0:33 The Beggar 38:33 The Hanging Man 48:00 Ebbing 1:02:13 The Memorius 1:16:17 Cathedrals of Heaven 1:31:35 No More of This 1:39:40 Birthing

@MR-ld2nj

10 ай бұрын

First song doesn't appear to be the 10min15 The Beggar... kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5Zp0bSge5ysiMY.html

The recordings can simply never capture how ear piercingly loud the guitars were

@rellgreen6558

9 ай бұрын

There was only one guitar

@mbw5955

9 ай бұрын

@@rellgreen6558 actually 3 guitars. Bass and two lap-steel guitars ;)

@thepro5102

9 ай бұрын

I was in a live performance from this tour just yesterday! It's a different type of experience hearing that level of volume. Most memorable evening of my life so far hands down :D

@Laizerdisk

5 ай бұрын

I’m glad I finally decided to start wearing earplugs to shows before I saw them on this tour, even with them in it felt like my skull was rattling during the crescendos

@cantosocial3940

5 ай бұрын

Loudest band I’ve ever seen

The fact this was recorded without Micheal Gira pouncing on the camera person is a miracle

@jrs63

8 ай бұрын

that's what I was thinking

@JustDatBoi

8 ай бұрын

Gira was born cranky and pretentious. I bet he’s even critiquing the women he has sex with. “Ackshually, your legs should be an inch apart and you should be morning right now.”

@Mikenotpatton

8 ай бұрын

@@JustDatBoihe‘s only pointing out People that are distracting to the show. Plus you shouldn‘t forget that those performances are pretty much a life‘s work and should be respected for what the are. I mean Swans are still playing hundreds of shows that are almost 3 hours Long. I‘d get mad to if a drunk Star Struck idiot would Flash lights at me.

@THICCTHICCTHICC

6 ай бұрын

@@JustDatBoi Gira isn't pretentious at all. Assuming it's him running the Instagram page, he's actually fucking hilarious

@JustDatBoi

6 ай бұрын

@@THICCTHICCTHICC never seen the instagram page. Wasn’t referring to that.

1:55:03 "Stop texting!"

@Petalflipper

10 ай бұрын

Hahaha nice, he never had a moment like this at my show

@thomaslowry7813

10 ай бұрын

And that is how I learned that @DanielKirbyRecords is invisible.

@Zuckerborg

10 ай бұрын

hes so mean lol. at the show last night he was yelling at the monitor engineer, the sound guys up in the booth, and his band mates throughout the night

@friedporchetta

3 ай бұрын

At my recent show someone screamed “Welcome to New Orleaaaaaaans! We love you Michael” And Michael shot him a death glare and continued.

@stephenjones4397

2 ай бұрын

I'm not glad that it's something that seems to happen as often as it does at their shows, but I AM glad that it wasn't just us at the show last night.

13:15 the guy in front sneaking a picture while hes not looking

Saw them in Portland last night. This was absolutely mesmerizing the entire time. I was so captivated from beginning to end, in a way no other musical performance has before. This video is really good and still doesn't capture just how insane this stuff is in person.

@brownarmand

10 ай бұрын

I was at the Portland show too and it was mind blowing. What an experience!

@ceef8688

10 ай бұрын

I was also at Portland!! And you tell no lie. Some magic tea, a big red curtain, and that throat singing opener act--it felt like David Lynch at sunrise. Did you see the go go dancer upstairs? One thing's for sure... I expect a HELL of a live album from this tour.

@richardsmith8094

10 ай бұрын

I saw them for the first time here in the UK a few weeks ago. So glad for this upload! It really is impossible to explain to someone what Swans live is like, isn't it?

after 30 + years, seeing swans tuesday night in toronto!!

Normally I hate people around me at a performance like this recording the whole show. That said, thank you Lord for you!! Saw this show in Cleveland and wished I could relive it again and thanks to you I can. This show was a truly religious experience and you captured it beautifully!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!

