Henry Cow - Living in the heart of the beast (part 1)

[MegaCirse]

Musique complexe et surréaliste; chaque note est écrite. Pas d'improvisation ici - c'est fort, inclassable et éreintant!!!

[OobyScoobyDoomsday]

Musical lsd. Dagmar fucks with my mind in inexplainable ways.

[prochainvisiteur]

c'est le meilleur morceau du groupe , formidable passage guitaristique en seconde partie

[earinsound]

GENIUS...pure and simple GENIUS

[memalley]

singer is wearing chinese "Mao suit"

[borisgalt]

I too have waited for this.... so long in fact, I never expected it to happen. Thank you so much!

[borisgalt]

I too have waited for this.... so long in fact, I never expected it to happen. Thank you so much!

[revzob]

fantastic tune,fantastic band...I saw saw them live several times here in Milan when I was a young kid and will never forget these concerts...

[threeby8887]

This is an amazing performance, even better than the In Praise of Learning version.

And after over 20 years of listening to these folks, I think I'm finally getting used to Krause's voice. And she is a brilliant singer.

[marcojp94]

How many lesbians are in this band? just kidding

Great video, I think "In Praise of Learning" is the best avant-prog album of the 70's

[deplanetiser]

brilliant.

[madkatterier]

Phenomenal to see such a powerful and emotional anthem in the entirety, and superb video work. Quite similar to the original "Red Sock" album, and I'm glad for it - when was this performed?

I know why some posters dont like the music. It's pretty out there, but stands up to repeated plays - like the intricate guitar and bass around 5:40 onward. My friends could "enjoy" my love of more accesible bands like ELP, Gentle Giant, PFM, but HC was too much for most of them.

Thank you Bernard!!!

[SteProg70]

Che gran gruppo gli Henry Cow... sono la perla del progressive Canterburyano. Questo brano del '75 è l'ultima vera suite progressive della storia del Rock..è inarrivabile

[bobgreen623]

Truly wonderful indeed. Chris Cutler has to be one of my favourite drummers, so expressive

[LittleDrummerBoy234]

Love it Henry Cow

[mioluce]

Damn Cutler's drumming is freaky. He looks almost like a deranged octopus.

[TOWLIBAN32123]

whats happening to my brain??!!

[dgenerator92]

i only listened up to 0:35 and i already hated it but thanx for the upload just the same...

[MrColMC]

I cannot communicate my ideas and feelings in this medium.

[dazamaru]

ahhh...im too impressed with this vid to discuss the merits or sins of political/economic systems.....im just glad to see one of my all time favorite bands perform this anthem with such perfection....i thought they manipulated tape to get this on a album, but this is live

[AlmostEthical]

@dazamaru

I'm hearing you. Magnificent, isn't it?

[penguindf12]

I love how silly Chris Culter looks.

[Pighood]

FYI, capitalism is the vehicle by which people support the music of Henry Cow. Quel ironie.

[AlmostEthical]

@Pighood

Nah, that's not capitalism, that's just buying goods, something that happens in lots of systems of govt. Talking of buying goods, my HC box collection will be arriving in the next week :)

The thing that knocks me out with this band are the sounds - only a few bands like Crimson, Uncle Frank and Art Ensemble have such a rich and varied array of fabulous sounds.

[Pighood]

@AlmostEthical I'll accept that when communism is redefined as "not" redistributing wealth, but rather making sure no one member of the proletariat has a single grain of rice more than his neighbor.

[TallFastLoud]

@Pighood You have to work with what you got. Engels owned a textile factory.

[timrob62]

I've been waiting for something by Cow to show up. Great Stuff. Now, does anybody have any live Art Bears?

[BernardMontmartre]

According to Chris Cutler, this concert is the only known video of Henry Cow and there are no known video of the Art Bears, but there are a few live recordings in the bonus CD of the Art Box.

[timrob62]

Well, then for me, this is one of the more valuble videos I've seen on you YouTube. It's exceptional.

[karnubawax]

Awesome video - awesome band.

[ChocloManx]

Hodgkinson looks like a nice dude.

[Pighood]

La Vache Qui Vive

[VladtheEmailer]

Clothes of Chaos are my Rage!!

