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 (five months 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 (five months 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 (five months ago) link
top 20 will be in two days or so
― ufo, Saturday, 27 April 2024 21:28 (five months ago) link
sounds good! thanks for the rollout so far!
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 April 2024 21:37 (five months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/o8KVsM8.png
Gonna tuck in my tank top and cuff my jorts to get ready for this industrial music!
― peace, man, Monday, 29 April 2024 16:08 (four months ago) link
Al Jourgensen having a Blue Öyster Cult tattoo surprises me, somehow.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 29 April 2024 16:23 (four months ago) link
let's kick off the top 20
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 20:53 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/dTQzFdF.jpeg20. Something I Can Never HaveReleased on Pretty Hate Machine, 1989312 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio versionStill version
https://i.imgur.com/sShZxCm.jpeg20. La MerReleased on The Fragile, 1999312 points, 10 votersStudio version
https://i.imgur.com/Tj1Oh2A.jpeg19. Beside You In TimeReleased on With Teeth, 2005314 points, 7 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio versionLive 2006
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:08 (four months ago) link
damn i was starting to think my no. 1 wouldn’t make it
― ivy., Monday, 29 April 2024 21:09 (four months ago) link
Three amazing tracks.
My one time seeing NIN live was this show, the most memorable part of which was certainly this speech before "La Mer".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIsAazPVnFQ
― jmm, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:13 (four months ago) link
kinda wish the rest of With Teeth was more shoegazer/wall of sound style production that Beside You In Time exhibits. Like a whole album building on The Day The World Went Away
― octobeard, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:16 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/65IISFx.jpeg18. Into The VoidReleased on The Fragile, 1999364 points, 11 votersStudio versionMusic video
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:24 (four months ago) link
jmm damn, thanks for sharing that vid
― octobeard, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:25 (four months ago) link
la mer and into the void were nos. 2 and 3 on my ballot
― ivy., Monday, 29 April 2024 21:27 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bswllm7.jpeg17. EraserReleased on The Downward Spiral, 1994368 points, 9 votersStudio versionLive 2014
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:34 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLFUKBWyves
they did do "la mer" into "into the void" live in 2006
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:35 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtLHcgDJvzA
and like every funk-adjacent track, the 2013 live version of "into the void" is great, though there isn't any pro-shot footage of it (whatever happened to that promised tension concert film release anyway)
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:38 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/YSGrnoP.jpeg16. The WretchedReleased on The Fragile, 1999372 points, 10 votersStudio versionLive 2000Live 2008
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:44 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ctlkyeg.jpeg15. HeresyReleased on The Downward Spiral, 1994378 points, 9 votersStudio version
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:54 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bvksuax.jpeg14. Terrible LieReleased on Pretty Hate Machine, 1989384 points, 13 votersStudio versionLive 2008
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 22:08 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/79wbiF1.jpeg12. RuinerReleased on The Downward Spiral, 1994386 points, 9 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio version
https://i.imgur.com/MGjGRfZ.jpeg12. A Warm PlaceReleased on The Downward Spiral, 1994386 points, 11 votersStudio version
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 22:19 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fFv1nJ4.jpeg11. Just Like You ImaginedReleased on The Fragile, 1999402 points, 12 votersStudio versionLive 2000Live 2009 with Mike Garson
― ufo, Monday, 29 April 2024 22:30 (four months ago) link
top 10 tomorrow!
It comes down to this…
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Monday, 29 April 2024 23:00 (four months ago) link
GREAT GRAPHICS TY THERMO
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Monday, 29 April 2024 23:28 (four months ago) link
Just Like You Imagined is my favorite NIN instrumental. Surprised it placed so high!
― octobeard, Monday, 29 April 2024 23:52 (four months ago) link
Mine too - it was no. 3 on my ballot.
― Tim F, Monday, 29 April 2024 23:59 (four months ago) link
Lots of my other ballot choices in this run: "Beside You In Time" and "And All That Could Have Been" were top 10 picks for me and "The Wretched" and "Eraser" were top 20.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:02 (four months ago) link
I’m wondering what people expect the top 10 to look like.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:28 (four months ago) link
And thanks, candles!
I’m pretty positive on 9 out of 10 but the order is a mystery.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:41 (four months ago) link
Obviously a lot of singles - I'm more interested to see where any album tracks place. I was disappointed to see "I Do Not Want This" place relatively low but that's nothing compared to my crossness if "The Becoming" misses out entirely.
I'm a bit resigned to "Running" not making it now, sadly.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:57 (four months ago) link
Starfuckers Inc. better not be anywhere near the top ten. I'd almost prefer Deep.
Regarding the rundown:
Shout out to Terrible Lie's vestigial twin, Now I'm Nothing.
SICNH was my number one. I'm particularly fond of the Natural Born Killers version - first verse and chorus with a new long piano outro.
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 01:32 (four months ago) link
I didn't vote because I only really know 2 albums and 1 EP well enough, but I've made playlists for this:
Remixes
Songs
Loads of really great stuff here that I'd never heard before
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 01:52 (four months ago) link
Tim: Running was #56
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 01:57 (four months ago) link
:-(
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 02:02 (four months ago) link
Thanks for that Nate ! I'm in the exact same position.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 02:40 (four months ago) link
there's so many obvious "top 10" contenders that have already placed and the fact "just like you imagined" placed #11 has me excited for the final rollout.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 07:16 (four months ago) link
20. Something I Can Never Have
My second highest off PHM, my poll was quite heavy with the sappier tracks. That steam engine is still incredible.
17. Eraser
A stunning instrumental first half, the vocals in the second half are powerful but also the worst example of trent's worst lyrical technique - trying to make you sympathise or even identify with an abuser because they feel bad about themselves.
― ledge, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 07:44 (four months ago) link
Very interesting 20-11, I've never had any awareness of what the consensus Fragile picks are beyond a couple of songs (in general I mean, not just on ILM...).
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 07:51 (four months ago) link
Heresy was my number 2, and really could have easily been my number 1. I really love the way his voice sounds in the verses, wish he did that kind of thing more often.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 13:43 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/w6xll3r.jpeg10. PiggyReleased on The Downward Spiral, 1994426 points, 12 votersStudio versionLive 2008, Ghosts versionLive 2013
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:00 (four months ago) link
the outro on "piggy" is one of their very best moments
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:16 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Mh6s68F.jpeg9. Head Like A HoleReleased on Pretty Hate Machine, 1989452 points, 13 voters, 1 #1 voteStudio versionMusic videoLive 2008Live 2013
agreed!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:17 (four months ago) link
no one has ever made drums sound cooler than trent reznor
― ivy., Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:19 (four months ago) link
Heresy has my fav sounding drums
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:22 (four months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vUxwqMW.jpeg8. The Perfect DrugReleased on Lost Highway soundtrack, 1997454 points, 11 voters, 3 #1 votesStudio versionMusic videoLive 2022
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:28 (four months ago) link