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TOBERMUSICFERA
Ppl hearing this band: Thats creepy! Me holding two knifes in each hand and dancin like a creep who wanna kill everyone xDDD
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bernkastel__
you wouldn't last 10 minutes in the same room with a swans fan like me, you're not ready to enter my dark, twisted and demented mind!
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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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Flower1st
thank you for not making a circle pun, Mr. Old Fart. I too don't find it funny, although I find a lot of dumb shit funny. Mainly because circles are things you encounter on a daily basis (unlike, for example, ground light from the powers that b cover). So posting every single circle thing you see on reddit is sure as hell gonna get boring after a very short while
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nichtsein000
They’re funny because they’re not. I think that’s the rationale any way. You’ll have to inquire at r/swans.
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j_isdead
I mean, it's to be expected, the band will be nearly 50 by the end of the decade, - half a century of Swans! -. The project outlived every tribe and social movement that followed them. Not to mention how it went through a couple of phases, which further helps segment the fanbase over time.
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BoneMarrowww
Jarboe is like one of my main reasons why i prefer the pre reunion swans albums
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NewClearAge
Wow, absolutely harrowing. I hope your daughter is alright. I knew they were bad, but not THAT bad. I will be spreading the word and cancelling them on X, formerly known as twitter.
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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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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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Zeblaxkswxrdsmx
The concept is their albums are basically like movies in the form of music it's about the entire soundscape than any underlying message if anything, for example soundtracks for the blind contained music from a score for a movie that was scrapped, hence the joke on 'for the blind', the lyrics serves as a machine printing images for the soundscapes and albums, they are about whatever themes he's infatuated with at the time, with punkish angry misanthropic roots at their beginning (angry young man gira) and more mystical spiritual themes towards the later years (wise old man gira). Hope this helps.
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flowerslept
Epic band, but some of the fans who only like their longer albums give off pretentious vibes. Reminds me of that one kid in high school who reads super long books like "War and Peace" just to brag they read a ton of pages, instead of discussing anything deep and insightful about the subject matter.
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TheOfficialShad
The Beggar > SFTB > Seer > Birthing > Leaving Meaning. (so underrated) > COG > Greed > TBK > Great Annihilator > Love of Life > TGM > Holy Money > White Light > My Father > Filth > Cop >> The Burning World
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TheOfficialShad
one of the best discogs in all of music, fucking amazing. How is their 17th album - over 40+ years in - arguably their best?
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