Godspeed You Black Emperor!

[sunburnt]

neone fan of Godspeed You Black Emperor! ?

[christoph]

i have heard a few songs, the one song that stood out was Storm, i liked that alot.

[magister]

Yep, I like Godspeed You Black Emperor! very muchly. I've got all their albums except Yanqui UXO and they're very good, epsecially Lift Yr Skinny Fists (the one with Storm). Another great band that's similar to Godspeed is Explosions in the Sky. I'd recommend them to anyone who is a fan of beautiful guitar music.

[sunburnt]

oh dear!u have to buy yanqui u.x.o.!!well..gathering storm isnt quite their best song,u have to hear more from them.id prefer something from their 1st or 2nd album.i also have all of their albums and id have the chanse to see them live last year but i was sitting my exams..daaaamn!explosions in the sky are magical.unfortunatelly their album is very xpensive here so im waitin a bit..i have one of their songs but the title is"...",i dunno if such name exists.. :confused:

[Mullin]

hmmmm sounds good might check them out :D

[tjej]

Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada is absolutly awesome. Rhian likes them alot.

[Sarah]

Aye, I love what I have heard. I need to pull my finger out & buy stuff though.

[tjej]

Aye, I love what I have heard. I need to pull my finger out & buy stuff though.
Mmm, same here. Along with Silver Mt whassit.

Post rock is the future children.

[Sarah]

A Silver Mt Zion. Aye. I was going to go see them last Tuesday but chickened out - going to gigs alone scares me a tad.

Mmm. Post rock.

[tjej]

A Silver Mt Zion. Aye. I was going to go see them last Tuesday but chickened out - going to gigs alone scares me a tad.

Mmm. Post rock.
My friend went to see them. At the Beir Keller? Apparently it was amazing, not that I want to rub salt into any wounds or owt.

[Sarah]

Mm. So I heard. Shame I wimped out. I should be seeing The Buzzcocks right now but wimped out again.

[Caff]

I LOOOOOOOOOOVE their soundtrack to 28 Days Later...makes the film even more watchable!

[tjej]

Mm. So I heard. Shame I wimped out. I should be seeing The Buzzcocks right now but wimped out again.
You knob! The Buzzcocks? You're at home, and should be at the Buzzcocks? You should be ashamed!

[Sarah]

You knob! The Buzzcocks? You're at home, and should be at the Buzzcocks? You should be ashamed!

I know. But I have an essay & didn't fancy going alone.. I'm regreting it already.

[glasskite]

Silly girl.

I've got tunes by this band, my mate sent me some, but I haven't gotten around to listening to it yet. Talk about lazy.

[Thanatos]

I have a friend who made me listen and I find that really well, that changes what I usually listen to.

[Grimmy]

now this, this is the best band ever.
F#A#? and lift your skinny fists like antennas to the heavens are two of the best albums i've heard.
Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada is probably the best [EP] ever to.

[sunburnt]

woo-hoooo!gybe rocks!glad more n more people notice...grimmy luv ur avatar...thanatos u know ur nick's a greek word?n what do u listen to regularly?....wincyspider it doesnt huv to be lazyness,might be cooler stuff u bump into...XD..no?...aww crap ...just lame xcuses...UHHHHH...28days later...so-so watchable film..YAY U ALL! :happy:

[Grimmy]

seriously now.

easily the best band ever.

[Wowee Zowee]

i really want to check this band out.

not sure where to start though...

[Grimmy]

F#A#(infinity) is the best place to start.
that or Lift Yer Skinny Fists like Anttenas to the Heavens. Cd2.

[progmetalfan]

i really want to check this band out.

not sure where to start though...

You can get a sample here. (http://www2.progarchives.com/mp3/Godspeed%20You%20Black%20Emperor%20-%20Slow%20Riot%20For%20New%20Zero%20Kanada%20-%20%2001%20-%20Moya.mp3) :happy:

[Sarah]

PM your gmail. I have a couple of MP3s.

[xush]

I like what I've heard. They have some amazing stuff.
Also love Explosions in the Sky.

Our band gets compared to GYBE a good bit, but I can never figure out why...
definitely a live show thing, but I'm still not sure why the comparsion.

[Sarah]

Are you in a post rock band, then?

[xush]

no, that's the weird part. We're not really like that at all.
I love that kind of stuff, but I just don't see the connection.
We get "dead can dance" a lot too, that makes a little more sense, but still... I dunno.

I'm really hoping we can channel some Muse into our next CD. I just saw them in ATL (my first time) and I love their blend of influences. My band is really into progressive stuff like Rush and Yes and King Crimson, but I like how Muse seems to take progressive stylings and infuse them into a more contemporary sound. I found the show REALLY inspiring, I'd even love to work a Muse cover into our sets now.

we've got a few tunes here;
http://www.myspace.com/analogmissionary

[Wowee Zowee]

You can get a sample here. (http://www2.progarchives.com/mp3/Godspeed%20You%20Black%20Emperor%20-%20Slow%20Riot%20For%20New%20Zero%20Kanada%20-%20%2001%20-%20Moya.mp3) :happy:

i really like the part at the end of the song like 8:30...pretty cool.

so should i purchase F#A#(infinity)?...or start on something else

[glasskite]

Apparently so.

