After seeing this, I'm not as excited about that concept anymore. It doesn't seem like he's really that attached to the album, picking a pretty standard White Light tune over The bloody SOUND is a major shock.
@@tomwilliams8591 A lot of the time the Soundtracks get defeated by worthy songs, but Screenshot over The Final Sacrifice is just no. I can at least understand Why Are We Alive a bit over The Sound even though the Sound is better. Rip Final Sacrifice.
I feel that's one of the few Swans epics that could use some trimming. I really like the initial sound collage from Jarboe, but then it turns into somewhat rote post-rock before the (admittedly amazing) ballad portion kicks in.
The Apostate is probably my favourite. An absolutely monumental and cathartic piece of music. The climax of the song is out of this world. Its one of my favourite pieces of music period.
Bring the sun is such a masterpiece, I was so surprised when he put I am the sun over it. I thought bring the sun would easily beat out that entire quarter but nope, I was wrong.
What I really like about this that the Swans community has such a diverse range of opinion which time or song of swans was the best experience. Really shows that they have tapped in all sorts of corners that speak to so many people if you just search for it.
@@rektyrektingson4668 yep,check the new lineup here younggodrecords.com/products/what-is-this?fbclid=IwAR3DNwbDWTdfDAjKrX-1XxpmSZP--yDVDm5BO7J1bv2iq_X_6Tnc2OCHSuc
I actually yelled "WHAT?!?" out loud as you picked other songs over "Love Will Save You" and "Failure" White Light from the Mouth of Infinity is probably my favorite Swans album. We're still friends though.
@@sammo2560 brackify.com/bracket/28875/Godspeed-Bracket I made this bracket around the time of my comment. They're all real tracks, I did have to rely on a few deep cuts though lol.
Props to whoever put in the time to made this bracket. Now allow me to shit on you for not including Weakling, Clay Man, A Piece of the Sky, Miracle of Love, Let it Come Down, Her, Another You, and all their non-LP tracks and live versions.
my top 4 would be She Loves Us (solidly crushing Lunacy or Screen Shot), Cloud of Unknowing (*barely* edging out Helpless Child), I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull (*barely* edging out Oxygen), and Bring the Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture (beating out To Be Kind). She Loves Us would win against Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture in the finals. Yeah I'm a TBK guy as well.
Lunacy is such an iconic track... I don't immediately remember Oxygen or She loves us, but if they beat lunacy and screen shot they must be fucking heavy! I have to immediately give the album a more proper listen.
I'm tied up between Bring The Sun/Toussaint and The Glowing Man. Both are quite literally life-changing experiences in the form of music. I've listened to The Glowing Man more but honestly I would probs pick Bring The Sun cause it's such a goddamn exhilarating adventure of a song. It's euphoric, terrifying, hard-hitting and just an out of this world odyssey.
@@lukamullen2190 That's 100% fair enough. The Seer to me sounds like this universally large and dense machine losing control and when fully listening to it I feel like I'm being sucked in and ripped apart. Pretty incredible feeling. Some days I prefer The Seer and other times I want a more spiritually euphoric experience (Glowing Man)
I’m Partial to “The Glowing Man” because I got to see them play it live (as “Black Hole Man”) as their set closer when I saw them in 2015. It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever witnessed...
@@iamdamosuzuki_ Damn that's incredible! I wish I had gotten into Swans around 2016 just so I could witness them play it live. From what I've heard they're 10x as intense and visceral when playing live which blows my mind even thinking about it.
"some of us are weak and some endure and some people there lives with a violence that's pure and clean. I saw a man cry once down on his knees, in the corner of a darken set and his pain meant nothing to me. I was younger then and young men never die, when I walked out into the sun, I was strong clear minded and bliiiind".
Did you start listening to Swans after their return in 2010? Personally I can't understand how their new songs can get so far in the brackets if one had their Swans experience before 2010. I've had a hard time getting into their newer albums, and one reason is because they don't seem as interesting as a concept as their older albums.
