Swans - The Sound

Album: Soundtracks for the Blind
Track: 14
Year: 1996
Label: Young God

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[avalyn84]

This is quite possibly the best song of all time

[splattertwat]

@avalyn84 Awesome: Pronunciation:/ˈɔːs(ə)m/, adjective,

extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe:the awesome power of the atomic bomb

I'd be inclined to agree.

[CanadianChronic2121]

@StoicAtheist

there's a couple songs i like , " careful With That Axe Eugene " etc

but most of Pink Floyd is just painfully boring to listen to .

[StoicAtheist]

@brodftw I grew up listening to DDark Side Of The Moon and there is no way Time comes close to being as visceral and emotive as this track is. I can respect Floyd but they sound like elevator music compared to Soundtracks For The Blind.

[StoicAtheist]

This is easily my favourite SWANS song. Bar none. I love SWANS but this one gets the blue ribbon.

[whenifoundtheknife]

Besides, this is a 13 minute song and it only sounds similair to the intro of Time and not the rest of the song at all, so considering this and the fact that this turns out quite different in sound, as I said I don't see the problem. You definately may be right about the source of inspiration though.

[whenifoundtheknife]

@brodftw I don't see the problem. I would say that it's mostly similair in "feel" (because of chord progression and to some extent instrumentation) rather than any actual melody. The melody you are referring to is not identical, although similair. In The Sound the melody is basically just the notes of the played chords while in Time it's more than that and since it's the same chords, of course they are going to sound similair.

[ricepea16]

haunting 

[alex3das3Knoedel]

@avalyn84 some archieve this here !! its a journey!

[blueguitarist]

I am amazed that an artist can communicate that degree of existential forlornness so clearly and beautifully