[Cpt Greencoat]

I think Skinny Fists is a better starting place than F#A#?

Skinny Fists, btw translates to vinyl really well, each song has it's own side!!

[Bakesh]

GYBE is great except for being on the really pretentious side, imo. I love the music that is like, just straight music, and seems to last forever and seems like a soundtrack to an unmade movie.

The line from I think "East Hastings" has stuck with me for some reason:
'They have a large barge with a radio antenna tower on it, so that they would charge up the discharge'.....just sounds so eery and haunting....i think about hulking, quiet barges floating on the river at night, and just making a mellow rumbling noise. Then thinking they're up to no good.....like something out of a sci-fi movie. really. no i'm serious.....stop staring at me :$

As for the other songs, they're pretty great too, for what they are. I once put Providence in my cousin's stereo and fastforwarded some to the first rising action in the song, and we could feel it in our chests and between our ears, the vibrations were intense with it turned up REALLY loud.

Overall, this is probably the best 'post rock' band around, even though i think some of the sounds 'Explosions in the Sky' produces are more beautiful. I think the difference in the two bands is that EitS slows down and speeds up suddenly and for no real reason (which fits their name beautifully), while GYBE will gradually lead into the heavy rock part of a song, then take it down a notch with a few new sounds, and somehow, introduce a whole new sound in the same song, and it just fits wonderfuly.

[Cpt Greencoat]

GYBE is great except for being on the really pretentious side, imo.

You do realize this is a Muse message board, don't you?? :p

[Bakesh]

You do realize this is a Muse message board, don't you?? :p


Bah :p

[Hoppipolla]

Mm I love them. And Explosions in the sky. Storm is addictive. I've only got 3 songs, however. But that's like having 14 songs of a regular band :happy:

[BlackoutMatt]

Sleep.


More specifically, The Third Part.

That is all.



seriously, I do believe the last 6 or so minutes of that track are some of the greatest in music EVER. And everyone remembers the first time they heard GY!BE.
My first time...I started listening to 'The Dead Flag Blues', curious about this band I'd heard mentioned once or twice before...the band's name conjured up an image of a politically driven hardcore band, or maybe a metal band of some sort...but the strange album title and the dark, gloomy picture on the album cover...they couldn't be...

then it came in, looming...the dark, heavy voice threw me...the monologue evoked a similar but slightly more apocalyptic vision of the view from my sister's house...then that guitar came in, panning across some ancient monochrome photo of the old mid-west in America in my mind...

then the violins, weeping for the dead and gone...

then a ghost train, old as time...far away...soon enough, it was roaring by, all white flames and screaming souls trapped in a memory...

before the shadows of two cowboys emerged, soundtracked by Morricone channeled through a solemn but hopeful gang of Montreal slackers...they drew...and soon enough, one sent the other off to another plain...then he turned to the sunset, and wandered on...

and then the sun broke through the clouds outside my window, glittering through the raindrops hanging on the glass...

ahhh...

Yeah, sorry about that.


and don't go calling them pretentious! Pretentious is acting like you have talent when you don't, dressing something lesser and derivative in the emperor's new clothes or whatever. The music easily lives up to the titles.

[Miran-duh]

static has like the best climax ever. :yesey:

i only discovered them a few weeks ago.

mmm downloady.

[uka]

is good band

[she_had_a_username]

I have "Lift your skinny fists..." and I really really love it. I need to get hold of their other stuff.

[Dave_says]

I have all their albums and a hoody with the hope hammer and angel kittens from yanqui on. I seriously love this band. It's not pop, it's not perfect classical music, its something so different. Explosions are also fucking ace.

There's a band called Yndi Halda on myspace, they have the power of godspeed (almost) and the hope in their music of explosions. Seriously worth checking out:

Yndi (http://www.myspace.com/yndihalda)

Thanks for your time, i really hope you all click that and enjoy the music.

[YellowSphere]

There's a band called Yndi Halda on myspace, they have the power of godspeed (almost) and the hope in their music of explosions. Seriously worth checking out:

Yndi (http://www.myspace.com/yndihalda)

Thanks for your time, i really hope you all click that and enjoy the music.I have one of their hand-made EPs.

[Dave_says]

I have one of their hand-made EPs.

Lucky :(

[YellowSphere]

Lucky :(If you look on their MySpace blog entry of pictures of people with theirs, I'm the first one. The DVD case with the butterfly on.

[Wowee Zowee]

If you look on their MySpace blog entry of pictures of people with theirs, I'm the first one. The DVD case with the butterfly on.
you are well cool:)

[YellowSphere]

you are well cool:)I am so very indie, look at my ripped shoes.