@neita9066

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it was religious and transcendent experience for me too. Just yesterday in Budapest.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS

Thanks very much!!! I saw them in Oslo on friday and I was shocked how loud the play :):):) It's unbelieveble how Michael controlls everything that happens around him.

i love watching the drummer on the hanging man so much, that drum part looks so fun

I think maybe Mr. Gira was a martyred mystic in a previous life. Thanks for posting this!

SWANS Toronto, Sept. 26, 2023 was frekin incredible and my body is just now coming back together. Real Sonic assault on all senses. First Concert since Covid and it really cleaned the cob webs out of me.

@thomaslowry5632

10 ай бұрын

The Toronto show was so good...except for that air conditioner amirite? 😆

@rellgreen6558

9 ай бұрын

@@thomaslowry5632 bad day to be an air conditioner. If his singing cant keep you off your phone, go to the back.

Thanks for this! Can't wait for my 1st time seeing them live in Richmond soon

@FrostyLosty

3 ай бұрын

Unexpected spandex

@CaptainSpandex

3 ай бұрын

@@FrostyLosty A wild Frosty appears!

36:10 my love for you will never... EEEEENNNNDDDD!!!!!!!!!!

PAH PAH PAH- \*guitars* I love that part of Birthing.

Thanks for posting! Saw them in Seattle last night, and I was astounded at just how insanely powerful and commanding the show was. It’s one thing to listen to their albums with your headphones cranked to the max, but it’s a physical phenomena to be in a concert. "Loud" doesn't cut it. I've heard Michael mention in interviews that, for an effect that he wants, it has to be extremely loud. I had a number of moments where these massive sound waves were reflecting around the room and clashing with itself (with the use of a delay effect pedal) and the result is of course simply not reproducible on a recording. I'm extremely grateful to have seen them live. I also had the privilege to shake Michael's hand and look him in the eyes and say "There are no words for what I wish to express to you, so I'll just say this: thank you so goddamn much." The way he listened to me say that meant a lot to me.

@Petalflipper

10 ай бұрын

I was there too! Great show, so glad I finally got to see them live after 10 years of listening to them.

Great! Thank you!

Great video, thanks. Saw them zesterdaz in Prague. Absolute madness. It was so loud I almost forgot I had a bodz. Truly transcendental.

1:56:55 gira smiling right into the camera hhahahaha

Just saw them in Cleveland, and it was incredible. Thanks for everything you do, Michael Gira!

You go to a ton of shows that i've gone to, thanks for capturing them!

Thank you for posting this! I couldn't make any of the recent dates so this is the next best thing!

The live album (confirmed by Gira) can't come soon enough - Birthing is right up there with the best things I've ever heard. So glad I caught them again last year, a true force of a band.

@mintmango10

4 ай бұрын

where did he confirm it?

@justlus

4 ай бұрын

i need this version of cathedrals on the live album man

I saw them in Paris in 1988 after 'Children of God' (Jarboe co-authored) was released and it marked a big change in Swans music and live performance. "By 1986/7 Swans had run its course with the physical assault of sound that we had employed previously for the most part. I wanted to move on to other things and didn’t want to get stuck in some style, which in our case had the potential of becoming cartoonish if we’d continued in that direction. So, I pushed the music into unfamiliar territory." MG Of course Swans music has evolved since but it remains for me their CULT album. Jarboe was also a great contributor and I guess she is missing in recent releases.

@ondrejplachy297

8 ай бұрын

search for swans 88 in brno czechoslovakia. that gig was completely recorded. truly magnificent

I was here. This show and the one in Austin at the Paramount Theatre was absolutely incredible.

@SergioGarcia-bb8mr

10 ай бұрын

Holy shit, I did the same thing. Drove to Dallas for this, then to Ausrin for the Paramount show.

@zkunkz

9 ай бұрын

no way bro I was there too!!! at dallas ofc I wasn't able to go to austin bc of collage shit. (I was the guy in the Hatsune Miku shirt.) also to the uploader thank you for recording the entire thing so i can have it saved as a great digital memory

@creamsternapplesquat8584

9 ай бұрын

Holy shit, same here lol. Whaddup, Elijah?

