It’s been an honor to be alive during nin existence. Every album released perfectly fit to what was going on in my life and even today as I’m older and they are older I still feel connected to his music no matter what.
its timeless music. i can still remember sitting in the mall parking lot as a teenager listening to a cassette i just bought....an album titled pretty hate machine....i was blown away by it...that was 1989 i think.
I could listen to Nine Inch Nails all day. They are one of the only bands that I have consistently liked since middle school. I'm 22 now, going on 8 years of being a fan.
I hear you. I bought My first nails CD when i was 11 (1993). Pretty Hate Machine. It had been out for about 4 years at the time. 6 months later The Downward Spiral was released. That album changed my life. Been a fan for over 20 years now. I'm seeing NIN in August and am every bit as excited as when i first saw them in 1996.
I discovered him around 6 years ago when I was 20. Pretty "late" in his career. I can listen to any of Trent's work on a daily basis and never get sick of it. He has so much material and it is all so deep and fulfilling that I'll be enjoying it until the day I die. I just hope he keeps making music for another 20 years. He's as good as ever right now.
XD When I was 14, I made my mom buy The Downward Spiral for me. I used to sit in my room for hours listening. I will be 34 this year and I still love this music. Fuck this just makes me cry...
I was in my teens and beginning to wrap my mind around abuse I experienced as a child. The honest sorrow and anger in Reznor's voice - I could relate that to the disgust and anguish I felt. It changed the way I viewed the world and was a catalyst to feel what I needed to, in order to move on.
It was a grey day and I had just started a fire to get rid of old stuff from my mothers house. She was ill in cancer and had spent her last 4 months at the hospital. I started throwing things on the fire, memories that I had no room for. This song started playing on my iPod and everything felt like a film. First time i heard it. So emotional. I played the last two minutes over and over again till the fire was out. It became the soundtrack of my mother and will always stay with me. Amazing song.
Listened to this song a lot while my dad was dealing with liver cancer from his long abuse of alcohol. It was a short battle and he passed away in the middle of the night. This song perfectly matches the feeling deep down that him and I will never be able to mend our relationship. Just thought I'd share some emotions
The first time I listened to this song I was strugling with pancreatic cancer myself, I called my gf at that time to tell her about this beautiful song but she didn't answer, she was pregnant and was being taken to the hospital for a problem in her cervix. She had an abortion that day. After my parents died of old age, without the opportunity to have a grandson/daughter, I listened to this song for answers, over and over. Then I died of cancer, but fortunately, we got wifi here in hell so I can tell my story. Trent used to say, if there is a hell, I'll see you there, so I'm here, waiting patiently for him.
Aaaah I see wat u did there they have used nineinchnails forever to movies look at the movie seven at the beginning or man on fire I man on fire list goes on and on
This is the only song I found in all these years that gives me a little of each feeling. Not the typical sad song that makes you cry, no the best song that gives you nostalgia, not the perfect song that makes you feel joy. It's just a song that gives you a piece of everything, like life is. Is the song of the past, is a song for the present, and for what is yet to come.
Cory Meece not as deep or as well as trent reznor. and reznor uses metaphor that everyone can relate to. rappers are so direct and specific and they lack a lot of metaphor that it's hard to relate to their stuff unless you're an angry black guy living in a similar situation.
Cory Meece Unfortunately rap lacks musical nuance... not that beats aren't sick, they just don't reflect the emotional spectrum required to make an all-consuming song.
I jammed this constantly during my dads short 3 week battle with cancer. It was too late by the time they caught it and he was in too much pain so he was drugged up those last 3 weeks of his life. My father and I were always at odds with eachother and the worse part was there was so much I wanted to say but was afraid to and he could hardly say anything anyway so I just stayed hiding in my room until he passed.
Despite the quagmire of pain on the road so many have taken by journeying with Trent Reznor from the beginning, there are times when something so unmistakably beautiful graces my senses that this man pulled from the depth of his mind. Truly, few artists in this world reach such a level. But a handful every century and this man stands among the 20th and 21st century as something to aspire toward in soul moving music.
"Thought he had it all, before they called his bluff. Found out that his skin just wasn't thick enough. Wanted to go back to how it was before. And although he'd lost everything, right then he lost a whole lot more." -Trent Reznor
his music is so dark, real and easily understood in your darkest moments. There's happy, fake music. Then there's real and cruel music. This is what makes Trent, in my opinion, one of the greatest musicians out there. Though most of his music is dark and tragic, it fits and is so relatable. Life has many dark and tragic moments, it brings comfort listening to an artist who knows exactly what you're going through. Keep it real Trent, you'll always be my favorite.
