Always a treat to come back to these stunningly-captured performances, as they never play old material. It's always a progression forward with these cats, I love it. This is pure necrotic blues, absolutely incredible.
@@IliasPiperis I really hope so. The last season of Peaks was almost peak Lynch. In my opinion. I'd be excited to see what he's cooking up. He's certainly not been dormant given the TH-cam channel and appearance on the Flying Lotus album.
@@sethmoore8484 Wisteria is his next project but it’s fate is unfortunately very up in the air right now. Keeping my fingers crossed but also if The Return is the last movie/show he makes it’s an amazing note to end on
I saw them live just last month and I don't think it's shown much in the video, but Christoph gives the audience the most menacing, evil looks you can imagine
A light show would've completely ruined the performance. Their song is all they need to fill the room. Not on a loudness level but an emotional one. Just hearing this grabs your attention to the fullest and I think the lights would've just overblown the audience with information.
Johnathan Kane, early Swans drummer, said blues musician Howlin' Wolf was a big influence on Gira. Decades later we get a tribute to Wolf aka Chester Burnett
I hear stuff like this, and I think 'I’m the only person who could enjoy this.' It’s comforting to know that isn’t the case and restores hope for the future of music.
This exact song is one of the most terrifying song i've ever heard. That "Im just a little boy" part caught me off guard when I first hear it, I feel attacked.
@@henrycurtis3652 i havent even heard Swans live in person but since seeing the way they adapt their songs and draw them out when played live I just feel like everyone else that doesnt do that is slacking. I think thats such a brilliant way to approach a live performance
I really enjoy listening to a lot of so called "dark or weird" and somehow "challenging" music. But Swans actually frightens me and makes me feel uncomfortable. Seeing them live was a very special, precious experience.
@@ausland595 I didn't know ... it makes sense to me! Not long ago I listened the album, and it actually reminds me Swans in some passages ... I even thought Michael Gira definitely listened this album! Floyd most experimental album.
A few minutes ago, I wondered, "What if Michael Gira and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge decided to record an album of duets?" I'm still giggling, but I'm not sure if it's from amusement, desire, or fear. (Maybe all of those.)
I think that it wouldn’t work because they have both a very strong personality and they won’t accept each other idea. Their vision of art is too precise to be dissociated. That’s my opinion, but, who know, I might be wrong.
Missed my chance to see them here this past year...now listening to this fantastic dirge, for what what could be the soundtrack for the most F-ed-up Hell-scape-year in memory ~ the one that everyone died, except those that deserved to perish the most...
Now I sleep in the belly of woman And I sleep in the belly of man And I sleep in the belly of rhythm And I sleep in the belly of love I sleep in the belly of oceans I sleep in the belly of truth I sleep in the belly of kindness And I sleep in the belly of you I'm just a little boy I'm just a little boy I'm not human I'm not human I need love! I need love!
There use to not be in ads during this video. I use to watch this obsessively. It’s my favorite version of this song and cannot find any other recording of it. When they put ads on it, it crushed me. Ruins the whole experience.
This is SO much closer to the original idea of the blues than those shit "show off" guitar players like Eric Clapton or Gary Moore. Drony, slow and sloppy!! Listen to guys like Muddy Waters,Son House, Robert Johnson (or Howlin Wolf for that matter) and you will see what i mean. Pure emotion!
+theneovas1 The studio version of the song is called "Just a little boy (for chester burnett)". Chester Burnett is the blues musician Howlin Wolf. The song is literally a tribute to blues music.
I saw them last night and a bunch of people had their phones out. But there's really no point in recording the audio, at least, since there's no way to capture something that loud on a phone.
So far I've missed 2 of the 3 shows they've put on in London while I've lived here, crucially they were during their comeback incarnation. Legitimately one of my biggest regrets. Seeing them on all 3 dates next year to try to make up for it, but never having seen this live (or A Little God in My Hands) is depressing.
I find it fascinating that swans is so concerned with having an image. I mean, I would not be surprised if all the gear onstage belonged to Michael Gira and he just hires people that “look the part”
I'm sure he plays in Drop D (i.e, the low E dropped down to D), as does the rest of the band, but Ben might be right...It sure sounds like a drop B in this song.
Imagine just walking your dog and hearing this music blasting out of a random barn
And then your dog breaks off its leash and runs into the barn. What do you do?
😯😯
@@TheTheode 😲😳
@@TheTheode "HERE, NOW! HERE, NOW!"
The dog would bark!!!
This was our first dance song at our wedding. People wept.
Nathalie Neal's a more fitting wedding song
The studio version or this particular performance? Either way, that's awesome. I might steal the idea. lmfao
That's a hilarious mental image. Best to you.
That is my kind of wedding
That does not surprise me.😂😂😂
Lowfi Hiphop- beats to relax/study to
Gira's vocal performance during the chaotic part is absolutely great
Evil blues.
evil drunken blues.
Evil indeed but we love swans us fans
evil micheal gira
Always a treat to come back to these stunningly-captured performances, as they never play old material. It's always a progression forward with these cats, I love it. This is pure necrotic blues, absolutely incredible.
They should do a david lynch soundtrack
listen to david lynch's album "the big dream"!
tottally!!
Hopefully Lynch will make another dreamy horror film first...
@@IliasPiperis I really hope so. The last season of Peaks was almost peak Lynch. In my opinion. I'd be excited to see what he's cooking up. He's certainly not been dormant given the TH-cam channel and appearance on the Flying Lotus album.
@@sethmoore8484 Wisteria is his next project but it’s fate is unfortunately very up in the air right now. Keeping my fingers crossed but also if The Return is the last movie/show he makes it’s an amazing note to end on
This has got to be the most intense thing I've ever seen.
I saw them live just last month and I don't think it's shown much in the video, but Christoph gives the audience the most menacing, evil looks you can imagine
Ian Campbell Christoph is the definition of badass
He is a pretty sinister looking dude
Yeah, he looks like one of those Church of satan looking dudes.
Actually probably more like more like one of those Catholic Priests shuffled off to a backend parish for molesting children looking dudes.
I always thought Christoph and Thor were really intimidating, but they can't hold a candle to the black vortex of despair that is Jamie Stewart.
By far one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.
One of the best things I have ever seen. Back here again, six years later
Oh man, I would kill to see these guys live...
No lightshow. Fantastic.
Underrated aspect of their performances of this time. Didn't have one, didn't need one.
A light show would've completely ruined the performance. Their song is all they need to fill the room. Not on a loudness level but an emotional one. Just hearing this grabs your attention to the fullest and I think the lights would've just overblown the audience with information.
Holy shit, Gira lost his fucking mind in this performance!
hes always like that lmao
He always do ;) !
really channeling howlin' wolf here
Channeling Joseph
Johnathan Kane, early Swans drummer, said blues musician Howlin' Wolf was a big influence on Gira. Decades later we get a tribute to Wolf aka Chester Burnett
Mom: Go to bed
Me: 6:44
I think about this comment a lot. 😂
I hear stuff like this, and I think 'I’m the only person who could enjoy this.' It’s comforting to know that isn’t the case and restores hope for the future of music.
I tottaly want to cover swans oxygen.. that bassline is chaos dude lol
Honestly I find swans music soothing and relaxing, takes me to a place kind of like listening to Sleep or Kyuss lol
Will I ever be blessed enought to see them live?
enough*
+Nathália Baptista dos Santos I HAVE and now I'm blessed
They'll be releasing a new album hopefully early next year so they'll tour i reckon
Moshy if they come to australia i might actually lose my shit.
Vai mano, tenha fé
Some of my best memories include watching Swans live, while pissed drunk, various times here in beautiful Barcelona!
saw them a few years back and the musicians playing was just downright savage. such a brutal performance.
Fantastic performance. Also, Swans' drummer bears a striking resemblance to Hugh Laurie.
I was thinking Lou Reed.
Exactly what I think. Thought I was hallucinating Dr House on the drums
i cried when i heard this live
Even the Cover-Art cried :D
Next level shit. Seen them live in Zagreb on this tour. You have "concerts" and Swans concert in your life. Don t miss this if you ever get a chance.
cool advice man, i can tell you know what's good music.
SpaceCadetZgb i know man.tnxs
For Chester Burnett: honour where honour is due.
Can the entire performance please, please, please, please be released in some form?
Seriously. In need of more decent quality live swans
Do you know if they ever released it?
I was at this show and it was one of the best live performances I've ever seen.
@@transcribeded How long did your ears ring afterwards?
@@josh-rz3uq three days at least lol. Not the time to forget plugs, that. I think it was Thor's intro on the Chinese gong that got me.
I love how threatening they all look, like they’ll chase you down on their motorcycles and beat you up if you cross them.
Seen em live in Louisville. When they got to that part at 6:45 shit got super creepy. Amazing band.
This exact song is one of the most terrifying song i've ever heard.
That "Im just a little boy" part caught me off guard when I first hear it, I feel attacked.
When people say " How do you listen to swans?" 6:44
16:53
what is it with musical geniuses and that dance. seriously: thom yorke, morrisey, david byrne, jarvis cocker, and michael gira,.
and Ian Curtis lol
and portishead and pj harvey ...
that's how the limbs feel music when you set them free
i was thinking the same
the timestamp you posted doesn’t exist
so pure.
9:55 this shot is beautiful
That guitar on the left though, didnt even know that type exists but i love it.
Lap steel
This absolutely kills the album version.
Which is saying something.
@@henrycurtis3652 i havent even heard Swans live in person but since seeing the way they adapt their songs and draw them out when played live I just feel like everyone else that doesnt do that is slacking. I think thats such a brilliant way to approach a live performance
I actually agree. It wasn’t until I heard this version that I really started to dig this song.
agree
Neh & Nahh...the OG doesn’t dawdle like this one and he doesn’t much channel the actual inner boy genuinely enough.
i’m so glad this exists
PLEASE PLEASE come to Vienna! We love you here.
Absolute perfection, as usual. Love the video editing on this last batch of vids; all beautiful.
I'm going to be seeing them in less than a week at Thalia Hall in Chicago. I'm so excited!!!
"IJATALIOBOI!!!!"
0:46 I think he might be the most evil looking man I've ever seen
@Laleen Darshika so he is smart and evil
Kristof may look evil, but he is the sweetest soul when you talk to him.
This is masterpiece!
I really enjoy listening to a lot of so called "dark or weird" and somehow "challenging" music.
But Swans actually frightens me and makes me feel uncomfortable. Seeing them live was a very special, precious experience.
idk, I've never felt uncomfortable listening. If anything, I feel way more connected to it than other music, on an instinctual level.
dashwig any recommendations for ur favorite dark or weird or challenging albums??? I love this shit
@@benw3029 hey, Aphex Twins Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is a good, eerie meditative album.
Devilled Eggs you mean vol 2
space pirate Ye
It's strange but they remind me of early Pink Floyd phenomenon..I mean trippy sound, a lot of people listening to music and tripping together
Me too bro, this bands make me feel so fucking happy
@@ausland595 I didn't know ... it makes sense to me! Not long ago I listened the album, and it actually reminds me Swans in some passages ... I even thought Michael Gira definitely listened this album! Floyd most experimental album.
Bruh you can't trip to this you would die
10/10
A few minutes ago, I wondered, "What if Michael Gira and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge decided to record an album of duets?" I'm still giggling, but I'm not sure if it's from amusement, desire, or fear. (Maybe all of those.)
jackal59 Well, they were both on the same Pigface album "Notes from Thee Underground", not on the same tracks though.
+jackal59 Genesis P-Orridge? Please, no.
C. Cornell Evers
"They say we're young and we don't know / Won't find out until we grow..."
A collaboration with Carter and Tutti would be even more exciting.
I think that it wouldn’t work because they have both a very strong personality and they won’t accept each other idea. Their vision of art is too precise to be dissociated. That’s my opinion, but, who know, I might be wrong.
Missed my chance to see them here this past year...now listening to this fantastic dirge, for what what could be the soundtrack for the most F-ed-up Hell-scape-year in memory ~ the one that everyone died, except those that deserved to perish the most...
Sounds even better live.
I wanna see them live so bad
IM JUST A LITTLE BOY
So grateful I got to see this incarnation of Swans three times. In hindsight it still seems like it was too good to be true. But there it was!
Beautiful
*WHY IS THIS THE BEST THING I HEARD IN MY LIFE?! WHAT*
So intense and increible.
see them 3 months later
There is heavy and there is swans heavy.
Norman just gets paid to stand there
fuckin insane, i love this performance,
Brutal beauty :)
Fantastical...
