This Nine Inch Nails Woodstock performance is chilling. ANALYSIS of "Something I Can Never Have"
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- Since analyzing Nine Inch Nail's "Terrible Lie" on the channel, I have been increasingly craving more Trent Reznor on this channel. I find his vocal stylization and composition absolutely intriguing, not to mention the one live performance I witnessed. So, we gotta do it again. And again. What other Nine Inch Nails performances should I be analyzing?!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Nine Inch Nails perform "Something I Can Never Have" for the first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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I love that everytime Elizabeth reacts to Trent Reznor, she's like "talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before" and on top of that, calling him genius all the time, and it's great, because that's exactly what Trent Reznor is.
is this Trent ?
@@markvanderstelt8999 yep
He's finally getting his due, all at once. 💪😎
To repurpose a compliment to give to Trent Reznor, that Frank Black from the Pixies purportedly received from an old-timer that heard him sing, "That boy sure can holler!"
NIN was my late wife's favourite band. We saw them many times together, including while she was pregnant with our eldest child.
The day before our wedding, having been told about her illness, Trent was gracious enough to call her for a chat and to wish us well, which meant a very great deal to her.
I played this song, as well as "The Day the Whole World Went Away", at her funeral. It still punches me in the gut every time I hear it, but I still love it. Makes me feel close to her again.
Fuckin beautiful that he did that, sorry for your loss
It's heart-warming to hear you had such incredible experiences together before her passing. So very sorry for your loss, and her own loss as well! xo
I am so sorry for your loss. Happy to know he is a good human being.
How very beautiful…and so heartbreaking…much like how a lot of NIN feels 🖤. Very sorry for your loss….hope you and your children are all doing well 🖤
So sorry for your loss.
Love is evergreen in our hearts, and those we love and remember are never truly gone.
the whole album, pretty hate machine, is a masterpiece of emotion, atmosphere and meaning
100%
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I agree she needs to do an few special episodes with a whole album maybe less cuts only in between songs to discuss the song and the placement. This one would be great also The Wall, King Dimond - Them, just to name a few.
Especially some specifics like this. Live just does not do some things justice. NIN and Tool very much so because of the atmosphere being very detailed, reliant on crisp audio. The piano/keyboard intro to this track on the album is absolutely amazing. Though, I think this guy may have been faking playing it in this performance? IDK, rambling...
I think she does these though due to avoid copyright strikes maybe? I don't think that's it, don't people get strikes for just singing a few words sometimes? Maybe it's a different aspect of youtube's bizarre take on "fair use" or something, who knows.
Maybe in part it's to do a study on their actual singing voice rather than what's processed....not that it matters much in most metal where they really do sing like that.....not to mention that if it's done for effect(eg a chorus or background or whatever) they can totally do it on stage too.
I don't know, I flip back and forth between those two reasons. I wound up not following the channel because I tend to dislike live recordings.
Trent is seriously the GOAT of making you feel those dark emotions. This is one of my favorite NIN songs of all time. I appreciate that you can enunciate the subtle vocal and musical changes he used to hit in the feels every single time.
Oh, since you have already done Johnny Cash's cover for Hurt, you should definitely do the original by NIN.
Unpopular opinion I like the NIN version better
Yes, absolutely! Please do this!
@@mikehansen5356Agreed. People connect with how Cash's history recontextualizes the lyrics, but the NIN version is more interesting and complex musically and still quite good in terms of performance and emotional resonance. And that's not even getting into its role as the conclusion to the journey on The Downward Spiral.
This is a great idea. I did listen to Nine Inch Nail's version before I listened to Johnny Cash's, but that was years ago and I've totally forgotten how it sounded.
Or even better, go for the live version with David Bowie. It's masterful 🤩
I recommend checking out “Reptile” if you want to hear the more industrial side of Nine Inch Nails. It’s sludgy, dark, melodic, and Trent goes from growling to screaming to whispering to …scatting? It’s my favorite NIN song!
The Woodstock version of it is quite good! However I also like the 2001 version from the Fragile toor. I think the recording on the latter is somewhat better, but at Woodstock Trent is more crazy. Can't just pick one :-)
@AntonNidhoggr have you seen the version with Peter Murphy in 06? That's my standout
@@karlrobinson3608 it’s good but to me it looses the feeling of NIN a bit.