It’s Michael “Ji - RAH” and the awesome song off White Light is “Why Are We Alive” - no “Still” in the title. My opinion now - songs that lost too early are The Sound, Helpless Child, Golden Boy, Blind, Love Will Save You, All Lined Up, No Cure For the Lonely, and GOD DAMN THE SUN (a masterpiece). Also, where tf is “Power and Sacrifice”? Anyway, thanks for the video, interesting hearing your takes. Can definitely appreciate why you love the tracks you do, as they’re awesome; interestingly though, the period you describe as week (Children of God/White Light/Love of Life) happens to be maybe my favorite period of their music overall, though I would extend it to include Annihilator and Soundtracks which are both completely epic. The older stuff has its place as does the newer stuff, I’m just a product of the 1990s era I guess as I was in my twenties, single, and severely f*cked up when all those albums came out. Jarboe was a good foil for Gih-RAH, and if the sound was “accessible” it was also very evil and hopeless behind the cheery strings and melodies. Left an indelible stamp on my psyche and with eskimo chain I tattooed my brain all the way. Won’t you miss me....?
For everyone saying Helpless Child is the best, go listen to Blood Promise (live). It’s structured just like Helpless Child, but is a better song imo. Feel like that’s the greatest song ever made
I can't really disagree with much (other than Mind Body Light Sound), but there are some absolutely BRUTAL 1st round matchups. Cop vs Final Sacrifice? That's just plain unfair.
This video is shorter then The Glowing Man song
And bring the sun/Toussaint Louverture
and The Seer ofc
and The Knot
and Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'overture
And Look At Me Go.
swans worst to best now.
iCarly gaming THIS
We know To Be Kind will be top three at least
Swans best to best now
GuysOfFilm yeah i wonder where STFTB would land
iCarly gaming YES PLEASE!
Helpless Child is the best one, but I forgive and respect and love you, Anthony.
Anthony's a lonely melon laid open to the world
@@dressigvil But I wish him happiness
That's a weird way to spell The Sound
You spelled “Animus” wrong.
@@iamdamosuzuki_over rated not even top 5 on the album
Swans are Dead may not be a main album but damn, the way the songs are made on it should be -- especially Blood Promise.
The live version of Blood promise is probably my favorite song ever made
That's what God said
Feel happiness and blood promise are not from this world
Agreed 10x better then the original
Please consider doing Soundtracks for the Blind for next year's classics week!!! Would love to hear your take on that record.
After seeing this, I'm not as excited about that concept anymore. It doesn't seem like he's really that attached to the album, picking a pretty standard White Light tune over The bloody SOUND is a major shock.
genats vale I have literally been begging him to review that album for years with no luck. I’m hoping for a Swans Worst to best at the very least.
Yeah I feel like the review would just trigger me a bunch. It’s my favorite album.
@@tomwilliams8591 A lot of the time the Soundtracks get defeated by worthy songs, but Screenshot over The Final Sacrifice is just no. I can at least understand Why Are We Alive a bit over The Sound even though the Sound is better. Rip Final Sacrifice.
@@tomwilliams8591 he has it rated as 5 stars on rate your music, pretty sure he loves that album but maybe his opinion changed idk
A Piece of the Sky really deserves a spot on here
I feel that's one of the few Swans epics that could use some trimming. I really like the initial sound collage from Jarboe, but then it turns into somewhat rote post-rock before the (admittedly amazing) ballad portion kicks in.
It would win the entire thing for me.
It should have been on there and possibly won!
That's the first thing I thought
@@doctorwhouse3881 Personally, I would double it in length
I'm so glad you loved 'Blind', that song kills.
Video Idea: A Madness Bracket of every album you’ve given a 10/10?
there's only 5 albums lol what kind of bracket would that be???
Meme Meme Including his rym 5/5s I presume?
Meme Meme love this idea!
He's gonna be doing a best of the decade video so it'll be decided then.
Like a spot for every song on every album he's given a 10/10?
Cool list but Helpless Child is the best song ever
fact
Yes
Weird way to spell Apostate
preach
you speak the truth
>Implying Helpless Child isn't their best song
>Implying Why Are We Alive is an infinitesimal fraction as good as The Sound
It isn't their best song
Why Are We Alive is mindblowing tf you talking about
The Apostate is probably my favourite. An absolutely monumental and cathartic piece of music. The climax of the song is out of this world. Its one of my favourite pieces of music period.
Huge agree, nice pfp btw
Bring the Sun was snuffed hard. Team Bring the Sun - best Swans song
I could agree. It's amazing.
I Am The Sun is better. 90's Swans (with the exception of Love of Life) is peak Swans. You can't top it.
