I kinda wish that Manhattan Project album was real. I like the idea of Trent LARPing around Wales as Coil.
I wish we got more remixes with the vocal track done how Where Is Everybody? (Version) is.
Gave Up
Ruiner (version)
Starfuckers, Inc (version) (the Clouser one)
The Great Destroyer (Modwheelmood)
Meet Your Master (The Faint)
These aren't really the same, although they all edit the vocals in creative ways. I feel like The Faint attempted to emulate what TTA did with WIE? to at least some degree of success.
I'd argue that the whole of Things Falling Apart should be in here. Damn, that album is great.
... and once again, I'm reminded that we haven't had a Reznor remix of any NIN material since RWIB v2, and that his remixes were always the absolute best from each era. *sigh*
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I do not know why but listening to NIN makes me want to open up a DAW and fiddle with some noises.
Was looking thru the Star Wars thread out of curiosity to see what people were saying (I don't care about star wars myself, but I like to keep up with pop culture references and shit).
Came across this quote:
His quote goes on, but I cut it out since it's the first part that struck a chord with me to post over here... I've been coming to this forum religiously since 2002-2004ish... I just felt incredibly old all of a sudden when you realize it's a week away until the year 2020... Damn. Goddamn 2020... Man... I started listening to this band in 1998, and I know that's a drop in the bucket compare to some other people around here, but that really makes you open your eyes a bit and realize how long you've obsessed over something. I'm old.
Like, it honestly feels like yesterday that this site crashed and needed to be rebooted, and that was almost 10 years ago!! That was in 2011. Man, does time ever fly or what.
Just seeing that in writing about coming here for 15 years, it seems like a long time on paper, but when you actually sit down and think about it, 10 years goes by pretty damn fast. Scary fast.
I always joke that "one day it's Christmas and then the calendar flips to the new year and all of a sudden a few days go by and it's fuckin' Christmas again!"
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I have kind of been mulling this over in my mind about a thread based on the different versions of some tracks in the discography like March of the Pigs for example. The best version for me is the track "All the pigs are all lined up" that track is beast! would have loved to seen that done live during that last tour but i suppose we can't all have everything
would be quite interesting (to me anyway) to hear some of the responses regarding the various versions of some tracks and which ones people prefer.
I mean, they've always done the ending of "All Lined Up" as a coda to the regular version of MotP. Speaking of live versions, the 2018 "Cold and Black" tour had some of the best-ever renditions of those classic tracks. Having Atticus onstage manipulating the sequenced stuff really brought out the electronic layers, in a way that previous lineups couldn't.
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Found a once read copy of the NIN Revolver issue for a dollar. 2020 is starting off right!
I've caught up with the last 2 seasons of South Park and when I saw Sons of Witches, of course when I heard bad witch, it just made me think of the album.
I've also went back to following the Angry Video Game Nerd and noticed that Sanctified cover by @InversePhase (Pretty 8 Machine - Synctified) played around the 2:33 mark of the Chiller review. I missed it because I haven't been following the AVGN for quite some time, and it's perhaps the closest thing to an actual NIN spotting I'd ever get from that show.
AVGN has revealed his taste in music before and rock in general is his main genre, so it was a very pleasant surprise to see NIN cross paths with the AVGN. I really wonder if James Rolfe is also a bit of a NIN fan himself. I could certainly picture him rocking out to Pretty Hate Machine, Broken and The Downward Spiral, while also having a fond appreciation for The Fragile and With Teeth at the very least.
Anyway, I like it when my favorite things mix, even if for just a brief moment, so thank you InversePhase and Angry Video Game Nerd.
I also figured that this might've been already spotted a while back, so it seemed to fit more into the Random NIN Thoughts category to me. Oh yes, and those games would've certainly fit in well with the Broken vibe as well, such as Help Me I Am In Hell, Happiness In Slavery and Gave Up.
I also just recently caught his review on Polybius and what a missed opportunity for a NIN spotting this could've been, but it's understandable in some ways as to how NIN can get overlooked, as unfortunate that could be. Of course, it had me thinking of Add Violence and Less Then, considering how the Polybius review was uploaded a good 3 months after Add Violence was released. This is just me, but it looks like The Back Ground World could've gone well with AVGN's gradual descent into madness, horror and misery to becoming helpless addicted and obsessed with Polybius as the "machine" tries to haunt him and torment him as he attempts to finally make his escape. I also figured this would count more as a random NIN thought too, since the spotting never actually occurred that time. Although, I not only like how both of these things happened in the same year, but how Polybius video itself still came out a good 3 months after Add Violence came out. I suppose it's just as close at it got for me yet again, as far as NIN entering my other interests outside of music.