Anyways tbh I think the Woodstock version is the best for reaction purposes out of them all.
My favorite track on ‘The Downward Spiral’, so deeply industrial.
Reptile is in my top three nin songs
“You’re just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be.”
The perfect dismissal for the person in all our lives who had been the “Pretty Hate Machine”
30 years later, he has an Emmy, multiple Grammys and multiple Oscars...
We just need a Downward Spiral: The Musical so Trent can get his EGOT
@@JohnnyBNerdythe way Trent loves to carry through musical motifs in his albums is so perfect for a stage performance! Unfortunately it would be the most depressing play of all time…
It is only a matter of time before he joins the EGOT list
He wont do a Broadway show lol
And a Country Music Award too. The music for Old Town Road is from the Ghosts album
The emotion of NIN is the silence between the notes
Damn I wish it was the “Still” version but still love seeing more NIИ. Trent is the perfect example of emotion and expression being the most important element of a vocal performance (or any performance for that matter).
That version is amazing. Wish she would do that one as well.
Please look into “Arctic Monkeys”. Don’t worry about the song, you’ll feel it.
Those performances would be amazing to do. Woodstock is quite possibly their worse performance ever
@@hereinsideisthemetal5841 Ehm… I don’t think I’d say Woodstock were their worst performances at all. I wouldn’t even compare the “Still” versions of songs to Woodstock performances because they are VERY intentionally different.
The whole Still album is amazing. I got The Fragile DVD and there was a advert to order Still inside of it. It wasn't even out yet so it took a long time to get it but the wait was well worth it.
The album version of this song saved my life...
The auditory brutality is an essential component of expressing how these things feel...
Legend
Pretty Hate Machine is probably my most loved album. 35 years in October 2024. Still holds up.
I saw NIN live for the 'Pretty Hate Machine' tour (NIN's first tour ever), and Trent's been intense since day one.
I first saw them supporting Guns N Roses. Got the feeling most of the crowd didn't like them too much but I found them very interesting. Loved that first album on purchase and pretty much everything since. Such a talent!
Those were the best shows, when Pretty Hate Machine first came out, and NIN was still playing small venues. Not stadiums. Right up close to the stage. So intense! Cabaret Metro in Chicago! Miss those days!
@@ArtDigitalMediaTV Same here - saw them at AXIS on Lansdowne in Boston in 1990 - Phenomenal power and intensity. Met Trent at the after party upstairs and got him a Heineken and he signed my ticket stub. Amazing how he downshifted all that energy to have a normal rock chat after his high-octane performance.
The Astoria show in London felt like it was teetering on the edge of a full riot. Such an intense gig.
The version of "Reptile" from this performance is amazing
That's a great version but for me the one with Peter Murphy in '06 for the radio broadcast stands out for me.
@karlrobinson3608 I revisit that one occasionally. There is a version of it that was an Easter egg on the DVD version of NIN Live: All that could have been. That's probably my favorite. That whole DVD is a must-see.
Reptile's placement in TDS makes it perfection to me. Sublime on its own for certain, but the impact of where it arrives in the context of TDS is another level. Consideration for the entire composition, never mind A / B sides is something lost in the streaming era.
I saw him do Reptile with Gary Numan in 2013. I listened to NIN at the time but the concert made me fall in love with the song and NIN in general and now Trent/the band are one of my favorites.
On TDS Reptile was just another song to me. Live, it's a monster of a song.
NIN has been one of my favorites since I was 12 years old (I’m 47). I hope she appreciates it as much as I do.
Same! I think I have been consistently listening to NIN just as long, if not more so, than just about any other artist. I picked up the Broken EP the week it came out & I have been hooked ever since.
Pretty Hate Machine grabbed me and never let go.
You were at least 13, no 12 year old was onto NIN before the Head Like A Hole single, at the least
@@Flagg795 Cool, have you heard Pigface? Industrial supergroup formed by Martin Atkin, with Reznor as one of the rotating vocalist/writers. Atkins recently founded an industrial music museum in Chicago! Also I highly recommend Skinny Puppy, especially if you're into animal rights
@@mattjohn4731 I have indeed! I had not heard of the industrial music museum, but that sounds bad ass & I will certainly check it out the next time I am in Chicago! Thank you for the heads up!
