Recorded live at rehearsals in Los Angeles. From a series of performances directed by Rob Sheridan, available on The Slip Limited Edition CD/DVD: theslip.nin.com/physical/
I tell you, as a life-long NIN fan, hearing this on the HI-Fi Rush soundtrack knocked my socks off. Knowing the complex copyright stuff involved with The Slip and NIN in general, hearing such an awesome song be used in such an awesome way as a rhythm-combat boss fight knocked my fucking socks off.
@@JPNesker The Slip was a free album, and Trent put all he could into the public domain and opened a portal where you could post remixes of his music. Thus, 1,000,000 likely made it into the game because it was drm free.
This album came out at just the right time for me to be able to grab onto it with both hands, during the worst year of my life where every moment seemed against me. And at that point I would not have been able to listen to it if he hadnʻt put it out for free. But he did, and then I was able to afford a concert ticket when those became available, and having that show to look forward to got me through more hard stuff. And when Trent Reznor took the mic and started singing this song that night, that marked the turning point where I was able to start putting my life back together in real ways, rather than only just scrape-by surviving. Regardless of what his intentions were in giving out this album for free, as far as Iʻm concerned, it saved a life.
Didn't even know that it was released for free, that's awesome! I am very jealous you have seen nine inch nails / Trent reznor live. I have been a fan for about 10 years. But I am not jealous of what struggles you may have faced. I think that Trent's personal lived experience, his songwriting and how explicitly he makes his feelings known, particularly on the downward spiral really resonated and still does with his listeners who have had similar experiences. Be that suicidal thoughts, drugs use, depression, anger.. He's probably my biggest role model, even if I haven't lived through those experiences but seeing how he has come full circle on that, he's older, in great shape, happy and yet still continues to make great music and has remained one of the most relevant and interesting minds in music and in particular film scoring. Hearing that you've been able to take some of that inspiration forward and improve things in your life is a really positive response and something that I'll remember as a NIN fan when I have those tough times. It also shows that NIN is not depression-core as I have heard some people saying! Thanks for sharing your message and I hope that you're doing well:)
@@hadair407 One of the first things that struck me seeing him on stage was how *happy* Trent looked. Content, healthy, so unexpectedly fucking ripped. Itʻs hard to put into words, but I hope you get to see that man play piano sometime, in person. It brought this feeling like, no matter what kind of crap there is in this world, there are also people who can do stuff like this. And we can too, itʻs just a matter of finding our things to do that way. He gave us all The Slip that year.
@@pfrederick3927 They did, far beyond anything I knew to hope for then, mahalo. The funny thing was, on my way out of the arena after that show (staggering like I was drunk from the sheer rush of it) I happened to glance down at the right place right time, and found a St. Antony medallion on the floor. Iʻve never been Catholic, and laughed when I looked him up because someone else at that show had lost their patron saint of finding lost things. But I like wearing it, as a reminder of the best show I ever went to - Iʻm wearing it right now. And how much any one detail has to do with this show seeming to be where I began some crucial turn for the better, is anyoneʻs guess.
Holy shit the sound of this. I have never heard such a amazing live sound ever. Tight, full, powerfull, raw and yet so natural and alive. No plastic linkin park type wall of sound. And Robin Finck. Seriously how much charisma that man has? Every time he's on stage he steals the whole scene.
IMO Robin Finck doesn't get enough credit for these live performances, which are awesome, let alone the years he spent touring with the band. Dude has my utmost respect (along with pretty much everyone who had anything to do with NIN including Trent, Chris Vrenna, Charlie Clouser, etc).
he sounds very sloppy on the downward spiral boots and he gets progressively better during the fragile years and then the slip and hesitation marks eras. i guess his years with guns n roses really polished him as a performer
A NIN show is the most intense concert experience. It’s a Category 5 hurricane of light and sound and fury that you never want to end. Freaking amazing!
@@deal5245I second that. I love about 4 tracks off of MDN, but 13TH STEP is a classic record start to finish. Of the two, I have a demo-quality vinyl reissue of 13TH by Music On Vinyl. But Freese is incredible on both records.
I take offense to this given how much I love the album version. However, I cannot deny this is fucking awesomely better than the album version, precisely because the people involved are making it entirely their own at every phase, rather than just playing the song as recorded. It's amazing. It really is. You are correct.
Having seen NIN live more than once i can vouch the fact that the audio of their live performances is damn near the same as on the albums.. I could also say the same for Slipknot. Many bands do not sound even close to as good as they do on albums when live unfortunately.
