Swans - The Glowing Man

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Hello, thank you for listening to our music. I hope it gives you some joy and pleasure.
I am pleased that you have discovered our music through this medium. I view this experience as the equivalent of previewing a record in a record store in days of old. However, if you wish to experience the music in its' fullest form, I would strongly encourage you to acquire it in a physical format you can bring into your home. Not only will you then be able to experience the richest version of the music sonically, but you will also be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the tangible artwork, which was conceived in tandem with the music, and serves as a further portal to experiencing the total conceptual and spiritual and emotional content of the work we have labored, lovingly, to bring to you.
I love you,
- Michael Gira / Swans / Young God Records
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@jacobreveles7222 5 жыл бұрын

imagine listening to this track, thinking it's the entire album

@Mrguitarcover1234 4 жыл бұрын

00:00 Intro 03:47 Head-Splitter 06:00 Interlude (Stan) 07:32 Sad But True (but the first bar is looped 1024x) 15:07 Elvis Presley discography instrumental 23:23 Contact Microphone in a toilet 26:45 Outro (aaaa)

@isaacgabrielvalbuena2896 3 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOO

@sunfcker9192 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mrguitarcover1234 you make me laugh so hard

@isaacgabrielvalbuena2896 3 жыл бұрын

@@martinhotesha Thanos? Lmao

@Sighbot 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mrguitarcover1234 "Elvis Presley discography instrumental" lmao. there's a percussion sound (which I believe is) in the drum line to that section that does give me old school rock and roll vibes. It sounds like one of those wooden instruments you scrape with a stick (guiro?)

@lucasflaherty8588 4 жыл бұрын

I’m at a party and it’s my turn for the aux.

@alexz4752 7 ай бұрын

How'd it go?

@prod.galaxxy 6 ай бұрын

Lol@@alexz4752

@22z83 3 ай бұрын

Joseph made you do it

@thyno633 Ай бұрын

@@22z83simple as.

@FORTBLOX56 3 ай бұрын

15:08 I half expected Thom Yorke to come and sing Bodysnatchers when I heard this

@gibransalazar7769 Ай бұрын

The crossover we need

@josephansary8114 Ай бұрын

Thought I was the only one who heard this

@FlamingSpaceman 5 жыл бұрын

joseph is making me comment on this video

@McBignLargeBJ64 5 жыл бұрын

My name is joseph, and you are a liar.

@aa-th2vj 4 жыл бұрын

joseph praise this comment section

@yaboyegreja7750 3 ай бұрын

Joseph made me onto the glowing man I am😢

@cahesolo9267 3 ай бұрын

Who is Joseph

@raphaelmazaangoso5962 2 ай бұрын

@@cahesolo9267 everyone

@EerieMoon_ 4 ай бұрын

For me personally, one of my favourite musical experiences I have ever had.

@westernhemlock 2 жыл бұрын

I may not be able to get through a feature-length movie in one sitting, but I will happily do nothing but listen to this song three or more times in a row uninterrupted

@Fubbington 2 жыл бұрын

I'ｍ glad I'm not the only one lmao

@villepalmu348 2 жыл бұрын

swans makes 30 minutes feel like 10

@geritheslayergd6593 Жыл бұрын

You should be proud of that ability

@miserirken 8 ай бұрын

i feel attacked (in a good way)

@jack-uv6mt 8 ай бұрын

lol this song is alot why would u listen to it all the time?

@FuckyWucky Жыл бұрын

Long car ride ahead of you Most people: ☹ Swans fans: 😈

@cringeybydefault4151 Жыл бұрын

I legit want to have an excuse to drive an hour by myself

@exmilsitary Жыл бұрын

this song feels like something gira pulled out of the dirt it has a very primordial quality like the musical equivalent of a cave painting.

@exmilsitary Жыл бұрын

I mean this in a good way btdubs

@thc_freebaser 9 ай бұрын

You're right. Something about this record feels timeless to me, more so than pretty much any other Swans album. Something about the music is just so universally profound that I think no matter what the current trends are musically, this will always exist to utterly baffle you. Pretty much perfect record besides a couple of small moments for me with multiple genuinely perfect (or the closest to that it you can get) tracks if you ask me.

@miserirken 8 ай бұрын

Yeah it's raw and visceral. Like a wounded animal fighting back.