[Dave_says]

If you look on their MySpace blog entry of pictures of people with theirs, I'm the first one. The DVD case with the butterfly on.

You don't look very happy to be holding such a magnificent item.

[YellowSphere]

You don't look very happy to be holding such a magnificent item.Because I lack the ability to express emotion through anything other than emoticons

):

[kuz]

Because I lack the ability to express emotion through anything other than emoticons

):
i have that very same problem :noey:


back on topic though, gy!be. oh yes. awesome stuff. postrocky goodness.

[YellowSphere]

I think that the moving of the exclamation mark from the end to after the "You" was inspired and I hope Efrim came up with it because I wish to idolize him because he's really funny and his bands make good music.

[Miran-duh]

inspired, eh ?

if you insist.

i prefer it the new way.

[acroyear2]

the better name is easily GY!BE.

They rule. Moya/East Hastings are just amazing.

EDIT: Yndi Halda are playing Southampton in July. Do I go see them or not? (The stuff on their myspace is great)

[YellowSphere]

EDIT: Yndi Halda are playing Southampton in July. Do I go see them or not? (The stuff on their myspace is great)I've not seen them live, but juding by their EP, they're awesome.

[koolkile]

The Dead Flag Blues is an absolute tune.

"we are trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death"

[ʘ]

It's my first listen to their stuff and I'm really liking it.... :$

[pubicmage]

Sleep is one of the best things I've ever heard. They were a great band

[YellowSphere]

Sleep is one of the best things I've ever heard. They were a great bandIt hasn't officially split. There is no word at all really on whether or not it'll ever do anything again. ASMZ is coming to the end of touring and most of GY!BE is in there, so we must cling to the faithful hope that they will release another album.

I guess they're very conscious of the fact they're now so famous that if they released another record it'd probably be in the NME or something like that and get a massive rating and then the press starts raving about it and constellation can't keep up with orders and the band becomes more in the limelight. Which they don't want, the creepy canadians.

[Teh Man v1.2]

F#A# (Infinity) & Lift Your Skinny Fists = Incredible. End of story.


"we are trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death"

Hey, that sounds familiar. ;)

[Miran-duh]

It's my first listen to their stuff and I'm really liking it.... :$
'thank you so much miranda for being such an awesome sister and introducing me to this band. i owe you my life.'

:)

[ʘ]

You're so polite! :happy:

[phurry]

seriously now.

easily the best band ever.

so true, so true. :)

and canadians are creepy. :D

[ButterflyPyromaniac]

I saw Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada in HMV today, so I bought it... I've wanted it for ages...

I've never heard GY!BE properly before, but a friend of mine said I would like them...

I love this CD!! It could be my new most favourite thing ever...

What else should I buy? I must have more!

[LittleMUSEalieN]

great band (:
some of their stuff reminds me of Einstürzende Neubauten
another great band

[Sarah]

I saw Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada in HMV today, so I bought it... I've wanted it for ages...

I've never heard GY!BE properly before, but a friend of mine said I would like them...

I love this CD!! It could be my new most favourite thing ever...

What else should I buy? I must have more!


F# A# Oo.

Probably should venture into A Silver Mt Zion terratory, Not quite as apocalyptic.

[Wowee Zowee]

Check Do Make Say Think, best post rock act in my opinion.

[Bradass]

I had been putting off listening to these guys for ages, but after finally sitting down and listening to F#A#Oo I was blown away. I have had it on almost non-stop for the past 3 days.

[ComeToMe]

this is a band i like to listen to alone. or when im riding the subway real late at night from far away and i have plenty of time to let it sink in.

[Wowee Zowee]

I just robbed someone of a vinyl copy of skinny fists for £15

[Beast Love]

The dialogue in Blaise Bailey Finnegan III works amazingly well with the music. It's a good little E.P this

[Teh Man v1.2]

http://www.archive.org/details/gybe2003-05-14.shnf


some GYBE bootlegs, good stuff in there, can't be arsed to check if it's been posted before but there's also some rare songs, "Gamelan" and "Albanian".

[Wowee Zowee]

You aint heard skinny fists properly til you've heard it on vinyl..fuck storm is so:eek: :eek:

[Larsen B]

I love F#A#Oo. It's just.so.good.

[ʘ]

http://www.archive.org/details/gybe2003-05-14.shnf


some GYBE bootlegs, good stuff in there, can't be arsed to check if it's been posted before but there's also some rare songs, "Gamelan" and "Albanian".

WTF do I do with SHN files? :'(

Tried download.com but the programme was shiteh :(

[ScarredEyes]

The best GYBE album for me is Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antenna to Heaven. It's so damn peaceful and so wonderfully crafted. Storm is the standout track on there. I listened to it as I went over the Alps on a plane to Italy, and it really did add to the view, as it was reaching the crescendo.

