― phil jones (interstar), Sunday, 27 March 2005 03:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Simon H. (Simon H.), Sunday, 27 March 2005 09:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Got out my copy of The Fragile the other day. Most of that album is really not good! And what drove me up the wall wasn't just lyrics, it was the way the songs were so calculated, structurally - so predictable - verse, chorus, verse, repeat, add sound layer, add sound layer, add sound layer, add singsong refrain, drop them all out, blast of everything at once, repeat.
― daria g (daria g), Monday, 28 March 2005 00:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Overall, I still like the Fragile a lot despite its flaws.
― latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link
I find that this doesn't bother me on the really great tracks, however, notably throughout The Downward Spiral.
― Richard K (Richard K), Monday, 28 March 2005 03:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 March 2005 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Simon H. (Simon H.), Monday, 28 March 2005 04:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― f--gg (gcannon), Monday, 28 March 2005 04:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Monday, 28 March 2005 04:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Richard K (Richard K), Monday, 28 March 2005 05:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Dude, I've lived in the States for 3 years. [pats head]. Who knew?
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 March 2005 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
that may have been a warning sign, I think.
― John Justen (johnjusten), Monday, 28 March 2005 06:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― John Justen (johnjusten), Monday, 28 March 2005 06:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
I agree that Fixed was better than Broken but I large chunks of The Fragile were fantastic. Maybe I'm just very easy to entertain but "The Wretched", "The Fragile", "We're In This Together Now" and "Into The Void" rank up there among my favorite Trent songs.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Pretty Hate Machine is still amazingly innovative, even if its sound is dated at this point.
― cdwill, Monday, 28 March 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
:::splutter:::;
WHAT? Ministry and Skinny Puppy might vociferously dispute that.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
On the topic of NIN, I like them okay. I keep trying to like The Fragile, and sometimes I succeed. The thing is, I really like songs on Disc Two like "Where Is Everybody" and "Into The Void," so I listen to those a fair amount even today. But when I try to play Disc One all the way through, I get hung up almost instantly, because the rhyme "There is a place that still remains/It eats the fear, it eats the pain" just perfectly encapsulates everything that's wrong with Trent Reznor the lyricist. The first time I listened to the CD, I heard the first line of that couplet and thought "Oh, shit, he's going to rhyme 'remains' with 'pain,' isn't he?" And sure enough, he did, and I have hated that song ever since.
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 March 2005 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 28 March 2005 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 March 2005 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Let's try that again.
I would say Trent filtered pop songs through the sound of vintage Skinny Puppy, blah blah blah...
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost - referring to it as "innovative" was me being a little sarcastic!
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 28 March 2005 16:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 March 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Obviously it's his intensity more than anything that gets to people.
You know, that could be. My head's nowhere near at the same place it was when I listened to Downward Spiral day in day out, thank goodness. In the interim between that and The Fragile I went and discovered postmodern irony disease and now I can't seem to un-discover it, so I just can't relate to the stuff in the same way - although I still have a lot of empathy & fondness for Reznor and would totally invite him over for a cup of tea. I think my trouble with NIN is that Reznor seems to think good art is always honest, and to equate 100% honesty with a fairly limited scope of feelings and emotions, 99% of which are negative.. But you can be honest and be goofy and funny, and anyway, good art is not necessarily created in a really loud confessional. Maybe I sound like Captain Obvious saying that but it wasn't at all obvious to me when I first got into NIN.
― daria g (daria g), Monday, 28 March 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 28 March 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 28 March 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago) link
I think Trent should ditch the whole industrial alternagoth shtick altogether and just write pop music, which is clearly his calling.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 March 2005 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Isn't the goth shtick on the way out, though? Perhaps there should be a restraining order taken out against all goths in the vicinity of T-Rez so the rest of us could have some nice pop tunes.
― daria g (daria g), Monday, 28 March 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 March 2005 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― daria g (daria g), Monday, 28 March 2005 22:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 March 2005 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
It's one of my favourites this year. I don't understand the hate it got.
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 4 June 2005 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 June 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
ahh still!
― luaka boppa flame (some dude), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
no, "still" was an ep post-The Fragile
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, fwiw, you can hear belew on a number of more recent NIN tunes if you look at the liner notes for ghosts. wouldn't be too crazy to think they might try fleshing some of those tunes out.
― borntohula, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
2) Adrian Belew is one of the worst things to ever happen to a guitar.
this comment entirely disgusts me
― : ; : (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 08:30 (eleven years ago) link
i really didn't know there were people who disliked Adrian Belew!
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
There aren't.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
Um. I'll just leave this here.
Head Like a Hole mashed with Call Me Maybe
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:28 (eleven years ago) link
t < 30s (-_-) t > 30s \(^o^)/
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:33 (eleven years ago) link
From the Nine Inch Nails Reddit AMA:
Q) Why did Trent announce a new NIN tour at the same time your new album is releasing if he is trying to not be a frontrunner of the band? Odd coincidence in my opinion.
As millionaires, why did you sign up with a record label to promote your new album? Especially when Trent has had a history of being screwed over by said labels and managers. If it's really about the music and getting it out to as many people as possible, why not release it all for free? I understand if you want to make money. It makes sense to want money for your work. However, I don't buy the "get it to as many people as possible" excuse for signing up with a label. Again, especially when Trent conveniently places a spotlight on his former cash cow a few days before your band releases this new album.
Good marketing, Gene Sim-, er, Trent Reznor.When can I get my NIN toothpaste?
Rezor's reply:
Sorry, the wifi on our yacht is having issues, we can't get your full question to load. Try sending me an email at gofuckyours✧✧✧@youc✧✧✧.c✧✧
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 11:40 (eleven years ago) link
The person who asked the question just doubled down, which I suppose is noble to a degree...
http://www.reddit.com/user/no12345?sort=new
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 11:43 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhyyQZ67544&feature=youtu.be
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Saturday, 20 December 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv5O145MC0Y
― StanM, Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:08 (eight years ago) link
Hahahahaha! 'March Of The Pigs' translates very well!
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
Right, I'm going to listen to that whole thing next time I'm alone in the house for an hour.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
Trent is somewhat of a confused popist I think
Really? :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJYBx5NJULY
― Turrican, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
New song: http://www.stereogum.com/1917494/nine-inch-nails-burning-bright-field-on-fire/music/?utm_source=sc-fb&utm_medium=ref&utm_campaign
Kind of cool as a noisy sludge-rock guitar jam, even if there's not that much of a song there.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
it's literally a dandy warhols cover :D
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Thursday, 22 December 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
Year Zero has been very satisfying to listen to this past week.
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 23 December 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link
This EP is great! Been a while since I was pretty amped from a new NIN release.
― octobeard, Friday, 23 December 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link