@@iamdamosuzuki_ nah bring the sun is a one of a kind experience
Bring the sun is such a masterpiece, I was so surprised when he put I am the sun over it. I thought bring the sun would easily beat out that entire quarter but nope, I was wrong.
the seer ...
"I'll burn my name in your head" wins best line for me
To Be Kind vs Volcano is the star in eyes match up.
It has been three years and I have NO IDEA what you meant by that comment. What on earth is a "star in eyes" matchup???
@@syncfixplease6993 I'm referring to the lyrics in the songs
"Helpless Child is a pretty decent lengthy song"
bruh
The Sound is my number 1 for sure
ColombianThunder - Fuck yeah
0:06 “I’m tiny”
Oh you’re far from small you big ol’ vegan you
In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit.
I think he was talking about how small and insignificant he feels in the grand scheme of things.
Very gay
@@onetruecaesar99honestly he should start saying biggest reviewer in the game before every video. Little bit of a double entendre
cringe man
What I really like about this that the Swans community has such a diverse range of opinion which time or song of swans was the best experience. Really shows that they have tapped in all sorts of corners that speak to so many people if you just search for it.
btw michael gira is featuring anna von hausswolff and other great artists in swans new album this year
so damn hyped
Wait what forreal???? Mega bruh. That’s gonna be hype
@@rektyrektingson4668 yep,check the new lineup here younggodrecords.com/products/what-is-this?fbclid=IwAR3DNwbDWTdfDAjKrX-1XxpmSZP--yDVDm5BO7J1bv2iq_X_6Tnc2OCHSuc
Dead magic was one of my favourite albums of the last year! Can’t be hyped more tbh
Didn't they say The Glowing Man is their last record ?
I got my money on Helpless Child winning. The greatest song ever recorded IMO.
It didn’t even make it to the end of its quarter of the bracket, it’s criminal really
How can you say that when The Sound exists tho
@@christophermccracken4296 The entire album is an emotional rollercoaster in the best way but yea The Sound is better than Helpless child
Helpless Child > The Sound don't @ me
@@dressigvil .
Putting Screen Shot Up against She Loves Us that early in the bracket was a game changer... and unfair.
Where’s that Radiohead bracket...🤔hmm hmm
more like sadness bracket amiright
This isn't the Jonas Brothers madness bracket
I actually yelled "WHAT?!?" out loud as you picked other songs over "Love Will Save You" and "Failure" White Light from the Mouth of Infinity is probably my favorite Swans album. We're still friends though.
I don’t know about you but I got really depressed when he snubbed “No Cure For the Lonely” so easily. I have a soft spot for songs that make me cry.
@@iamdamosuzuki_ Bro, who doesn't
Hard-hitting emotional songs, whichever emotion is portrayed, are the most special
I totally agree. Also Love of life was not represented well here
I’m sorry melon but Helpless Child > The Glowing Man
It’s so damn close though!
tough choice. i would pick the glowing man for having such an interesting progression, but i understand the preference for Helpless Child
Animus > everything else
No
Helpless child > every swans songs
All Lined Up is my favorite song by Swans
All Lined Up definitely would have won if I did this bracket.
Some of the best lyricism/poetry I've ever heard in music
I like your diarrhea song
@@AMPAChannel Crack, break, fix the door, ya know
That's a great deep cut
not seeing Avatar, Like A Drug, Blood Section and Power and Sacrifice in the competition is upsetting
They just have too many great songs. Feel Happiness would've been great too, or PubCas track versions.
Avatar is so slept on
Agreed. Nathalie Neal and Weakling felt left out to me but as it's already been said, they just have a lot of great material.
I feel like "Blood Section" isnt enough of it's own song.
She Loves Us! easily crushes every other song on here for me.
Dear melon, do a Godspeed bracket
They wouldn't even have enough songs tbh
@@sammo2560 brackify.com/bracket/28875/Godspeed-Bracket
I made this bracket around the time of my comment. They're all real tracks, I did have to rely on a few deep cuts though lol.
Debut album
vs
Second Album side B
vs
Second Algum side A
Vs
Third Album
There ya go
Mine would come down to Static vs Providence.
Volcano is the best swans song
I used to be obsessed with that track like I wouldn't be able to go a day without listening to it
it's so unsettling yet catchy...brilliant
Came here to see you hype Volcano.
