Where to start with Swans

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CrowleyHead

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I honestly look at God as "Swans meant for people like me, who had dads who played Jazz." so I prefer that band compared to early Swans. Stuff like this though was excellent for a melancholy teenaged Crowley.
 
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CrowleyHead said:
I honestly look at God as "Swans meant for people like me, who had dads who played Jazz." so I prefer that band compared to early Swans. Stuff like this though was excellent for a melancholy teenaged Crowley.
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God! Nice one. The Anatomy of Addiction is one of my favourite albums.

I find the God stuff much more immersive and flowing than early Swans but I think the thing they have in common is that they're both surprisingly funky. When Swans played here they did what was clearly a very early track and you could see people in the audience actively trying NOT to dance.
 
blacktulip

blacktulip

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It's not a fashionable view apparently but I think most Swans is charlatanry, and the only album I like is 'The Burning World'. This is probably because it has some nice tunes and good arrangements full of Bill Laswell's friends, all of whom are musicians.

Also I heard this guy Gira likes to tell venues to shut off the air conditioning to create a "sweat lodge" effect at Swans shows. To me this is properly cuntish - I hate going to gigs anyway and some prick trying to make me even more uncomfortable is beyond the beyond.
 
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Oss

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This year I saw Gira solo in May and Swans a month ago. I go and see them whenever I can and it reaffirms something impossible to express every time. It happens extremely rarely with music. I tried to explain this to Gira chatting after a gig but I failed - I can barely say anything at all after a Swans concert. He is a wonderful, generous, beautiful man. The music has been totaly ecstatic on the last couple tours. I remember a gig in 97 in a small venue in Copenhagen, it was the most contradictory music experience I have ever had. I wanted to leave and stay in equal measures. The volume really hurt my head. I don't think he's trying to hurt anyone though.
 
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ensuite

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considering seeing them when they hit london next month but given that listening to their music on headphones alone has induced panic attacks in me i dont know if i'd cope
 
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