@HelloPersonReadingThis. 7 ай бұрын

Joesph is me and you are a liar

@umamifan Ай бұрын

I think it's because it subverts expectations in a way that is considered unconventional and chaotic. It's really something to behold.

@fujocel 3 жыл бұрын

From an Angels of Light interview: There’s this person I call “Joseph” who has been the sort of the puppeteer of me, for my entire life. And he’s an entity that speaks through me on occasion, so it’s more like giving up to Joseph. Many of the songs are written through him. - Michael Gira

@jennbaker6964 3 жыл бұрын

What

@christianhill305 3 жыл бұрын

That's actually pretty fascinating.

@brennenspice6098 3 жыл бұрын

When Gira has those moments of self actualization, Joseph comes through him. It's as if Joseph has been growing inside him his whole life, getting larger and more sinister.

@_ben_miller 2 жыл бұрын

demonic possession?

@TheCSJones 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes when artists explain their lyrics, it ruins it. This one makes it way better.

@philmcclelland4876 Жыл бұрын

My dog is scared of this, and most swans songs from The Seer on... I let the dog outside and fall into a trance, life is good. Treats for dogo after, of course.

@exiledreptile 4 жыл бұрын

This song has an insane grove in the second half.

@thepopgroup3366 3 жыл бұрын

Also the loud guitar distortion(?) Right after every "i am the glowing man..." Make my mouth watering

@AlexanderKnollwood 3 жыл бұрын

Truth. That part when it kicks into really high gear in the last quarter. Almost too much

@mufti1754 2 жыл бұрын

CAN - Mother Sky

@BlueArcStreaming 2 жыл бұрын

Yeh I flipped out live. But Gira hates moshing. SO dance in place.

@FuckyWucky Жыл бұрын

@@thepopgroup3366 It's the perfect levels of distortion. Gira's a master

@laulesa1 2 жыл бұрын

dissapointed that not enough people are talking about how raw the drop at 3:46 is, it's probably my favorite moment in any swans song

@jekkijekster Жыл бұрын

Mongolian throat singing Gira really goes hard

@tannersundwall12 Жыл бұрын

the first time i heard that i physically lurched. my favorite riff of all time

@devinpalmer617 Жыл бұрын

AAAAA EEEEHHH AAA EHHH AAAA AAAAA EHHH

@kisawisa1769 11 ай бұрын

it's up there, I think 7:33 has it beat tho

@abcdefzhij 7 ай бұрын

Droppy BLOP!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

@cueva_mc 9 ай бұрын

This is nothing less than a masterpiece. I don't think there's anything as raw and brutal that gets close to this.

@Vinavil1996 7 жыл бұрын

feed us michael

@Sighbot 6 жыл бұрын

Feed us NOW!

@Cheeseball786 4 жыл бұрын

yanquiuxo joseph will

@krvr989 3 жыл бұрын

Wrong album tho ;)

@milkimadethebeat7858 Жыл бұрын

i just discovered swans. im gonna look back on this day in 20 years with absolute fondness.

@wonderland2462 Жыл бұрын

This song is absolutely unbelievable

@harrylamont6007 4 жыл бұрын

I AM A GLOWING MAN I AAAAAMMMMMMM

@harrylamont6007 4 жыл бұрын

Most songs would be over by the time the vocals come in on this

@tannersundwall12 2 жыл бұрын

the chord that re-enters at 16:30 from earlier in the song is so goddamn gritty and sinister holy shit

@regnidde8284 Жыл бұрын

It's like the signal that the vocals are coming in soon.

@el_mal_de_ojo 4 жыл бұрын

"To Be Kind" is very in your face about its tone and attitude, and you either love it or hate it but you know very quickly which one it is. "The Glowing Man" as an album is a stranger thing, much more introspective at the lowest points and yet managing to expand endlessly at the highest points. Some of the most brutal passages of Swans' entire 30+ year run distilled. Just this track alone is completely life-affirming, reality-shaking, mind-bending totally.

@renias8965 2 жыл бұрын

Well uttered mister,well uttered!

@bbbbbbb51 Жыл бұрын

So this band is for psuedointellectuals?