This, honestly, is TRENT. When someone asks me what he actually sounds like, this goes from plaintive, to angry, to furious. He uses his breath, even his inhales to paint the picture. I've seen him do this live three times, and I've cried every time.
Been a huge NIN fan since my youth. This song had a big part in my life after I tragically lost my wife 8 months after getting married. Trent Reznor is one of a kind, there will never be another.
On the low verses, on a good night, Trent can get through an entire set without ever accidentally being in tune
😂
It's a long shot bc I'm probably the only one who will request this, but I think you'd enjoy reacting to "All Time Low" from NIN's Tension tour for a very different but still quite good NIN experience.
Such a good song. I love the funky bass and the piano. Definitely underrated 🖤
Great call. I loved how they performed it on that tour.
My favorite NIN album & one I think you would love is The Fragile.
What an amazing album, meant to be experienced front to back.
Favorite tracks are
“We’re in this together”
“Into The Void”
“The Day The World Went Away”
would that i had more than one thumbs up to give
My sweet spot on The Fragile is The Great Below.
The distorted wall of sound in “the day the world went away.”
'Where is everybody' from the fragile is 🔥🔥🔥
The Great Below is my favorite track off this brilliant album.
I love hearing you talk about NIN like this. I often feel on my own thinking that he's a genius, he is. I don't know any other artist that moves me the way he does. I love how geeked out you are over the "ugly" sound. I always think there is something so incredibly vengeful and sinister about NIN music, and at the same time he can write love songs that feel like they're whispered in your ear just for you, and I love it.
Wow, Elizabeth! This was probably the best song reaction I’ve ever seen. Soooo few people even begin to process all the depth and detail, the manifold creativity, that goes into a NIN expression (song).
That’s the thing that most people miss is that these songs aren’t intended to be songs, in the traditional sense, and that’s why people who measure them by those standards miss the genius. The NIN masterpieces are expressions of VERY specific emotions, and he pours every ounce of his creativity into capturing and communicating that emotion with full nuance and a depth that satisfies those who have been unfortunate enough to have been struck in that particular way.
It’s not just rage. Or, betrayal. Or seduction. It’s situational. The songs are tweaked in such a way that they don’t remind you of every heartbreak you’ve ever had. They remind you of that ONE person that really kicked your heart in the balls. Ha. And, he digs and digs until it’s all carved out and left there in a big messy pile on the floor.
And, strangely, you sometimes feel better. Ha.
Of course, you can also OD on his music. Especially teenagers. It can paint a very bleak portrait for people who haven’t experienced enough of life for themselves.
And, I think from the beginning, he understood that there are limits to what traditional composition techniques and instrumentation could convey, and that the talent of the past had utilized those tools to the full extent already. In order to push deeper, he needed to discover brand new sounds and techniques, and nothing was off the table.
He was one of the original mic-droppers, only he didn’t do it as a flex. He did it as a way of saying, “I gave it my all. I have nothing left.” He would often drop the mic at the end of a particularly intense song, it would just fall out of his hand as he walked away, spent.
So, he really did move music forward in some impressive ways, although most people never really got it. Furthermore, competing with him was kind of off the table for most musicians, due to their own artistic limits. Thus, he was one of the rare artists that essentially created his own genre, and subsequently also shut it down, once he got tired of delving into those various darknesses. It’s rare for someone to do something so well initially, that none of the would-be copycats could gain enough traction to even get noticed.
He was grouped with “industrial” artists, because they also used alternative noises to construct songs, but anyone who loved the other industrial bands could easily see that he wasn’t just playing with the cool new toys, but that there was a higher artistic visionary at work. There is a scream in the song “Wish” on the Broken album, that I’ll just never get over. It just makes every other attempt at capturing that level of despair look like cheap community theatre.
It’s not something that Dimash or Freddy Mercury could ever pull off, even though they are far superior singers by the normal metrics. Ha.
So, yeah, thanks for this. It’s just cool to see someone as knowledgeable and as experienced as you getting hypnotized by the same things that blew the roof off my understanding of what music could be over 3 decades ago.
