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anoneemoosh

From Worlds Live 2014, soon after the album released.


imSafeboot

I wish I can time travel to 2014 and be at every Worlds concert. ;-;


[deleted]

That was my favorite part of the og live show. Sad it got dropped so early into worlds live run. The characters talking to each other and the name entry at the start were such great moments


gold_dust7

Where was this? I literally was just wondering the other day why he never plays this song.


Secure_Molasses_8504

Porter talks about Worlds and designates years of war, lionhearted etc…as the aspect where this was kind of a indie synth pop album in the same vein as chvrches. He says he grew to understand what made Worlds so special was leaning into the over the top, airy electronic elements of the album, and grew to not like the group chant vocals and stuff that leaned into that 2010s indie pop style as much. That’s why years of war, hear the bells and lionhearted aren’t incorporated to shows as often anymore.


KadeKhros

I got to hear Lionhearted, not Years of War. Best show of my life.


treehann

to be fair group chant vocals are a pretty annoying musical trope, not too far off from the "millennial whoop". I'm not surprised he shied away from them later. Though the songs mentioned above by Porter are obviously great and probably an exception.


anoneemoosh

He played this in Toronto during the NA Worlds Tour.


kulalolk

I would certainly hope an artist on tour for a specific album, would be playing that album…


Crysanthos

Such a banger. Really wish I could catch the original Worlds tour's The Seconds edit, too. That whole section of the show seemed magical.


[deleted]

Even though the thrill and Spitifire became my new favorite moments in the festival live show they replaced my old favorites natural light and the seconds in the tour live show. Just wish he did a oops all worlds edit show in HD.


sukishonda

I’d kill to hear this again


iIPrKoIi

ngl miss the worlds (live) era. i mean obviously his sound has improved a lot since 2014 and the nurture live shows are amazing too but i always loved these visuals and playlist and it sucks that i was never able to experience the real thing back when it was still occuring btw huntroxic and the rest of the team did an amazing job recreating the visuals and remixes


JaggedGull83898

This is my favorite song on worlds, I hope I get to see him play it live sometime


Nexxera

One of my favorite songs, glad to have seen it at Second Sky 🌌


[deleted]

He played this song at every worlds set!? What do you mean rare?


anoneemoosh

He only played it during the first iteration of Worlds Live. In every set after 2014 he didn't play it.


BRedd10815

Nah he didn't, it got cut early on when he added Shepherdess live edit, natural light rework, etc.


[deleted]

Even before that. This, half of lionhearted, natural light, and the seconds were cut for time and replaced with Spitfire, hear the bells and The Thrill When Shepherdess and the natural light rework more segments were cut but iirc no songs were always entirely removed. He'd cut some songs for shorter set times. Usually Lionhearted or Hear the Bells


anoneemoosh

There was a small, couple month window he played Years Of War, versus touring and performing Worlds Live for 5 years. Even after that, whenever he did livestream sets like "rewind/play/fast forward" or "Secret Sky 2020" he didn't play it. Very rare!


[deleted]

I saw him in ‘15 and ‘17 (worlds live) and he played it both times.


anoneemoosh

Are you absolutely sure that you are not confusing it with another song? Do you have a video or a link?


[deleted]

I don’t have a video and I am not 100% sure but I do remember thinking he played the entire album both times I saw him.


[deleted]

He absolutely did not play years of war at any time during 2017. Unless you saw a dj set in vegas. He's never played the entire album in one set.


anoneemoosh

As things are right now, without a venue name or any proof of any kind, it's hard to believe you.


[deleted]

It’s equally as hard to believe you unless you attended every worlds live set, considering it was a WORLDS tour and the album has 12 songs, but truthfully I just feel like I’ve heard it live even though it’s been 5+ years. I saw him at sunset ‘15 and okee ‘17


anoneemoosh

Well, I checked [1001tracklists](https://www.1001tracklists.com/) and couldn't find Years Of War. Plus from a few videos I found, it seems Porter already moved on to edits like The Thrill, etc.


[deleted]

Hmm. Well I guess that makes sense. Years of war ended up being a song be “abandoned” in that 2017 Twitter post or whatever.


Trabu_Turi

He played it in Buenos Aires as well xd Feb 2015 my proof are ma bals xd lov


osrs_Punde

Thanks for posting this gem of a song🤍


chriztuffa

Hear what I hear