@kisawisa1769 Жыл бұрын

I only feel ambivalent towards TBK because half of it is hypnotic and addictive, and the other half I just find obnoxious and self-indulgent. TGM, on the other hand, is a solid 8/10 for me. Pure power.

@abcdefzhij 7 ай бұрын

@@kisawisa1769 Which tracks do you find obnoxious and self indulgent? I can understand thinking that about oxygen and the title track and maybe bring the sun, but none of the rest

@crunchysugar Жыл бұрын

Presumably, the greatest song of all time.

@mwng5186 Ай бұрын

quite possibly the one following it is....

@TheCandyHole 6 жыл бұрын

7:31 if there was ever a sound of simultaneously being uplifted to heaven while being beaten down

@franciscoalmeida9019 6 жыл бұрын

TheCandyHole I call it rape. Even if your mind eventualy breaks, your body will still be receiving pain/pleasure

@TheCandyHole 6 жыл бұрын

Francisco Almeida your interpretation does pair with the lyrics "no no no no no no no yes no no noooooo"

@VexiumTrifulcta 6 жыл бұрын

This part sounds a lot like the beginning of Bring The Sun

@WillieG1016 5 жыл бұрын

Some Art Nerd the glowing man is actually a result of the continued evolution of Bring the Sun while they toured in between albums.

@ColombianThunder 5 жыл бұрын

I like to think of it as falling into a black hole and get stretched as every single atom in your body gets ripped apart, becoming the glowing man

@CharlesMontgomeryBurns. Жыл бұрын

T H E S E E R T O B E K I N D T H E G L O W I N G M A N

@diegosebastian2226 4 ай бұрын

I agree

@19eightyforeisnow 4 ай бұрын

SOUNDTRACKS

@UntitledKirk 3 ай бұрын

The Holy Trinity

@19eightyforeisnow 3 ай бұрын

white light at the mouth of infinity, the great anihilator, soundtracks for the blind..better 3 albums imo..although they are sequential.

@jeracaruna9 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being the heaviest metal band - all proud of how heavy you are and shit - only to hear the first half of this and realising that you will never match up to the heaviness of some old dudes playing one chord for 4 minutes straight.

@paolovallejo8022 2 жыл бұрын

metal is for kids

@anglonrx2754 2 жыл бұрын

@@paolovallejo8022 facts

@yaboi2500 2 жыл бұрын

@@paolovallejo8022 You need to listen to Boris, man. “Flood” and “Amplifier Worship” are masterpieces.

@exile8955 2 жыл бұрын

gotta love the pretentious rock fans trash talking genres that they haven’t even tried

@imnotmurtaza3651 Жыл бұрын

@@exile8955 fr

@sondermusicclub 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for making life more bearable

@mustafaal-sibai7380 4 жыл бұрын

Especially nowadays.

@DTheAustralian 4 жыл бұрын

Mustafa Al-Sibai Okay okay okay we *get* it. 2020 isn’t that good.

@MrMeepbeep 7 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs I've ever heard, from one of the greatest albums I've ever heard

@WillieG1016 5 жыл бұрын

MrMeepbeep I really thought To Be Kind was the pinnacle of not only Swans music, but rock/avant-garde in general. As I’ve listened to The Glowing Man, I’ve come to realize this is the only album that surpasses it.

@CB-qg3yh 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frankie

@Hartlor_Tayley 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@el_mal_de_ojo 4 жыл бұрын

@@WillieG1016 I agree with you wholeheartedly, I love To Be Kind, it ascended to incredible heights. The Glowing Man used those heights as a springboard to completely rearrange fucking everything. It's taken me years to realise just how fucking incredible this album is, I obviously think it's better than To Be Kind.

@vinyldiary6664 4 жыл бұрын

Over the years, I started believing this is their best album since Soundtracks For The Blind.

@Aspartamebraintumor 4 жыл бұрын

Was at the last concert they did in nyc. They played this and we fucking danced

@BlueArcStreaming 2 жыл бұрын

I was there also. Could not help but leap.

@whysatanwhy 4 жыл бұрын

this is honestly one of the greatest achievements of mankind.