Speaking of Freddy, NIN does a cover of Queen’s “Get Down, Make Love.” My GF and I requested that one at our prom. lol. It got cancelled about a minute in. Anyone who has heard it will know why😂
I was there, 1994. It rained and everything was muddy. NIN was in the audience in the mud before they went on stage.
this was the most incredible energy ive ever felt in my life. the mud people. the abandoned tents. the cops drinkin beers at the gates
I was there also. 🔥
@@maineiacial who could forget the mud people? I managed to avoid them. Did you see Primus? Someone threw mud on Les and he stopped the song “my name is mud”
YUP!… under the “mystic” tent that was spraying water mist all day long…
@@willrock8369 lmao
Trent's ability to invoke pain and brokenness and humanity into his vocal performances is awe-inspiring and just leaves you feeling raw. The man is a genius on the level of Mozart, Vivaldi, and Beethoven. It's a shame he doesn't get the recognition he truly deserves.
I was born in 1986, began working with music in a professional capacity in '94 at the age of 8....and Trent Reznor has been my biggest influence since '95. So it is nice to hear someone I respect as much as Elizabeth truly understanding the depth of his live performances!!!
This song breaks my heart every time I hear it without fail. I'm so glad it resonated with you. 💔
He is pitchy, and pressed, but all in service to the performance. For me the composition has always been the main point of interest in NIN, because a lot of it is transcendently good. Tool is probably the only other band I can point to from the same general era, that is as good at crafting these kinds of musical pocket dimensions.
NIN and Tool have been my favorite bands for years. we are blessed that they are both alive and putting out music/performing. out of all the 90s bands we lost, thankfully we still have them (and primus!)
One of the things I love most about your channel is how you cover songs I've loved in my past, and give them brand new life. I love it, thank you so much for all of your insight.
One of the most commendable things about Reznor and NIN is the journey they’ve been on. To compare this raw, passionate performance from these young men to seeing them live today….they are equally as powerful, artistic, and true. He has not lost any of his spark(clearly when you see what he has achieved lately) and finds a way to stay connected to these songs which he wrote a lifetime ago. There is no going through the motions or phoning it in. With all that said- check out some of their more recent live performances, I think you’d enjoy the comparison.
He never rests on his laurels and is always experimenting with new sounds and vibes. That extends to their live shows too, he's always thinking of interesting new ways to arrange and perform the music in live settings, and pushing the tech for what can be achieved visually as well. There's a great two part doc about the behind the scenes on the Tension Tour. It's really incredible how much work goes into everything.
The fact that through his iconoclastic work, he also pursues and records with preceding legends like Gary Numan and Peter Murphy just goes to show he is aware of his place and importance in carrying on a legacy of industrial electronica which pushes envelopes and pulls in new listeners. His studio work of re-imagining Bella Lugosi's Dead with Murphy, himself, is mind-blowing.
Nobody will ever accuse Trent of being the best singer but his emotion is top tier. The mud was also wreaking havoc on their equipment at this show.
I came here to post something similar. Trent is beyond a production\musical genius. But yea, not really a great singer.
I will accuse him of that. Bowie's side of their Hurt duet, at least, sounds like vibrato affectation in comparison to Trent. IMHO. Minority opinion, I'm sure. Bowie is wonderful doing Bowie of course, but he sounds like a visitor in a foreign country to me trying to do NIN. Depends on what we think makes a good singer. Is it self-expression, innovation, conventional melody or defying expectations. What do you like? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
@@PeterPounders Listen to his background vocals on Past the Mission by Tori Amos and you might disagree. He CAN sing very well. It just isn't what his music calls for.
The mud was an accident, but a fortuitous one. Woodstock '94 is mostly famous, I think, for the terrible weather turning everything to mud. The live bassist for NIN pushed Trent Reznor into the mud right before they went on stage. This escalated and bassist, keyboardist, and drummer all ended up in the mud as well.
we slang mud at every band. sometimes out of love as seen here, sometimes out of hate (spin doctors)
There is a video on YT of the band talking backstage before the show and planning to get in the mud, but I do like the story of them having a mud fight better
Not actually an accident. Kate van Buren, the wife of the late James Woolsey, who toured with NIN as their keyboardist during that era, has been uploading a ton of the home video footage he recorded to her RUclips channel, including a bunch of Woodstock 94 behind the scenes stuff. The mud was 100% planned out, when they were getting ready to go on stage Trent had their PA trying to find a mud puddle they could walk by so they could stage a scuffle in it. Their whole plan was to upstage Metallica and show off what they were doing as the new cutting edge of aggressive rock/metal music, and it worked.