You didn't pick Volcano >:[
I am now a Swans fan, and all I be listening to is hip-hop albums, but I really am enjoying Swans right now
welcome friend
Anthony just described 93rd Ave. Blues as “nice”
HUGE respect for putting the glowing man that high, that track is unbelievable
Helpless child SNUBBED
Wow I’ve been in a Swans mood the past few days, and then you upload this! It’s really satisfying I must say.
Funny thing is that I've been listening to some Swans today after some time
Also your opinion is wrong
Me too but yesterday; small world
He called helpless child ‘decent’
Radiohead madness bracket please!!!
yes melon do this please
more like sadness bracket amiright
someone needs to make it first
@@gloamlady3451 Google it it exists
@@interphase5587 ok, now that I've seen it, I gotta print that shit out and do it myself.
You need to dedicate a good ammount of time to fully participate in the bracket lol
My favourite Piece of the Sky isn’t even in the bracket...
Karlo Jankovic bruh I just commented that too 1000% agree
Love will save you is my favorite swans song and it didn’t even last the first round.
How is A Piece of the Sky not on there?
My top 4 picks are all in the "A Child" quadrant. 1. Cloud of Unknowing. 2. Apostate. 3. Helpless Child. 4. The Glowing Man
I am the sun better than bring the sun/Toussant
*facepalm*
DGF AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
DGF BRING THE SUN
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
The Seer is better than both, and so is just a little boy
Because it is better.
Bad list if no Piece of the Sky
A Piece Of The Sky is my all time fav Swans song
You chose To Be Kind over Volcano and I Am The Sun over Bring The Sun/T’oussaint L’ouverture.. you’ve lost your Swans license.
The To Be Kind over Volcano I can agree with but the I Am The Sun over Bring The Sun is illegal and he should go to prison over it.
nah, The Great Annihilator is my favorite album from them, maybe I just like that song better
I had to quit watching at the first round God Damn the Sun Elimination. ❤🤠🤝
God damn the sun was up against Apostate, which is arguably (and in my opinion) their best song. It's not even close.
I’m just glad that the melon spent 85 hours of listening to swans to bring us this
Keep an eye out on a new Swans album this year Melon
someone make a NIN or Converge madness bracket for melon
Not worth it.
Yes yes I do agree, God Damn The Sun is one of the 4 greatest Swans songs of all time.
I can't believe they pitted screen shot up against Mother of the World in the first round, like those are probably number 1 and 2 for me.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I think “Mother of this World” wipes the floor with “Screenshot”
@@iamdamosuzuki_ I don't know if I'd go that far but it's definitely a better song.
WHY ARE WE ALIVE OVER THE SOUND IS GENUINELY INSANE
What about a Kids See Ghosts Madness bracket?
that's way too easy, all the kids see ghosts stuff would beat the ksg stuff easily
Kanye and Kudi tracks mixed together in one bracket?
Props to whoever put in the time to made this bracket. Now allow me to shit on you for not including Weakling, Clay Man, A Piece of the Sky, Miracle of Love, Let it Come Down, Her, Another You, and all their non-LP tracks and live versions.
What about Big Strong Boss?
especially a piece of the sky holy hell
So dissapointed to see that "In The Eyes of Nature" is nowhere around. That melody is beautifully eerie.
Whoever made the bracket is an idiot for putting No cure for the lonely on it instead of Amnesia
I feel bad for “Failure”
Please do a Weezer Bracket, I could see that being really funny
Helpless child is literally their best song
*the glowing man is
my top 4 would be She Loves Us (solidly crushing Lunacy or Screen Shot), Cloud of Unknowing (*barely* edging out Helpless Child), I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull (*barely* edging out Oxygen), and Bring the Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture (beating out To Be Kind). She Loves Us would win against Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture in the finals. Yeah I'm a TBK guy as well.
Lunacy is such an iconic track... I don't immediately remember Oxygen or She loves us, but if they beat lunacy and screen shot they must be fucking heavy! I have to immediately give the album a more proper listen.
I'm tied up between Bring The Sun/Toussaint and The Glowing Man. Both are quite literally life-changing experiences in the form of music. I've listened to The Glowing Man more but honestly I would probs pick Bring The Sun cause it's such a goddamn exhilarating adventure of a song. It's euphoric, terrifying, hard-hitting and just an out of this world odyssey.
