Swans - Helpless Child 

It was there? Wow

@@434emm r/whooosh

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@@naskivik RrR/ wHOoSsoosssh

Get out this song was in cars 3?

This song is so fucking strong pal.

@@dieterbohm9700yes, but it is absolutely about mommy issues regardless

@@mikehunt5926 Yep, specially if you take into account the artist's story.

The greatest song of all time.

Seconded.

No the sound is bettee

One of the greatest bands of all time.

_The_ greatest band of all time.

like a statement of false pretenses of a god opiate

thumbing up without even reading it entirely , just like a true believer : some sort of Jehovah´s witness ... whatever Gira ´prints` has always been gospel to me ... contrary to where he stands - see me give 2 sheaats !

I think I read somewhere that it's a song from an unborn baby's perspective of being inside the womb of a drug addict. Maybe it was just an interpretation of the song, but I think it's a good one.

@@delhidelirium9091 could you please explain it? how do you get these words "you drug me with kindness and i can pretend i exist"

@@user-oj5ts4cg2d See, not wishing to be ´cryptic` about it or otherwise ,yet , that is so self explanatory in the context of ´being` that I´m either not too sure whether to feel glad that you are having such doubts about that line , or simply , the opposite You trolling tf out of it all is also a possibility : -) .

What

Swans was best during the Jarboe years. My opinion....

Puppet Master Not alone with that!

OH yes

@@thereal11223 never happening. It would be such an Opus though.

Seek professional help, you are risking your life with these traits, I hope you find peace in your life, think of those around you, bless

Hope you're doing better, the same shit hapens to me, now I have kids, and I try my best to breake the chain

Você vai ficar bem amigo, procure ajuda, você é melhor que o alcool, seja melhor que o vício.

Joe M. Amen

for me too

I cried from that point till the end. Just wept...

Reminds me of something from GY!BE

me too

good concept but you are high

lonely angel more like get some bitches

@Ljubo Divljak I wouldn’t call em worms, just unbelieving!

Yeah that album does exist it's Iowa by Slipknot

This is dogshit unmusical noise.

I'd have to say the live version of Blood Promise from Swans Are Dead is actually very similar, especially both of their codas.

Blood promise live version just makes me feel emotions man no song compared to it lol

Yes!

I like your interpretation the best

it makes sense considering I Was A Prisoner in Your Skull is right before it in the tracklist

You know, by how Michael Gira talks about his writing I don’t think it’s as specific

@@ussishkingang7194 I think the opacity of the writing is the reason it's so great and near universal.

Just wanna say I appreciate the Melvins reference in your name too

@@uselessmemberofsociety4664 I do it for guys like you bud 🤙 god bless

They don't really sound all that similar to me, but they're both great.

@@CharlesMontgomeryBurns. someone

that sounds like a gy!be song title

Damn I wanna use that as a song title

@@junedays2979 also sounds like a good description of some of their tracks

are you still with us brother

@@salviahunden yeah, thanks. i quit my job and life is easier now

@@kuka4082 fuck yeah man i'm so glad to hear. keep on keep on

I screenshot this conversation

Hey! how you doin buddy

This album is pretty well respected for what it is. Also, having some perspective on my own Swans fandom, I don't think this music should be for everyone. It speaks to way too specific an audience. Not to mention it's kind of a weird bummer at times. I used to love this record, and this might be my favorite song from it, but even I'm questioning if that was ever a good thing.

@@i.hold.vertigo2329 agreed it doesn’t need to have big sales in order to be well respected

@@i.hold.vertigo2329 lmao i might have worded my original comment wrong as i meant that if quality = record sales this record would be 10x platinum due to the near perfect quality of this album and song

@@i.hold.vertigo2329 i feel that way sometimes lmao the music i enjoy sometimes kind of makes me feel like a loser

honestly? I'm glad Swans is in the position it's in. It's very well known and acclaimed under the communities which know it, and most people who wouldn't like or enjoy it don't end up finding it. I'm pretty sure the band members are also glad with their position as of now so they're one of the few bands where I think I'm happy with where they are

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Such a stunning chord/drone right there. Made me gasp the first time I heard it and still brings me shivers

you should play silent hill 2, the entire game is that moment

lol @ behemoth

8 now?

9 now?

10 now?

All of you are correct :)

11 now?

The best feeling

You´ve just described :"sublimation ". Thank me later.

yes.

Same.

