least embarassing line in the nine inch nails song "wish"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSolYSxwXUM

what an awful band

Really not the worst band ever, they/he did some FUN stuff haha

their big hit was good (having a pop charting hit with "I want to fuck you like an animal/you bring me closer to god" as the chorus is pretty lolzy) but the rest, ehhhhh

nine inch nails is awesome stfu shakey mo-ron

nine inch nails more like 140 character nails

Whiney if yr just gonna be all sad n self loathing n shit why don't you just listen to some Fleet Foxes

lol @ thread connection:
Do you ever feel like there is nothing to live for?

broken in order of preference:
gave up
happiness in slavery
suck
wish
too physical
last
pinion
help me i am in hell
tracks 7-97

Whiney if yr just gonna be all sad n self loathing n shit why don't you just listen to some Fleet Foxes

That would just make me want to destroy my stereo.

i also gotta say that's the best looking/sounding crowd video i've ever seen on youtube

"no new tale to tell, twenty-six years on my way to hell" could be a mobb deep lyric

broken is their best moment

shakey isn't it a little "embarrassing" when you come on threads like this as the first poster making comments like that

Dont like em but just by reading Shakeys comments I feel I should be opposed to his opinion.

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=19724

hmmm.

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apparently this song was played before my very eyes the other day and i did not recognise it ;_;

26 years, ON MY WAY TO HELL

I'm a big fan of the "Physical" cover. "Last" is also kinda great.. "Gave Up" and "Wish" are good.. the rest I skip over, but I still think Broken is the best NIN.

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"hard line bad luck fist fuck" makes no sense, but sounds cool when you scream it ... which is the whole point with 85% of NIN's lyrics, no?

"i'm the one without a soul, i'm the one with this big fucking hole" - least embarrassing because it's the funniest (actual LOL), even if unintentionally so.

Thing about Trent is he actually comes across as quite dry, funny and articulate when interviewed or whatever - then he comes out with all these cringy, un-self aware lyrics.

this is the first day of my last days

^^Not bad. Never heard this song.

Broken is a good album.

I bought it when I was in middle school -- one of the first CDs I ever owned. Everyone was talking about the "bonus mini CD" and I didn't realize that not all copies came with it, and being new to CDs, I thought maybe the middle of the disc was the "bonus" disc, and hence tried to "pop it out." Thus my copy of Broken was broken.

looooooool

i never even paid attention to NIN's lyrics until the Downward Spiral (which is when they started making me cringe). there were a lot of angsty ass industrial rock type bands in those days, and nothing really set NIN's lyrics apart from the rest for me. NIN lyrics' worst crime was being boring, generic, cynical teen angst - written by a guy old enough to know better.

it is silly to just write them off as an awful band. some may not like their (his?) style, but he was good at conveying what he was trying to convey, and wrote some classic catchy pop songs. 20 years later he's still putting out good songs every now and then, and hasn't really changed his style/approach up that much, so I think it's fair to say that to some degree it's stood the test of time.

i had to laugh, though... i was watching Wanted the other day and the song "Every Day is Exactly the Same" started blaring at one point, and my gf was like "is this Nickelback?"

I think his chief talents are writing melodies and arrangement, both of which he's pretty damn good at. Lyrics are somewhere near the bottom.

he comes out with all these cringy, un-self aware lyrics

I always thought "don't think you're having all the fun, you know me i hate everyone" was meant as tongue-in-cheek tbh.

Yeah, I guess he does have some purposefully funny lines. I suppose it's more lack of insight, everything's just reflexively, thoughtlessly bleak and pessimistic. Which is odd considering that when he expresses his views on, say, the music industry he can be very insightful and thoughtful.

everything's just reflexively, thoughtlessly bleak and pessimistic.

this

Reznor is long overdue for a day in the Chuck E Cheeze ballpit.

"hard line bad luck fist fuck" makes no sense, but sounds cool when you scream it ... which is the whole point with 85% of NIN's lyrics, no?

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:41 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark

true. it's pretty funny that the "fist fuck" line is what a lot of people have latched onto over the years. it's the one that people always shout along to, and a stadium full of doodz yelling "fist fuck" without any sense of humour is pretty hilarious. extra points if you pump your fist in time w/ trent.

trent is probably more responsible for nu-metal than faith no more or whoever people usually blame, but that's ok. this song completely rulez.

I mean, it would be so easy for someone to take the components that make this song up and arrange them into a competent noisy/industrial/metal/whatever jam. (fixed ep proves this.) but if you listen to the version on broken, everything just fits together perfectly, no time is wasted, and there are all these cool little sonic touches.

broken is one of the first albums I ever bought too. loved it at the time. still like it a bunch.

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trent is probably more responsible for nu-metal than faith no more or whoever people usually blame

Sadly I couldn't disagree more.

sadly?

Yes. Sadly.

it's sad when people have different opinions :'-(

Sadness made the baby Jesus cry.

I can still get with "Fixed," I am discovering.

Although it mostly makes me want to listen to Ministry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7EYYGMq7w4

lol, 'fist bump'