I'm really digging 09-15-00 now, most of the time I can tell straight away whether I really like a Godspeed track, but this has slowly crept up on me and is fast becoming my favourite. Yanqui U.X.O itself is a great album, I don't think there's a bad track on there; it's there most powerful, epic album, for me.

I saw A Silver Mt Zion play live at Colchester Arts Centre in....ooh, I think it was April, and I'm so glad I did. Efrim has such a lovely voice, slightly discordant and clumsy, but beautiful. I'm pretty sure I had some form of orgasm at that concert.

[alyssa_]

Hearty bump. :)

I'm so glad someone got me into this band... freaking epic...

[ScarredEyes]

Hearty bump. :)

I'm so glad someone got me into this band... freaking epic...
Fucking.

Best.

Band.

Ever.

Motherfucker-Redeemer Part 2 is incredible.

[l0stwhispers]

I got a CD mix of various artists for my Christmas present (yea, my college celebrates Christmas in October, because when Christmas does roll around, everyone's gone back home). Heh. And GYBE was on it. So glad my friend included them. Amazing stuff. <3

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

They've split :(

Godspeed You Black Emperor have announced their split. The Montreal post-rock innovators have called it a day, but not for the reasons of 'musical differences' cited by many retiring bands.

Instead, founder Efrin Menuck declared that the band had become untenable due to "an existential freakout" relating to the Iraq war: "The last American tour that Godspeed did was in the run up to the current war in Iraq. For what Godspeed did, it was very difficult for us to work out a way to communicate directly with the audience about what was going on."

He continued: "We could talk to people after the shows, or we could make announcements from the stage, but so much what Godspeed was, was one-way communication, and I had an existential freakout about that, that those tactics aren't valid anymore.

"People didn't need a rock band pointing in the direction of (how the world was at that point). Maybe what they needed is some clumsy words, a presentation that was a little more human."

What a bunch of pretencious cunts, though.

[Wowee Zowee]

still got ASMZ though so its not a suffering blow.

[Sarah]

I don't think that is pretentious at all.

Shame, but expected.

[Clunge]

lawls.

Sorry, but that is just a hilariously gay way of ending a band :LOL:.

Shame though, they were pretty good.

[ScarredEyes]

Damn, that's a real shame. An actual shame, they are incredible.

They could have just broke up like any other band without making some artistic statement though.

[Wendigo]

:( . And I never got to see them play live.....

[Larsen B]

To be honest, every band should break up like that. Art is 'pretentious'....apparently.


(:()

[Miran-duh]

:( . And I never got to see them play live.....

+1 :(

[YellowSphere]

It's been on the cards for a long while now. Personally, I don't think that they'd ever have been able to produce stuff as good as F#A#∞ and Lift Yr Skinny Fists.

[pubicmage]

To be honest, every band should break up like that. Art is 'pretentious'....apparently.


(:()

All art is pretentious. That is its beauty.

[pubicmage]

Yay, they haven't actually broken up 'properly'.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/48600-godspeed-still-on-hiatus-not-completely-broken-up

[Sarah]

Wankers.

[Teh Man v1.2]

WTF do I do with SHN files? :'(

Tried download.com but the programme was shiteh :(

I can't remember how I opened them, but it's a sort of compressed audio archive, you have to use an SHN application that can convert/extract it, I did once have the files in .wav format on my computer but I deleted them :rolleyes:. Try looking around on google for .shn files.

[pubicmage]

http://etree.org/mkw.html

This converts shorten to wave and it's free.

[ScarredEyes]

Permanent hiatus.

Christ.

Either split up or tour.

[Sarah]

Permanent hiatus.

Christ.

Either split up or tour.

Innit.

Wankers.

[ScarredEyes]

Can't really see them releasing any new material, with SMZ on tour and such. Wonder if they are coming to Britain again, they performed all their stuff of the new album when I saw them last May.

[ScarredEyes]

To Efrim Menuck -

Existential freakout? Get a grip, matey.

[Sarah]

Can't really see them releasing any new material, with SMZ on tour and such. Wonder if they are coming to Britain again, they performed all their stuff of the new album when I saw them last May.

I'm not fussed, to be honest. I saw them last summer & it was amazing - I don't want to ruin it.

[ScarredEyes]

I'm not fussed, to be honest. I saw them last summer & it was amazing - I don't want to ruin it.
Babylon Was Built On Fire/starsnostars is something I would like to see live, it's a pretty moving piece of music.

But nothing has really topped their gig last May, in terms of other gigs I've been to.

[Sarah]

I've heard Take These Hands live, I don't think anything could ever ever ever compare. Sounded like a fucking aircraft taking off in the room.

[ScarredEyes]

I've heard Take These Hands live, I don't think anything could ever ever ever compare. Sounded like a fucking aircraft taking off in the room.
Man, that must have been so good live. Shame they didn't play it in Colchester.

[Sarah]

Man, that must have been so good live. Shame they didn't play it in Colchester.

I guess we were lucky.

