Swans - Celebrity Lifestyle

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

[bornsuffer_]

I played this song for my dad and he actually liked it. Im changing this family for the better

[mortyk]

i can't think of any band doing it better than them

[sigurdurgislason]

Common people this is the best music ever and Gira a genius. Period.

[COwens]

Finest song written about Gira's ex-girlfriend (Madonna).

[TheAnxiousAardvark]

So strange.... I saw them at the 9:30 Club in DC in 1992... and then went to a music festival in 2014 and went "Why does this bands name seem familiar?" Seen them live 5 times since then and wondered about all the great gigs I've missed in between. But... slowly buying all the missed albums!

[MrGrizzzlik]

It's just reeks this dirty New York vibe. This song is literally Abel Ferrara of songs lol.

[tankakern]

The secret sign of a charmed existence
Is the shiny liquid on her lips
And the ecstasy that comes with her image grows
From the power that the money gives
And she's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she's just floating in space
And she's got a celebrity lifestyle
All her children want a suck and a taste of
Oh, her celebrity lifestyle
Yeah, her celebrity life
And she's just a drug addiction
And a self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind

[Refrain]
Ah, li-life
Ah, li-life

[Verse 2]
The secret wisdom of 120 days
Is hidden deep in between her legs
And sexual transcendence is reserved for the wealthy
But is only one joy that money can make, and
She's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she's got a glowing white face, and
She's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she ties her naked children up with wires and lace
Oh, her celebrity lifestyle is the
Product of a celebrity mind, yeah
Oh, her celebrity mouth is the
Perfect image of the end of time


[Refrain]
Ah, li-life
Ah, li-life

[Outro]
Oh, my celebrity lifestyle
Oh, my celebrity fear, and
Oh, my celebrity lifestyle
Oh, my celebrity fear, and
Oh, my celebrity lifestyle and
Oh, my celebrity fear
Oh, my celebrity lifestyle

[coldwar]

why does this remind me of Sonic Youth?

[and_]

Thank you, Michael, it's a great music.

[emmarossignol]

Reminds me of early QOTSA/Desert Sessions

[callmedeaconbooze]

Can't help but hear Cornell's vocals of Jesus Christ Pose in my mind while listening to this.

[saraivatoledo]

BILL RIEFLIN - YOU FU*KING LEGEND
* edit : Ted Parsons is the drummer here though . Just as legendary btw .

[ericbryant]

celebrity lifestyle and celebrity drugs

[mindmy]

With the money I spent on hotels it's about right

[wulfgold]

i think of the spate of Taylor Swift/AI pictures, how things change, but remain the same.
"Best" era Swans for me.
Does Tay Tay do $ellebrity $uper Bowl and stand there thinking if she wiped her bottom as thoroughly as she could have done...
...whilst us mere mortals gawp on?

[saminaneen]

Your comments are irrelevant, no facts are in evidence, you are cautioned about "improper thinking", and all your comments will be stricken from the record, thanks for playing, you lose