*post-PHM
― Tim F, Thursday, 25 April 2024 23:56 (one month ago) link
ooh yeah i definitely hear how it could have inspired "we share our mother's health" but those synths are really the only bit i care about
― ufo, Thursday, 25 April 2024 23:56 (one month ago) link
i appreciate that "everything" sounds a bit like new order in places but it's just uncanny and doesn't really have enough going on
― ufo, Thursday, 25 April 2024 23:59 (one month ago) link
all uncanny, no valley
― Tim F, Friday, 26 April 2024 00:18 (one month ago) link
i do really like "all time low", that's my favourite off hesitation marks. it really goes on a journey in the same way as a lot of tracks from the fragile do.
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 00:36 (one month ago) link
Definitely thought "Only" would be top 20. I'm guessing the top 20 will be mostly 80s/90s cuts then
― Vinnie, Friday, 26 April 2024 00:59 (one month ago) link
i love everything. i didn’t vote for it and it’s a little obviously “the track we recorded for the greatest hits we ended up not putting out” but it’s like… the most free nin track, completely untethered from most of the things that keep reznor’s work anchored to the ground, let’s just do a fuckin emo synth rock track who cares
― ivy., Friday, 26 April 2024 01:02 (one month ago) link
“all time low” is one of the best things he’s ever done. the “stretch across the sky coda” is just one factor… there’s also:
HEY
EVERYTHING IS NOT OK
― ivy., Friday, 26 April 2024 01:03 (one month ago) link
Yeah I like that take on "Everything" - I certainly appreciate its existence
― Tim F, Friday, 26 April 2024 01:11 (one month ago) link
I think it’s great! I love how different the vibe is v the rest of his stuff. The still I used was from a video they made for it that they shelved after finishing. Trent said it was because they weren’t happy with how it turned out, but apparently at the time the song was not as popular with fans as they’d expected - which also might have had something to do with it.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 26 April 2024 02:15 (one month ago) link
fans HATED it. they still do
― ivy., Friday, 26 April 2024 02:26 (one month ago) link
i think it's a bit out of place on hesitation marks and one of the weaker tracks but i don't hate it, it just doesn't really feel like it's as good as it could be
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 02:28 (one month ago) link
Does “Only” remind anyone else (even a little) if Sheryl Crow’s biggest hit? Not note for note or anything, but both melodically and rhythmically. Sort of a weird echo, like how you can close your eyes listening to certain Weeknd tracks and make pretend that Tracy Chapman’s voice never changed and then she took some interesting lyrical detours
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 26 April 2024 03:02 (one month ago) link
…. has anyone made this mashup
― ivy., Friday, 26 April 2024 03:04 (one month ago) link
“Only” is one of those songs that I just can’t help but sing along with, even if I didn’t intend to (I know the words to a whole lot of NIN songs but it’s not like I sing along to “Closer” or “Sin”)
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 26 April 2024 03:06 (one month ago) link
"all i wanna do (dfa mix)"
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 03:09 (one month ago) link
Props to whomever put The Big Come Down as their number 1. That's such an underrated track and one of the best on The Fragile.
― octobeard, Friday, 26 April 2024 07:58 (one month ago) link
I had Hurt at #4. As I was playing tds again for the first time in years a thought flashed into my head, one of those random notions that you immediately know is nonsense - that it was a novelty song, a bonus track, even a cover of a johnny cash song?! Anyway when it came on I realised it's just a fucking great song.
I still haven't really delved into the EPs and I didn't vote for The Background World but that slowly disintegrating 7 minute outro is *chef's kiss*
great images btw thermo.
― ledge, Friday, 26 April 2024 08:03 (one month ago) link
That 'The Big Come Down' number one was me.
Ranked it first to help boost it's chances of placing highly, but arguably my favourite nonetheless. A great example of the amazing sound design going on throughout The Fragile, which might be my personal favourite production wise - although from that point on it's all quite consistent on that front. The guitar solo/break in 'The Big Come Down' easily one of my top NIN moments.
― Internet Alan, Friday, 26 April 2024 09:31 (one month ago) link
a very weird and cool song indeed, like taking the good parts of Primus
― Vinnie, Friday, 26 April 2024 11:11 (one month ago) link
I’d always assumed that guitar break on The Big Come Down was one of Adrian Belew’s contributions to The Fragile, but seemingly it’s not.
― Internet Alan, Friday, 26 April 2024 11:47 (one month ago) link
'Everything' was pretty high on my ballot, ivy's take is OTM, I just really enjoy hearing Trent do a full-on pop song, also it basically reignited my interest in the band after tuning out for over a decade.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 26 April 2024 11:57 (one month ago) link
“all time low” is one of the best things he’s ever done. the “stretch across the sky coda” is just one factor… there’s also:HEYEVERYTHING IS NOT OK― ivy., Thursday, April 25, 2024 9:03 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― ivy., Thursday, April 25, 2024 9:03 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I had both Everything and All Time Low pretty high on my list. Just now realized that I accidentally deleted Copy of A from my ballot before submitting, although I can't remember where it was ranked. All Time Low was a song that I hadn't paid much attention to when I first listened to Hesitation Marks. Re-listening for this poll, the thing that jumped out at me was that the vocal cadence reminded me of the Beastie Boys song Girls. A lot better though, for many reasons, including those stated by Ivy.