@@SuzakuX from what I’ve heard, the fact that it was sewage mud was definitely not planned.
Also, I forget the years he was with Trent, but was that Manson on guitar?
You hit the nail on the head at the end there. Trent isn't singing, he's a sound in the soundscape. That's why the pitch doesn't matter, it's the sound and emotion.
Glad you enjoyed this. I can't wait till you see something from the Fragile performances, they're equally emotional and maybe even more brilliant.
Elizabeth this was yet another good choice. I have seen Trent talk about being inspired by Jim Morrison's live performances (i.e. Celebration of the Lizard, The End, The Changeling, and many others.), especially Live@TheHollywoodBowl. Jim would weave/vamp improvised poems & lyrics in his Lizard King persona, like a trance; while in real time the band would improvise the background music to capture the Jim's emotions, body language, facial expressions in sync with his vamped lyrics/poems. Trent is also influenced by Rush's epic multi-section songs. Thank you for your effort, experience, and enthusiasm. 🤘😎🤘
Another one to look into is “The Great Below” (from their And All That Could Have Been tour). Great example of Trent’s clean, but still emotional, singing. Beautiful soundscape too, it feels like being carried away by a giant wave.
If I had a million dollars, I'd send it to you to do the entire nin catalog from beginning to end.
She has 1.66 million subscribers. If we all pay $1…. :-D
@@emilywilhite5807I would pitch in. I love NIN. And having someone break this music down is so ecstatic.
Pure, raw emotion. Thank you so much for doing this. This song has meant so much to me through the years and it just takes your breath away. Some of us appreciate the void that stares back at you, and it feeds you creatively.
I really love, once more, how you explain all those imperfections, that make this performance so perfect. NIN is one of the bands that I could bear to listen to as teanager when I was depressed and at that time didn't have the expirience to handle it. So I instantly connected to that sound and with hearing someone else feeling the same things I had inside I didn't feel alone at least. Thank you for bringing back those memories (really!) because remembering through that music how I felt then grounds me today and gives me much strenght.
This is why I gladly support your patreon ❤
Also just to add something about the performance: Having a minor degree in theatre studies: It is just flabbergasting to see them beeing able to do that performance in front of that huge crowd, as I know that that not many could do that so convincingly in front of all those people. Just to get yourself into a zone of all those feelings and keep it up while thousands ar watching, cheering etc. it's astonishing.
This song always hits me in the feels, it's a lot like REM Hurt. When you're just not feeling like being happy.
That's the Downward Spiral in a nutshell :P
Great reaction/analysis Elizabeth! This is why you're the best. You help me learn and appreciate more music!
I've been waiting for a good time to watch this one. NIN was the first concert I remember going to at 8 years old, then last week at Echo & The Bunnymen my pop said "you probably dont remember but we took you to see Echo when you were 5" like thanks for telling me now that I'm 41.. lol
But I knew the tears would flow during this one. And I had tears rollin within 45 secs. And by half through it looked like I've been ugly cryin'! I absolutely love this performance and Reznor/NIN in general. Thank you for this. And yes, everyone please "Fall in love with music every day"!
Fastest like of my life. Couldn't have picked a better NIN song to react to. Trent's rawness and intensity are tangible. Its so difficult to pick out my stand out songs from the performance. But Suck, Reptile and Head like a hole are definitely worth a listen.
I was listening to this song the other day almost hoping that one day she might cover it for how eerie and simple and droning and brilliant Trent rezner is in this song
This performance is fricking RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME.
I don't think this man's moody brilliance will ever be appreciated enough
My mom got me the pay per view of this Woodstock. I watched this live and was jaw dropped. I’ve since seen NIN three times live. Love love love love love love love Reznor!!!!!!!!
