Mustacio Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NostalgiaGod Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNVu55ZyC-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNBD4OFF8cc Stripped down from the CD version with John Mayer hanging out in the background, his version of Pyrmaids from the same SNL was pretty great too they just shortened it too much for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgiaGod Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhT6LAPtE4 Still get goosebumps from this performance. His best concert I swear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldsie Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhT6LAPtE4 Still get goosebumps from this performance. His best concert I swear! Now you're making me want to pop in the DVD and watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgiaGod Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhT6LAPtE4 Still get goosebumps from this performance. His best concert I swear! Now you're making me want to pop in the DVD and watch it. Do it! Me and my family watched the entire dvd this Thanksgiving! Fun times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldsie Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhT6LAPtE4 Still get goosebumps from this performance. His best concert I swear! Now you're making me want to pop in the DVD and watch it. Do it! Me and my family watched the entire dvd this Thanksgiving! Fun times. Nice. I most likely will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgiaGod Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhT6LAPtE4 Still get goosebumps from this performance. His best concert I swear! Now you're making me want to pop in the DVD and watch it. Do it! Me and my family watched the entire dvd this Thanksgiving! Fun times. Nice. I most likely will. Do you have a favorite performance from the dvd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldsie Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhT6LAPtE4 Still get goosebumps from this performance. His best concert I swear! Now you're making me want to pop in the DVD and watch it. Do it! Me and my family watched the entire dvd this Thanksgiving! Fun times. Nice. I most likely will. Do you have a favorite performance from the dvd? Dirty Diana or Human Nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgiaGod Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhT6LAPtE4 Still get goosebumps from this performance. His best concert I swear! Now you're making me want to pop in the DVD and watch it. Do it! Me and my family watched the entire dvd this Thanksgiving! Fun times. Nice. I most likely will. Do you have a favorite performance from the dvd? Dirty Diana or Human Nature. I've always loved his emotion on Dirty Diana live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam the d00d Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 My friend showed this to me as a joke. Like "Hey check out this shitty band that played on Letterman". But like I actually ended up really digging it. It's *censored*ing hilarious, but the guy's genuinely a great *censored*ing singer and the song is a kick ass pop song. Their frontman's looks like Clint Howard and is insanely based. I just really love this performance, it's genuinely amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK4lD3Uf8_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyriqz ✪ Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 The song's not bad and all, but the singer's face in combination with those moves. I am *censored*ing dying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam the d00d Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 He goes from Tom Jones to Louie Armstrong real quick *Censored* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackalicious Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjo82Orcitc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Jones Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 A couple of my favourite live performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyriqz ✪ Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIFrG_6fySg Holy bejeebus, I didn't see anything from the promotion work before getting the album, I'm happy I finally got to see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Fat_Matt Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Swans' A Long Slow Screw VHS comes to mind. Hyperlinked because it has some bad words/adult themes in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyriqz ✪ Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I didn't think Napalm Death would draw inspiration from Gira. But at the same time, I'm not even a little bit surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Fat_Matt Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I didn't think Napalm Death would draw inspiration from Gira. But at the same time, I'm not even a little bit surprised. Its not like "I'm listening to ND, and I can hear the Gira inspiration" but when you get down to the more carnal aspects of the music it becomes apparent rather quickly. The emotion, the attitude, the ethic of creation, the sense of sonic assault. Swans (at least pre-1997) always seemed like concerts were "Swans vs The Fans" and that kind of animosity and brutality carried over VERY well into genres like grind(core), thrash, and even a lot of modern hardcore and hardcore punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyriqz ✪ Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I didn't think Napalm Death would draw inspiration from Gira. But at the same time, I'm not even a little bit surprised. Its not like "I'm listening to ND, and I can hear the Gira inspiration" but when you get down to the more carnal aspects of the music it becomes apparent rather quickly. The emotion, the attitude, the ethic of creation, the sense of sonic assault. Swans (at least pre-1997) always seemed like concerts were "Swans vs The Fans" and that kind of animosity and brutality carried over VERY well into genres like grind(core), thrash, and even a lot of modern hardcore and hardcore punk. That makes sense, actually. Being honest though, I never liked Gira or the approach he has to music and performing. He seems like a giant dick, being caught up with himself. Although I do know he had a weird life, so I guess that shaped him quite strongly. I really wanna dislike him and his work, but I can't help but appreciate Swans and I very much do enjoy their albums. Not necessarily for their sonical merrit (I know a shit ton of people disregard them for not putting out the most skillful or refined musical work) but definitely for their artistic (or what I perceive as artistic) value. Their albums are definitely an experience of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Fat_Matt Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I didn't think Napalm Death would draw inspiration from Gira. But at the same time, I'm not even a little bit surprised. Its not like "I'm listening to ND, and I can hear the Gira inspiration" but when you get down to the more carnal aspects of the music it becomes apparent rather quickly. The emotion, the attitude, the ethic of creation, the sense of sonic assault. Swans (at least pre-1997) always seemed like concerts were "Swans vs The Fans" and that kind of animosity and brutality carried over VERY well into genres like grind(core), thrash, and even a lot of modern hardcore and hardcore punk. That makes sense, actually. Being honest though, I never liked Gira or the approach he has to music and performing. He seems like a giant dick, being caught up with himself. Although I do know he had a weird life, so I guess that shaped him quite strongly. I really wanna dislike him and his work, but I can't help but appreciate Swans and I very much do enjoy their albums. Not necessarily for their sonical merrit (I know a shit ton of people disregard them for not putting out the most skillful or refined musical work) but definitely for their artistic (or what I perceive as artistic) value. Their albums are definitely an experience of their own. He is a touch too "avant-garde" for his own good, but I, for one, respect him greatly if only for having been creating music almost constantly since the early 80's. Granted, I much more prefer post-2009 swans to pre-1997, but for a fan of industrial, progressive, noisy or just plain strange music, his work is a must listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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