[ScarredEyes]

I guess we were lucky.
Very. They did nothing from the Born Into Trouble album.

[Me Rug I Sty]

Hearing them on myspace, I'm intriuged.

Which is there most accesible album?

[ScarredEyes]

Hearing them on myspace, I'm intriuged.

Which is there most accesible album?

I don't think I would ever call GYBE's music particularly accessible, but I would say Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven is probably the best place to start; that or Yanqui U.X.O

[Wind Sorcerer]

I just listened East Hastings, which is the first Godspeed song I've ever listened to. I'd like to get into 'em. Which album should I get?

[Iddy]

Lift Your Skinny Fists... I'd recommend. It was my first GY!BE album, and it's one of my all time favourites.

[Wind Sorcerer]

Holy shit. I just listened to the first track off the Lift your fists... album. I'm blown away :awesome:

[pubicmage]

Yanqui U.X.O. > F#A#oo > Lift Your Skinny Fists (but Lift... has 'Sleep', which is the best thing they ever composed)

If we're including EPs, I think Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada is better than all three. Also make sure you listen to A Silver Mt. Zion, HRSTA and the other spin-off bands. They all sound different but they have similar approaches to music because of the common band members.

[Wind Sorcerer]

I just listened to F#A#∞

It's immense. I'm blown away. :stunned:

I listened to it only three times and it already earned a spot in my favourite albums of all time :LOL:

[MusoCuts]

I just listened to F#A#∞

It's immense. I'm blown away. :stunned:

I listened to it only three times and it already earned a spot in my favourite albums of all time :LOL:

For sure, an amazing album, my favorite of the band. Right now i'm listenning to A Silver Mount Zion and i'm blown away by Efrim Menuck's voice on the songs : God bless our dead Marines and 1,000,000 died to make this sound To me, these are best songs of the band :D
I love these guys :happy:

[Wind Sorcerer]

I love all their albums now. :happy:

[Wind Sorcerer]

...HOLY SHIT.

http://www.1119732.net/

[Samuel]

Yeah I saw that. Tempted to go to a UK show but I've never been to a gig by myself before.

[Wind Sorcerer]

I'd go and take a pal and my dad with me. :yesey: But I gave away all my money for that bass... ngh :(

[Max]

Yeah I saw that. Tempted to go to a UK show but I've never been to a gig by myself before.

Do it. It is very liberating sometimes and for a gig like this it'll be worth it I reckon.

[Wind Sorcerer]

But they didn't say the exact dates/locations/prizes yet, did they? :erm:

[Samuel]

I'd go and take a pal and my dad with me. :yesey: But I gave away all my money for that bass... ngh :(
FIRST GIG IN 10 YEARS
FIRST GIG IN 10 YEARS
sell the bass!
Do it. It is very liberating sometimes and for a gig like this it'll be worth it I reckon.

I just wonder what you do? I mean you spend almost as long as the band is on waiting for them. Do you just have a drink and watch from aside?

[Iddy]

I could weep with joy :D

[ScarredEyes]

I have been waiting for this for ages. This is the best thing to happen, ever.

[Sarah]

If I went, there is every chance it could be a better day than my wedding day to me.

[ScarredEyes]

The only thing that's a put off is the price. But I think I promised myself that if they ever reformed, I'd sell my soul to see them.

[Wendigo]

I have been waiting for this for ages. This is the best thing to happen, ever.

agreed!

[Wind Sorcerer]

Are they really that fantastic live?

Edit; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc8OZcXZG9g&feature=related

Holy shit, yes they are.

[Samuel]

They seem like the kind of band not not overcharge their fans at least.

[ScarredEyes]

They seem like the kind of band not not overcharge their fans at least.

ATP is always good value for money, at least generally it is. There'll be a wealth of other great bands playing, but GYBE will by far be the main attraction, and rightly so. I still can't believe this, though.

[ʘ]

...HOLY SHIT.

http://www.1119732.net/

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/yeros/internetstufff/eronb.gif


ehm. Great news, that.

[Flynn]

:happy::happy::LOL::stunned::stunned:
omgogmogmogmogmogmrgswe[ghjkl

[ButterflyPyromaniac]

:( I don't have that kinda' monies... and that price definitely means I won't get anyone to go with me.

[ScarredEyes]

:( I don't have that kinda' monies... and that price definitely means I won't get anyone to go with me.

I suspect that if and when they release UK concert dates, they'll be cheaper, even when touted. I'm holding out for the concerts, unless I can somehow get money together for ATP.

I refuse to miss this, I will kill myself otherwise.

[Static Shadows]

Oh, I hope I can get to one of the UK dates! :awesome:

[seregon]

I have always wanted to go to an ATP event, such great line ups. I have only heard of GY!BE and Deerhoof though :LOL::

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, BARDO POND, THE EX, DEERHOOF, TIM HECKER, MIKE WATT (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Stooges) SCOUT NIBLETT.

