One day Westberg is gonna hit Gira with a medical bill for crippling arthritis due to playing one chord for 40 years. Been listening since '99. I was 17. I don't think I'll ever stop.
Years before I bought Greed and Holy Money, The Burning World was my first Swans experience. Bought it on cassette in a cutout bin in 1991 and enjoyed it. I know Michael Gira hates it and it's considered a failure but I wish it would be remastered and rereleased.
@@hellmik Eh, whatt? Me? You are clearly mistaking what I wrote for something else... Anyway, I'm not a native speaker, man, so I don't care about such things at all, read the direct message itself as it is.
This live version of "See No More" has the evocative power of the bunny albums, especially the finale! A pity it doesn't sound as good on "The Burning World".
Almost any live version of Burning World material you can find is better than that record. It was a record that could have been like the bunny records or even Children of God, but the band was in transition (read: Gira was behaving poorly towards band members and drove them away one by one except Jarboe) and Bill Laswell just wasn’t the producer for them.
@@MDK2_Radio Especially the live versions in 1988, when Al Kizys was still in the line-up. There's a few shows on here worth checking out (Paradiso 1988 is a powerful show) that really reveal what the record could've been had they gone into a studio sooner.
Thanks for uploading - ....why did they 'disown' the 'Burning World' lp ? . Was it due to the polished production ? , as this performance sounds more like the 'White light ....' lp ( & more listenable than 'Filth ' , ' Public Castration ....' records ) ...
Live is always as good if not better than 'proper' Swans output. Not many musicians are capable of playing live at all for that matter. That's where Gira steps in.
See No More See God's sun go down behind that hill Then see God's sons go down that lonely road Then see God's sun fall behind that hill in darkness Then see God's sons go down that godforsaken road Then see us need more Then see no more Then see, see no more Then see, see no more See us deliver where other men will fail Then see us hold Heaven while others burn in Hell Then see us, God's sons, guarding Heaven's gate Then see our sun go black because we made one mistake Then see us need more Then see no more Then see, see no more Then see, see no more
@@brasikurtz I'm pretty sure it's Vincent, too. Based on the fact that you can see him drumming in other footage from this tour/era, plus Virgil quit the band before the Burning World tour commenced - according to the book.
It's not a "need", it's just an interesting option. Something new would be born out of it, but I sincerely doubt if better. Every set of songs has its time. There's no other album like this one in Swans' discography which is a value in and of itself, many really good songs are present there too. While if one likes the sound of this album or not, it's a personal matter.
