Swans - Blood Promise (Live)

Swans are Dead (Black Disc) version of Blood Promise, which is easily one of my favourite songs of all time.
edit: can't believe i was 14 when i uploaded this masterpiece of a song to KZbin because I couldn't find it anywhere lmao, still love it a lot tho

[@tropicwave1]

Blood Promise Swans Produced by Michael Gira Album: The Great Annihilator [Live Only] We are poor little lambs who have lost our way Baa, baa, baa [Verse 1] When silence falls And light remains And time is born Beneath the Sun I'll hide your name Inside a word And paint your eyes With false perception And I feel your mind In everything And every breath Destroys a sound And I never will follow A false sensation And I'll always believe Your blood promise [Refrain] Na na na Na na Na na na Na na Na na na Na na Na na na Na na [Verse 2] And every breath I stole from you And I never will see Your broken body And you never have spoken An unclear word And I'll never betray Your blood promise [Refrain] Na na na na Na na na Na na na na Na na na Na na na na Na na na Na na na na Na na na [Live Only] [Instrumental] Don't stop! Well, we are done And we'd like to thank you for being here- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Written by: Michael Gira Copyright (c) - Young God Publishing Release Date: 1994

[@mindmy609]

very dark lyrics however there was an atonement for this passion

[@mr.zaiked3058]

I love the final AAAAAAAAA

[@rururu5877]

Baa baa baa naa naaa naa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@heckicusdoomicuswizardus1382]

"Well, we're done, and we'd like to thank you for being here- "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" iconic Gira moment

[@Ss-pn4vd]

Joseph slipped out for a couple seconds

[@jacobmorris2877]

@teirvsedei It was almost certainly an edit together of two completely different concerts.

[@minhaalakbar]

@@jacobmorris2877 its from the end of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppfIdoeeq5iaiqs&ab_channel=ImaginalComponent

[@abominacao_disgenica]

The final boss of rock 'n roll music in its profound sense of physicality.

[@DemonSlide]

When I first started my university courses, back in 2010 and 2011, I used to travel for two hours eveyday to get to the campus. I lived far away, or the school was far away, one of the two. Needless to say, I would take my Ipod with me. I was going through a serious Swans kick back then, just newly discovering their genius music. Soon enough, those excursions in the name of education and me being on time to class (which I never was anyway) became hardcore listening sessions devoted to this record and "Soundtracks for the Blind" I was playing them to death, sometimes going into a deep trance that was hard to come of. It was hard to pretend I wanted to listen to anything anybody had to say after experiencing such stellar works of art. Suddenly the mundane commuting and public transportation seemed fun and almost something that I was looking forward to, even more so than going to class. Since I was always late, once I got to campus I would take major strolls around and keep listening to more. I became obsessed. It was almost too good. I couldn't help it. I was enthralled. I always listened to some more on the way back and on bathroom breaks. I ended up ditching that class only to come back at the end of the course and pass it on one test. Swans became my favorite band. And I was about to really see what it was all about.

[@ryannMW7]

One of the greatest music of all time

[@erlexar]

6:43 that was some ancient celestial hymn he sang lol so fucking awesome. Call it depressing whatever but to me this is music to my soul

[@CrickeyNyan]

This track always leaves me speechless. My absolute favorite from Swans Are Dead.

[@buoy9665]

if you listen close to the guitar at the end of the song you can hear how its slightly out of tune compared to just 7 minutes prior, it shows how hard they beat the shit out of those strings. bravo

[@koollegged5739]

Pretty sure the bassist said he broke one or two strings during this performance.

[@thenero7583]

@@koollegged5739 where did you see this

[@koollegged5739]

@@thenero7583 I read it in Sacrifice And Transcendence, the oral history of Swans

[@PavelMarkovic88]

I've dicovered Swans with "Blind" and I must say that this is the best thing I find in last year, just next to Protomartyr. Unique and extreme music, not for every one I think.

[@mindmy609]

just recently heard this one but soundtracks was my first ever exposure to the band 98' Helpless child really sticks out

[@taz2026]

Props for Protomartyr!

[@coba3220]

Thank you for getting me into Protomartyr!

[@connormcfetridge4988]

It doesn't get any better then this. And I don't think it ever will

[@davidtalbot9325]

This song, played on this same tour at the 9:30 Club, 1997, was the most profound live music experience of my life. No words can do justice to it. It was an annihilation.

[@jasonlynn1017]

This is one of the sublime-est pieces of music in the history of music, regardless of century.

[@takashimizutani1808]

This evokes certain feelings in me I never knew I could feel before

[@lawannatanner4624]

"We are all little lambs who have lost our way"

[@bartverweire]

Thanks, been looking for this for years. Appears to be from "The Whiffenpoof Song". See kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ-yZZqLoLmcebs (from about 1'23")

[@ricothepoolboy1758]

@@bartverweire DUDE. Thank you. sounded vaguely like SOTP. Great ear. Cheers

[@arnoburtner380]

@@ricothepoolboy1758 what is SOTP?

[@nremac]

@@arnoburtner380 Sons Of The Pioneers, the band from Bart's link

[@arnoburtner380]

@@nremac It's literally the sample, but thanks anyway

[@UntitledKirk]

Incredible, beautiful, just perfection in musical form.

[@ionlyusepics]

right again mr kirk

[@Ss-pn4vd]

the guitar at the end is so haunting and hollow, my favorite part i think. Of course as well Gira screaming

[@HillsSilent]

Heard this last maybe close to a decade ago, so glad to hear it again.

