I get the feeling he's still really burned out from that with_teeth tour and revisiting those songs seems daunting, that could explain the lack of material from that record. They toured hard for that album.Originally Posted by paul_guyet
As for the only time snippet, I wouldn't really consider a 20 second clip of a song within a song warranting any value. But if you start getting into that stuff, then we'd also have to count the sunspots synth inside sanctified and so on.
I can't even imagine "closer" without the only time snippet now. That part is so ingrained in my brain, its like "hey mother fucking pig" during MOTP. You know it doesn't normally belong there, but you'll shout it out live anyway, even if he doesn't do it. You can hear the whole crowd yell it out.
Funny things like that set live NIN apart from studio NIN. Most bands replicate their songs to an exact T for their live set, which to be honest, can be boring at times. Sometimes you're asking yourself if they're really playing live, because it sounds too much like the album, but there is a distinct difference between NIN playing live, and I think that's what makes this band one of the best live acts out there.
It'll be a sad day when Trent decides to stop touring. I can't imagine life without a NIN tour to get excited about. Gotta attend as many as we can while he's still out there doing it. None of us are getting any younger. Trent is in fantastic shape for his age, and these 2018 shows prove he is not slowing down. Someone dared to say that the 2018 shows were better than the final wave goodbye shows in 2009, and I would tend to agree. The band keeps sounding better and better with age. I thought they sounded good in 2009, then I saw them in 2013-2014 and boy did they ever improve, but then the 2017-2018 cycle came, and they managed top themselves yet again.
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