@ujjut5660 2 жыл бұрын

grow up

@Mageclick 2 жыл бұрын

@@ujjut5660 That was random of you

@sackryat 8 ай бұрын

@@ujjut5660 🤓

@larsulrichvevo3196 4 жыл бұрын

Just commenting because I don't want this comment section to be dead on such a great song

@kodawari1354 4 жыл бұрын

Even though I prefer To Be Kind, this is the best song they've ever made and it's also my fav song ever.

@notspider-man7777 2 жыл бұрын

How can something be your favorite if you prefer something else?

@xeno4162 2 жыл бұрын

@@notspider-man7777 I am guessing they are just saying they like "to be kind" as a project, but this track is better compared to all the individual tracks on "to be kind".

@rem0204 4 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to this song since ages, I check the timebar and still got 7 minutes to go. Damn you, Glowing Man

@Zehbmusic 3 жыл бұрын

I'm listening for my second time and my thoughts are simultaneously "this is amazing" and "let's wrap this shit up"

@PanagosGr33kG134EVER 5 жыл бұрын

I love you too, Gira-senpai :3

@IanTtierney 4 жыл бұрын

cringe

@spinalrex 3 жыл бұрын

Based

@personarandom7579 3 жыл бұрын

Gira onii-chan

@JoePesciBallsack 4 жыл бұрын

This song does stuff to me no other piece of music can do. Every time I listen to this I feel as if I have no body, it's incredibly meditative and powerful.

@connorolson1752 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I like to just put swans on low volume and use it as white noise to fall asleep to

@KopaLoquendo 3 жыл бұрын

@Ivory_ Lagiacrus_YT x2

@macicoinc9363 2 жыл бұрын

yep

@chscelebrity8325 4 ай бұрын

The last part of this song definitely can be used for white noise

@nomadology8083 3 жыл бұрын

I'm on 600ug rn and listening to this shit in silent darkness is fucking terrifying

@cowboydan8021 3 жыл бұрын

Just curious, how did you know the exact dosage? I havent tripped acid since like 2006, back then we just found shady white guys with dreadlocks and took their word for it (ie "don't take more than 3" type of useless advice)..

@nomadology8083 3 жыл бұрын

@@cowboydan8021 my guy advertises the dosages

@vvhitepriest 2 жыл бұрын

Listened to "The Seer" in a hot salt bath in complete darkness on 220ug and felt the presence of god carrying me through the matrix it was so beautiful and ruthlessly terrifying. I put myself through an actual rebirth and it made me so grateful for everything in my life you gotta love it.

@diegosebastian2226 4 ай бұрын

Swans + big-boy acid doses is a match made in heaven/hell. I almost always trip with 400ug and Swans is always there with me in one way or another. Listening to their discography on acid is why TGM is my personal favourite of all their releases - it becomes a portal to a different reality.

@thespiritofhegel3487 3 жыл бұрын

Greatest band in the world... I like them so much that even in this age where people expect music to be free I still buy their albums, because I want them, as prized possessions, and to support the band, with my hard earned cash.

@diegosebastian2226 4 ай бұрын

Me too. I've bought everything they've released on vinyl since 'reforming' in 2010. I slept on the CD-only releases, wish I hadn't - the live albums are sometimes even better than their studio counterparts. I have multiple copies of everything on wax.

@juda4568 2 ай бұрын

YES

@muchii7772 Жыл бұрын

I can't stop listening to swans in the last few weeks, im going trough really though times right now and this band will hold a place in my heart forever till the day i die

@Unadvert 3 жыл бұрын

the trilogy: T H E S E E R T O B E K I N D THE GLOWING MAN

@jonas2570 2 жыл бұрын

Y E S S ! ! !

@yaboyegreja7750 3 ай бұрын

H E L L Y E A H ! ! !

@Desuburger34 6 жыл бұрын

What the drummer is doing at around the 7:30 mark is hard as fuck to do for 4 straight minutes plus the fill at the end. Lord

@Desuburger34 6 жыл бұрын

He does it live tho.

@Desuburger34 6 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKx4hMyK29u6nIE.html

@mischacarlberg6631 6 жыл бұрын

Flams are e z

@iceydaywalker9198 6 жыл бұрын

I can do flam taps at 180bpm; 193 if I have my mt dew soda in me.