[ScarredEyes]

I have always wanted to go to an ATP event, such great line ups. I have only heard of GY!BE and Deerhoof though :LOL::

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, BARDO POND, THE EX, DEERHOOF, TIM HECKER, MIKE WATT (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Stooges) SCOUT NIBLETT.

All of those bands are worth checking out. If that's the sampler for the lineup it'll be amazing when the full one comes out.

[AlexB]

Going to have to hold out for gigs at another time- i think, cant afford a ticket and i dont think anyone else i know would go (as they all have shit musical taste) :(

Giving Lift your Skinny fists a proper listen to for the first time in ages now. It really is amazing. :happy:

[ninsp]

Godspeed's shows are boring and choppy-I only like Godspeed when I listen to their albums from start to finish.

[ScarredEyes]

Godspeed's shows are boring and choppy-I only like Godspeed when I listen to their albums from start to finish.

I would assume, if you're 18, that, like myself, you've never actually been to a live show of theirs before, considering they haven't played live for years?

A live CD/track is completely different to actually being there, they really aren't all that comparable.

[AlexB]

http://www.nme.com/news/godspeed-you-black-emperor/51576

:awesome:

[MusoCuts]

I want to see them, but there are no french dates :(

[Wind Sorcerer]

No Swiss ones aswell :(

[Samuel]

ATP is always good value for money, at least generally it is. There'll be a wealth of other great bands playing, but GYBE will by far be the main attraction, and rightly so. I still can't believe this, though.

I know! And I was right, the price was great. Got 1 ticket for Bristol :D

[Iddy]

Got one ticket for Manchester.

Cannot believe I'm going to see them though:eek:

[Sylvie]

thanks for the good news! we were waiting for this! I'm hesitating to go to Uk if they perform in France or close.

[Samuel]

Bit worried about See tickets though. They don't deliver to halls of residence so I have to get my parents to send them to me. Trouble is I've heard stories of tickets turning up 1 day before the event...

[Iddy]

I ordered mine from Tickets Aloud. Try them?

Edit: Or Aloud Tickets or whatever they're called. :LOL:

[Samuel]

I ordered mine from Tickets Aloud. Try them?

Edit: Or Aloud Tickets or whatever they're called. :LOL:

Ehhh, see tickets don't allow you to cancel :(

[Iddy]

Well that's a bag of shit! :erm:

[Futurellama]

Well that's a bag of shit! :erm:

I know, bit odd :erm:

I have every crossable part of my body crossed for a Dublin date

[ScarredEyes]

I know! And I was right, the price was great. Got 1 ticket for Bristol :D

I've got a ticket for Bristol and for Manchester. More than worth the money.

[Wind Sorcerer]

I really hope for a Zürich or Bern date. They have been to the Rote Fabrik years ago, so there's a chance they'll get there again. :)

[Iddy]

Luckily I had £36 in my bedside drawer, so I was sorted:LOL:

[Flynn]

Seeing them in Manchester.

[Wind Sorcerer]

F#A#∞ is a fantastic record when you're angsty.

[Static Shadows]

Going to see them in Bristol! :awesome:

[Samuel]

For some reason my ticket's already arrived.

[Static Shadows]

For some reason my ticket's already arrived.

Mine arrived over a month ago, much to my surprise! Saves worrying about it later though.

[Juuso]

So what date are you guys going to? I am going for some UK date, so I might as well go to some you guys are going.

[Ghosty Ghost]

I'm going to the London 14th show, ticket hasn't arrived but I only booked a week or two ago.

[Flynn]

I booked my tickets as soon as they were released. Where is mah ticket? :(

[Bergtatt]

I booked my tickets as soon as they were released. Where is mah ticket? :(

This! GYBE is not exactly my most anticipated show, but it'd be nice to have the tickets in hand to stop worrying about Seetickets cocking things up again.

[i.wish.i.RAWR!]

I can't believe I just discovered this band today.

I'm currently almost all the way through f#a#, and all I can say is "Wow." Really amazing stuff.

[Juuso]

Ahaha, you gotta be kidding me. GY!BE just announced a show in Finland, I'm coming to London for nothing.

Hell, at least I'm seeing them twice :D

[Samuel]

Mine arrived over a month ago, much to my surprise! Saves worrying about it later though.
I checked out the Bristol venue the other day. It's really small, gonna be so good!

[Futurellama]

Dublin show is over 18's. grr.

[i.wish.i.RAWR!]

Just bought my tickets for the DC show, I am so excited! Really glad I discovered this band right before a US tour. :D

[Samuel]

Hot diggety that was fun. They blared out a 2 hour set so my legs and back were killing me by the end. I didn't actually enjoy the first half that much for those reasons. Still though they were bloody well coordinated and the sound was perfect. The 10 minute crescendos were awesome, and I don't mean 'wicked cool' awesome I mean stars exploding awesome.
Also I bagged a 2LP of Yanqui U.X.O. :D

[Static Shadows]

:awesome:








:awesome:






:awesome:

[Static Shadows]

Set list was nearly 2 and a half hours long, but included:

Intro of about 15mins+ of sustained general noise and riffs
Lift Yr. Skinny Antennas To Heaven/Gathering Storm/Il Pleut a Mourir (+ Clatters Like Worry)
Providence
Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls
Terrible Canyons Of Static/Atomic Clock/Chart #3/World Police and Friendly Fire
East Hastings

[i.wish.i.RAWR!]

