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TheWatcher777
Swans music sounds so good when you don't got a bitch in your ear saying "rymcore"
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Account124
This one time I wore a Swans shirt and everyone was staring at me like I murdered and cannibalized someone.
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TheWatcher777
I recommend getting the s/t shirt if you want a better looking shirt, but if you're trying to get people to be scarred of you then I'd recommend the Streetcleaner shirt.
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nichtsein000
Judging by this shoutbox and the crowd I encountered at my last Swans show, I’d say their fan demographic has radically shifted again. In my day it was all goth/industrial types, with a smattering of metalheads. At the time of their comeback it was hipsters who thought the previous fan identities were pretentious. Now it’s…what? Gen Z Rate Your Music Fantano watching types who are into ironic humor and associate Swans with Death Grips? I’m not saying it’s a bad thing though. At least they’re finally being appreciated by the masses.
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sLumox
I- feel adressed and i get what you mean or what that would feel like. Not really taking things seriously or washing away all weight in what genre or subcultures mean is a real problem in my generation. I actually wish i was apart of something, a movement, a cause a scene, but instead i scroll on rym. So hopefully the Zeitgeist will change or more, i wont be so scared of trying anything all the time. As for swans music, i dont care about certain high numerical values people like to give swans, i do too. But in the end, as i first saw swans album covers i was intimidated and repelled by their raw and ugly aesthetics. But for me i immediately knew that there something deeper for me to get, to understand, to get drowned by, so i try to get as close to that as i can. Thats at least how i view it. Idk if youre german but if yes maybe we'll be at the same swans show some time.
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Rasvakeitin
800 scrobbles later and I still have absolutely zero idea what this band, its albums and their songs and their lyrics are about. When do I finally start understanding Swans? Do I need to be more mentally ill, more downtrodden, more miserable, desperate, hopeless and helpless than I already am? That being said, I really like Soundtracks for the Blind but oh my I just really don't fucking get it.
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IamSuperior_
this is stupid do you think they write super long songs because one of the band members has a super short penis?
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Samurai-Zombie_
THESE ARE THE THINGS I HOLD ONTO THESE ARE THE THINGS I USE TO DECEIVE MYSELF I LINE THEM UP IN FRONT OF ME I JUDGE THEM CAREFULLY THEN, I THROW THEM ALL AWAY I THROW THEM ALL AWAY I AM A SMALL MAN I AM NOT A DANGEROUS MAN I LOVE A CHILD I LOVE A BEAUTIFUL CHILD I LOVE A BEAUTIFUL IDEA
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IDontKnow1510
I wonder how much influence Swans (and Gira's solo work/Angels of Light) had on the Denver gothic country scene, songs like Failure for example sound very similar to what artists like 16HP or Jay Munly (Munly in particular) would end up doing in the mid-late 90s/early 00s, that sort of fusion of folk rock, gothic rock, and country.
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BleedBaudelaire
Is there, or has there ever been, another band like this? I feel like I have listened to absolutely everything in the post rock/experimental rock realm; and no other band create art as majestic, beautiful and bombastic as Swans. Truly one of a kind. Gira is the epitome of a musical genius.
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Junior_prudence
michael venha ao brasil para que eu possa beijar a sua boca velha e enrugada
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Asthma_x_Coma
Взросление это когда любимым поздним альбомом Swans становится leaving meaning.
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kaliyugadropout
Swans have been crashing ever since Gira decided to pick up an acoustic guitar
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