The Kings of Independence: Swans, Like A Drug

[@drido]

CHILDREN OF GOD may be my favorite album. By anyone. Glad this is back up. Thank you.

[@FractalBolt]

I want to see this whole video. This festival had Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Swans and Crime and the City Solution... god damn!, what a lineup!

[@greedholymoney]

Incidentally, my mother first turned me on to this band. She was a big fan growing up in the eighties. This was one of her favorite songs.

[@TheIkaraCult]

thanks for sticking this one up, i recall it was on here a while back but i guess it got deleted. Probably the most definitive summation of what Swans were about, throbbing is the word i think comes to mind.

[@thenewhumandesign]

This video is fantastic. I love the drums...and everything else.

[@greedholymoney]

Can't underestimate the drumming in this one. You could set your watch to it. Very ritualistic sound. Would make a great wedding song.

[@sonictrasher]

Now that's how you play bass. Thank you for uploading.

[@jardix]

Impressive performance...

[@TheKnifeWon]

It's not the only one, "Beautiful Child" is on, too, but it's already uploaded.

[@gofuserect]

beautiful !@!

[@TheKnifeWon]

@FractalBolt I'm pretty sure you can find all the videos on youtube. There's "Saint Huck" and "Stranger Than Kindness" from the Bad Seeds, and "Steal To the Sea", "All Must Be Love" and "Grain Will Bear Grain" from Crime (all of which I just looked up--they're there!) I was going to upload them, then saw they were already there so, why bother?

[@TheKnifeWon]

@sclapione This particular video was only Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Crime and the City Solution and Swans. I had the whole thing and just pulled this song out of it to upload.

[@drkam6]

absolutely powerful nothing else compares to this might

[@drido]

Even after their death they still rule all.

[@thenewhumandesign]

Amen to that.

[@xoen6]

ONE AND ONLY.

[@TheKnifeWon]

I think I was actually the one who put it up (as NodmiTheSellout), but they deleted that account for some reason. I think I had a Nick Cave appearance on Conan O'Brien that was deleted but I never deleted from my list, so they deleted it months after disabling the video. . .? Pff. I have the whole Kings of Independence video hanging around by the way, I don't know if the Nick Cave and Crime and the City Solution ones are up (or if anyone cares).

[@larsskou]

this is so cool it´s like a drug

[@jackkoffin1]

Anyone know if The Kings of Independence is available on DVD anywhere? My Google yielded two entries, this and a Yahoo! Movies blurb with no info.

[@fatmanosman]

And this is why Michael Gira is a God!

[@mhofkp]

epic x 1000000000

[@LokiFreign]

@greedholymoney ..... I meant it in the most respectful possible way.... =) Growing up in the 80s and liking SWANS are attractive qualities to dusty OGs (original goths)

[@999klondike]

Lemonte Young would be proud of this.

[@0jucifer0]

You have an awesome mother! :)

[@TheKnifeWon]

I just thought to read through my comments now. I'll post it. I didn't really like the Crime performance but it should be around anyway!

[@thenewhumandesign]

And this is almost mild compared to some of their other stuff, like off A Long Slow Screw.

[@CoupDeGrace23]

Gibt es eigentlich Aufnahmen von dem was draußen - vor Knopf's Musik-Halle - los war?

[@DiegoPerez-um3cw]

Twerk it like that Michael

[@ponynugget]

i don't think they are, at least not the CCS ones. post em!

[@LokiFreign]

@greedholymoney ………… so I'm thinking "yes" :) tell her I've got a lot of signed tour discs and I cook a lot

[@levoldunom]

3:57, I want some.

[@methadrone]

the ultimate in sonic eroticism.... nothing comes close in sound...

[@prgvidiot]

@greedholymoney You have One Cool Mother

[@greedholymoney]

@LokiFreign Don't talk that way about my momma! She my momma! She not a sex object!!!

[@jooowa]

^^

[@valentino695]

wat the hel is da!

[@jooowa]

valentino azevedodasilva Dat is een soort van muziek, iets speciaal, anders als al de rest, waardoor ik het wel leuk vind.

[@valentino695]

ok