtracks for the Blind (or Children of God), perfection was never Michael's aim to begin with. Reforming and moving forward, Swans simply retook the artform that was theirs for better or worse and do it their way as uncompromisingly (if not moreso) than ever before.

Like a holy chant from a forgotten pagan era. The Swans hit all the right vibes for me at least.

Best band on the planet!

Beginning reminds me of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun from Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii

@sex6cult9revolution

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard Michael say that he loved that era of Pink Floyd. In fact, he was telling a story about seeing them play Careful With That Axe, Eugene while he was a teenager on acid. Apparently that left quite an impression.

@TotinosOtherBoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@sex6cult9revolution thats fukcing awesome, id love to see PF around the time they made the Pompeii concert. That setlist at the time was so great

Saw Swans in 1992, a very powerful experience indeed. Thanks for posting this performance.

this is awesome! I would LOVE to see them live!!!

Love them for 36 years now...

Thanks for posting this I hope it stays up because my dvd of this is scratched

Saw them in london few weeks ago and awsome again, a great goodbye... For now i hope

I want to see them badly ❤ I’m going to see them in September!!! I only just fell in love this very day!! Lucky 🍀 me

@SergioGarcia-bb8mr

10 ай бұрын

it's September now, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE CONCERT!

@cringeybydefault4151

9 ай бұрын

Did you see them in Ohio?

@SergioGarcia-bb8mr

9 ай бұрын

@@cringeybydefault4151 saw them in Dallas and in Austin. Where did you see them?

@cringeybydefault4151

9 ай бұрын

@@SergioGarcia-bb8mr cleaveland ohio

@jessicaheitman8719

9 ай бұрын

Portland, OR

You're a Legend, Sir!

hmmm. new era of swans! perfect

@JuanCarlosPrada

7 жыл бұрын

It's a shame this will be the last tour of the current line-up of the band.

@vinyldiary6664

6 жыл бұрын

new era of swans is one of the greatest things in music history, for sure!

Little God in My Hands has a Metal Box vibe. And that's just fine.

Another thumbs up in the presence of music genius. I'd say it's impossible if it didn't happen.

Awesome!! Pure genius...Swans THE Band!!!

I believe this is the best version of just a little boy

saw them in brooklyn last week. it was really great.

Masterpiece

Already loved the studio recording of a little god in my hands but this version is insane!!!!

Them hugs are amazing.

Fantastique !

When he sang "heheeheeeeehaaaaaahehehehahahehehehahahehehaaaaaaa" I felt that

an extraordinary journey

Bohren and them have concert on same day near me today! Have both tickets, still can't decide! 😩

Shamanic music.

Legends!!

what a man

And God bless us they use no words

Is that Thor on drums?!?

Now go listen to coil

@mindmy609

3 жыл бұрын

@TomorrowNeverKnows im a gen xer but I have what you call trans holding onto the past of the influences before my time homage yes for sure

@mindmy609

3 жыл бұрын

seen BALANCE in the TG lockdown on stage in 05 of course thru video wish I was there

@bobsbigboy_

3 жыл бұрын

coil is nothing compared to Swans

@sex6cult9revolution

3 жыл бұрын

@@mindmy609 I thought Balance died in Nov 2004.

@pedropablopicasso

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobsbigboy_ both are on another plane of existence my dude

Amazing

Swans blends in altogether

Phil Puleo, ladies and gentlemen.

RIP to the audiences ear drums

Ritual!

Best band ever

I find it interesting that a former sound engineer said that M Gira is not properly a musician, rather a sound curator. If you listen to these 30min "songs" you realise what that means

27:48 the phone jumpscared me 🤣

UNICOS

не просто рок бэнд. глашатай нового искусства !

A unbelievable neverendingsynchronsoundexplosion is the last 5 minutes of the all songs..! I can't find normal phrases...

People who didnt bring earplugs were FLEEING the venue.

I don't like the editing in this video. Just show us the shots (in black and white, if you have to), and let me enjoy the band. No need for long cross-fades and chroma-keyed pageantry. Swans is raw, make the video reflect that.

@koollegged5739

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I think the previous DVD that came with To Be Kind was better, as it mainly just showed their performance at Primavera festival.

I kinda sad they won’t play this stuff anymore. Fingers crossed tho

Should I call my neighbors? "Hi, just a warning but I'll be listening to Swans for about an hour. Might want to brace yourselves."

@dukeon

Жыл бұрын

Neighbors: “Swans? Turn that shit up, son!”

my love

Oh my God.

well that was a nice journey

💗💗💗

The best post-punk band for the truth.

LOUDER!!

mistic trance

Is it just me or does Kristof slip in a little reference to "Trans Europe Express" at 28:16?

@bulletfastspeed

3 жыл бұрын

Haha nice catch

It's amazing how people are commenting that Swans are ripping off certain bands that were nowhere in existence when Swans first arrived on the scene! Please do your homework people!

@user-ec4fm6uq8d

3 жыл бұрын

most are sarcastic, if not all

These musicians looks like a Columbs of alternative universes. Sorry my pigeon english. Grets from spb russia

wow the speed modifications! What a pain in the ass!

WHOOP!!!!!!

That smile at 1:13:22 😍😍😍

How can they perform this for 2 hours straight without earplugs, damn my ears hurt watching it

Amusing commentary

❤😊

This band is truly beyond words, except maybe for "genious"...

1:48:51 the drumming is sooooo goood