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versionJBT
Just finished relistening to Bring the Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture while reading several interviews Gira has given on the subject of Haiti, and all these years I never knew just how identical my thoughts on the country are with his. My mother was born in Haiti, and like Gira I've always had an extremely bittersweet connection with it. Haiti's history is a curious mix of some of the greatest acts of atrocity and self-determination the planet has ever seen, and this 34 minute epic captures that balance fantastically for me. The subject of environmental degradation is huge also, I think. Haiti was once one of the most beautiful places in Latin America, but deforestation has taken away the country's natural beauty and balance. With near-to-no trees to slow down mudslides, killer bees, tarantulas & scorpions slowly make their way to the towns, something my mom had to deal with as a child. Haiti is fighting a very long defeat, and since when does the world enjoy discussing the defeated?
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The song reopens a lot of psychic wounds caused by my negative thoughts on history & human nature. It's forcing me to revisit a lot of paradoxical feelings I've kept inside for decades (It's always been hard for me having pride in an ancestry that has been so deeply entrenched in despair, destitution and torment for centuries), but it also makes me glad to see someone interested in this very unique, though utterly broken, place. Don't even get me started on the "debt" Haiti has owed to France, probably the single greatest ad hoc shakedown in human history. Anyway, Gira's knowledge on the slave revolts & Haitian Revolution greatly exceeds even mine, and I never knew how much passion & admiration he had for a place that's normally considered nothing more than a historical anecdote. These interviews and this song (which, of course, is one of my very favorite tracks by Swans) has exponentially increased my respect for the man.
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foreigner97
i saw them in a 500 person venue yesterday eve and it's honestly one of the best things i have witnessed in my life
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Liquid_Exodus
I just saw them. They played an hour long version of The Beggar. May have been the greatest thing I've heard live.
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Account124
Funniest thing, I did kind of headbang at their recent concert, Gira looked like he wanted to kill me honestly. I'm sure he's a nice guy.
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ElBabuino
i did as well, but i didn't really care to be honest. i was just vibing with their music. i also did a little kind of pogo with some of the friends i went with (which was not aggressive at all and was more like a communitarian ritual, dancing all together towards a group ascension and ecstasy) and after a while he just gently asked us not to hit other people or anything, they were all so sweet. they definitely saw how much we were enjoying the music, it was the concert of our lives honestly. after the gig, kristof told us that our energy fed them, even michael, and pravdica told us that we were very lucky because, according to him, that was the only time ever where he didn't stop the pogo immediately or anything.
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emissicia
I live with chronic mental and physical disabilities and SFTB just connects with me in such a profound way. One time, at the height of my illness, I remember losing my vision, as I was unable to open my eyes, and my dad just held my hand while I was motionless. I would ask my dad constantly if I was bleeding, or if other people were in the room, because in my mind, things were being done outside of my scope of perception, and I was incapable of verifying it. Having my senses slowly crumble as I felt no attachment to my physical self was one of the strangest and most terrifying experiences of my life. It has gotten much better, yet I still struggle every day because I have to portion out my energy levels so that I don't crash, and I constantly experience chronic pain as well as brain fog and depersonalization/derealization. Swans are truly amazing and I cannot thank this band enough.
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5uhp8bNhh3/?igsh=ZWttNnhxMGQ4cTRz what did gira mean by this?
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I001598283434
Something really clicked after I saw them live and man this band just gets better with every listen, I've "liked" them for a while but their music just has such an incredible amount of depth and variety that it's taken forever for me to digest and now I'm realizing that a lot of their albums are straight solid gold bars
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SwordOfGuts
Saw them for the first time last night and also it was my first concert ever. It was one of the greatest things I’ve ever experienced. The entire building was shaking, and I actually expected it to be louder. The new songs were all absolutely amazing, especially guardian spirit. That song was insane. And birthing was also unbelievable. The hour long version of the beggar has probably become my new favorite swans song as well.
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Djenthallman
I've always thought they were just an okay band overhyped by /mu/, but I gave them a better listen and damn they are indeed very good. Gotta dive deeper in their discography
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melodymann
Almost pissed myself when Gira got up and started shouting to a guy who was filming him (i was also filming)
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death_by_exile
I have tried time and time again to get into this band, but I cannot find a single redeeming thing about their music. It's fucking awful all across the board
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death_by_exile
And that's not counting the billion gigillion lifetime Interpol plays that I didn't scrobble. My taste is sooooo good
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flatminded
i feel like people who don't get swans' music, especially the trilogy stuff misses some points. what I've realized after listening to all these albums is that swans' music is about being in the moment and let it flow. "screen shot" also points this out with its lyrics as well. it's not enjoyable if you're not feeling like you're experiencing the present. therefore it's very bad for background listening. another point, take a good listen to the intro of bring the sun. on first glance there's nothing interesting going on musically and they play the same stuff for a few minutes. but it SOUNDS absolutely beautiful and mixed very well. there's a very heavy emphasis on the sound. they can make musically very simple ideas into great sounding stuff, also ugly sounding stuff as well. the sheer length of some songs alone make them feel like massive universe devouring entities. i just called songs entities i'm ending writing this comment.
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theartificer
i don't really care but i wish i had more scrobbles. i feel like i listen them a lot but the end of the day was just a few songs
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Flower1st
it will never stop to amaze me, hearing every little detail they put in their music. Literally sounds like every frequency is occupied by some almost unhearable sound and it's... it's quite insane. And I don't even have good headphones, I'm using some 12 dollar earphones on main and even then I can focus on each little sound and always be amazed. One of the bands ever
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Turkmen1sh
ебать ну что за группа имбовая мужики такое слушать это как на яйца сметану намазывать и кота звать
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