[VladtheEmailer]

Yes!  I'm totally amazed that they are great live! Don't worry, this music never evolved into the Jon-ass bros. It' still exists. :-)

[BrazilianDuDe]

Am I the only one who gets impressed how they can play this with such perfection LIVE ? "WOW" is what I have to say. And to think music would "evolve" to Jonas Brothers and such trash. It's saddening. Nevertheless, Henry Cow, you guys are awesome, awesome, awesome.

[schragemusik]

@BrazilianDuDe I normally grizzle about people using the word 'awesome'; but here it fits perfectly.

[canekzapata]

@BrazilianDuDe they were real real musician...

[mioluce]

@BrazilianDuDe music never evolved into the jonas brothers (BEST... BAND... EVER) the mainstream was always crap, and the underground always had the interesting things. Like Henry Cow then and something like Secret Chiefs 3 today

[takas20]

Thank you for posting this - had no idea it existed. And they perform it live without a hitch and if anything with more passion.

[VladtheEmailer]

@takas20 I here there is a 40 dollar box dvd set out somewhere of all of there concerts! I heard it's well worth having!

[Stezzi63]

Priceless!!! :-)

[OrcheStraFOTTente]

Such a blasting performance! Thanks

[TheMitzjob]

Dagmar...what can be said about one of the great vocalists of the 20th century backed up by one of the great progressive bands ever...

[threeby8887]

@TheMitzjob It took me over 20 years to get used to her weird (but lovely) voice.

[slayerized86]

Thank you so much, BernardMontmartre! Without a doubt my favorite track by Henry Cow. Perfection from start to finish. Amazing that the band was able to perform this musical jigsaw puzzle live! What a great band they were!

[ncghost]

Holy cow!

[stimmm]

henry cow. 10/10?

[threeby8887]

This is the one group that LEAST needs to re-unite, as just about everyone who was ever in the group still works together in various combinations.

[ryanaaxxx]

i love you chris cutler

[nudeone34]

huge Cow man, man...love the strength of this footage...

[Nic33rd]

Thanks for posting these wonderful Henry Cow videos!

[MikeAdupont]

absolutely brilliant! waited forever to see live footage of this band!

Thank you very much! ; )

[blefusku]

we've waited so many years for this, my favorite band in the world...

art is not a mirror...

[sabrinaeden]

I can't quite believe I'm watching this...

[naefspiel]

I have crushes on all of the women of the cow.

[epicmeade]

also, To all of you people who keep saying " Don't watch it on YouTube, go BUY THE BOX SET". Has it ever occurred to you that there are literally MILLIONS of people in the world who simply can not afford to pay $189.00 for this no matter how much they love it. your attitudes are extremely classist. it might do you some good to listen to some of Henry Cows lyrics. by the way, I work at Amoeba music in hollywood, so I know a few things about musical capitalism and being working class.

[blefusku]

right on!

[TheWatsche]

Nice of you to share this!

But anyway: Buy the box, people! Its is great, they've put lots of work in it and the booklets are full of interesting information. I didn't regret buying it for a second. According to Chris there are still plenty of boxes for sale.

[webkahmik]

Obviously the most important document we could possibly imagine...I agree and disagree with the prior statement about infringement. Certainly these non-pareil artists should receive their due for making such globally important art...but the very POINT of the ART is to dis-enchain us to the very commodity-as-relevance paradigm, no?

Blessings to all the Cows, and to Lindsay.

P.

[thewordofgord]

when i first went on youtube a couple of years back, Henry Cow was about the only band i couldn't find. Well, you've sure fixed that!

thanks, wordofgord

[BernardMontmartre]

Hey, this is just 0.01% of the Box! Consider it as a teaser, and buy the box! There is so much more in it, including videos...

[BernardMontmartre]

No, there are other songs in the DVD. And I do not think most people will buy the box just for this. But is's so ironic to see HC fans defending the virtues of our capitalist world that I thank you for this good laugh.

[epicmeade]

Dude. Henry Cow were always devout socialists and anti capitalist. now I understand that your just saying this because you dont want them to get ripped off but Im sure chris cutler knows that any true fan who can afford it will go out and buy the box set but that that shouldn't stop the poor people of the world from getting a chance to see it just because theyr'e poor. I sincerely believe that the members of Henry Cow wouldn't mind. in fact, if I can track them down I will ask.

[louison79]

the frontier between prog rock and "classical" music has been crossed!

[HenryYouth]

I'm so glad someone posted this. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[karesz54]

Excellentissimo!

[KissingWendy]

Fantastic version of this amazing piece.

Thank You for posting

[LordSatanOBoogie]

great!