@elijah02

9 ай бұрын

@@creamsternapplesquat8584 hiii eric

I was right in front of Kristof, seeing Michael tell him to quiet down was a life saver. I didn’t regain my hearing back until two days later. Absolutely magical show, met Michael afterwards (he signed everyone’s merch!) and said “Howdy!” to him. He didn’t seem to mind. Lovely guy

Helps to Prepare myself for another Auditory assault by SWANS! Toronto, September 26, 2023 The Picture and Audio are Top-shelf and Sound Amazing, Thank You!

@svperstar

10 ай бұрын

tuesday! can't wait

@rellgreen6558

9 ай бұрын

The air conditioning was annoying, lol

Thanks so much for posting this

How is Gira not deaf? No ear plugs, for all these years? Can he still hear normal sounds in everyday life? It seems impossible.

@ColombianThunder

7 ай бұрын

I remember Thor said once that Gira is very deaf. But like a lot of rock musicians it seems like he retains a selective hearing for music.

@THICCTHICCTHICC

6 ай бұрын

He can barely hear anything. Part of the reason Swans still play insanely loud despite their music calming down a bit.

@fizzcochito

6 ай бұрын

he can't hear shit, he has really bad tinnitus

2 hours.. six songs😊

Holy fuck

Just saw them in Toronto. The air conditioner was the worst part.

I love how Michael is the pink poodle and he said his favorite color was pink considering the fact that he's Ariel Pink's father.

@Divuar

5 ай бұрын

No, he's not? (or is he?)

@JonathanNelsonOfficial

5 ай бұрын

@@Divuar Google images Michael Gira and Siobhan Duffy.

@Divuar

5 ай бұрын

@@JonathanNelsonOfficial Oh you mean in this sense, well yeah

@JonathanNelsonOfficial

5 ай бұрын

@@Divuar All the breadcrumbs are there. Theo Von is also Patrick Swayze's son and Tim Dillon is John Candy's son. Max Christie is Kobe Bryant's son. Kayleigh McEnany is JFK Jr.'s daughter. I can do this all day...Donald Trump is George Patton's son...

1:02:00 what a number Norman Westberg ! I was wondering where the f,,,,, he is ❤

Anyone going to the show in Richmond Va?

@minustheface

3 ай бұрын

It was ethereal I’m still buzzing

@richiegull

3 ай бұрын

@@minustheface I’m glad we got to share the same experience. I feel like that was a pivotal moment in all of our lives lol

2:08:30 BA BA

Das ist Beste nach Bach.

Did you actually record this handheld, no support, no tripod, for over two hours? My hat's off to you.

@SaumBodhi

9 ай бұрын

Probably had a pole

dont text while someone is playing a concert

That German guys face looks like an engine

The best after Bach.

Why no cloud of unknowing at this one?

@neromxxn2252

8 ай бұрын

They didn’t play cloud of unknowing at any of the concerts this tour

@trowftd

8 ай бұрын

​@@neromxxn2252they played the ending section as part of the final suite at almost every North American date

@geoffroyclop

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@trowftd it begins at the time code marked as « Birthing ». Also, it’s not really Cloud Of Unknowning. During this tour they played a live rendition of the end of The Beggar Lover, which is based around previous songs samples, including C.O.U. You can tell because of the presence of “Leaving Meaning”‘s lyrics on top of it all (also sung in a different melody)

Missing Jarboe. They need to beg her return.

This is what happens when someone thinks they’re an avant-garde musical genius but instead makes music like the impulses of a deaf child 😂

15:21 lol 😂 This man needs(more) therapy. I thought he matured...

What a boring band

Saw them live a couple of days ago in Prague. Vocalist singing was really annoying and overall it was exhaustingly long.

@dimwitted-fool

6 ай бұрын

Lol bad bait

@laNsy1012

6 ай бұрын

@@dimwitted-fool Dude, I was literally shoving paper tissues up in my ears to make it through

@sargessoldier7801

4 ай бұрын

@@laNsy1012 Why go then?

@laNsy1012

4 ай бұрын

​@@sargessoldier7801 There's a nice bartender working there.

@sargessoldier7801

4 ай бұрын

@@laNsy1012 that’s real of you honestly

Boring nonsense. Play it loud or i'm not coming.