[@rururu5877]

Man a decade and half

[@ericmsandoval]

It's almost as if Gira himself trolls us there at the very end lol

[@x-mb7kj]

Fucking drunk. Need him to taklk. 10 minutes

[@bartconnelly6926]

love this song in this version and have listened to it at least once a week for the past year.

[@connormcfetridge4988]

Haha I'm sure it has been 4 years now. Same for me

[@mindmy609]

i keep coming back to this live version its eerily heart breaking im fixated with this song and the ultimate covenant that sealed the BIBLE

[@marshall7027]

If there's anybody out there who can show me a band better than Swans I am all ears. Somehow I highly doubt anybody could.

[@doxskew2221]

Try boris. They have long epic songs similar to swans. There ablum flood is worth your time

[@NoNamedNobody692]

As well as Godspeed You Black Emperor. They even came in on r/swans top 10 artists (behind swans of course lol). Stereotypically so, their 2000 album “Lift Your Skinny Fists To Heaven Like Attenaes To The Sky” is an absolute MASTERCLASS in Post-Rock / Ambient Music. Absolutely MASTERFUL.

[@clsagst]

I would second Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I love Boris but honestly I don't think they reach this level

[@harrysmith5340]

Boredoms!!! You gotta check out Boredoms! Japanese band that I'd say gets equally as large sounding as Swans, different vibe but defo a similar breed of beast. I'd recommend Super AE, Vision Creation New Sun, and Super Roots 9 Also I'd point you in the direction of This Heat, British experimental rock from the late 70's and early 80's that is a bit more experimental in the studio than Swans but defo have a similar appeal Outside of 'rock' bands, people like Glenn Branca and Rhys Chatham are important ancestors to bands like Swans and Sonic Youth, and for sure paved the way for them

[@marshall7027]

@@harrysmith5340 thank you so much

[@PetruMihai]

This is their best track. Few if any Swans songs have this much substance

[@svperstar]

at one point, back in 97, in london, england, at the last show on that tour, this was the last track they were ever gonna play live.

[@bobros2736]

actually this isn't the recording of the last 97 performance, this is kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqGyZJVnpZh4oLs

[@robertfrippgaming6924]

How does this exist?

[@thecloudofunknowing]

based pfp

[@robertfrippgaming6924]

@@thecloudofunknowing danke :)

[@Goonette-gp9fn]

Couldn‘t believe they played part of this the other night in Germany

[@thenero9493]

WHAT THEY DID??

[@ratskin1782]

I was at the Final Concert...LA2....met Gira outside and went to an after party with Swans and Nick Cave. Hutchence was there a few months before he went away.

[@theslydog59]

How was this song? This recording is from their 2nd last concert before splitting up, and I heard that the recording of their last ever song, Blood Promise, couldn't be used. Also, that Gira went on stage naked. True/false?

[@twint9]

@@theslydog59 Gira did go onstage naked! There are photos!

[@ratskin1782]

@TomorrowNeverKnows 1995 was The Gret Annihilator tour and I was at the LA2 gig for that. Not sure i it was the final gig of that tour. The 1997 Swans Are Dead tour LA2 gig was the final gig of that tour. I have the cd-r that Jarboe sent me of it.

[@ratskin1782]

@@theslydog59 Both true. But Gira only came out naked after the last track to wave goodbye.

[@ratskin1782]

@TomorrowNeverKnows I also got the cd-r. From Jarboe and 2 other 97 gigs free. No tours in 96 unfortunatly.

[@TeenageJesusSuperstr]

Makes me livid that this isn’t on Apple Music

[@NoNamedNobody692]

It is now!

[@rururu5877]

We'd like to thank you- HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@daviddavid-ud9bt]

They were amazing at the Somerville Theater in Boston.

[@ClimekCrap]

stunning

[@ionlyusepics]

8:50 is just so chilling

[@connormcfetridge4988]

My favorite swans song

[@connormcfetridge4988]

I know exactly what your talking about . A rush just goes threw my whole body lol

[@McBignLargeBJ64]

I know, it almost too much. I start sweating

[@flergus2]

9:22 is also chilling, shit starts getting real here

[@coldercoronet6248]

@@connormcfetridge4988 I’m glad their’s more Semetary and Swans fans out their.

[@Sean-ht9gp]

Swans is all great music summed up in a sonic catharsis

[@bea-vw3qk]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

[@marke9088]

It's not "the" Swans. Just Swans.

[@anonymouzzz4307]

Jarboe called them "the Swans" in an interview, so fuck you

[@marke9088]

@@anonymouzzz4307 She said a lot of things but I go by the creator of the band who I've met twice and when I asked Gira he said it's only Swans. No need to swear at me. Stay safe.

[@anonymouzzz4307]

@@marke9088 yeah I was joking don't worry. I kind of like how "The Swans" sounds tho lol

[@corongt]

15:15

[@-k-b-]

This version feels like it would've fit snug on SFTB

[@TheToqueWearer]

What was the source picture on the other upload of this (the two people chained together)

[@seansabu310]

This is serious business ....

[@zamboni33]

💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tortimania5734]

Un canal en español, sii! ¿Podrías pasar la letra? Gracias por subirla

[@juankavanagh7245]

Al fin, alguien que habla mi idioma y le gusta swans

[@tortimania5734]

@@CrickeyNyan ¡si!

[@gabrielramos716]

@@juankavanagh7245 somos 4

[@sleguerrojo2142]

@@CrickeyNyan ola maka

[@tomasbarra433]

5

[@PolicemanPlanet]

Thank you so fuckin much for dis

[@itsNarg]

oh shit

[@JOE-nr4hi]

Definitive

[@lubrano3049]

[@licas63]

Pere Ubu