Some of us feel more comfortable in the not so sunshine lollipops feel. Trent Reznor is a comfortable place to be ok with that. That aside he is an amazing musician as are the people who have worked with him through out the years. Truly magic.
Trent has always had a song for me, this being one of my favorites. It somehow brings tranquility and peace even when dealing with things that makes everyday so challenging. Family issues are so much harder around the holidays. This is why I wish away this part of the year...no one can love or get along...
I’ve luved Trent since the 80’s whether it’s the “darkest moments” or just LIFE in general. He definitely feels or understands the “hurt” many of us know.
I knew this song (and NIN) from the trailer for Terminator Salvation back in 2009, but I heard this version for the first time in The Bear S2. Amazing piece, every version fits on a different mood and hits perfectly
This song helps when you feel you're whole world is going to fall apart. No reason, no explanation: just the feeling of not being where you're supposed to be, doing what you're supposed to do. Not knowing the answers to questions you cannot even come up with. The start is desperate, the ending is stimulating, like a mantra: it helps you level with yourself. I'm not making sense, am I? But then again, neither is the human mind.
Born in 84 I grew up listening to nine inch nails and have all the respect for Trent a great artist and in the end this song is part of all of us and we all can relate to it is what brings us all together as brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers..
This song makes me think of my relationship I have with god and the depression I go threw everyday, the build up is the strength to carry threw to the next, Trent’s music has a pain that is easy to relate to
Tomorrow will be one year since my girlfriend took her life. This song always makes me think of that day specifically, “The Day The World Went Away.” I’m still completely broken and I can’t say that “time heals all wounds.” I miss her so much and life doesn’t make sense without her. I wish I could leave, too, but I can’t. All I want is to be with her again. I somewhat like Nine Inch Nails before she died, mainly songs from ‘Pretty Hate Machine.’ I didn’t like TDS or The Fragile. Those albums were too rough for me and I couldn’t get into them. Last August, about a month after Ever died, I took my dive into NIN. I’d say Nine Inch Nails is my 2nd favorite band now (Depeche Mode will always be my #1 favorite). Trent Reznor has helped me so much. Through his lyrics, I know that I’m not alone. I feel like he understands me. Music helps me make sense of life. If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to someone. Your pain just gets passed on to the people who care about you.
How addiction feels literally one minute everything is fine you're social having fun then suddenly you look up and the funs stopped you're on your own and your world does go away replaced with chemical joys and living for the next fix constantly on and off thinking of it like it's the most important thing in your mind
I probably started listening to NIN a little too early. Even then I was amazed by how intricate his music was and how he put emotions directly into music. Gave me chills then, gives me chills now. This is and always will be true music. No matter what Trent does be it happy or otherwise, I'll listen to it a love it.
This is my favourite version. This and the solo from To Live is to Die immediately take me to my memories of my parents who have since passed. The music...the music.
I remember first hearing NIN. It was the music song/video 'we're in this together now' in 1999. Trent is simply amazing every aspect. All of his songs carry a deep meaning and are beautifully written.
Questo brano mi fa volare verso un paradossale senso di malinconia riguardo ciò che si lascia e un senso di ottimismo inerente ciò a cui si va incontro... Bellissimo e introspettivo viaggio interiore! 👍
It resonates through the words she said , into a past , this life so divinely decayed And all those memories slowly played To remind me, that we left it all so grey Nothing touched her heart, but so I craved Will today be the same , as the day we tried to save Tears at both end dried with a plastic life that swayed and deep somewhere in our own separate ways We keep pretending , bitter thoughts hidden inside ourselves we say to ourselves , let there be happiness at the other end But the truth is so clouded, that we were once friends Now rendered calm and silent, in time through a painful trend I still see your picture through some closed eyes in pain I see you smile and bring some heavenly rains into a life , thats dead by heart where this desert remains But its just fragile corner at the left of my brain I wish you are happy to see me gone And thats what makes me write this song
Trent Reznor is the only artist that I've seen so far that talks about inner struggle and not about Fame and Fortune and making tons of money and the last time I saw Nine Inch Nails was with Soundgarden it was amazing
This song makes me think so much of my father in the months before he died of cancer, choking and drowning on fluid filling his lungs. I remember that morning when I walked into the room and saw the empty body, not a sign of life left beyond the lack of decomposition yet to reach it, considering he wouldn't be in the ground until nearly a week later. I always fucking hated funerals. Too damn sad. Too goddamn disrespectful; dwelling too much on the death and not enough on the life.
AqueousHeart I had the same feeling at my mom's funeral. As a matter of fact, since then my feelings towards death totally changed. I also hate funerals. Great song, 'though....
I really don't believe there's nothing much to it. I mean: we live, then we die and that's it! