Swans "The Seer" ("The Seer" Full Album Part 4)

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  • @sernoddicusthegallant6986
    @sernoddicusthegallant6986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +640

    Michael Gira: "I would strongly encourage you to acquire it in a physical format you can bring into your home. Not only will you then be able to experience the richest version of the music sonically, but you will also be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the tangible artwork, which was conceived in tandem with the music, and serves as a further portal to experiencing the total conceptual and spiritual and emotional content of the work we have labored, lovingly, to bring to you."
    The back cover artwork: *Butthole*

    • @ozeneuplm_
      @ozeneuplm_ ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @alphalax7747
      @alphalax7747 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Beautiful

    • @yakuzahun5305
      @yakuzahun5305 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      little later, but yesterday bought the 3 LP (unopened) and all the following 3, double cd's. both contemporary genius music. "all the 30 years in these"(gira) the LP a little bit not so audiophile.... (orig mute/stumm)

    • @La_Horca
      @La_Horca 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why tho? Lmao. I hate it, maybe that's why.

  • @zer0953
    @zer0953 6 ปีที่แล้ว +772

    this song is actually only 3 minutes long, you are imagining all the rest

    • @karisumataichou
      @karisumataichou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You are special in the eyes of M'Gira. He sees all.
      Michael Gira ah mgleth ye'bthnk ot N'Zoth. Uh'eog Azshara ah hup mgepmggokaog Jarboe. Uh'eor n'gha ah syha'h. Ymg' ah Y'thyrfshh ph'nglui nwngluii ot Michael Gira -- h' mgr'luh nilgh'ri.

    • @nekozombie
      @nekozombie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      you are a fucking genius

    • @WeeWoosystematicsupporter222
      @WeeWoosystematicsupporter222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😅

  • @stuffymcanus7976
    @stuffymcanus7976 8 ปีที่แล้ว +661

    I discovered this through a 4chan post where a guy went to a bar with Internet jukebox and played this twice to watch people walk out

    • @Flarf18
      @Flarf18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Sounds like they had bad tastes

    • @bradleyreeder7146
      @bradleyreeder7146 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Can confirm I have successfully done this. ;-D

    • @shnoogums1
      @shnoogums1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      lmao i can just imagine the chicks faces at the slow breakdown

    • @fauster2850
      @fauster2850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      if i suddenly started hearing this song in a public place out of nowhere and wasn't previously familiar with it, i'd probably run away out of fear

    • @planetofthegapes
      @planetofthegapes หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hello brother.

  • @edgyzero6305
    @edgyzero6305 9 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    The song makes me think of the sheer immensity of what existence holds for such a small mind as mine. I can not imagine what it would truly be like to "see it all."

    • @EatPieYes
      @EatPieYes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Slither Θ You already see it, but because you think there's something more to see you don't believe you do.

    • @AtCw593
      @AtCw593 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Slither Θ If they're believing something that's not true (which, according to you, is that they don't see it all), then they are not seeing it all.

    • @TJmusic24
      @TJmusic24 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your mind would be the opposite of blown, because you could see it all.

    • @AndrewH02
      @AndrewH02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Know i'm late, but I literally thought the same and thought that when he says "common mind" in the outro it was "corner of mind"

    • @La_Horca
      @La_Horca 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not only that, but the fact to meet a higher being such as The Seer seems to be the most frightening experience ever. Is not even about what The Seer does, but its mere existence is of absolute terror when something so powerful can be so unpredictable.

  • @MetaSonic543
    @MetaSonic543 8 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    Apparently this is a great bar clearer.

    • @delhidelirium9091
      @delhidelirium9091 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A guy named Sam ( who was a barman/ owner) once told me the same exact words ...

    • @AtCw593
      @AtCw593 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Delhi Delirium A guy named Swan told me my name was Fuck.

    • @trevorw2841
      @trevorw2841 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      YOUR NAME IS FUCK.
      FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.

    • @Gy0952
      @Gy0952 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      MUCK MUCK MUCK MUCK

  • @oniric6277
    @oniric6277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    This is a certified hood classic

    • @alphalax7747
      @alphalax7747 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What hood you in

    • @Xypro1
      @Xypro1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      bro chillin with Lucifer himself

    • @00bankz24
      @00bankz24 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Damn son ! Where'd ya find this!?

  • @lmttn
    @lmttn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    I went to a bowling alley and bought five plays of this on the jukebox and the staff reset it and cleared the playlist halfway through play #2.

    • @deansidoti3205
      @deansidoti3205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I once put Barbie Girl by Aqua on about 8 times at the public bar of a pub full of 50 year old derros.

    • @cahillgreg
      @cahillgreg ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably time to grow tf up

    • @FittyNiner
      @FittyNiner 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      My friend and I went into this tiny little place in downtown Niagara Falls that basically just sold caramel corn and coke, but they had a jukebox. And on the jukebox there was a Yoko Ono song in which she vocalizes for the entire time like a turkey on pcp. We put enough quarters in for half a dozen plays, but the owner unplugged the machine during the second time through. Good times!

    • @kimmiekoneko
      @kimmiekoneko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      i put 21 plays of john mulaney's "what's new pussycat" story on the jukebox, but i threw one "there's a horse in the hospital" in there just to throw them off

  • @eliasmsv3156
    @eliasmsv3156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    The seer is hell. To be kind is earth and the glowing man is heaven

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      id argue that leaving meaning is heaven

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      and perhaps soundtracks for the blind is purgatory?

    • @el_mal_de_ojo
      @el_mal_de_ojo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is how I view this trilogy as well

    • @donaldmcdonald3434
      @donaldmcdonald3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The trinity

    • @honeycomblord9384
      @honeycomblord9384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@spitgorge2021 "Red Velvet Corridor" sounds like the purgatory theme song

  • @matthewmeachem2259
    @matthewmeachem2259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Only just realised that the picture slowly zooms out over the course of the video

    • @Christian-97
      @Christian-97 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh my god

  • @brendanmyles6585
    @brendanmyles6585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    This whole entire song feels like I’m fighting the final boss of the universe

  • @Balfour.
    @Balfour. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    I love the perverse folk touch of the coda. Makes me wanna dance with a cactus.

    • @Girl95szia
      @Girl95szia 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Arghiers I'm in love with your comment :D

    • @gabrielesoddu5435
      @gabrielesoddu5435 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I come back every now and then looking for your comment. After listening to the song I am never sure if I really did read something about a cactus or it was just my imagination.

    • @cinimodder4632
      @cinimodder4632 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      sameeeeee.

    • @arch_dornan6066
      @arch_dornan6066 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@cinimodder4632 Cool pfp

    • @rasmus274
      @rasmus274 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, like Lynch

  • @outsidethewall106
    @outsidethewall106 9 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    There's a right way to write a lengthy, symphonic song, let alone a captivating one. Swans redefined the principle set by the 70's prog scene, and it sure is refreshing

    • @progmadness2482
      @progmadness2482 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Swans are in fact direct heirs to Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca's guitar symphonies of the 80s. And a damn fine addition to that canon too.

    • @qriofficial1769
      @qriofficial1769 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      For me, Swans and Radiohead (although they are very different) are MUCH better examples of modern-day prog than Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, etc.

    • @nihilitys
      @nihilitys 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@qriofficial1769i wouldn't call swans and radiohead prog as in the genre prog, just experimental. progressive rock is ironically not progressive at all and is full of cliches, oftentimes there's little to no experimentation going on with prog bands.

    • @qriofficial1769
      @qriofficial1769 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nihilitys I suggest you check out King Crimson, Magma, Can, Henry Cow, Van Der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, The Residents or really any other alt/avant-prog outfit because not only is there so much good stuff in there (the important part) most of it is also very innovative and unique.

    • @nihilitys
      @nihilitys 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@qriofficial1769 i should've specified i was talking about bands like porcupine tree though i'm a big fan.

  • @UntitledKirk
    @UntitledKirk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    This just hits differently while driving in a snowstorm at 2AM

  • @101Rouge
    @101Rouge 6 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    I never thought a harmonica could sound sinister.

    • @CB-qg3yh
      @CB-qg3yh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Give Michael Gira an instrument, and he'll make it scary af

    • @Born2Losenot2win
      @Born2Losenot2win 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I have 33 minutes of evidence for ya,
      Hey, a challenge, listen to this while taking a trip, lol

    • @Born2Losenot2win
      @Born2Losenot2win 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shaler The Act
      By trip I mean being on shrooms or weed

    • @alwaysnegative211
      @alwaysnegative211 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

    • @leonardsimonis2376
      @leonardsimonis2376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      listen to some of Nick Cave's earlier stuff like Blind Lemon Jefferson(the harmonica starts very lately but as a swans fan, you must have patience), Mercy, The Carny (it would fit on the Seer perfectly), Well of Misery, Saint Huck (i believe the instrumentation contains a harmonica) and some more Actually, you should listen to everything from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, everyone should! Have a nice day!

  • @highlifespearflower2701
    @highlifespearflower2701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Swans - "The Seer"
    Part 1: "The Flashback" 0:00 - 2:36
    Part 2: "The Beginning" 2:36 - 10:52
    Part 3: "The Happening" 10:52 - 11:40
    Part 4: "The Incident" 11:40 - 21:50
    Part 5: "The Aftermath" 21:50 - 27:50
    Part 6: "The Revolution" 27:50 - end

    • @harrylamont6007
      @harrylamont6007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      is that offical or just your take on it? haven’t seen it described like that before

    • @highlifespearflower2701
      @highlifespearflower2701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      harry lamont My take on it

    • @m_alcoves
      @m_alcoves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      that's cool! part 4 is my favorite

    • @brickwindow2049
      @brickwindow2049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Part 6 is groovy as hell.

    • @ibbspelk5281
      @ibbspelk5281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Part 5 is my favourite. So harrowing

  • @chadgrewal4829
    @chadgrewal4829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Tool, Porcupine Tree, Marillion and many more... I have listened to them all...
    Here SWANS has truly surpassed them all.
    This had become my fav. Post Apocalyptic song. And I only discovered SWANS three days ago.

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      fuck yes

    • @nickmertze
      @nickmertze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No too,l no porcupine tree, no marillion, just no wave music... You need time to experience Swans

    • @RiccardoMemoSmochi
      @RiccardoMemoSmochi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marillon lmao

    • @cahillgreg
      @cahillgreg ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RiccardoMemoSmochi Swans lmao

    • @andresaguero5880
      @andresaguero5880 ปีที่แล้ว

      SWANS surpassed them a long time ago

  • @EmmyFluff
    @EmmyFluff 8 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I don't know why I enjoy this, or why I'm not completely disturbed by the image, or why my circulation improves while I listen, but I'll take it.

    • @excs4619
      @excs4619 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      cause it's the best song of all fuckin time

    • @EmmyFluff
      @EmmyFluff 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poport Intense Pearl face makes that comment even better.

    • @excs4619
      @excs4619 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it should be to be kind

  • @georgeharrison70
    @georgeharrison70 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    When that blast of heavy, noisy as hell guitars comes in at the 11:39 mark of this song.....holy shit!! At that point, this song turns into one of the heaviest things that I've heard. Now that is what I would consider to be brutal music.

    • @StockAvuryah
      @StockAvuryah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I trust you have now heard Bring The Sun/Toussaint Louverture and The Glowing Man and have been transcended to heaven

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wait til you hear swans early music

    • @BeckerAviation
      @BeckerAviation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That part is such a damn earthquake. Ruthless, violent, loud and sudden.

    • @yaboi2500
      @yaboi2500 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spitgorge2021 “Cop” is still the heaviest album I’ve ever listened to, and I don’t think it’ll ever change (and that’s after listen to stuff like “Enemy of the Sun” by Neurosis and “Streetcleaner” by Godflesh).

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@yaboi2500 absolutely. the stuff swans were puttin out in the 80s, absolutely disgusting material (as a compliment of course)

  • @thelemonbreadd
    @thelemonbreadd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This might be a hot take, but I think he might see it all.

    • @WeeWoosystematicsupporter222
      @WeeWoosystematicsupporter222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He certainly might...
      Another Hot Take: hes also The Seer...😂😂😂

  • @MEMESSOSTUPID
    @MEMESSOSTUPID 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Me creating a list of things to never buy based on the ads that they put in this song. I mean seriously. Ads in the middle of a song? Congratulations on letting everyone know it’s all about power for you. I now have to do the right thing and start personal boycotts for all things seen in these ads. I suggest you all do the same.

  • @crunchytoast4993
    @crunchytoast4993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    What a cute dog!

  • @nfiu
    @nfiu 10 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Masterpiece

  • @brownstone1944
    @brownstone1944 8 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    needs more bagpipes

    • @BoboBen35
      @BoboBen35 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Kind of reminds me of East Hastings in a way

    • @audioredux6836
      @audioredux6836 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Matthias Bangaard Jensen I love East Hastings.

    • @nondescriptbeing5944
      @nondescriptbeing5944 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      brainstone I was wondering if that’s what those were

    • @TheMasterTelevision
      @TheMasterTelevision 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've got a fever, and the only prescription, is MORE BAGPIPES

  • @youraftermyrobotbee
    @youraftermyrobotbee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1269

    a greentext story about trolling a bar brought me here

    • @stanziolad
      @stanziolad 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      same here.

    • @matthiasritter3084
      @matthiasritter3084 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      same

    • @jsnick1
      @jsnick1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep

    • @dasandman66
      @dasandman66 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      what's the source?

    • @FFRS110
      @FFRS110 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      facebook.com/jimihendrixofcourse/photos/a.384562765072308.1073741828.384561945072390/545975485597701/?type=3

  • @nathand.384
    @nathand.384 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I forgot what a monster of a track this is. Hypnotic chaos done right.

  • @jackal59
    @jackal59 9 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    This is brilliant, but I just had to bail out at 16:55. It definitely hints that my days of living with only some external speakers on my computer instead of a true audio setup may have to be coming to a close.

    • @Johnxxxxxxx
      @Johnxxxxxxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Did you ever get the true audio setup?

    • @esprocsllib
      @esprocsllib 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@Johnxxxxxxx he went on to listen this in a true audio setup and fell out of existence

  • @travics77
    @travics77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The first 3 minutes of this song are the pinnacle of music. Why does anybody bother to create further anymore? This is endgame.

    • @tomt5745
      @tomt5745 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True

    • @cahillgreg
      @cahillgreg ปีที่แล้ว

      Untrue

    • @Negativ3_
      @Negativ3_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True

    • @lorenzo3119
      @lorenzo3119 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is a true statement

  • @randomavenger3048
    @randomavenger3048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    The Seer: Omniscience
    To Be Kind: Omnipresence
    The Glowing Man: Omnipotency

    • @Designed1
      @Designed1 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The Beggar: Omnivorous

    • @scunge2667
      @scunge2667 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow that’s such a good way of putting it. TBK was always the most grounded and human, the glowing man transcendent, the seer very potent and otherwordly

  • @mrswb
    @mrswb 8 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    That picture is freaking me out man

    • @KurtisC93
      @KurtisC93 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I know, right? I honestly couldn't conceive of another album cover that better compliments the overall tone of _The Seer_.

    • @adrianwolmarans
      @adrianwolmarans 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +mrswb twisted lapdog monster, cute, love it.

    • @nondescriptbeing5944
      @nondescriptbeing5944 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It’s got human teeth.

    • @banjogyro
      @banjogyro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is cute

    • @Born2Losenot2win
      @Born2Losenot2win 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      U sure it’s just the picture?

  • @Garbageman28
    @Garbageman28 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is the only music i've heard that sounds like it could actually be from a God's perspective... beyond horrifying ...

  • @sirprice5830
    @sirprice5830 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    27:50 I think that gave me a mini heart attack.

  • @aidanmca4177
    @aidanmca4177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The last section sounds like a can song, it’s really cool hearing a band that is continuously growing on me make a song that reminds me of a band I already love

    • @ramonek9109
      @ramonek9109 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Like a very heavy version of Can. Specifically One More Night.

  • @SimpleEnigma
    @SimpleEnigma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I personally visualize the seer as a enitiy in the forest that has four decaying deer heads and has a long complex horn, it body is made up of various earth matter, growing and decaying at the same time. The seer can the truth in reality, and this song is a person meeting the enitiy and is giving the truth but the truth is to much, grim, dreadful and chaotic. That's my take on the seet

    • @markkil
      @markkil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I imagine the seer is a feisty little dog who used to be a man, and he invites you into the album by consuming you, and then shits you out on the other side through his tiny little date hole, which he then proceeds to clean with his tongue.

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the seer is the forest itself

  • @JosetheDopeLPs
    @JosetheDopeLPs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    God fucking dammit this song is a masterpiece. I'm not even really a post-rock fan but holy shit this is addicting.

    • @User-xw6kd
      @User-xw6kd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      JosetheDopeLPs Just so you know, this doesn't classify as post-rock. This is drone/experimental rock/noise rock.

    • @karisumataichou
      @karisumataichou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@User-xw6kd I call this Lovecraftian rock.

    • @seamusthatsthedog4819
      @seamusthatsthedog4819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@karisumataichou I see a lot of people calling Swans "apocalyptic" or "post-apocalyptic" and I think that's a very apt description.
      There's something about it that radiates that feeling of awe-inspiring fear and impending doom as you witnessing the rise of a Lovecraftian god or stare into a nuclear explosion.

  • @GreatCosmicWebs
    @GreatCosmicWebs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    This sounds like the horns the conjures of Azathoth must use to keep him asleep.

    • @nomadkrad
      @nomadkrad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The whole album sounds like Shub-Niggurath

    • @boyo7918
      @boyo7918 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kurtis C. and nomadkrad Definitely

    • @Sighbot
      @Sighbot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nyarlethotep?

  • @emmanuelsalazar9424
    @emmanuelsalazar9424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As a single piece of work, this song is untouchable. I’m amazed at its complexity. Wow!

  • @xTheOxx
    @xTheOxx 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    For a while Boredoms were able to tap into the sound of the stars themselves. Recently, Swans have been reaching that very same cosmic place.

    • @PeterChoyce
      @PeterChoyce 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      xTheOxx The BOREDOMS? U mean the Japanese noise band? I cannot ever in my life imagine comparing the greatness of SWANS to... what??? what did i miss by only ever being annoyed by Japanese screetch punk? Please inform- peter choyce dot net. thanx. (!!)

    • @xTheOxx
      @xTheOxx 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ***** By "for a while", I meant the Super AE/Vision Creation Newsun period, with the Super Roots Vol.7 that preceded it. It didn't last very long, but I've never heard anything like it. It gets noisy, but for the most part it's cosmic.

    • @sammykcfan6913
      @sammykcfan6913 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +xTheOxx Vision Creation Newsun is love and life

    • @FlipLiquid69
      @FlipLiquid69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      xTheOxx never thought of that before but this does give me huge seadrum vibes now that i think about it

  • @naradaadam
    @naradaadam 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    i can't stop coming back to this. this is the most amazing thing i've ever heard in my life. thanks a lot Michael and co.

  • @bianco215
    @bianco215 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The Seer is about the journey through the abysses of truth and coming out with love in your heart

    • @excs4619
      @excs4619 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If you're talking about the whole album, listen to apostate

    • @boyo7918
      @boyo7918 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If you don't count The Apostate, then sure

    • @orbitalbutt6757
      @orbitalbutt6757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      lmao no it fucking is not

    • @danieldominguez1113
      @danieldominguez1113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jojiswims LMFAO

  • @dr.octavio5772
    @dr.octavio5772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If you are a cult leader of some sort and you can't afford an initiation in the deep dark woods this track can bring that vibe right to your coven's comfort.