I'm alone all my fucking life

were you tripping when you typed this comment? cause i have no idea what you said

@@theofficialassmob he's still tripping since 98

Yes

I love you lain

❤️

3V3R5INC3

Swans is too strong for you lad, get accustomed to it listening to it's other albums first

Primero que nada, escuchar música mientras duermes es pal pico XDDDDD; pero debieras revisar otros álbumes de Swans antes de tirarte al Soundtracks (personalmente recomendaría The Great Annihilator).

Sabés que me pasa lo mismo? Tenía una época que escuchaba este álbum para dormir siempre, y siempre me despertaba con parálisis del sueño

Por algún motivo Swans me relaja (obviamente no todas las canciones), pero con una canción que tuve una pesadilla y parálisis de suelo horrible fue con The Murder Mistery de Velvet Underground

@@joseharo8495 un chileno? hermano necesito que venga Swans a Chile, vendería mi alma

Yeah. A white bloke and some fellas defined the human race. Wake up JFC.

@@kiryuchan860?

@@kiryuchan860 bros mad over a pronoun

​@@kiryuchan860White men following their tradition after inventing literature

lol they are far from underrated, they just are not mainstream

Underplayed not underrated. Those who listen to Swans love swans. But their music is just not fit for the mainstream and that’s ok, as long as they are always making great music.

Depends what you mean by underrated. If it's rated very highly by a minority is that underrated?

I think that they are better than much more successful and "well known" bands, inside their genre (Tool for example), and outside their genre. I would put them on the same stage as Pink Floyd for example, but while Pink Floyd got so rich and famous they could run for presidency (and they deserve it, because they were a great band), SWANS had to run a tour just to get enough money to record THE SEER. If Pink Floyd would reunite to record a new album, they would get paid before even visiting the studio, and SWANS have to, so to say, hope that their fanbase likes their album and buys it. That's underrated for me. And they still produce new music. They are one of those bands that last over decades, and that is not common in music. And still noone I ever asked knew them. I would even call bands like Dead Can Dance or Cocteau Twins or Type O Negative (they maybe be the most successful) underrated, because they deserve much more fame due to their awesome music, and they don't got and get that fame. They have a fanbase, and I know their music is not playable on radios, but still, there are far worse bands that get praised and loved into stardom...But being in a fanbase that comes from the underground makes you also feel a little bit bold. There are bands that none of your friends and family know but you, and you know there are others that think the same...just my thoughts

@@leonardsimonis2376 brilliantly put 🤝

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how do you mean? i never that impression from this song

I don't think you know what nihilism is

Being melancholic, doesn't mean it's nihilistic. swans sometimes has partial nihilistic vibes though

Its entirely the opposite, slight melancholic hope smushed inbetween more cynical, nihilistic songs

The lyrics may come off as hopeless, a mother who is killing her unborn child with the opium she is taking. But the instrumental at the end is rather bittersweet. It’s not Daughters or Death Metal level nihilism.

Bring the sun is 34 minutes long

@@spagootest2185 It's 14 minutes long.

@@brazilbr4415 glowing man is 30 minutes

@@spagootest2185 they said biggest, not longest

@@torstenatterberg5788 I was wrong anyway, The Knot is longer

underappreciated? is the most acclaimed of all, is the opposite of underappreciated

???? Underappreciated how

Huh? It’s a 4.15 on rym

Bro come on now.

This had been one of the first songs I've listened to after my suicide attempt and I felt like being in the world was necessary to listen to such masterpieces so I haven't tried another time yet

Unfortunately, I knew of this song during those dark times for me. I don’t know how I managed, to be honest.

You still alive?

pussy nerd

Or rather those 15 have *never been* helpless children and can't relate.

Aren't we all?

Nobody knows

I AM A GOD HURRY UP WITH MY DAMN MASSAGE GET THE PORSCHE OUT THE DAMN GARAGE

It won't. Let it give you the strength to reflect your thoughts. Overall, it's just a song. And you are mightier that a song.

sounds like a guitar with lots of delays, maybe a reverse reverb (or reverse delay). lots of chaining of delays and a reverb or two with reversey stuff i think

Possibly a slide guitar

Bruh you can barely compare them, in terms of originality they both stand tall.

Lmao what, both are fantastic artists

most of those larger-than-life bands draw from acts like this, as far as I can tell. (not unknown either, but not as big and well-known.)

What Radiohead songs sound anything like this

@@dragicmagic9870 Fittier, happier, more productive

yes.

Yup.

in my opinion as well