What an awesome mom 🖤
I was there
@@jasonwoods4272
Awesome
Raw emotion. Powerful. There's no band better than NIN. Thank you and please keep doing more. Reptile from Woodstock 94 is incredible.
I shred at least a couple tears EVERY time I hear this song. I had some dark times buried in my own head and this song was on repeat through a lot of it. Now I hear it with love and re-emergence instead of darkness. LOVE NIN!
Great reaction! Reptile from Woodstock is AMAZING!! The sounds he creates....genius!!!
You should check out his live intimate version on this song called “Something I can never have (Still) “ it’s just him and the piano and his guitar player. If you really wanna hear the pain on this song and Trent true power vocals, you need to check that out.
so many emotions shared all over this channel. love it. thanks for the work ❤
You just encapsulated what I wish I had the words for when I was 15 and listening to NIN albums on repeat. I found life hard as a kid/young man and this was the soundtrack, sadly most people I knew dismissed it as noise.
It's great that Trent has vindicated himself to the ears of the masses with the scope and depth of his work.
Watched the channel since the first few videos, your journey is satisfying and inspiring.
Crowd atmosphere and live spontaneity have their charms, but if you haven't heard the studio version of this, you should check it out-and as you mentioned, preferably on headphones. It's hopeless despair explored while sitting next to a subterranean river in the pitch dark of a deep cave in which you're trapped.
I agree, this isn't really a song that benefits from the concert atmosphere. A quiet room is best.
@@wysockibTrue but, it is a different perspective live with a huge crowd... But I do agree the studio version perhaps first, then the live version, would have been perhaps a better listening experience for her first trip down the rabbit hole.. ✌️
I feel that way about most NIN songs. They do a remarkably good job of capturing a song's sound live, and this being a vocal analysis channel there's definitely a reason to prefer live performances, but still, the production on the albums is always so immaculate. Where things are placed in the mix, how some things overpower everything else and then fade into the background, things moving around the stereo field, whatever dark arts he uses to make instruments sound like each other so you can't even tell what you're hearing, the vocal effects, the often strange but amazing harmonies he gets by layering his voice.
They sound great on live recordings, and I'm sure it's phenomenal to be in the crowd, but there's only so much you can do live, and there's only a few songs I've heard where I'd say the live version is as good or better than the album one.
I was at that Woodstock performance at the heady age of 14. (My friend's hippie parents took us and pretended to be my parents when asked about allowing the 'minors' into the show.) Listening to this again after so many years, is still both haunting and soothing.
'I still recall the smell of the mud;
An intriguing mix of scents just like angst, booze, and blood.'
🤘💀🤘
I always heard that the flooded latrines also contributed some material to the odor.
@@SuzakuX My first thought on reading @Octodeth's comment was "That wasn't mud..."😉
I see that someone has already mentioned their performance of Hurt with David Bowie, which I absolutely love and recommend. But if you do check out that one, realize that it's musically way different than the original recording. I really dig the slow, syncopated guitar tapping in the version with Bowie.
The Downward Spiral is a ground breaking album. It is a masterpiece. Range of emotions through each stage of the album is done perfectly.
You often talk about taking care of your voice, but I want to see you react to Tom Waits voice through the ages. He sounds like a completely different person now (probably more to do with drinking and smoking than bad singing honestly) I LIVE his song writing and his unique voice adds so much character to songs that I grew up listening to not realizing that they were covers of his originals.
YES!!!
@@bodyfarmbrat I'm glad I'm not the only one!
She should do Hell Broke Luce or Hoist That Rag.
@@robertelmore3616 I think she should work towards those after hearing his older stuff from when his voice was in better shape. I'm a fan Ol' 55 or (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night
Something I Can Never Have - Album: Still
This is the best version imo
The years go by, and in my way of understanding music, I have never found anything more creative than NIN. Yes, they are my favorite band. Thanks for the video.
I've become obsessed with your metal/rock reviews, and this one is a master class in technical musical review with honesty and real emotion.
Please, please, please start doing vocal performances for skinny puppy. Ohgr is one of the greatest musicians of our generation. Just do spasmylotic, killing fields or anymofmthe big music videoe, hell just listen to too dark park. One of the best albums ever.