Set list was nearly 2 and a half hours long, but included:

Intro of about 15mins+ of sustained general noise and riffs
Lift Yr. Skinny Antennas To Heaven/Gathering Storm/Il Pleut a Mourir (+ Clatters Like Worry)
Providence
Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls
Terrible Canyons Of Static
East Hastings

Aww, no Moya or BBF3?

Still, epic set!

[ʘ]

Do they have any new material?

[Samuel]

Set list was nearly 2 and a half hours long, but included:

Intro of about 15mins+ of sustained general noise and riffs
Lift Yr. Skinny Antennas To Heaven/Gathering Storm/Il Pleut a Mourir (+ Clatters Like Worry)
Providence
Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls
Terrible Canyons Of Static
East Hastings

Ha, I brushed past you a few times but...alas I didn't know your real name.
Man the visuals were amazing though.

[Static Shadows]

Aww, no Moya or BBF3?
Still, epic set!
Do they have any new material?
Ah! Maybe Moya actually.... They definitely played something between Lift Yr Skinny Fists and Providence, which could have been an incredibly heavy version of Moya. Not sure. And the intro probably counts as a new/unreleased song! It was certainly long enough to be a song.

Ha, I brushed past you a few times but...alas I didn't know your real name.
Man the visuals were amazing though.
Did you? Ha! Well, my name's Mark!

I loved that they had 4 genuine old movie projectors and film for the visuals too, rather than just some guy with a laptop! Shows some serious dedication. :yesey:

EDIT: And the inferno for "World Police and Friendly Fire" was immense! :awesome:

[Static Shadows]

The Bristol set list on setlist.fm agrees with what I remembered, and fills in the gaps:

Hope Drone
Albanian
Lift Yr. Skinny Antennas To Heaven/Gathering Storm/Il Pleut a Mourir (+ Clatters Like Worry)
Moya
Providence [Dead Metheny]
Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls
Chart #3/World Police and Friendly Fire
East Hastings [The Sad Mafioso]


EDIT: But i'm adding "Il Pleut a Mourir (+ Clatters Like Worry)" as they definitely played all of it!
EDIT2: I'll specify which sections of Providence and East Hastings.

[Wind Sorcerer]

The Bristol set list on setlist.fm agrees with what I remembered, and fills in the gaps:

Hope Drone
Albanian
Lift Yr. Skinny Antennas To Heaven/Gathering Storm/Il Pleut a Mourir (+ Clatters Like Worry)
Moya
Providence
Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls
Chart #3/World Police and Friendly Fire
East Hastings
!

The whole Providence?
:supersad:
Want to see 'em live too.

[Static Shadows]

The whole Providence?
:supersad:
Want to see 'em live too.

No, just an extended version of the "Dead Metheny" section, but it was awesome nonetheless. :yesey:

[Samuel]

Did you? Ha! Well, my name's Mark!

I loved that they had 4 genuine old movie projectors and film for the visuals too, rather than just some guy with a laptop! Shows some serious dedication. :yesey:

EDIT: And the inferno for "World Police and Friendly Fire" was immense! :awesome:
SHIT, I knew it was Mark :LOL:
They captured perfectly what the music 'looks like'. I really wish they would release some of those as videos, especially Lift Yr. Skinny Fists.
I think World Police and Friendly Fire was my favourite part. Just the raw energy...chills you to the booone.

[Juuso]

Seeing them for the second time tomorrow. Derp derp

[Wind Sorcerer]

jealous.

[Juuso]

Fuck me in the ass and call me a hipster, this setlist was AMAZING. So glad I decided to see them the second time.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/godspeed-you-black-emperor/2011/kulttuuritalo-helsinki-finland-2bd2dcfa.html

[Wendigo]

hm...I am going to see them in April, and while there they are playing twice in a row in the same venue. I take it this means I should go to the one show on the night I currently don't have tickets for in addition to the night I do!

I am psyched either way!

[Juuso]

Go to both. They vary their setlists greatly between shows and you are quaranteed to hear different songs in following nights.

The only gripe I have is I have not heard Monheim, but you can't get everything. I'm more than happy with what I have, I was completely blown away with Chart3 going into World Police...

[Static Shadows]

Go to both. They vary their setlists greatly between shows and you are quaranteed to hear different songs in following nights.

The only gripe I have is I have not heard Monheim, but you can't get everything. I'm more than happy with what I have, I was completely blown away with Chart3 going into World Police...

