saw them in ljubljana two days ago, was right next to the stage, in front of chris acctualy, i could feel how the bass made the hair on my arms move and if i looked up or opened my mouth i felt it in my throat, a beautiful and unsettling feeling
There's a version of Swans playing Coward in Ljubljana in 1986 on Kill The Child, and the full show can be found here:ua-cam.com/video/wnKVABTaliA/v-deo.html @@levvercic4324
This is the first time in my entire life I'd describe a song as being my 'drug'. Not in a cringy, hyperbolic expression of enjoyment sense, but in a self-medicating sense. Listening to this exact version of Coward is like aspirin... makes the bad stuff in my head go away
So these guys won't be playing the Super Bowl at halftime? Imagine thousands of plebians wishing it was Aerosmith instead,while dropping their Bud Lights!
Personally I disagree. The old version is angry and intense, and working from a place of desperation. You can't have desperation without a belief in the existence of hope to contrast with it. This 2013 version on the other hand is just utterly insane. It lies outside the realms of a man's ability to reason at all.
This new live version seems to be drawing more on the heavier sound of Filth and Cop. The ultra-slow Public Castration version and spooky album version are both ominous in a really different way to this version.
this isn't your first time watching this; you've at least been here 50 times, admit it.
That bass could destroy lives, fucking intense.
They played this live when I saw them back in 2012. Everytime Chris played they baseline it felt like I was getting hit in the chest
*GARNK-GARNK-GARNK*
*GARNK-GARNK-GARNK*
saw them in ljubljana two days ago, was right next to the stage, in front of chris acctualy, i could feel how the bass made the hair on my arms move and if i looked up or opened my mouth i felt it in my throat, a beautiful and unsettling feeling
There's a version of Swans playing Coward in Ljubljana in 1986 on Kill The Child, and the full show can be found here:ua-cam.com/video/wnKVABTaliA/v-deo.html @@levvercic4324
imagine coming to this show to see solange and waiting thru this lol
hands down, the heaviest live recording of this monstrous track. simple incredible and wretched in every possible way :)
PUBLIC CASTRATION IS A GOOD IDEA
The Public Castration version is much, much heavier
It's good, I prefer the Copenhagen video!
@@Arinisonfire the PCIAG version is super sludgy and a lot more slowburn
this ones more instantly hard hitting
The version at the Zap Club, Brighton 1986 is so savage and actually matches the tempo of this version. @@unhxlysilver1688
3:07 I actually love how they reverse his scream here so good
are they called swans because of the way gira flaps his arms?
whoracle11 it was a joke :P
although, real swans do kill a lot of people
phira360
Haha!
no , because they are beautiful but cruel birds
I'm addicted to this song, in a slightly masochistic way
This is the first time in my entire life I'd describe a song as being my 'drug'. Not in a cringy, hyperbolic expression of enjoyment sense, but in a self-medicating sense. Listening to this exact version of Coward is like aspirin... makes the bad stuff in my head go away
I understand that completely! Stuff like this, Nine Inch Nails' TDS, and Daughters does the same!
victimhood dopamine is a hell of a drug, rapes the receptors
hm, I think it's cringy and hyperbolic :D
SO BRUTAL, love it
seeing them in may... can't fucking wait
Should be an experience!!
So these guys won't be playing the Super Bowl at halftime? Imagine thousands of plebians wishing it was Aerosmith instead,while dropping their Bud Lights!
Gira and Yorke have no idea what to do with their hands during shows. Awesome performance.
Gira knows exactly what to do with them
@@dontpanic5278 His stage presence is less "rock frontman" and more "shaman invoking ancient evils into the human world."
Stop being a bitch then
@@dontpanic5278 just ask Larkin Grimm
@@misterpopeofficial. 💀💀
my first show of them after a long wait..great!
@french guys près de moi, nice to meet you here and there..
Is that... is that a xylophone in the background? Did they add a xylophone to one of the heaviest songs of all time. I love it
Fucking legends! I feel privileged to have seen them!
LOS PAPAS DEL DRONE!!
krishna krishna
hare hare
Fuck the world love this ongoing service
This is some pretty awesome fucked up shit...
perfecto
What does he say at the start of the song? English isn't my first language
“stick your knife in me”
“put your knife in me”
“walk away”
“i love you”
phrases of that nature
Just before the song starts, Gira says " Kill the world back! Now!"
@@kingink1971 Thank you
“Kill the World Bank now!”
Man this version is like Blues Clues compared to the live Screw version from the 80's. That version is terrifying. This is still badass though.
Personally I disagree. The old version is angry and intense, and working from a place of desperation. You can't have desperation without a belief in the existence of hope to contrast with it.
This 2013 version on the other hand is just utterly insane. It lies outside the realms of a man's ability to reason at all.
This new live version seems to be drawing more on the heavier sound of Filth and Cop. The ultra-slow Public Castration version and spooky album version are both ominous in a really different way to this version.
beautiful brutality. i could cry it's so good
Those fucking headbangers. Lucky Gira didn't chuck a waterbottle at them.
What's wrong with them? They're just enjoying the show, pretty sure Gira would be glad they enjoyed it so much as well.
That's not enjoying the show. That's just being obnoxious.
its just a primal and spontaneous reaction to the rhythm, let them be
Harley Magoo He used to hate it but he doesn’t seem to mind it anymore
it would be hypocritiqual for swans to critique them as the bass player head bangs multiple times during multiple performances
That guitar is now in a wheelchair 😅
Wow, and not in a good way
Leyendas indiscutibles ,que temaso !!