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offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-12-29 11:47 [#01009015]
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need new music.

i really like 'in a warm place' and melodic stuff like that

any suggestions?



 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-12-29 11:51 [#01009023]
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the downward spiral

or

the fragile


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-12-29 11:52 [#01009024]
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thanks mister


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-12-29 11:57 [#01009025]
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And All That Could Have Been, lots on nice melodic stuff
like 'a warm place' on the bonus disc 'Still'. Disk one is a
live best of, so its a perfect place to start.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-12-29 11:57 [#01009026]
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the downward spiral.

you'll know pretty quickly if you like this kind of stuff or
not.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-12-29 11:59 [#01009027]
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I wouldn't do that - live is always different to the
originals.

besides, his albums work better if listened to in one go.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-12-29 12:00 [#01009028]
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Broken was my first exposure to NIN. I clearly
remember watching Headbangers Ball on MTV and seeing the
video for Wish when i was in highschool. I bought
the album the next day. NIN eventually became my favorite
band and really got me interested in music. So for that
reason, Broken is probably my favorite NIN album but
The Downward Spiral would be a close close second.


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2003-12-29 12:06 [#01009036]
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IMO, "The Fragile" is the best work he's ever done.


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-12-29 12:09 [#01009043]
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i thought it's not only one guy, or is it?


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2003-12-29 12:10 [#01009045]
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you wil need it all,

BUIT YOU MUST START W/EPS !!!!

BROKEN
FIXED
(the new one, blood????)
then fragile
downward spirtal
pretty hate machine


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-12-29 12:11 [#01009048]
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principally it's all about Trent Reznor.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-12-29 12:12 [#01009049]
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since you hang out on this board, i assume you are into
electronic music.

further down the spiral is a really nice B-sideish,
ep, remix kinda release of downward spiral era nin.

you'd probably like that.


 

offline tragedy from Gloucester (United States) on 2003-12-29 12:12 [#01009050]
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i'd definatly start with the downward spiral, and work my
way up to the fragile...


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2003-12-29 12:12 [#01009051]
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trent reznor
then he hires his musicians for the recording and the shows,
robin fink will kick your arse

halo00


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-12-29 12:12 [#01009052]
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hm.. queuing the fragile

thanks for the hints..


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-12-29 12:13 [#01009055]
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purest feeling is his best work imo.

j/k


 

offline Labium Sweat from United States on 2003-12-29 12:50 [#01009094]
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purest feeling.... hmmm....
Well, I have that "Painful Convictions" thing with the
Pretty Hate Machine demo, and I actually think the song
"Maybe Just Once" was pretty good.

Anyway, I would suggest starting with Pretty Hate Machine.


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2003-12-29 12:53 [#01009097]
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woodstock '94 bootleg


 

offline Labium Sweat from United States on 2003-12-29 13:01 [#01009103]
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Yeah, that was on disc 2.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-12-29 13:12 [#01009113]
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"burn" is probably my favorite NIN song. but only by a
small margin.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2003-12-29 13:14 [#01009118]
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i love the downward spiral.
the perfect drug is also a great track.
Hurt is spectacular, tho i enjoyed Johnny Cash's re version
allot more, seeing as its the last song he made before he
died and all.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2003-12-29 13:40 [#01009156]
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Best stuff to listen to first (in order)

Broken EP
Fixed EP
The Downward Spiral

Broken is SO fucking sinister it's untrue - I just love this
work, I hope that someday Rezzo will come back to this kind
of sound...it's genius.

Fixed is great because of the Happiness In Slavery version
and Screaming Slave.

The Downward Spiral is just awesome - IMO the defenition of
Industrial music.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-12-29 13:46 [#01009160]
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if the downward spiral and the low end
theory
had a kid it would be my late teen years.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2003-12-29 13:47 [#01009162]
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heh


 

offline APeSHiTZ from ¤BANgbANG¤ on 2003-12-29 13:47 [#01009163]
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the live version of Terrible Lie
Burn and umm... We;re in this Together Now/....



 

offline Aphexisatwin from your mom's room (United States) on 2003-12-29 13:57 [#01009181]
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fiiiiiiiiiiiiixed


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-12-29 14:35 [#01009217]
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Further Down the Spiral, The Fragile and then The Downward
Spiral....after that it doesn't really matter what you
choose IMO


 

offline uzim on 2003-12-29 15:02 [#01009239]
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i started with Pretty Hate Machine, it was the easiest for
me to get into but it all depends which musical places you
come from! anyway it's a classic, though different and less
"refined" than the rest. (some tracks are much better live
than in their studio version also, like Terrible Lie which
is ok in Pretty Hate Machine but great in the And All That
Could Have Been live...)

the Broken EP is good too, it's the most important NIN
release after the three albums i'd say... it's violent and
seems to deal with the subject of man vs. machine in
general! - the Fixed EP is ok but frankly not essential...

The Downward Spiral is the most well-known NIN album, if
there was only one NIN album left it would be this one...
it's a concept-album also, each track being a "chapter" of a
"story" if you want... also it includes the famous "Closer"
and "Hurt", and some of the best songs in the world ever
IMO: "Ruiner" and "The Becoming"...

there are some very, very nice remixes on Further Down The
Spiral too, don't be put off by the fact that it's a remix
album - it's really worth it and quite often goes "further"
than the original tracks...

