Swans perform "Just a Little Boy" - Basilica Soundscape 2014

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Swans perform "Just a Little Boy" at Basilica Soundscape 2014.
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@sunnowo 5 лет назад

Imagine just walking your dog and hearing this music blasting out of a random barn

@TheTheode 4 года назад

And then your dog breaks off its leash and runs into the barn. What do you do?

@williamyule3418 4 года назад

😯😯

@williamyule3418 4 года назад

@@TheTheode 😲😳

@notsanger 4 года назад

@@TheTheode "HERE, NOW! HERE, NOW!"

@markbosink4434 3 года назад

The dog would bark!!!

@Tokiofritz 4 года назад

This was our first dance song at our wedding. People wept.

@croinkix 3 года назад

Nathalie Neal's a more fitting wedding song

@afterceasetoexist 3 года назад

The studio version or this particular performance? Either way, that's awesome. I might steal the idea. lmfao

@estebanb7166 3 года назад

That's a hilarious mental image. Best to you.

@derekamarpreet Год назад

That is my kind of wedding

@chriswilliams7928 Год назад

That does not surprise me.😂😂😂

@Garentei 8 лет назад

Evil blues.

@thethinkingroom4532 3 года назад

evil drunken blues.

@Jacksmusicshack 2 года назад

Evil indeed but we love swans us fans

@kooldude86 3 месяца назад

evil micheal gira

@spencerbracey2373 4 года назад

Lowfi Hiphop- beats to relax/study to

@pitstopchr 5 лет назад

They should do a david lynch soundtrack

@spiral-blast 4 года назад

tottally!!

@IliasPiperis 4 года назад

Hopefully Lynch will make another dreamy horror film first...

@sethmoore8484 3 года назад

@@IliasPiperis I really hope so. The last season of Peaks was almost peak Lynch. In my opinion. I'd be excited to see what he's cooking up. He's certainly not been dormant given the RU-vid channel and appearance on the Flying Lotus album.

@Laizerdisk 2 года назад

@@sethmoore8484 Wisteria is his next project but it’s fate is unfortunately very up in the air right now. Keeping my fingers crossed but also if The Return is the last movie/show he makes it’s an amazing note to end on

@curxs2047 2 года назад

We need a song with David Lynch... ♥

@Mantooth901 5 лет назад

Mom: Go to bed Me: 6:44

@hermano_mario 4 года назад

I think about this comment a lot. 😂

@iancampbell1411 9 лет назад

I saw them live just last month and I don't think it's shown much in the video, but Christoph gives the audience the most menacing, evil looks you can imagine

@BloodIncantationTab 9 лет назад

Ian Campbell Christoph is the definition of badass

@CB-qg3yh 5 лет назад

He is a pretty sinister looking dude

@123artish 5 лет назад

Yeah, he looks like one of those Church of satan looking dudes.

@tomatedesign1976 5 лет назад

Actually probably more like more like one of those Catholic Priests shuffled off to a backend parish for molesting children looking dudes.

@ididgt4259 5 лет назад

I always thought Christoph and Thor were really intimidating, but they can't hold a candle to the black vortex of despair that is Jamie Stewart.

@xntruth9131 7 лет назад

Gira's vocal performance during the chaotic part is absolutely great

@Weifs 8 лет назад

Holy shit, Gira lost his fucking mind in this performance!

@sambennie5160 8 лет назад

hes always like that lmao

@19billythekid69 3 года назад

He always do ;) !

@zlessly 3 года назад

really channeling howlin' wolf here

@westernhemlock 3 года назад

Channeling Joseph

@harrisonwintergreen1147 9 месяцев назад

Johnathan Kane, early Swans drummer, said blues musician Howlin' Wolf was a big influence on Gira. Decades later we get a tribute to Wolf aka Chester Burnett

@aarongtr180 8 лет назад

Fantastic performance. Also, Swans' drummer bears a striking resemblance to Hugh Laurie.

@Cugelclever 4 года назад

I was thinking Lou Reed.

@themoon8321 Год назад

Exactly what I think. Thought I was hallucinating Dr House on the drums

@dashwig 6 лет назад

I really enjoy listening to a lot of so called "dark or weird" and somehow "challenging" music. But Swans actually frightens me and makes me feel uncomfortable. Seeing them live was a very special, precious experience.

@CJCJCJCJ 5 лет назад

idk, I've never felt uncomfortable listening. If anything, I feel way more connected to it than other music, on an instinctual level.

@benw3029 5 лет назад

dashwig any recommendations for ur favorite dark or weird or challenging albums??? I love this shit

@sweetsoul3145 4 года назад

@@benw3029 hey, Aphex Twins Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is a good, eerie meditative album.