  • @nickkhepri7689
    @nickkhepri7689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    For me this track is the different phases of grief someone experiences stranded somewhere. Just has this vast feeling

  • @xxAnaconta
    @xxAnaconta 8 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    this is quite unsettling

    • @Born2Losenot2win
      @Born2Losenot2win 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do not like euphemistic language
      It’s an insult to the artist
      Spit it out
      It’s terrifying down to the bone

    • @vasvas8914
      @vasvas8914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *euphemistic

  • @darrenbrown7037
    @darrenbrown7037 9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    One of the greatest sonic offerings to human kind. Truly a gift to the world. Falling victim to this infectious rhythm of dissonance and beauty. This ocean is bottomless and the darkness inviting. I am lulled into the trance as my limited self dissolves and the infinite pulls me close. The empty void just loves the form that trickles from its belly.

    • @sirvladharkonen6200
      @sirvladharkonen6200 9 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Darren Brown *tips fedora*

    • @TheAbelinc2
      @TheAbelinc2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Darren Brown lmao, okay calm down kid

    • @napukapu
      @napukapu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Darren Brown Yuck, the fedora is so obvious with this limp wrist.

    • @thepixelrantsshow662
      @thepixelrantsshow662 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I would usually say this comment is really cringe, and really pseudo-intellectual, etc. but I somewhat agree. This is one of the most amazing things to ever happen to music. Swans are gods.

    • @wj2429
      @wj2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The inferiority complex in this chain is so strong I can smell it. Fuck off back to 4cham where snide putdowns are sufficient for intellectual security.

  • @daveoleary91
    @daveoleary91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wow! I just discovered Swans a few weeks ago and am slowly making my way through the discography. Thank you so much Mr. Gira for making such inventive, fearless, and interesting music. I'll definitely buy your records!

  • @mouilleronchristine7476
    @mouilleronchristine7476 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thanks to you, Michael, and to The Swans for your music, which is a great inspiration . I discovered it live two weeks ago in La Rochelle, and I go back through your past albums. I really appreciate the generosity of your presentation, reflecting what I felt after the telluric, violent experience of the show : love and understanding between musicians and towards the audience .

  • @TerperMerper
    @TerperMerper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I was extremely pissed today, and unreasonably hard on myself, but I decided to go out for a run and just try to kill the anger away and I did a pretty good job at it. This track is what I played while sprinting as fast as I could until I just wanted to drop dead. Maybe the first time I put anger to a good use.

  • @Animatube1
    @Animatube1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The last five minutes of this track are very Can influenced, it sounds a bit like "One More Night" from Ege Bamyasi. I love it!

  • @Curtainkob
    @Curtainkob 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    LOUDER!!

  • @swagmasterdoritos
    @swagmasterdoritos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This album and especially this song is so dense I find myself hearing new instrumental passages upon relistens. Only band to have that happen

    • @tomt5745
      @tomt5745 ปีที่แล้ว

      almost dense like zoviet france ;)

    • @totalelias2962
      @totalelias2962 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Besides swans, this has only happened to me on loveless

  • @TheDaddyO44
    @TheDaddyO44 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow wow wow wow....I'm only just coming back! Amazing

  • @felipeleal6284
    @felipeleal6284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great song for a first date

    • @concars1234
      @concars1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If she likes this she's definitely the one

  • @alwaysnegative211
    @alwaysnegative211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For the best sonic experience listen to on headphones,or perhaps a boombox somewhere quiet,dark,damp,and cold.
    A cave would be ideal for such an experiance, or a great cassum in the earth.

  • @DerDrache707071
    @DerDrache707071 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Einer der besten "Songs" der Musikgeschichte. Ein gar Göttliches Meisterwerk.