The Fragile is my favourite album of his, it's a double
album, not a concept-album but still a masterpiece in my
opinion.... with slightly less angst also, and more
instrumentals... the beginning with the first three tracks
is sublime, you pass from anger and frustration to calming
down and sadness, then peace and beauty...


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-12-29 15:10 [#01009254]
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I'd start with The Downward Spiral, if only because that's
what I started with and it more than did the job. Broken is
also very good, one of those short and sweet experiences.


 

offline AlfredPMcLovely from the country that will end up d (Turkmenistan) on 2003-12-29 15:46 [#01009297]
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How is that And All That Could Have Been [Deluxe Edition]?
I'm thinking about buying it for this girl as a late xmas
present. But I've never heard it and would have to buy it
off of amazon.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-12-29 15:48 [#01009304]
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it's okay.

if you buy it, it would be more or less for the extra cd
"Still", which is pretty good.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2003-12-29 15:51 [#01009308]
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get 'NIN - the best of' it's their best by far.


 

offline exillon from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-12-29 17:01 [#01009399]
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Broken EP - especially track #6, love that song...the extra
songs #97-98 & 99 are cool too.

Downward Spiral - essential, I'll be careful and say it's
the definition of "industrial-sounds" music, not to be
mistaken with the genre, Industrial.

Closer remix EP - there's one particular track on this that
gave me nightmares for weeks when I was like 13, I loved it
so much. I'd put my headphones on and fall asleep to it.



 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-12-29 20:45 [#01009556]
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memorabileeeeeaaaaaaiiaiaiaiaiaiaiiiaaaaaaaahhhh!


 

offline kochlear from aud-stim.com on 2003-12-29 20:47 [#01009564]
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nobody ever talks about Things Falling Apart, the fragile
remix disc. i thought it was superb. specially trent's
cover of "metal".


 

offline AlfredPMcLovely from the country that will end up d (Turkmenistan) on 2003-12-29 20:49 [#01009567]
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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/nine-inch-na
Pitchfork gave Things Falling Apart a 0.4. tee hee
ils/things-falling-apart.shtml

Fuck them though.


 

offline kochlear from aud-stim.com on 2003-12-29 20:51 [#01009570]
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they said beethoven uses too many strings and gave him a
negative 17 rating.


 

offline AlfredPMcLovely from the country that will end up d (Turkmenistan) on 2003-12-29 20:51 [#01009571]
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god damn it! What I meant to say was that Pitchfork gave
things falling apart a 0.4 then I tried to post the link and
FAILED! boom


 

offline kochlear from aud-stim.com on 2003-12-29 21:12 [#01009630]
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what is it with you and failure?


 

offline burningsoul from United States on 2003-12-29 21:33 [#01009655]
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alright, i think every person should listen to pretty hate
machine...one of the best albums of all time, and like it
was mentioned above, nin albums are meant to be listened to
in their entirety...not just skipping through songs...

if you like melodic stuff check out 'still' which was
released with 'and all that could have been' as the second
disc or you can buy it as a single...it's got a lot of
stripped down songs using pianos and acoustic beats...very
nice to chill out to

but the live stuff is great to as it's always different from
the album version and even varies from show to show even...

btw, can you tell i like NIN yet???


 

offline kochlear from aud-stim.com on 2003-12-29 22:37 [#01009720]
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WE BOTH HAVE BUNNY'S FOR OUR AVATARS!

is that your bunny?

mine looks just like the one in my avatar but i haven't
taken a pic, it's just from a google image search.


 

offline k_maty on 2003-12-29 22:55 [#01009730]
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pretty

hate

machine


 

offline k_maty on 2003-12-29 22:56 [#01009733]
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better yet, start with their videos.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-12-30 00:13 [#01009750]
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You should really listen to the stuff Trent Reznor ripped
off before listening to Nin Inch Nail$.

Skinny Puppy is ten times the band NIN is.


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2003-12-30 01:16 [#01009783]
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warm place is a masterpiece! one of my fav NIN track (it was
in the natural born killer soundtrack)


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2003-12-30 02:54 [#01009802]
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yes, it is.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-12-30 04:03 [#01009836]
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whatever, only Pretty Hate Machine sounds similar to Skinny
Puppy.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-12-30 04:10 [#01009838]
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It's old and stail. I am sorry : \
Those STAR FUCKERS Remixs were gems werent they ?

Listen if you want good NIN get the accoustics bootleg 2001
in chicago,still,purest feeling ii,and Love and Hate.


 

offline burningsoul from United States on 2003-12-30 13:37 [#01010528]
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lol oxygenfad...the only thing trent ripped from sp was down
in it...and he even admits it to which SP felt 'privelaged'


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2003-12-30 13:50 [#01010539]
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trent did?
you better have a good web-site, cause im saving it under my
favorites

Do you know of any eggs that are in the double dvd, besides
the one at 12:12 disk 2, hit 7 ? (the one w/the 3
commercials and marilyn manson helping w/starfuckers)


 


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