Looks like you got an almost identical set on your second time around to what we got at Bristol though! Only one track different, and a slightly different order. Wish I could see them again. They were immense. :yesey:

[InsertCreativeNameHere]

Im gonna have to get round to listening to these one day. Reccomendations?

[Static Shadows]

Im gonna have to get round to listening to these one day. Reccomendations?

Personally, I listened to F#A#∞ first and it was a slow burner, which is now (just) my favourite. But I think Lift Your Skinny Fists, especially the first disc, is the most immediate and awe inspiring album, and the one i'd play first to anyone who wanted to try them - preferably tipsy at night in a darkened room, but that's just me! F#A#∞ is stripped back, post-apocalyptic and bleak, whilst Lift Your Skinny Fists is huge, distorted and sonically magical. I'd recommend those two first in any order, then if you like them to move onto the Slow Riot For Zero Kanada EP, and Yanqui U.X.O. ( - which is the only one i've never fully got into myself, although i'm sure someone will disagree!).

[InsertCreativeNameHere]

Personally, I listened to F#A#∞ first and it was a slow burner, which is now (just) my favourite. But I think Lift Your Skinny Fists, especially the first disc, is the most immediate and awe inspiring album, and the one i'd play first to anyone who wanted to try them - preferably tipsy at night in a darkened room, but that's just me! F#A#∞ is stripped back, post-apocalyptic and bleak, whilst Lift Your Skinny Fists is huge, distorted and sonically magical. I'd recommend those two first in any order, then if you like them to move onto the Slow Riot For Zero Kanada EP, and Yanqui U.X.O. ( - which is the only one i've never fully got into myself, although i'm sure someone will disagree!).

Sounds amazing. Thanks a lot, I'll check them out :happy:

[Juuso]

Yanqui is definitely the worst album, albeit it's still good. Naturally, some people disagree, but I think the general opinion is this.

Basically, you just need to make some time to listen to this. The albums and songs are long. Put Skinny fists on and lie down and listen. Smoke a joint, if you feel inclined (works so well). After that you get it or not.

[Obi]

Skinny Fists got me into them - and then F# .

Storm and Sleep are two of the most amazing pieces of music I've ever heard. So getting into them was easier than I thought.

[Wind Sorcerer]

F#A#∞ was love at first sight/listen.
That's quite understandable if you knew how much of an angsty fucker I can be at times. :LOL:

[Foolishlyable]

I loved loved loved their Kulttuuritalo's gig!

Both drummers were awesome, but the one with the ponytail was beyond comprehension...

I wrote a (long and boring) text 'bout it in finnish, so if there's finnish people who want to read it the address is http://foolishlyable.blogspot.com/2011/01/gybe-keikka-epic.html

[Futurellama]

Quality bootleg (http://victoryrosemusic.blogspot.com/2010/12/godspeed-you-black-emporer-14-12-2010_25.html) of the London gig, if anyone's interested.

[Wind Sorcerer]

thanks!

On another note; F#A#∞ is probably one of my all-time favourite records. Never fails to amaze me.

[Indyjones445]

I just listened to F#A#∞ for the first time.

Holy fuck, im amazed. I think the best way to describe it is like listening to a nightmare about apocalypse. Not only was the music so relaxing, it was probably some of the most terrifying music I've ever heard (and I am rarely ever "freaked out" from music.)It sounds like the kind of music you'd hear after an apocalypse where you walk outside to find everything ruined all around you, a depressing kind of sound. Truely one of the greatest musical expirences I've heard


"We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death".

[Indyjones445]

The monolouge about God in Static along with the emotional violin playing over it has got to be one of the saddest moments in all of music

[Flynn]

They were good when I saw them but they got boring towards the end. :(

[AlexB]

Announced last night that they will be playing in Norwich, just under an hours drive from me. :D

http://www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk/events/godspeed-you--black-emperor.aspx

[Indyjones445]

They REALLY need to release something new

[HyperJamie]

Am still working my way through the back catalogue but it's all great stuff. Am seeing them on sunday supporting Portishead at ATP in Alexandra Palace: anyone ele going? Mind is ready to be blown... :)

[aaaagh]

I want to go to that (more for Swans and Liars than GY!BE), but can't afford it. pah.

They REALLY need to release something new

Agreed. I read that they are working on a new album (http://www.voir.ca/blogs/nouvelles_musique/archive/2011/05/27/godspeed-pr-233-pare-un-nouveau-disque.aspx), so we might not have to wait too long to hear some new material from them.

I saw them twice at their ATP festival in December. The first performance of the weekend was the better of the two, but I was kind of hoping they would be playing newer material instead of trudging out the old compositions. It was great to hear Sleep, Moya and BBF3, though! I might be going to see them again on Monday when they play in Leeds, so I hope they have added some new material since I last saw them.

Has anyone listened to Efrim's solo album?

[AlexB]

I saw them last night in Norwich, and it was amazing. :D

The visuals were awesome.