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band: swans
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:52 pm
by trilonaut_Archive
placeholder wrote:I voted "it all depends on whether jarboe is on the record", but what I really mean is "it all depends on whether Jarboe is singing". God, I loathe her highschool drama-club theatrics. The song "Hypogirl" alone is almost enough to put me off on Swans, and may have the silliest, yet most irritating vocals I have ever heard.
Swans, though, are still NOT CRAP. I just skip the Jarboe songs.
gira doesn't engage in highschool drama club theatrics? jesus. he's one melodramatic motherfucker. jarboe can really, really sing. i think their version of "cry me a river" which she sings is probably my favorite swans song.
band: swans
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:29 pm
by agent202
SWANS ARE DEAD is one of the best live record ever !
NOT CRAP!!!
band: swans
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:06 pm
by Mama Clortho_Archive
I once saw Jarboe credited on a record (not swans, I forget who it was) as the weepist. The owner of the record remarked that it was everything I feared and more
band: swans
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:35 pm
by trilonaut_Archive
what's gira then, the bellowist? the rantist? yes, i do find jarboe's non-swans output disappointing, but she's got a great voice and i think she did some great stuff with the swans.
her album with byla will rule.
band: swans
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:45 pm
by rzs_Archive
trilonaut wrote: gira doesn't engage in highschool drama club theatrics? jesus.
Angry_Dragon wrote: When they were on tour with Sonic Youth in 83 or around there, in the middle of a song Gira jumps off stage and beats a kid up. He gets back on stage and apologizes to the kid and says I'm sorry, but you were having too much fun.
band: swans
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:14 pm
by trilonaut_Archive
rzs wrote:trilonaut wrote: gira doesn't engage in highschool drama club theatrics? jesus.
Angry_Dragon wrote: When they were on tour with Sonic Youth in 83 or around there, in the middle of a song Gira jumps off stage and beats a kid up. He gets back on stage and apologizes to the kid and says I'm sorry, but you were having too much fun.
am i supposed to read that as "yes, he does engage in high school drama club theatrics" or "he's a tough asshole, unlike high school drama club members"?
i'd call that drama club theatrics crossed with jock assholeishness, not exactly a winning combination. funny story, though.
band: swans
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:36 pm
by Ace_Archive
The live version of "Cop" from Body to Body, Job to Job.
WOW. NOT CRAP.
band: swans
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:45 pm
by Glenn W Turner_Archive
Not Crap
I'm partial to the earlier stuff, Filth, Cop, Young God.
band: swans
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:12 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
not crap.
big waffles for getting tiring very quickly.
band: swans
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:21 pm
by Steve V_Archive
Swans is one of those bands that took a bit to grow on me. It's some of the most punishing, confrontational, disturbing, incredibly creative music to come out of anywhere in the past 30 years.
I think Gira is great, and his work with Angels of Light is nothing to sneer at. A very talented fellow.
Some of the shit on his website is a bit overpriced though, but I'm pretty sure it's just to keep Young God afloat.