@Rex_Crackerz 3 жыл бұрын

I think I can hear screams of terror in the last few minutes. it’s like the glowing man is ascending to heaven while stepping on the bodies of those who didn’t make it

@orbitalbutt6757 2 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t make it. The album is partly about what people do to fill the void when they’re confronted with the silence and indifference of God. Hint: it isn’t good

@lazztronica4998 2 жыл бұрын

@@orbitalbutt6757 interesting take but im not sure about the silence and indifference part. gira has said multiples times he doesnt bash on faith/god - and if anything i dont think this song is about god, perhaps transcendence.

@andrewgrunde-mclaughlin4145 5 жыл бұрын

You know those comments on music videos that say “I showed this to _ and it turned into _?” I feel like this is the only song capable of actually doing such a thing.

@haytionette 4 жыл бұрын

My dog listened to this song once and now she is a ball of molten lead.

@tayzatun6351 3 жыл бұрын

@@haytionette accurate

@aidanmca4177 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@thepopgroup3366 3 жыл бұрын

Except no one comment that because everyones ears and head is too fucked up after listening to this glorious shit

@eliasmsv3156 Жыл бұрын

I showed Joseph this and he made my body fly

@sunfcker9192 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this EP is dope! 🔥🔥

@alexswedock3911 3 жыл бұрын

To Be Kind is like going from bunker to bunker and watching a nuclear explosion The Glowing Man is like walking through a detonating minefield

@spitefuldeer Жыл бұрын

take all the great things of to be kind and make it into a song, this is it. it’s a thick and elusive sound of magic, groovy rock, crushing crescendo and unsettling melodie’s one of the best songs ever made. this is the only 10+ minute song i don’t find myself skipping ahead in and enjoying the whole thing.

@Difficultfuckhead 7 жыл бұрын

Micheal Gira, don't stop until you drop!

@Autoluminescense 5 жыл бұрын

I think I sort of died after this track... I had to rewind n listen again in the middle of it. oh god I love you Michael.

@saito2582 4 жыл бұрын

Happened to me with To Be Kind a LOT

@noone173 5 жыл бұрын

I love the second half so much that bassline rivals screen shot

@cynicole1860 Жыл бұрын

Brad taste in music brought me here.

@siddharthmehra6429 Жыл бұрын

This song is extraordinary but the repetitive riff from 7:30 takes it another level, if that was possible.

@crisha721 6 жыл бұрын

7:30 i get goosebumps everytime.

@mist-eerie-music 5 жыл бұрын

same dude, my favorite part of the whole album

@martinharrison1504 3 жыл бұрын

Agree. Almost paralysing power and intensity.

@randabibblia8231 3 жыл бұрын

🎵I get those goosebumps every time🎵

@megatron4466 2 жыл бұрын

@@randabibblia8231 I need the heimlich, throw that to the side

@honeycomblord9384 4 жыл бұрын

The way the description is worded in an oddly personal way. I like it. Why did it take me so long to see something like that?

@dylanalford329 3 жыл бұрын

I used to ride my bike to work in st. paul, and when it got too cold, I'd put on a down jacket and run the 3 miles, post holing through unshoveled sidewalk snow the whole way, and this song was exactly the right length and motivational force. It made me feel like I was going somewhere cool, instead of work.

@lucoslogoboi5552 4 жыл бұрын

this is as long as a swans song

@chscelebrity8325 4 ай бұрын

Love how they extended the first part of Bring the Sun.

@erlineandrews Жыл бұрын

Swans are as close as music gets to perfection. You can't guess where things are going to go from one moment to the next.

@nathanburnett9529 4 жыл бұрын

What a perfect song

@Sighbot 6 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful idea.

@oscarh5439 3 жыл бұрын

7:32 I swear this is just the beginning of Bring the sun but slightly faster. Either way, incredible song.

@rorykillian749 3 жыл бұрын

the song was conceived during extended jam periods of bring the sun

@jeffbartell2087 3 жыл бұрын

I think all of the newer swans records are supposed to reference one another as a greater work or universe

@user-bf6gz8ej4o 3 жыл бұрын

It really is.

@zlessly 3 жыл бұрын

if you read the book Power and Sacrifice: an oral history of swans, you'll read that The Seer turned into bring the sun/toissant l'oveture, and then into glowing man. they are all basically an evolution of one idea

@user-bf6gz8ej4o 3 жыл бұрын

@@zlessly What is the book of power and sacrifice?