Aside from all that, it turns out that The Fragile actually grew on YouYouYou now U.U.U because he got into Tool and it helped me gain a better understanding and appreciation for The Fragile. I can only hope that The Downward Spiral grows on him too, but at least this guy now likes both Pretty Hate Machine and The Fragile. As always, NIN just sometimes takes time, for some more than others, and clearly ages well. I know ETS usually isn't that fond of reaction videos either to say the least, especially as a spotting, but this was also a pleasant surprise to me, since his first listen to The Fragile didn't go well at all, while it also being a breath of fresh air knowing that he now likes Pretty Hate Machine and The Fragile.
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Watching the OG Final Destination and didn’t realize into the void was in this movie. I didn’t know the series was low key named after a lyric of a NIN song.
that whole scene is amazing. i love that they used the part of the song where he sings "final destination" and i love that Carter, of all characters, is listening to NIN. like i can imagine Clear listening to them, but Carter? he'd be listening to rap and thinking that makes him "cool"
I still can't get the "Whoever threw that, fuck you all right?" and "What did you throw up here? What did you throw? Can I offer you a towel in exchange? Thanks man." out of my mind from Closure whenever I listen to Something I Can Never Have and The Only Time. My mind just fills in those parts with those exact quotes, even if I'm just listening to Pretty Hate Machine.
I also don't have a problem with it either, but I was clearly never the same way with those songs ever again after watching Closure. (I also imagine what it would like to have those lines recited to Trent in mid-song, but also see as to how that could easily turn into another Hurt incident. At the very least, he'd probably find it amusing if he instantly had Closure come to mind at the exact moment.)
I was reading through this interview from the TFA period last night. Some really interesting stuff there. A definite “if only” with regards to this part:
mad_scientist_wannabe: Are you planning to work with Robert Smith (The Cure), like producing his solo album?
Robert and I have met a few times. The Cure has always been one of my favorite bands. When I saw them on their last tour in LA, we were on tour -- I made a detour just to see the show. We spoke at length about contributing something to his solo record. Hopefully, something will come out of that. I have great respect for him.
http://www.nin-pages.de/chat_spin_21_11_00.htm
Yeah, there's a lot in there. Been a while since I read this Q&A.
Ten years later, he wins an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Thankfully, NIN is still with us.dirtwormus: Would you ever want to be involved in the film industry in a greater capacity than your involvement with Lost Highway?
Very much so. I plan to eventually put an end to NIN and move more into film scoring and production work. And that will happen when I feel I've said all I need to say as NIN. And that could be next year or in ten years.
Trent also says "The new music I'm working on with NIN is very abrasive." This was in 2000. What the heck was this in reference to? The next thing they came out with was Still. I wouldn't call With Teeth abrasive whatsoever aside from YKWYA? and The Line Begins To Blur.
i was interested in the bit where he says he was offered to do some work on the new David Bowie album (would that have been Earthling?) but couldn’t. Seems a bit sad that he was too fucked up to take advantage of opportunities to work with Bowie. There was a press conference with Bowie for his European leg of the Outside tour where he talks about planning to collaborate with Trent via tapes being sent back and forth which obviously never came to any fruition as well
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As far as I know, David Bowie approached Liam Howlett of The Prodigy to work on Earthling, but Liam turned it down. On a side note, Madonna also asked Liam to produce what would have been Ray Of Light, but he turned her down too. U2 also asked them to open for them on their Pop Mart tour, which Liam declined as well.
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Did we ever get the actual tracklist Bob Ezrin presented to TR saying 'if you were brave you would release it like this as one disc' for The Fragile?
It's really nice having a playlist of NIN and TRAR Score work put together by TR himself... I'm sure it's been mentioned somewhere on the forum, but for those not aware it's "Better Alone" on Spotify and was created 1-25-18. As the title suggests, "Trent Reznor curates a playlist of music from his catalog intended for listening in solitude. Darkness optional but recommended". Wish he would put together another since we've got so much content since then.
I stared adding my collection to Discogs to see how much I've spent over the years and to have a good overview over which editions I have. Not sure if that makes me happy or sad but I feel like this is a milestone.
I really hope the definitive Year Zero comes with a patch and thermally reactive vinyl.
And a Hot Topic $20 tshirt+album+patch bundle.
oh, well fuck yeah.
That's precisely why I went to see the movie in the theater.
I'm not sure if the song was low key written to include the lyric, or if the movie was slickly named after the song, but I remember catching a trailer that featured a bit of the song, and knew I had to see it.
And I guess it wasn't horrible, right? That first disaster scene blew my mind 20 years ago
Now that The Perfect Drug has made its way into the setlists. Let’s get Deep back in the rotation