I lost my shit when I heard this one in the boss fight, as it's not one of the more popular or less abrasive NIN songs. So glad more people got exposed to one of my favorite NIN tracks, hope they will hear this version too. Slaps so much harder than the album version. But, the album version is also a true sonic bath with all the fuzz and noise.
Trent's signature noise is synth, all the creative ways you can twist an electronic noise are virtually infinite. This version adds a lot of gravity and tension, which says a lot about the talent of the musicians involved, to improve on something that already had a solid start.
To me this is wear NIN peaked!!! I was in my mid thirties and saw NIN tour 3 times with those video screens in front and back of the stage high on XTC!!! Now I'm getting ready to turn 47 , wish I could go back and relive it, some of the best times of my life!!! HAPPY 2020😃🙃🤪
I nearly had a little meltdown there! I'm drunk and read your comment as "No one can match how bad AS Robin Finck is at guitar." Fuck, I'm glad that I read your comment again! 🤣
This song/version is so freaking primal! Controlled chaos. Makes me want to run down the street and rip trees from the ground. The HD vid and sound just adds to the intensity.
This version is just Amazing! Trent is amazing of course, but I love watching Robin play this song. I have been binging NIN videos and Robin seems to light up with this one.
Whats so awesome is that Robin kind of slips up on that main riff here and there and it sounds all the more incredible because of it. Every time I try to play that riff the same sort of thing happens notes-wise coz of the arrangement of the frets.
First NIN gig I experienced (it really was a full-on EXPERIENCE rather than just your average show. Totally mind-blown and still trying to fully process what I’d gone through). Oh yeah….it was 1994 in the Forum, London. The tour was called something like the Self Destruct Tour to promote the then recently released ‘The Downward Spiral’ album. It was Trent and his touring band at the time (The genius that is Robin Finck on Guitar of course, Danny Lohner on Bass and many other instruments & Tech, Chris Vrenna & and lastly but definitely not leasty James Woolley on Keyboards, programming & backing vocals! An absolutely legendary NIN Line-up!!! Trent was at the height of his self-destruct phase, lol. All of the keyboards were mounted into the stage-set on swivel arm jobbies like you’d use at home for your huge-screen TV which allowed him to smash the shutout of them pretty much completely by the end of the Show. There were loads of the crowd chucking keys and other bits of destroyed equipment. The show was incredible!!! We had driven up to London from Bridgend in South Wales 🏴 on the day of the show. Hired a cheap rental car. When we had been back in the car for 10 minutes after the show the three of us realised we were drenched from the sheer heat and sweat that ensued during the, roughly, 2 and a half hour set. Even when the venue switched the hall lights on to help the exhausted fans file out safely there was a thick fog rising from the steaming fans, lol. We’d all bought a healthy stock of beautiful NIN T-shirts and other merch when we got into the Venue initially which was a blessing when we stripped off our dripping post-show shirts and chucked on our brand-new (and DRY ! 😆) shirts. On the way out we spotted a NIN Merch guy inside theselling proper, official NIN huge subway promo posters for the release of the ‘Closer to God’ CD Single (the cover pic was that kinda’ coiled Millipede-ish creature with the single editions and exact release date listed on the bottom of the poster. I think the standard size for promo Subway posters is 60” by 40” so these things are incredible……….and all for the bargain price of £1 !!!!. I’m still wondering why the fuck I didn’t buy like 20 or 30 of those beauties and wrap ‘em up then stash them away to be sold later (I still have the single poster I bought tucked away waiting for the perfect time and location to be Displayed!!! It’s tricky, and expensive as fuck to frame posters or prints this big too). Sorry for rambling off like this, lol, it’s just the extremely fond memories I have for life-changing events that will always be there in my mind to remember. I think it was later that same year we also got to see the incredible MINISTRY in the Brixton Academy. It was their “PSALM 69……..” album Tour which was another absolutely life-changing gig. I used to enjoy these concerts so much and always had a couple of tickets in my bedside drawer for upcoming shows (I remember seeing the ticket for my first Jane’s Addiction gig😃every time I opened my draw for months. They were and still are my favourite band and getting to see them in the Bierkeller in Bristlol a tiny, super intimate venue which is no bigger than your average pub was just one of the best memories. Anyway, I’d be surprised if anyone is still reading my self-indulgent ramblings, lol. Apologies again and thanks to anyone who actually stuck this post out to the end. Good Night great people and I wish you all great lives filled with the best gigs and stuff, lol. I was very lucky to catch my favourite bands at the best times in their histories and I hope you are too. Nighty, night………..errrr, more morning now, lol. Dave out!!! xxxXxxx
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