The Seer (the track) is better than both imo
@@lukamullen2190 That's 100% fair enough. The Seer to me sounds like this universally large and dense machine losing control and when fully listening to it I feel like I'm being sucked in and ripped apart. Pretty incredible feeling. Some days I prefer The Seer and other times I want a more spiritually euphoric experience (Glowing Man)
I’m Partial to “The Glowing Man” because I got to see them play it live (as “Black Hole Man”) as their set closer when I saw them in 2015. It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever witnessed...
@@iamdamosuzuki_ Damn that's incredible! I wish I had gotten into Swans around 2016 just so I could witness them play it live. From what I've heard they're 10x as intense and visceral when playing live which blows my mind even thinking about it.
To be kind, Anthony, I have to disagree with you
Just a little boy is the second best on TBK. First is she loves us.
I feel like you should do a classics review of soundtracks
23:03 😂 “Frankie Why” hey I mean I think it’s better too
No Avatar ?? :'(
How someone could not just listen to this many Swans songs but then rank them from one another blows my mind
Do an LCD Soundsystem bracket!
"some of us are weak and some endure and some people there lives with a violence that's pure and clean. I saw a man cry once down on his knees, in the corner of a darken set and his pain meant nothing to me. I was younger then and young men never die, when I walked out into the sun, I was strong clear minded and bliiiind".
I know thats not the exact lyrics, but from memory. Damn song sends chills everytime. Gorgeous song.
Got me chopped I wish they had a piece of the sky on the bracket
Do one for Xiu Xiu!
YASSSSS
no matter the winner anthony stay in the center of the bracket
Swans is great. Excited for the new album
Fantano undervalues The Seer.
“Animus” would’ve won if it were me.
well you actually have a brain unlike this IDIOT fantano
I think that this video proves that we need a SWANS TIER LIST thanks fantano 👍
Ugh I love these so fucking much
I don't agree with some choices but maaaan, it made me listen to Swans from morning at work
Oxygen was my favorite swans song going into this vid
Watched this while wearing my swans shirt
Been waiting for this video since I was a wee lad
Madness bracket Mike Patton would be cool.
Did you start listening to Swans after their return in 2010? Personally I can't understand how their new songs can get so far in the brackets if one had their Swans experience before 2010. I've had a hard time getting into their newer albums, and one reason is because they don't seem as interesting as a concept as their older albums.
bjork, Radiohead, or Kanye please
oddsprog he already did kanye actually
nick cave and the bad seeds madness bracket!
I would have gone with I Am The Sun, The Great Annihilator is my favorite Swans, but Oxygen is a respectable choice
How is Her not even on list.
I... agree!
Where’s avatar???
Do a Tool bracket. Pleaseeeeeeeeee
It’s Michael “Ji - RAH” and the awesome song off White Light is “Why Are We Alive” - no “Still” in the title. My opinion now - songs that lost too early are The Sound, Helpless Child, Golden Boy, Blind, Love Will Save You, All Lined Up, No Cure For the Lonely, and GOD DAMN THE SUN (a masterpiece). Also, where tf is “Power and Sacrifice”? Anyway, thanks for the video, interesting hearing your takes. Can definitely appreciate why you love the tracks you do, as they’re awesome; interestingly though, the period you describe as week (Children of God/White Light/Love of Life) happens to be maybe my favorite period of their music overall, though I would extend it to include Annihilator and Soundtracks which are both completely epic. The older stuff has its place as does the newer stuff, I’m just a product of the 1990s era I guess as I was in my twenties, single, and severely f*cked up when all those albums came out. Jarboe was a good foil for Gih-RAH, and if the sound was “accessible” it was also very evil and hopeless behind the cheery strings and melodies. Left an indelible stamp on my psyche and with eskimo chain I tattooed my brain all the way. Won’t you miss me....?
A little god in my hands litteraly made me feel like I was getting my soul sucked out
For everyone saying Helpless Child is the best, go listen to Blood Promise (live). It’s structured just like Helpless Child, but is a better song imo. Feel like that’s the greatest song ever made
In the future you should pick a bunch of songs and let your subscribers vote and the winners will go up the bracket until it gets to the favorite
I can't really disagree with much (other than Mind Body Light Sound), but there are some absolutely BRUTAL 1st round matchups. Cop vs Final Sacrifice? That's just plain unfair.
Yeah that might've been the hardest to pick for me
Quite baffling to see a Swans fan that recognizes The Burning World as having its strong moments.
"I was a Prisoner in Your Skull" IS my '99!