Swans - The Beggar Lover (Three) 

This dude put an album in his album

Ok mom just one more song

literally a SWANS PARTY MODERN CLASSICS MEGAMIX 🗣️🗣️🚨🚨🎉🎉

Just realised, "Three" refers to how this is a sequel to the two previous The Body Lovers projects from 1998, the first of which was titled 'Number One Of Three'. So in a way this is completing a 25-year story arc.

Fun fact: This one song is longer than any of the first four Swans albums.

"When I finally was able...to work with my friends recording this record, the feeling was akin to the moment in The Wizard of Oz when the film changes from Black and White to Color. Now I’m feeling quite optimistic. My favourite color is pink." 🥺🥺🥺

I missed this Soundtracks of the Blind-esq sound collage this track means a lot to me

Toronto 9/26 2023: About an Hour ago the SWANS shows finished and my Mind, Body and DNA are just now reforming into my full self. What an Insane and Incredible live show, as always. SWANS must be consumed LIVE

Listened to this super fucking high and almost died, cheers

I was nearing the end of the album and I thought that it was a rather short project for Swans and then this song came out lol. 10/10 song my mind left my body and got transported into the titanic submarine while listening to it.

Swans still rocking hard after all these years. Thanks for the music.

No words. Absolutely floored at this masterpiece. I keep getting lost in it, it’s like it’s own universe.

The seer can finally take a rest as my favorite. This song is insane!

Swans is an example. Swans is an example of music. An experience. A grisleting, heart-wrenching pulsing menacing machine of soul. Music from above.. and below. As a collective, they are bringing light to the darkness within us.

Michael Gira is proud to finally present you Look At Me Go 2.

00:00 The Glowing Man 2:35 Cloud of Unknowing 3:30 The Glowing Man 5:32 Cloud of Unknowing 6:48 Finally, Peace 7:24 Helpless Child 9:02 The Parasite 10:57 A Piece of the Sky 12:10 The Beggar 14:08 It's Coming It's Real 19:51 Sunfucker 21:11 It's Coming It's Real 27:33 Cloud of Unknowing 28:13 It's Coming It's Real 29:11 Sunfucker 30:30 The Glowing Man 33:26 Cloud of Unknowing 37:44 Leaving Meaning

the its coming its real interpolation had me quaking

best song of 2023

Shear brilliance! I can’t wait for the live gigs in August. I’m going to Manchester & Leeds. I can die happy after that.

This is like the final boss of Swans songs. Amazing stuff though

Listened to the whole album thing. It was pretty cool. But when this piece of music arrived... It was like waking up and finding yourself in an alternate universe, I was almost scared. Bravo.

just listened to this album for the first time, WOW. amazing work, this song shocked me so much, with the sample of the backing vocals on "it's coming it's real" and all the weird sounds and soundscapes. and Gira's vocal delivery on the last part with that groove, it's all so beautiful.

Swans greatest hits compilation

This song might as well be its own separate album, it's quite insane to be honest.

This is probably my favorite long song they’ve made from this revival era

WE THE BEST MUSIC

Staggering work. Art in its purest sense. Can't wait to see them live again in a few weeks. Always a very special event, seeing Swans live. A transcendental experience.

This was mind-expanding to witness live.

tool: we have long songs swans: wtf was said? hold my beggar lover

Saw this live at The Troxy this week. Greatest thing, and show, I’ve ever seen and probably will ever see in my life. Until I’m lucky enough to get to see Swans again.

Absurdist beauty for those who morn the death of humanity.

A masterpiece, especially after McCarthys death last week. His latest novel depicted a beautiful end of humankind.

WOW - what an excellent Remix of the parts of the gooooood Swans songs the last year's. Thank you so much!

😚👌 this is something more than music, it's like the revelation of the life itself open the door through the all senses into a new level of existence.

It's a bright sunny day and I'm in a really good mood, deep cleaning my apartment, so why not listen to some new music........... what the, why am I suddenly looking over my shoulder whenever reaching for the cloth, when did it get so gloomy in here?!?

Thank you so much for this.

It's good to hear your new album again！！！Great job！！！

and the eyes were closed.. stunning

This band is brings to life so many remarkable things. The creativity that emanates from it is mind blowing.

Hell yeah, good to hear new stuff.