@ForgotFuckIt 4 года назад

Devilled Eggs you mean vol 2

@sweetsoul3145 4 года назад

space pirate Ye

@xTheOxx 9 лет назад

Can the entire performance please, please, please, please be released in some form?

@matthewbritt8498 9 лет назад

Seriously. In need of more decent quality live swans

@henrycurtis3652 5 лет назад

Do you know if they ever released it?

@transcribeded 5 лет назад

I was at this show and it was one of the best live performances I've ever seen.

@josh-rz3uq 4 года назад

@@transcribeded How long did your ears ring afterwards?

@transcribeded 4 года назад

@@josh-rz3uq three days at least lol. Not the time to forget plugs, that. I think it was Thor's intro on the Chinese gong that got me.

@TheCSJones 9 лет назад

This absolutely kills the album version.

@henrycurtis3652 5 лет назад

Which is saying something.

@bee-nf5bj 4 года назад

@@henrycurtis3652 i havent even heard Swans live in person but since seeing the way they adapt their songs and draw them out when played live I just feel like everyone else that doesnt do that is slacking. I think thats such a brilliant way to approach a live performance

@oryangoat5915 4 года назад

I actually agree. It wasn’t until I heard this version that I really started to dig this song.

@19billythekid69 3 года назад

agree

@t0ypuddl3 3 года назад

Neh & Nahh...the OG doesn’t dawdle like this one and he doesn’t much channel the actual inner boy genuinely enough.

@gimmedataids 5 лет назад

"IJATALIOBOI!!!!"

@seansabu310 Год назад

Kristophs tone near the end makes me wanna eat myself

@losophy4588 9 лет назад

It's strange but they remind me of early Pink Floyd phenomenon..I mean trippy sound, a lot of people listening to music and tripping together

@qualityinvestingmx 5 лет назад

Me too bro, this bands make me feel so fucking happy

@vinyldiary6664 5 лет назад

@@ausland595 I didn't know ... it makes sense to me! Not long ago I listened the album, and it actually reminds me Swans in some passages ... I even thought Michael Gira definitely listened this album! Floyd most experimental album.

@22z83 4 года назад

Bruh you can't trip to this you would die

@alwaysnegative211 4 года назад

When people say " How do you listen to swans?" 6:44

@complications9718 9 лет назад

This has got to be the most intense thing I've ever seen.

@tw33z7 9 лет назад

No lightshow. Fantastic.

@transcribeded 4 года назад

Underrated aspect of their performances of this time. Didn't have one, didn't need one.

@malcolm_mal2055 4 года назад

A light show would've completely ruined the performance. Their song is all they need to fill the room. Not on a loudness level but an emotional one. Just hearing this grabs your attention to the fullest and I think the lights would've just overblown the audience with information.

@loubest3935 8 лет назад

0:46 I think he might be the most evil looking man I've ever seen

@thebetbetunderground9548 8 лет назад

wtf

@capitantomate9014 5 лет назад

@Laleen Darshika so he is smart and evil

@jglovehart9021 3 года назад

Kristof may look evil, but he is the sweetest soul when you talk to him.

@BeebopConnard 5 лет назад

never heard a lapsteel guitar that sounded so evil .

@bobsbigboy_ 4 года назад

the one and only Kristof Hahn

@zlessly 3 года назад

@@bobsbigboy_ he’s the reason I started playing lap steel

@MihaelPinter 8 лет назад

Next level shit. Seen them live in Zagreb on this tour. You have "concerts" and Swans concert in your life. Don t miss this if you ever get a chance.

@SpaceCadetZgb 8 лет назад

cool advice man, i can tell you know what's good music.

@MihaelPinter 8 лет назад

SpaceCadetZgb i know man.tnxs

@el_mal_de_ojo Год назад

Always a treat to come back to these stunningly-captured performances, as they never play old material. It's always a progression forward with these cats, I love it. This is pure necrotic blues, absolutely incredible.

@justinpontani3950 9 лет назад

Oh man, I would kill to see these guys live...

@kazimierzgarshin3924 8 лет назад

For Chester Burnett: honour where honour is due.

@kvltslime2261 5 лет назад

By far one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.

@paragraphs7235 8 лет назад

16:53 what is it with musical geniuses and that dance. seriously: thom yorke, morrisey, david byrne, jarvis cocker, and michael gira,.

@mihalyponyiczki1855 8 лет назад

and Ian Curtis lol

@emanuelleyzaola3364 8 лет назад

and portishead and pj harvey ...

@Guadeloop 6 лет назад

that's how the limbs feel music when you set them free

@aglorklmeel9425 6 лет назад

i was thinking the same

@mitchelwalsh5356 6 лет назад

the timestamp you posted doesn’t exist

@cadexus 5 лет назад

Why is Dr. House on the drums?