Jockin' Adrian B. to my dismay.
― peace, man, Friday, 26 April 2024 12:10 (one month ago) link
That's What I Get didn't make my ballot but I really like it and am pleased it got a placement here. With NIN, narrowing it down to 30 was surprisingly easy in that after a certain point it's much of a muchness. There are very few NIN songs I don't like so i tried to rep for ones you don't hear a lot. If I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally doesn't pop up, it was very high on my ballot because I've got a strong attachment to it.
Various Methods of Escape and The Background World are two others I've got that with. In the thread before this there was a bit of discussion of Trent's substance issues and VMEO in particular was a big touchstone for me when I was getting sober. The "I think I could lose myself in here" feels like the weirdly comforting sinking feeling of relapsing, before the shit hits the fan but after you're lucid enough to feel the guilt and the gnawing knowledge that this was an incredibly stupid idea. There's not a lot of other music that captures that for me.
― Lemon Kitten (Dan.S.), Friday, 26 April 2024 17:05 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jZ9eWZ6.jpeg30. The FragileReleased on The Fragile, 1999232 points, 8 votersStudio versionStill versionLive 2009
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 22:38 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xvyUV66.jpeg29. The Great BelowReleased on The Fragile, 1999238 points, 7 votersStudio version
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 22:51 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ivPkP8h.jpeg28. Somewhat DamagedReleased on The Fragile, 1999252 points, 7 votersStudio versionLive 2009
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 23:07 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HNdrDs8.jpeg27. Gave UpReleased on Broken, 1992254 points, 9 votersStudio versionMusic videoLive 2000Live 2008
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 23:18 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/a9sAq4C.jpeg26. And All That Could Have BeenReleased on Still, 2002264 points, 6 votersStudio version
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 23:28 (one month ago) link
this one's a favourite of mine, something like their version of a disintegration track
https://i.imgur.com/bQLpjDc.jpeg25. Happiness In SlaveryReleased on Broken, 1992276 points, 7 votersStudio version
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 23:46 (one month ago) link
24. All The Love In The WorldReleased on With Teeth, 2005280 points, 8 votersStudio version
― ufo, Friday, 26 April 2024 23:58 (one month ago) link
sorry that should be:
https://i.imgur.com/rEZP8NK.jpeg24. All The Love In The WorldReleased on With Teeth, 2005280 points, 8 votersStudio version
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:00 (one month ago) link
another favourite, the piano house coda with those overlapping vocals is fantastic
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Qy3J1yv.jpeg23. LastReleased on Broken, 1992282 points, 8 votersStudio versionLive 2009
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:15 (one month ago) link
last one for today
oh wait no there's one more
https://i.imgur.com/VSYhd6A.jpeg22. The Day The World Went AwayReleased on The Fragile, 1999310 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio versionStill version
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:25 (one month ago) link
my #1 love it so much
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 April 2024 01:27 (one month ago) link
It's his highest charting single to this day, right? Such a wild bit of trivia you would not expect. A truly unique single too - in hindsight it's quite a risky pick for the first from The Fragile
― octobeard, Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:42 (one month ago) link
Both Happiness In Slavery and The Great Below were in my top 5. Both really capture Trent's extremes in terms of sound palette.
― octobeard, Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:45 (one month ago) link
“Last” seems less talked about than other Broken songs but I love it so much, maybe the closest he came to a straight rock song but somehow incredibly sexy - the combination reminds me of Jane’s Addiction.
― Tim F, Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:48 (one month ago) link
i really love the wall of guitars on "the day the world went away"
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:51 (one month ago) link
i also forgot about the "quiet" version which was a b-side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmzzu3HqL4c
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:54 (one month ago) link
It's his highest charting single to this day, right? Such a wild bit of trivia you would not expect. A truly unique single too - in hindsight it's quite a risky pick for the first from The Fragile― octobeard, Friday, April 26, 2024 10:42 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― octobeard, Friday, April 26, 2024 10:42 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
probably isn’t the case, but I’d be completely unsurprised if Reznor tried to push “Starfuckers, Inc.” as the first single
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 27 April 2024 03:52 (one month ago) link
the fragile just doesn't really have obvious singles which is surely one of the reasons it underperformed
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 04:18 (one month ago) link
I will never forget Johnny Depp’s introduction of NIN at the 99 MTV music video awards.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 27 April 2024 04:22 (one month ago) link
xxp it is! Went up to 17. I mean shit, I bought the 12". Fans were hungry lol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails_discography#Singles
And I recall where I learned this tidbit from too: Rob Harvila's 60 Songs That Explain the 90's.
His next highest charting single was The Hand That Feeds at 31. Closer peaked at 41.
― octobeard, Saturday, 27 April 2024 06:57 (one month ago) link
Somewhat Damaged never made my ballot but it could've easily. I once had a huge argument with my then boyfriend because I kept absent mindedly playing the opening riff and staring into space for about half an hour. It's a fantastic opening track. Trying to find out what the "angrily sawing wood with a blunt utensil" sound that punctuates the intro was one of the things that made me interested in music production. The sound design on The Fragile is impeccable.
― Lemon Kitten (Dan.S.), Saturday, 27 April 2024 15:37 (one month ago) link
top 20 will be in two days or so
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 21:28 (one month ago) link