The bells...the bells slowly taking me over...shadows...mY shadow....drums drums... guitar trough my bones aAaAaAaA..........Aaaaaaaa....aaaaaaaaaaaa...he ripped thy legs with thy guitar..sip....sip...rip...rip...rip.... sleeping weeping... milky, close yr eyes... close your eyes...CLOSE THEM... spinning in spiral of blood and milk floating together....to to BANG...to to BANG BANG...overpwering ocean filling my lungs... blood milk blood milk....oooOoooo.....eettoooEetaataakksssrrrOsseeOttteeaaaffftTttssss...pure as a childs voice...vein strings filled with blood... dripping dripping..... thunder.....sand sand.... white horse galloping amongst strings... bloody strings...and I can see it, I can feel it but not keep it...I can reach it but won't touch it.... I can breathe it but not taste it....in my shadow in the lightball.. I won't touch it.. I won't hold it... I can steal it but not keep it.. I can break it but not heal it....aaaAaaaAaaa....Finally... I am home....here amongst this verses and notes...🖤🎩 .

Absolutely insane. Loved it. Still can't properly put it into words, but I love how some parts just remind me of The Seer title track. Omnious. I love that.

I love you Michael! Thanks for everything!

i am scared mr gira

Amazing 👏👏👏

Christmas carol ,the song

For the longest time I thought this was the whole album bro

Beginning sounds like THX movie theater intro..

Right around 33:00 they're channeling the Doors SO hard...& it fits So well!

Great music! Great experience!

Makes me fucking sick how good this is

This is it chief

So happy for this release

absolute mind melt

This was Splendid.

amazing

So glad i found this band this shit it nuts

Such a speechless send off to such a magnificent album

FOCKING BRILLIANT!!!

Absolutely glorious

This is the big one Elizabeth

I'm crying, trembling, scared and happy

It's sad that so many people don't know this is part 3 of Swans sound collages. Part 1 was The Body Lovers. Part 2 is Look at Me Go: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wGsHGmd4UyQ.html

I must say: this is really great, much much more than I can expect.

7:24 I'm pretty sure the sound that comes in here is from the beginning of Helpless Child.

TOUR 2023 Toronto ? Remember Live @ NXNE Dundas Square, I remember bits of it.

The drone section starting at 27:30 pulls the deepest strings inside of me.

Swans are my favorite❤

Glenn Branca would be proud.

Swans me fait décoller. Leur musique est véritablement inspirée. Elle est d'une puissance évocatrice rarement égalée. Sans doute que mes molécules vibrent avec les leurs.

Impossible to stop before it ends

This is definitely most like Angels of Light... not Seer... I guess that's the younger generation writing cause who listened them from the begging, it's clear that it's AoLight....may Mr.Michael lives forever....🖤🎩 ThankYoU foR everything you gave us.... best band eveR.. and each album is a brilliant sound and story on it's own of Michael's feeling at the certain period of how he feels... and there's everything of his work through years to be found in pieces.... that's Michael, that's Swans... always new and blowing up release of feelings....🖤.

An universal masterpiece...people that doesn't understand this kind of music,is nothing for me.

another banger, m. gira

Nice

Every reference as far as I can hear. The asterisks indicate the parts where I'm not 100% sure it references that certain track. - The Glowing Man 0:00 / 30:16 - Finally, Peace 1:12* / 6:48 - Cloud Of Unknowing 2:30 / 5:04 / 27:33 / 33:25 - The Parasite* 8:15 -93 Ave. Blues* 9:02 - A Piece Of The Sky* 10:57 - The Beggar 12:07 - Sunfucker 19:50 - It's Coming, It's Real 21:11 - You Fucking People Make Me Sick* 32:04 - Leaving Meaning 35:14

Reminds me of Lukasz Mrozinski's "Il Dottore", off the album "Mad Pride".

This is a really good album

Their Absolute Masterpiece

My favorite color is pink also

Напоминает Themes of Psychic TV

Quality

I just want to live without any pretense of what's possible for me to experience

Initial thoughts are "erm..." and thats from a long time fan of this band. Though as with all Swans projects, it takes soaking in.

oh naw this is too good

So tragic-beauty against the the existential precipice border.

wait, Michael you had to have experienced some unfinished revelations when deciding where the songs would go. what you did was create a body of work that includes all the angles about that so you can emerge from it in steps and still overcome the parasite. maybe this isn't so bad. i mean i really really just hope i can still live. idk why i would sabotage myself like this im so stupid

i am the beggar lover

Swans 2.0

I mean…damn.

No disrespect to the rest of the song but 4:44 to 6:46 is simply exquisite

swans will continue somehow

I love you

The more and more albums i d like to get and less less loney i have to do that

It’s like a horror film for your ears

Michael i could have held your hand all the way through this and lived without fear but i let go partway through and idk what to do i messed it up michael you're so beautiful why would i let go im sorry 😞😞 thank you for what i was able to catch, i love you too

So SWANS is now a Dead Can Dance Variety Show? Duuuuuude.....what have you done

#2023

36:40 Cloud of Unknowing?

I am becoming