  • @ramonek9109
    @ramonek9109 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That's a good old boy there on the cover.

  • @magicuba
    @magicuba 8 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    what am i doing with my life

    • @chasedenomie9902
      @chasedenomie9902 8 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Becoming a patrician among plebs

    • @tento3555
      @tento3555 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      making it better

    • @Sighbot
      @Sighbot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Everything.

    • @wj2429
      @wj2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Listening to good music.

    • @Born2Losenot2win
      @Born2Losenot2win 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What ever it is...
      It’s well damn worth it!

  • @auDipquid
    @auDipquid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I really want to hear Gira's acappella of that last part. 28:12 - 30:10

    • @virtue7574
      @virtue7574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      i love you too much
      (*indecipherable obscenities*)
      and those are the real lyrics accord to the vinyl

  • @matthewtop
    @matthewtop 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wish I could figure out that dulcimer pattern out on a guitar

  • @guycomments
    @guycomments 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The harmonica gives me shivers down my whole body every time.

  • @Designed1
    @Designed1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent music to play at a bar.

  • @croscoe333
    @croscoe333 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Haven't really listened to much Swans in a while. Came back to see if 11:40 would still knock me out of my footwear... It do. 😮

  • @theskoolmustard00
    @theskoolmustard00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Always makes me physically shiver listening

  • @jeanmaurice451
    @jeanmaurice451 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A piece of art!

  • @NeppyNeptune
    @NeppyNeptune 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i love how this sounds and all, but whoaaa man this is really long

  • @SamantherPanther
    @SamantherPanther 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Music to look over your shoulder to

  • @isabellamorris7902
    @isabellamorris7902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    everyone says this clears rooms but i don't think it should. i don't even know swans at all (i heard Lunacy in a play once and that's it) but it's meditative and weird. interesting music to talk about and relax to

  • @suricatafari
    @suricatafari 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    bend
    and
    pray

  • @conors8117
    @conors8117 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a snappy tune 👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @tayzatun6351
    @tayzatun6351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This sounds like 30 witches and ghastly figures preforming a ritual to summon the beast from the cover.

  • @trashhuman3977
    @trashhuman3977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    10:05 The bassline starting here is fucking sick
    BUMBUMBUMBUMBUMBUMBUuu buUUMBUMBUMBUMBUMBUM

  • @zv_real
    @zv_real 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this song so much

  • @MortonGoldthwait
    @MortonGoldthwait 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Starting at 8:12 . I never noticed those electric guitar tones fading in and out like passing cars. It's giving me an anxiety attack.

  • @TheBritomart
    @TheBritomart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is magnificent

  • @saraivatoledo1842
    @saraivatoledo1842 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Norman has got this very peculiar approach which pretty much defines this song musically - imbues it with this pretty mid 80s Swans feel which is then taken somewhere else forwards by what the others add to it .

  • @puppetmaster3911
    @puppetmaster3911 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing! I love this song more and more with every listen. I don't think my neighbors like it though....haha owe well.

  • @JAVIER1997bayern
    @JAVIER1997bayern 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    When the homies pass me the aux:

  • @kalasnokov
    @kalasnokov 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I didn't need this, i was just about to go to sleep dammit.

  • @eh2517
    @eh2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:00 and on sounds like outlaws trying to break their buddy out of jail in the old west but it’s a trap laid by the sheriff but beyond that, the town is about to be raided by Indians

    • @concars1234
      @concars1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd watch that for a dollar

  • @jimihathaway3971
    @jimihathaway3971 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    first album i have listened to in its entirety since Dark side of the Moon. Uber fan now

    • @azathothic
      @azathothic 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      While it has not been quite as long for me as it was for you , only a couple of months, I feel the same way. I picked at the others but this one I really enjoy the most so far.

    • @petresilegov2581
      @petresilegov2581 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jimi hathaway try the wall, in my opinion it is even better than dark side of the moon. Octavarium is very good too

    • @DirePlot
      @DirePlot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      gamerdudes superelite In my opinion the only thing worth listening to on Octavarium is the title track. It's a goddamn masterpiece.