@Ranjeef 10 ай бұрын

Crushing grooving atmospheric transcendent genius

@KommentarSpaltenKrieger 2 жыл бұрын

This song is in the same key as "Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture". If you want to experience this track differently, I can recommend playing the 1st part of "Bring The Sun" (without Toussaint L'Ouverture) before the 2nd part of this track, starting at 15:00 minutes. The transition is nearly smooth and it energizes an already energetic tune further.

@BlueArcStreaming 2 жыл бұрын

One can also chew on some mushrooms.

@KommentarSpaltenKrieger 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueArcStreaming Indeed.

@savannahsav91824 Жыл бұрын

the seer's title track is also in the key of d minor (the key of 'bring the sun' and 'the glowing man'), all of them centerpieces of their respective records. it really seals up the trilogy

@marcosmartin3003 6 жыл бұрын

goosebumps goosebumps goosebumps goosebumps goosebumps goosebumps overdose.

@YassG23 Жыл бұрын

listening to this while working out

@s-o-m-b-e-r 4 жыл бұрын

Damn I discovered Swans a few MONTHS ago and it's easily in my top 5 bands now. I really hate the fact that amazing music like this doesn't get very popular just because it's different and unique. I recommend this stuff to people and they don't like it cause it's too "weird". I recently became a mild insomniac and this band really helps me out with anxiety and helps me fall asleep. I hope these guys get recognized and appreciated more, cause they certainly deserve it.

@hairyballbastic8943 4 жыл бұрын

this songs making me a fucking insomniac cuz of how long it is also friends are cringe

@s-o-m-b-e-r 4 жыл бұрын

Hairy Ballbastic Then...don’t listen to them?

@hairyballbastic8943 4 жыл бұрын

@@s-o-m-b-e-r but its so good

@s-o-m-b-e-r 4 жыл бұрын

Hairy Ballbastic ah I thought you were disagreeing. It is indeed, so good.

@pidza_hub7532 4 жыл бұрын

if swans were mainstream it'd lose its appeal also it not being mainstream doesn't make it unpopular. swans is a household name in the music community.

@qiyamat93 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder why most music cannot even touch this . . . . Largely, I think, it's because this goes completely beyond music

@el_mal_de_ojo 6 жыл бұрын

Because this latest incarnation of Swans is less about the logic and reason behind music, and more about the sheer feeling of it. The physicality of it. It's not about 'getting' the band, you can't 'get' Swans, just experience it. Swans live (saw them during the Deliquescence release period, after The Glowing Man) is an otherworldly experience, 3 hours of volume and power hitting you constantly, exhausted from standing, nearly hallucinating from the sensory overload. Yes, god damn yes, this goes beyond music. This is a portal to your inner self. Ecstasy!

@2flowers116 5 жыл бұрын

Ok ill like your comment just for 7 up but still, it does not go completely beyond music, what am i supposed to do pause it? Put it on mute? Get outta heere

@saoz3 5 жыл бұрын

the live shows are pretty crazy but actually shut up about this. this is real music, it does not "transcend" and you don't need to be a genius to like it. it's just a good instrumental and good singing, like every other song

@hairyballbastic8943 4 жыл бұрын

shhhhhh don't ruin the fun

@denno445 3 ай бұрын

words words words words words

@iamdamosuzuki_ 5 жыл бұрын

Witnessing this song live (it was "Black Hole Man" when I saw it) is probably ly the greatest thing I will ever experience.

@diegosebastian2226 4 ай бұрын

That whole period of Swans on tour was something truly, truly special. Caught them in 2017, I feel absolutely privileged that I was there to see them at the height of their powers.

@odyseusz2534 2 жыл бұрын

Between war, symphonic music and the power of mother nature ...

@unsseen 7 ай бұрын

Literally the best thing ever

@alixxx2542 11 ай бұрын

The first half of the song sounds like trying to reach a place to save something all while you are getting shot, exploding and suffering; yet you don't die and keep going

@panopium 3 жыл бұрын

thank you very mych for making this world worth living in. from mexico with love

@10kCrows 5 жыл бұрын

I am a n-n-n-n-nothing mannn , I am a glowing growing man

@Phniblet 3 ай бұрын

This track and Helpless child are the only things I have listend to (as of yet) that ive physically needed to lie down for a couple minutes after

@lambdashiftakadavidheikkil2657 Жыл бұрын

Listening to this is the equivalent of going to church, loving thy neighbor and understanding the truth of the universe all in one. Swans will always resonate to my soul and make me feel whole. It is the most healing and cathartic music to listen to. Easily the top ten tops of music to listen to feel whole and healed.

