Tracklist Nothing Can Stop Us [0:00] People Get Real [4:50] Avenue [9:54] Absolute Beginners [13:20] Mario's Cafe [18:40] Spring [23:10] Chock Stock [The Fall] [27:14] You're In A Bad Way [30:58] Who Do You Think You Are [34:06] Conchita Martinez [38:14]
I was there! Funny story, I was milling about the crowd, it was sort of a free-roaming kind of gig with several rooms with various DJ sets, a Bacardi Breezer or Smirnoff Ice room (I can't remember which) and fairground rides inside the venue! Anyhoo, I was wearing a bucket hat and I suddenly noticed this bloke shouting "Oi, Reni, Reni!" Didn't think much of it at the time, thought it was a random nobhead taking the piss. It was only in the cold, sober weeks later I realised the random nobhead was Mani. I still regret not realising who he was and not chatting with him.
0:00:00 Over the Wall 0:07:26 Pride 0:10:05 Show of Strength 0:14:39 With a Hip 0:17:52 All My Colours 0:21:08 All That Jazz 0:23:56 It Was a Pleasure 0:27:03 Heaven up Here 0:30:50 Pictures on My Wall 0:33:39 No Dark Things 0:37:01 Villiers Terrace 0:41:15 All I Want 0:44:27 A Promise 0:48:16 Rescue 0:54:43 Crocodiles 1:03:07 With a Hip
Glad that someone captured this, thanks! It’s nice to relive the moment. I was front row, right side for this show, and went backstage after. It was a memorable night. Christie Hynde was back stage chatting with the fill-in drummer.
*What a brilliant innovative and wonderful tribute band to 'Peter, Paul and Mary'. I'm sure they were gobsmacked and eternally flattered by Pixies. The spelling for the songs is pretty cool. I've always wondered how I could 'brake my body'*
Loved their first 3 albums then they got away from the elector-guitar psychedelia. Disappointing but it's their band and it's a free country. Loved "Be-In," "Fast Driving Rave Up," and many more but the lost me on the "Welcome to the Monkey House" album.
Fantastic, has been my fave swans live performance for years now. The segue into Sex, God, Sex is truly awe inspiring. There was a video concert up on You Tube of their set at a similar time, but cant find it. Anyone know where I could find it. Mandatory listening for any SWANS fan out there. Got my copy of this years ago from the old website on CDR. Wow!
Great memories of ditching high school to see this concert. Festival Hall was cooking that day. Asked my friend why he was shirtless as we walked out of there, "I vomited all over myself" 😅
3:09 - Blood on Yr Hands 6:23 - Jane Mary, Cry One Tear 12:12 - Let It Come Down 19:28 - The Unknown 27:02 - A Girl In Need 34:46 - Still a Child 40:12 - See No More 49:00 - Trust Me 59:03 - Love Will Tear Us Apart 1:05:35 - Drum Interlude 1:07:08 - Sex God Sex 1:17:34 - New Mind
Jarboe lays waste to 99% of all singers. Madonna? Liz Phair? lol almost all of her contemporaries seem like little cutout performers compared to her in this magical era of music.
I don't recognize many of these titles because this is such a blind spot for the band. But I recently heard the second title of Children of God + World of Skin, and that is such a different, interesting sound. Early 90s man! Along with the immortal Ten Songs for Another World, the misstep-laden Burning World, and the stuff that piled up right afterward to the first death of Swans... damn. They were busy, and pushing that early 90s gear very far in a lot of new directions. I hear grunge, and 90s metal, and even "alternative" sounds in here. Makes me wonder, who was seeing Swans and then got so inspired they formed a major mainstream band... Pearl Jam? Nirvana? Soundgarden?
I was there, this was the last, and truly, the greatest gig of the 20th century. Morrissey at the peak of his solo career. The 90’s were coming to an end, this was probably the greatest decade for rock and pop music. This live version of meat is murder is the best I’ve heard. Closing the gig with last night I dreamt that somebody loved me was just epic. What a gig, what an era. Thank you Morrissey. And thank you for sharing this gem.
Sunday Sunday (Modern Life is Rubish) 0:15 Jubile (Parkilife) 3:23 Tracy Jacks (Parklife) 6:06 She’s So High (Leisure) 11:04 Girls & Boys (Parklife) 16:25 London Loves (Parklife) 20:54 Trouble in a Message Center (Parklife) 25:10 Chemical World (Modern Life is Rubish) 29:37 Popscene (Modern Life is Rubish Special Edittion) 34:58 To The End (Parklife) 38:16 Advert (Modern Life is Rubish) 42:19 End of a Century (Parklife) 47:36 Parklife (Parklife) 50:37 There’s No Other Way (Leisure) 53:49 For Tomorrow (Modern Life is Rubish) 58:08 Bank Holiday (Parklife) 1:03:14 This is a Low (Parklife) 1:05:12
Fantastic live show! It would be a priceless thing to be there, but I was 11 then... So I hit upon Swans only almost ten years later when they were just disbanding. Had to wait till 2010. Any ideas what "the unknown" track can be?