    • @wj2429
      @wj2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Just 2 albums? I find that odd. I've listened to 3 whole albums just today.

    • @brendanrussell-holcomb3299
      @brendanrussell-holcomb3299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This is a song

  • @michelleceo7935
    @michelleceo7935 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE YOU! PIRATES COVE FLATS CLEVELAND 84:, SO LOUD THEY SAYZE BEEN POPPIN EARDRUMS OF THE CHILDREN.
    .

  • @jaemyrick5277
    @jaemyrick5277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only in my amagination. I heard the sound of a mallet or hammer nailing someone ... Searing composition! This was terrifying!

  • @009-u1h
    @009-u1h 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i like to imagine this is the theme to a roman legion coming across a dark celtic ritual of sorts

  • @donferwhoops2474
    @donferwhoops2474 ปีที่แล้ว

    every single time i have listened to this song is just like a blur to me

  • @martinharrison1504
    @martinharrison1504 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    awesome noise

  • @ItsJustYorick
    @ItsJustYorick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Seer saved me

  • @popeisyiyi1613
    @popeisyiyi1613 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait I have a question, does he see it all?

  • @darkpandalord3844
    @darkpandalord3844 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "What is your favorite genre of music?"
    "Swans"

  • @MartaRzehorz
    @MartaRzehorz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Guys, this is beautiful!

  • @lgnance
    @lgnance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:08 i could dance to that rhythm for the rest of my life.

  • @rhettgreenfield4549
    @rhettgreenfield4549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I see it all
    I see it all
    I see it all
    I see it all
    I see it all

  • @shonjojelvey_beats8394
    @shonjojelvey_beats8394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL

    • @purple.bastard
      @purple.bastard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL I SEE IT ALL (AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH)

  • @petersd6637
    @petersd6637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Longer than kids see ghosts

  • @joem.8555
    @joem.8555 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    probably the most monumental piece of reality ever fucking created

  • @stathisreppas1522
    @stathisreppas1522 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great concert yesterday, thank you

  • @DARKMATTER101YOLO
    @DARKMATTER101YOLO 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    is this just to scare the shit out of people when they're high

    • @SimpleEnigma
      @SimpleEnigma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No its to provide a transcendtal experience while high. Fear is one of the many emotions that control our core being, to submit to it will be a fools errand. So If one is fearful while listening they are doing what their shadow wants.

  • @alphabetadams1024
    @alphabetadams1024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    U know the song gonna be good when it has midroll ads

  • @TonyLight99
    @TonyLight99 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am not big on swans but I think this album may be my favorite from them

  • @tangibleblockofwisdom6386
    @tangibleblockofwisdom6386 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like listening to "I see it all, I see it all, I see it all" in public. Therapeutic.

    • @tangibleblockofwisdom6386
      @tangibleblockofwisdom6386 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When I see nothing, yet decide to embrace my subjective lensing of reality :>

  • @godiebeard
    @godiebeard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    When do they stop tuning their instruments and play the music

    • @crunchytoast4993
      @crunchytoast4993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wonder if this what it feel like to be Antony fantano

    • @wj2429
      @wj2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The smugness of the moron.

    • @ksuvana
      @ksuvana 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@wj2429 Swans is for BIG BRAIN MUSIC LISTENERS ONLY, IQ of at least 115 is a requirement to enjoy this band
      I swear Swans fans are the absolute worst

    • @gekinatracksuit9710
      @gekinatracksuit9710 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ksuvana It's like the rich snobs who buy abstract "art" and try to find meaning in a banana taped to a wall.
      I, on the other hand, am just here to enjoy my shit music taste.

  • @craigsilcock5518
    @craigsilcock5518 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    awsome!

  • @Waldzkrieger
    @Waldzkrieger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just read some story about a guy who would go to bowling alleys and play this on their jukebox and I'm losing my shit.
    Imagine just knocking over some pins with the boys and you hear this nightmare fuel lol.