Swans - Why Are We Alive
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
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Hello, thank you for listening to our music. I hope it gives you some joy and pleasure.
I am pleased that you have discovered our music through this medium. I view this experience as the equivalent of previewing a record in a record store in days of old. However, if you wish to experience the music in its' fullest form, I would strongly encourage you to acquire it in a physical format you can bring into your home. Not only will you then be able to experience the richest version of the music sonically, but you will also be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the tangible artwork, which was conceived in tandem with the music, and serves as a further portal to experiencing the total conceptual and spiritual and emotional content of the work we have labored, lovingly, to bring to you.
I love you,
Michael Gira / Swans / Young God Records
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The stylistic range in their band history is quite impressive
@Rui Dias wait what's wrong with The Burning World?
From filth, to holey money, to the burning world, to soundtracks for the blind, to the trilogy, the evolution is crazy🔥
LYRICS
Now I'm not a man and I don't feel love
And I don't see anything coming down from above
But this world spins slowly and I see a light
Rising up from behind the horizon up into the clear black sky
But I don't see you in my line of sight
In fact I can't remember why we are alive
I can tell that all of the 90s alt rock stars grew up listening to Swans.
One of the most beautiful song of Swans ever...
probably one of my favourite song titles of all time, that along with the album cover is so crushing for some reason
1:22 - 2:05 would play perfectly at the end of a movie with a powerful, yet compromising ending.
I googles why are we alive cuz i need answers i found this i love it
Lmfao I just did that right now xD
The guitar on this was later reused in Live Through Me on Soundtracks For The Blind.
I'm not sure if it was exactly the same guitar bit as in this version cause I don't hear it at all here but the guitar in live through me is definitely playing along to this song
@@MeMeMcsplosion it's definitely not the same recording as on this song but the guitar riff in the verses is extremely similar in both chord structure and picking pattern to the riff in Live Through Me
This is so, so beautiful. It makes me ache for everyone in the world.
Hard to express how moving 3:50 on is.
swans is everything
I need to go out, buy a turntable and get this album on vinyl so I can listen to it at home. I picked it up on iTunes and this album reaches reaches inside me something fierce.
This album reaches inside me, pulls my guts out, makes a pretty picture of my guts, and calls it art.
If this song or parts of it would be used in a famous netflix show it would go viral like a talking dog.
Better that it is not then
It's that B flat chord that's killing
Or perhaps its the mind-altering, soul-crushing lyrics
It’s everything
Beautiful song
Love you too, Mr. Gira. Don't worry, I already have this album on CD. But like many of my favourite CDs, *White Light from the Mouth of Infinity* lives in my car so I can listen to the songs while I drive. So hooray for youTube.
I would not drive with this music on
Weird, he second part is straight up different from the original, for the better i'd say.
yeah i love the section starting at 3:50, they really should have put it as the main version. the original simply repeats the opening sequence of the song, which is not bad, but the section in this version is just amazing.
I did a double take the first time I played the record after taking it home. This version is far superior in my opinion.
Yeah that part makes this song one of the most breathtakingly beautiful songs in their discography imo. The instrumental is just brilliant.
such potent music decades later, THANK YOU!
☝️ 👍 🔊
The opening bars give me goosebumps
This album was astonoishing and still is
Very nice song.
3:49
Duke of Blangis best part. Then the opening instrumental
The emotion in this section is absolutely overhelming
CROWDKILLING MOMENT
Thanks Michael Gira. I came back after years and yes, you are still busy destroying human spirit in a beautiful chanson LOL
And even more beautiful? Michael Gira will never respond to you, or anyone. I hope Jarboe and all Swans followers as well. Their passion. I know you mean well.
beautiful
Oh my god💘
There's a very slight skip around 0:31 and I thought my album was faulty. I wonder what's the purpose leaving something like that on the final mix.
*Michael Gira reading this* Oh goddammit
Turns out there are quite a few skips across their discography. One would think they'd correct these when remastering the albums, but I guess, that's not the case.
Dimitris Vasileias didn’t notice tbh
I love you Micheal
At least you cannot remember. I never knew...
Good question Mr Gira
Love love :)
thank you for uploading
3:45
Why..
sounds like echo and the bunnymen on steroids
this is 100% accurate.
this is yummy
This song when my mind is integrated into a Star Wars AT AT Walker! Star Wars is Awesome!
The ending section almost feels like anime battle music or something lol
there is no place for that shite on this side of youtube