@transcribeded 4 года назад

One of the best things I have ever seen. Back here again, six years later

@mjrleaguesweetie Год назад

Are Swans available for bar mitzvahs

@SatieSatie Год назад

Yes

@Kapila 9 лет назад

Seen em live in Louisville. When they got to that part at 6:45 shit got super creepy. Amazing band.

@spinkicker27 9 лет назад

Swans is not for everyone.

@saturatedneowax 5 лет назад

Swans is for everyone

@aleksifradet1654 5 лет назад

I agree wholeheartedly. They just don’t know it yet.

@PlazaMoon 5 лет назад

Then watch something else?

@ashd-h4911 5 лет назад

Nothing is for everyone. Embrace it.

@paul43700 5 лет назад

Swans is for the children

@jackal59 9 лет назад

A few minutes ago, I wondered, "What if Michael Gira and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge decided to record an album of duets?" I'm still giggling, but I'm not sure if it's from amusement, desire, or fear. (Maybe all of those.)

@joakinsa 9 лет назад

jackal59 Well, they were both on the same Pigface album "Notes from Thee Underground", not on the same tracks though.

@CCornellE 8 лет назад

+jackal59 Genesis P-Orridge? Please, no.

@jackal59 8 лет назад

C. Cornell Evers "They say we're young and we don't know / Won't find out until we grow..."

@xTheOxx 8 лет назад

A collaboration with Carter and Tutti would be even more exciting.

@anickner1178 8 лет назад

I think that it wouldn’t work because they have both a very strong personality and they won’t accept each other idea. Their vision of art is too precise to be dissociated. That’s my opinion, but, who know, I might be wrong.

@corehero9580 3 года назад

Norman just gets paid to stand there

@jerrys1 2 года назад

I love how threatening they all look, like they’ll chase you down on their motorcycles and beat you up if you cross them.

@123artish 5 лет назад

saw them a few years back and the musicians playing was just downright savage. such a brutal performance.

@SuperDuckPro 9 лет назад

10/10

@MejorContoneo 5 лет назад

IM JUST A LITTLE BOY

@Petrodemshere 9 лет назад

What is that instrument in hands of percussionist? Oddly shaped viola?

@patrickmcnally5481 9 лет назад

That's a viola that he made himself.

@mythoughtsonblank5769 4 года назад

I have the seer vinyl that credits that as "hand made violin thingy"

@justinmikko1321 4 года назад

That guitar on the left though, didnt even know that type exists but i love it.

@metalyuncle3106 3 года назад

Lap steel

@stengah69 8 лет назад

i cried when i heard this live

@TheSnoClan 4 года назад

Even the Cover-Art cried :D

@literatureandmusic1272 2 года назад

Now I sleep in the belly of woman And I sleep in the belly of man And I sleep in the belly of rhythm And I sleep in the belly of love I sleep in the belly of oceans I sleep in the belly of truth I sleep in the belly of kindness And I sleep in the belly of you I'm just a little boy I'm just a little boy I'm not human I'm not human I need love! I need love!

@NPC.6 9 лет назад

Absolute perfection, as usual. Love the video editing on this last batch of vids; all beautiful.

@madlipzjagd5378 3 года назад

There is heavy and there is swans heavy.

@habitualrabbitsuicide6483 9 лет назад

God damned. This is music here.

@aye2you Год назад

This exact song is one of the most terrifying song i've ever heard. That "Im just a little boy" part caught me off guard when I first hear it, I feel attacked.

@anttam117 2 года назад

Some of my best memories include watching Swans live, while pissed drunk, various times here in beautiful Barcelona!

@floridtv 8 лет назад

so pure.

@MrBurndonesinkchair 6 лет назад

I hear stuff like this, and I think 'I’m the only person who could enjoy this.' It’s comforting to know that isn’t the case and restores hope for the future of music.

@Jacksmusicshack 2 года назад

I tottaly want to cover swans oxygen.. that bassline is chaos dude lol

@nick5839 Год назад

Honestly I find swans music soothing and relaxing, takes me to a place kind of like listening to Sleep or Kyuss lol

@0nzer0 9 лет назад

No cellphones. Why cant every concert be like that?

@6Mega6Man6 9 лет назад

Michael Gira probably spits on people with their phones out before even performing lmao

@boulderdashcci 9 лет назад

if every concert was like Basilica, the world would be an alright place.

@AliothSenator 9 лет назад

That's pretty much because your phone can explode into pieces.

@haleywilson4111 9 лет назад

Endless Static Apparently he took someone's phone in the front row once.

@TheCSJones 9 лет назад

I saw them last night and a bunch of people had their phones out. But there's really no point in recording the audio, at least, since there's no way to capture something that loud on a phone.

@nathjcaldeira 8 лет назад

Will I ever be blessed enought to see them live?

