hesperus
06.14.16 | pre-hiatus GY!BE > pre-hiatus Swans
post-hiatus Swans > post-hiatus GY!BE |
guitarded_chuck
06.14.16 | gybe |
CamiloG
06.14.16 | GYM!BE |
Idolatrous
06.14.16 | Swans |
TVC15
06.14.16 | What hesperus said |
MO
06.14.16 | 3 and 5 are above all on this here list |
Valkyrion
06.14.16 | swans |
NeroCorleone80
06.14.16 | Swans |
AlexKzillion
06.14.16 | Godspeed You! Black Swans |
Spag
06.14.16 | No idea but The Seer is zzzzzz city. |
onionbubs
06.14.16 | GY!BE has a better discog. plus, F#A# and skinny fists>all swans |
Artuma
06.14.16 | this battle just isn't really fair considering how much longer swans have been around |
Flugmorph
06.14.16 | Gotta say swans any day. Way more interesting discog and style overall. |
Valkyrion
06.14.16 | yanqui on bottom god plz redo that ranking mr. toad |
trve
06.14.16 | swans, no contest |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | Swans have a much larger discog tbf |
Sinternet
06.14.16 | They're about the same for me, both have some really great stuff and some really average stuff |
trve
06.14.16 | list should be swans vs gybe vs neurosis though tbh |
Valkyrion
06.14.16 | swans would still win |
trve
06.14.16 | true |
Valkyrion
06.14.16 | trve
swans also greatly influenced neurosis, their early albums sound a lot like 80s swans albums if they were sludge metal imo |
guitarded_chuck
06.14.16 | swans disco is better but gybe has the best albums |
trve
06.14.16 | thats exactly why i said that
tbf every of the three bands had some influence on the other two at some point, with swans obviously being the first and the most influential of the three though |
adr
06.14.16 | every gy!be album is better than The Seer and To Be Kind atleast |
BullettoBinary2
06.14.16 | I feel like I've just scratched the surface of Swans discog but I mostly agree with what's been said. GYBE has the better highlights, but Swans is more consistent and has better variety. |
BullettoBinary2
06.14.16 | Need to listen to more Neurosis. Never knew they were in the same discussion... Whats the best place to start? |
guitarded_chuck
06.14.16 | best part of asunder is the end iirc |
adr
06.14.16 | 'Asunder is pretty boring yeah, but atleast it isn't 2 hours long snoozefest like To Be Kind tbh. I haven't jammed The Seer since like the release tho |
altertide0
06.14.16 | @Valkyrion are you serious? Your GY!BE ratings are significantly higher than the Swans ones. |
trve
06.14.16 | if you like new swans material a sun that never sets is probably the best place to start |
ciregno
06.14.16 | prior the the reunions, i'd go with godspeed, but nowadays, i'd go with swans. |
Valkyrion
06.14.16 | asunder is the worst gy!be, better not have it as a standard for their music
>Need to listen to more Neurosis. Never knew they were in the same discussion... Whats the best place to start?
chronologically obviously, like every other band
@tide
I think swans make more strange and interesting music in general, even though possibly not as enjoyable as something like Storm for me |
Artuma
06.14.16 | all this asunder hate smh |
Valkyrion
06.14.16 | asunder is a letdown ok, i just hope they write another album like Yanqui or another song like Mladic... |
altertide0
06.14.16 | agreed fully. asunder is godspeed by numbers and you know it Artuma |
Flugmorph
06.14.16 | swans disco yeeeeeeeeee |
Yep321
06.14.16 | Swans |
Artuma
06.14.16 | "asunder is godspeed by numbers and you know it Artuma"
but those drones man, all building up to the beautiful climax. peasantry is kinda lame though after the beginning which really brings 'guys we're BACK' kinda vibe |
hal1ax
06.14.16 | gybe |
Trundle
06.14.16 | GY!BE by far, for me |
altertide0
06.14.16 | the drones are good agreed but calling the closer "a beautiful climax" seems like a stretch to me |
Faraudo
06.14.16 | GY!BE by a long stretch. |
Ryus
06.14.16 | swans is a lot better |
Sevengill
06.14.16 | Godspeed are amazing. I didn't enjoy the last two by Swans. |
Cygnatti
06.14.16 | "agreed fully. asunder is godspeed by numbers and you know it Artuma"
gybe were by the numbers by the time skinny fists dropped. |
eddie95
06.14.16 | pre-hiatus GY!BE > pre-hiatus Swans
post-hiatus Swans > post-hiatus GY!BE
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porcupinetheater
06.14.16 | When Swans is on the top of their game, like they've been post reunion, or on Soundtracks, Children of God, Filth, etc. there really aren't very many artists that can top 'em.
And even Swans' lesser work is always interesting.
Can't say the same about Godspeed. |
guitarded_chuck
06.14.16 | "When Swans is on the top of their game, like they've been post reunion, or on Soundtracks, Children of God, Filth, etc. there really aren't very many artists that can top 'em."
agreed but gybe are one of them |
chipperjones
06.14.16 | GY!BE |
zakalwe
06.14.16 | If I wanted to be cool in 2005 I'd say Godspeed but I have to move with the times and I'm absolutely desperate to remain cool so I'll say swans. They sound a lot better on vinyl. |
theBoneyKing
06.14.16 | Always hip zak, aren't ye? |
zakalwe
06.14.16 | Yeah man I'm one cool cat, I ain't never gonna be square daddy'o.
I don't mind Godspeed at all actually. They are my best out of the two but if I had to listen to this list in its entirety back to back I think I'd drown myself. |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.16 | classic |
p4p
06.14.16 | GYBE easily |
altertide0
06.14.16 | @Cygnatti GY!BE had certainly known what they were doing on Skinny Fists and all the songs follow a formula (and even then, a rather flexible one), but that formula was only introduced by Fists. |
Riviere
06.15.16 | Swans
SFTB > GYBE discog |
iloveyouall
06.15.16 | gybe |
Kman418
06.15.16 | both suck massive dookie butt |
iloveyouall
06.15.16 | i know, but there's not much that sucks as much dookie butt as swans |
Kman418
06.15.16 | thats true |
altertide0
06.15.16 | not liking swans is great, why not, but not even respecting them is pretty silly |
iloveyouall
06.15.16 | fuck me dead, i'm just a silly goose then, aren't i? |
TheSpaceMan
06.15.16 | swans, theres no competition in my book |
Kman418
06.15.16 | honestly swans make really mediocre/unremarkable music but i think the only reason i really hate them is cause gira is the worst person ever probably
dude literally does like marilyn manson level edgy shit and acts like a massive asshole constantly and then gets praised for it by every boring dude on the internet for being like boundary pushing and ~creating an experience~ or whatever |
TheSpaceMan
06.15.16 | someone told me he used to backpack mad drugs across israel and assisted in cartel work or something so I cant imagine he's exactly PC |
TheSpaceMan
06.15.16 | might not be true at all though, I just knew a guy who loved Swans who mentioned it to me |