It's hard to do that for Puppy considering how much Ogre uses a vocoder
If you think Trent Reznor sounds tortured, you gotta hear Ogre from Skinny Puppy. Lol! The ultimate tortured voice, and a big influence on NIN.
Without Skinny Puppy and Ministry, NIN would sound completely different imo
Ogre's use of vocoder would make analysis difficult
@@scottsommer8382 besides Worlock when else does he use a vocoder? It’s not something they use often.
My mom introduced me to this song a couple months ago and it's become almost like a comfort song for me, thank you so much for covering it!
such a genuine reaction and breakdown. thank you.
March of the Pigs next!! The official video version. Pure rage. Pure Anger. Pure disgust. I love it.
Live versions because they are extended. Trent usually goes ham on them.
Trent is a genius, period. He early work was (and is) incredibly ground breaking. I was fortunate to see NIN in a small venue then they were just getting started, and it was a life altering experience. I'm so glad you reacted to this performance....there are many more of NIN songs that are worthy of your time.
Hands down my favorite NIN song, and what a great performance of it to do an analysis.
Thanks for reacting to this! I was actually at this show. At that time I was obsessed with Trent/NiN and their entire set was unreal. I was probably about 100 yards out dead center….covered in mud and drenched. The entire weekend was insane - but feel blessed I was there.
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
You teased that you will do The Doors within the next couple months. Please do When The Music's Over, Please!
I was at Woodstock 94 and their entire set was one of the absolute highlights of the weekend. It was so eerie in the crowd, because the body heat from the crowd mixed with the humidity created a fog around the stage area, which made this performance more haunting. Also, their instruments were damaged by more things than the mud that night. Great analysis as always!!
I love you and I love Nails, seen them several times live. It makes me so happy that you get it.
Amszing song from an amazing band at an amazing show. Cant wait for this reaction
You know what song is interesting? Pygmalion, by this Marjana Semkina. I think she has quite a voice. She recently collaborated with Blackbriar. Please check her out!
Yes this is an awesome song! I love everything about it + the video is great!
Oh yes, please! Definitely great!!
Yes! Great suggestion, please do. 👌🏼
Omg I was hoping you would do this song....I love it!
Thank you!
I am SOOO happy you get Trent. You nailed it and I love you even more for it!! NIN has been a favorite since the beginning. Well done ❤
God bless the person that hurt Trent so bad he wrote this masterpiece of an album!!!
Video 77 of requesting a return to Ne Obliviscaris.
Oh wow, almost half a year so far! Keep going! Get more thumbs up on this post, folks! Marcus has been grinding!!!
@@TheCharismaticVoice Actually it's been more than half a year 😀 The first time I made a numbered request like this was on 5th December.
Reptile has always been one of my favorite NIN song and the version at Woodstock 94 is the one you should listen to!
'The Becoming', 'Reptile', 'Only', 'With Teeth', 'The Fragile', 'We're in this Together', 'Piggy'... and if you want a wild showcasing of his mixing and layering, check out, 'All The Love In The World''
Industrial rock, metal, grunge- with apparently more heavy metal to come- I get the feeling the channel is becoming more narrowly focused. I know, Elizabeth, you like these styles of music- and obviously many subscribers do too. That's fine, but aren't we missing out on other kinds of music? Suggestion: "Beware My Love" by Paul McCartney and Wings from the live album "Wings Over America". Just good old fashion rock would be nice.
When it comes to McCartney live the 70’s performances of Wildlife and Maybe I’m amazed are tough to beat.
@@darthsimian2196 Yes, McCartney's live performances in the 70's were insanely good!
A nailing reaction to nine-inch nails from Elizabeth? #letsnailit
Reznor's performance even in this forum pulls me in so deep I forget this is a analysis video. Each time you stop to analyze the performance I'm a bit jarred being pulled out of his performance. This song and the album is ugly, dirty, raw, full of hurt and filled with so much pain. It's also incredibly beautiful. This song and the album are wonderful and beautiful works of art. If his performance doesn't make you heart ache and bring tears to your eyes then I'd guess you've never been in the place he was when he wrote this. The fact he can bring back the depth of his pain in a live performance is brilliant. I have to believe each performance of his works is emotionally and physically exhausting.