@nathjcaldeira 8 лет назад

enough*

@Divuar 8 лет назад

+Nathália Baptista dos Santos I HAVE and now I'm blessed

@bobsbigboy_ 6 лет назад

They'll be releasing a new album hopefully early next year so they'll tour i reckon

@numberfive3323 6 лет назад

Moshy if they come to australia i might actually lose my shit.

@leomonteiro4612 2 года назад

Vai mano, tenha fé

@elemeclipse 8 лет назад

I'm a minor in Australia, which means I have 0% chance of seeing them live. Fuck.

@iain2080 7 лет назад

elemeclipse same 17 and had tests on the same day on 28/5. Missed em if only I was a year older coulda caught them

@pengefikseret 9 лет назад

This is SO much closer to the original idea of the blues than those shit "show off" guitar players like Eric Clapton or Gary Moore. Drony, slow and sloppy!! Listen to guys like Muddy Waters,Son House, Robert Johnson (or Howlin Wolf for that matter) and you will see what i mean. Pure emotion!

@theneovas1 9 лет назад

Wtf? You're fucking wrong, blues is a feeling not a fucking category Fuck off

@jonajon91 9 лет назад

+theneovas1 And this has oodles more feeling than any shred blues player.

@TeaDrinker3000 9 лет назад

+theneovas1 The studio version of the song is called "Just a little boy (for chester burnett)". Chester Burnett is the blues musician Howlin Wolf. The song is literally a tribute to blues music.

@kaisertita8224 6 лет назад

but...you just categorized blues as A feeling

@kaisertita8224 6 лет назад

i refer to you asian dude

@nellevw2950 2 года назад

9:55 this shot is beautiful

@martinemmanuel386 9 лет назад

is it harvey keitel on slide guitare?

@iamdamosuzuki_ 9 лет назад

I'm going to be seeing them in less than a week at Thalia Hall in Chicago. I'm so excited!!!

@davidmckelvey2601 6 лет назад

What kind of pedals do they use?

@trklsswndr 7 лет назад

Missed my chance to see them here this past year...now listening to this fantastic dirge, for what what could be the soundtrack for the most F-ed-up Hell-scape-year in memory ~ the one that everyone died, except those that deserved to perish the most...

@deepstateandy 3 года назад

It’s a crime that there ads in this

@jglovehart9021 3 года назад

There use to not be in ads during this video. I use to watch this obsessively. It’s my favorite version of this song and cannot find any other recording of it. When they put ads on it, it crushed me. Ruins the whole experience.

@nicknickson3650 3 года назад

@@jglovehart9021 You know adblock exists, right? I haven't watched an ad on youtube in years

@SLGHTRRR 3 года назад

Can anyone explain to me why he has the tape on the switches of his guitar? Is it just so that the switches do not accidentally move?

@Jacksmusicshack 2 года назад

Likely sooo! I'd do the same!

@sadiesleepwalker646 3 года назад

Gira and Swans is like a new kind of Bible' discovered. 💙

@propoytsa 6 лет назад

In fact Live performance better studio version

@draganad.8351 7 лет назад

6:18

@xTheOxx 2 года назад

So grateful I got to see this incarnation of Swans three times. In hindsight it still seems like it was too good to be true. But there it was!

@southendbusker7534 2 года назад

i do graffiti late at night to this

@christoroppolo8742 5 лет назад

Incredible. Killer! Peace Christo 👽🐕🎶🛸☮️

@spiral-blast 4 года назад

fuckin insane, i love this performance,

@mrlevinielsen 4 года назад

They should do a collab with Weird Al

@SatieSatie Год назад

PLEASE PLEASE come to Vienna! We love you here.

@minhaz252 2 года назад

This is masterpiece!

@dominicsay8090 3 года назад

Got a lovely advert 2 mins before the end. Thanks for ruining the video RU-vid!

@cardenas8995 Год назад

When will they stop tunning their instruments?

@kameraadbonesoep 5 лет назад

Fuck! And I invested in synthesizers.;-)

@jamesbrousseau2736 6 лет назад

Holy Fucken Shyt.....

@santiagojaramillorodriguez8272 3 года назад

muy bueno y todo babyyoda pero ya me vi la serie, no me interesa

@MinecraftandDerps 8 лет назад

Does anyone know the tuning/chords he's (being Michael Gira) playing?

@TheStingOfDeath 8 лет назад

+MinecraftandDerps I can tell you for sure, the tuning is standard with the low E dropped to a B.

@MinecraftandDerps 8 лет назад

nice! Thanks!

@atarirob 6 лет назад

I'm sure he plays in Drop D (i.e, the low E dropped down to D), as does the rest of the band, but Ben might be right...It sure sounds like a drop B in this song.