@franciscomedeiros8662 5 жыл бұрын

What a sound

@buried4430 4 жыл бұрын

This sounds like Swans

@carlarroyo7291 6 жыл бұрын

Force of Nature

@liamshope2838 5 жыл бұрын

This song is just too much when stoned lol

@susperil.6458 3 жыл бұрын

exactly

@brennenspice6098 3 жыл бұрын

You hear so many more dynamics in the mix though, its juicy but a little too overstimulating at times.

@randomenbyuploads8925 Жыл бұрын

Fucking relatable mang, Joseph is drinking the light in my lungs and replacing it with the good shit

@HPS1984 3 жыл бұрын

2020 needs some SWANS

@gekinatracksuit9710 2 ай бұрын

I started my Swans journey with this song after failing to get into the discography 9 months earlier. Even though every album I've listened to is beautiful in their own way, The Glowing Man (the album and the song) is still my absolute favorite. Every time I hear that intro, I'm being brought back to when I first listened to this before school. I remember when I finished it, I immediately rewound it and listened again. After the second listen, I went to bandcamp and played the whole album 2 times in a row. This album was like an actual drug. I couldn't focus in school, and this music was the only thing I would talk about all week (my friends probably got really tired of me, ngl). After all of this, I did tons of research into the band, made a mental list of every album I wanted to listen to, and then jumped straight into the Swans rabbit hole. Anyways, I would say the song is pretty decent lmao.

@kindkingkenne 5 жыл бұрын

I love you Michael. thanks for all the music, thru all the changes.

@Rex_Crackerz 3 жыл бұрын

my brain is melting

@chriswarm5821 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great stuff..... I’ve just bought The Seer, To Be Kind & The Glowing Man......Epic works in every way.

@vinyldiary6664 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best periods in the history of music!

@dalexanderberry4317 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for all you have done

@SuperLukas2001 4 жыл бұрын

27:17 what a epic and heroic way to finish such a msterpiece, gives me chills those voices...

@bardsofantiquity 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing!

@vodaploda 4 жыл бұрын

Simply magnificent. Thank you.

@2553he 2 жыл бұрын

Swans best song

@Septhim 6 жыл бұрын

So intense! I love this song.

@pgpg4963 5 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC

@Prizon69 7 жыл бұрын

amazing sound.....

@user-qq7um6tj9j 4 жыл бұрын

This one is a fucking banger

@casajaguar_tarija Жыл бұрын

Great, cheers from Coimata, Tarija, Bolivia, Southamerica!

@diegosebastian2226 4 ай бұрын

Que bueno saber que escuchan a Swans en Bolivia, mi patria! Boliviano pero viviendo en el Reino Unido por 15 años.

@Modernmeemsshop Жыл бұрын

Hearing this song makes reverent of what loops of notes can do to make a hypnotic experience better.

@erlineandrews 5 жыл бұрын

This is what I'm talking about. This is rawk. 🤘🙂

@enzogalli5506 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!

@deltagodangel 6 жыл бұрын

after 15:01 ... oh boy

@pluto40433 6 жыл бұрын

u know what's up

@ludwig4890 4 жыл бұрын

@rafanellys damn I'm jealous

@Wolf-ri2tj 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I remember coming to the last ever London Swans (Are Dead tour) gig at the Astoria 2 in London 1997, Michael. I hung out with Micheal Hutchence who was gone soon after. You came out naked, arms outstretched as an "This is everything I am, I have nothing else to give you!, encore, and I thought that was it for Swans. Then at the Camden Palace(or whatever it was then) 10 years ago the most incredible gig where I had to leave after 3 hours as my arm swelled up and I thought i was about to croak. I had a quadruple bypass the next dayl. 🤥 Then Brighton where everyone except me had earplugs and I thought I would have tinnitus for ever more. These songs are incredible.