The whole concert is an epic experience. Keep going back to it. So much emotion.
Yeeeeeesssssssss❤
So, Trent Reznor also worked with Josh Homme, just as Dave Grohl, Josh Freese, John Paul Jones, PJ Harvey, Billy Gibbons, Mark Lanegan and Elton John. Maybe it is time for some Queens Of The Stone Age.
You gotta listen to the album with cans!!! This WHOLE album is a RARE RARE moment of perfection. I don't think there is a bad note on the album and the mix is ALIEN!
..and the "Box" sound has always reminded me of a train leaving the station.
It's interesting, and I love your reaction to this. I've listened to music like this from a variety of bands both as intense, more and less for the better part of 30 years. The initial sort of challenge the music presents, almost defying you instead of welcoming you, gets set aside and it becomes like warm blankets in the winter. It literally changed and expanded my internal barometer.
Let’s put a Nail in this suggestion: Red Handed Denial - “Father Said” (Lauren Babic live one take performance) Recentish version of Lauren who can sing beautifully and scream with the best of them.
I love this song. I'll put it on loop and listen to it for hours.
You are a gem and love that you keep diving deeper and deeper into the rock world !! Keep on trucking
Trent’s music has and (most likely) always will, stand the test of time ❤️🎵🎶🎼
Thank you so much for covering this one ❤️🤘
It's always so great to have those concrete reminders of how far you've come on this journey. A journey we've all joyfully gone along with you.
The open-mindedness and willingness to explore is always such a breath of fresh air.
Yours is hands down one of the best RUclips evolutions that I've ever witnessed. And it only promises to get better.
Love from the UK to you and your family and all the fans 🇬🇧🤩
Again, welcome to the genius that is Trent. So great to see an opera singer so enthralled by performances like this, and extolling the values of rock and metal. You really need to listen to the first three albums entirely, but at least, Downward Spiral from beginning to end. It’s so haunting and spooky and raw, and real.
100% Trent is a genius :) ! Honestly any performance you review from them will make me happy, one of my favourite bands and influence on my own music. Because Trent wrote, played and recorded his own music I believed in myself to do it too.
Thank you for walking us through this performance. Trent Reznor's performance, and Nine Inch Nails in general, is always personnal and visceral. There aren't many performers that can convey emotions like he can. And, yes, I do enjoy the perfect pitch and timber, but they never reach my soul like his delivery does. Maybe that's why he's such a great film composer now! He understands how to convey the required emotion. Reznor has been an inspiration of mine on so many level. And he's been an conduit for my anguish and emotions. I will always hold him in high regards. Thank you again!
Edit: Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention, the mud in that show was sort of improvised. It had been raining for a while and there was a big puddle at the entrance of the stage. Reznor though it would be cool if they drenched themselves in mud for their stage appearance. Many members of the band later remember it as the worst idea ever. Not only were they freezing cold during the performance, but, like you said, the mud and water went everywhere, shortcicuiting many of the boards and instruments. It only to their honnor that they were able to render such a memorable performance under those conditions!
I'm truly grateful for your journey to understand this type of music and performance! Raw emotion through music is so incredibly powerful.
Another great analysis E! Love 💕 ya! Peace ✌🏻
Thank you! I'm so glad you felt this song. This is my favorite NIN song. It helped me during some hard times. It holds a very special place in my heart.
Amazing reaction! I'm a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails and have been for decades. This song here is incredible and super motivational! It makes me feel incredibly happy that you've expanded your listening habits to include harsher vocals and singing. :) Everybody can grow!
hahahaha, I absolutely love that you're in awe at the end! :D
I'll be checking that list out! :)
I been wanting this reaction for SO long!! Also remember this song was on an album that released in 1989!
I would love to see an analysis of the live version of Right where it belongs, that performance is haunting! Thank you for making so many videos on NIN! Its a pleasure to watch.
Omg, how did I miss this when it came out? This is the reaction i wanted! My favorite NIN song, just beautiful.
Thank you for recognizing the brilliance that is Trent Reznor. I have been blow away with everything he's been involved with since hearing the Pretty Hate Machine album and seeing them in concert before the album hit...