🖤🖤🖤🖤
never heard a lapsteel guitar that sounded so evil .
the one and only Kristof Hahn
@@bobsbigboy_ he’s the reason I started playing lap steel
Damn they are good
i miss watching swans live
Kristophs tone near the end makes me wanna eat myself
i'm shook
One day they will come to Kazakhstan. hopefully 🤞🏻
Why is Dr. House on the drums?
God damned. This is music here.
I NEED LOVE
I'd love to hear a mix of this with just the lapsteel and percussion
Now I sleep in the belly of woman
And I sleep in the belly of man
And I sleep in the belly of rhythm
And I sleep in the belly of love
I sleep in the belly of oceans
I sleep in the belly of truth
I sleep in the belly of kindness
And I sleep in the belly of you
I'm just a little boy
I'm just a little boy
I'm not human
I'm not human
I need love!
I need love!
Gira and Swans is like a new kind of Bible' discovered. 💙
9:50 stunning.
6:18
Incredible. Killer! Peace Christo 👽🐕🎶🛸☮️
What is that instrument in hands of percussionist? Oddly shaped viola?
That's a viola that he made himself.
I have the seer vinyl that credits that as "hand made violin thingy"
🤘🖤🤘
6:53 fuckin killin it
Strong
I need love...
Swans is not for everyone.
Swans is for everyone
I agree wholeheartedly. They just don’t know it yet.
Then watch something else?
Nothing is for everyone. Embrace it.
Swans is for the children
It’s a crime that there ads in this
There use to not be in ads during this video. I use to watch this obsessively. It’s my favorite version of this song and cannot find any other recording of it. When they put ads on it, it crushed me. Ruins the whole experience.
@@jglovehart9021 You know adblock exists, right? I haven't watched an ad on youtube in years
This is SO much closer to the original idea of the blues than those shit "show off" guitar players like Eric Clapton or Gary Moore. Drony, slow and sloppy!! Listen to guys like Muddy Waters,Son House, Robert Johnson (or Howlin Wolf for that matter) and you will see what i mean. Pure emotion!
Wtf? You're fucking wrong, blues is a feeling not a fucking category
Fuck off
+theneovas1 And this has oodles more feeling than any shred blues player.
+theneovas1 The studio version of the song is called "Just a little boy (for chester burnett)". Chester Burnett is the blues musician Howlin Wolf. The song is literally a tribute to blues music.
but...you just categorized blues as A feeling
i refer to you asian dude
n o s p a c e s
is it harvey keitel on slide guitare?
massive! TNX!!!
Are Swans available for bar mitzvahs
Yes
Can anyone explain to me why he has the tape on the switches of his guitar? Is it just so that the switches do not accidentally move?
Likely sooo! I'd do the same!
Fuck! And I invested in synthesizers.;-)
What kind of pedals do they use?
No cellphones.
Why cant every concert be like that?
Michael Gira probably spits on people with their phones out before even performing lmao
if every concert was like Basilica, the world would be an alright place.
That's pretty much because your phone can explode into pieces.
Endless Static Apparently he took someone's phone in the front row once.
I saw them last night and a bunch of people had their phones out. But there's really no point in recording the audio, at least, since there's no way to capture something that loud on a phone.
hail
So far I've missed 2 of the 3 shows they've put on in London while I've lived here, crucially they were during their comeback incarnation. Legitimately one of my biggest regrets.
Seeing them on all 3 dates next year to try to make up for it, but never having seen this live (or A Little God in My Hands) is depressing.
In fact Live performance better studio version
I find it fascinating that swans is so concerned with having an image. I mean, I would not be surprised if all the gear onstage belonged to Michael Gira and he just hires people that “look the part”
Does anyone know the tuning/chords he's (being Michael Gira) playing?
+MinecraftandDerps I can tell you for sure, the tuning is standard with the low E dropped to a B.
nice! Thanks!
I'm sure he plays in Drop D (i.e, the low E dropped down to D), as does the rest of the band, but Ben might be right...It sure sounds like a drop B in this song.
@@atarirob That's actually not what a drop B is but yeah there really is no name for the tuning
Soham Sengupta ok.
They should do a collab with Weird Al
Holy Fucken Shyt.....
I'm a minor in Australia, which means I have 0% chance of seeing them live.
Fuck.
elemeclipse same 17 and had tests on the same day on 28/5. Missed em if only I was a year older coulda caught them
Got a lovely advert 2 mins before the end. Thanks for ruining the video TH-cam!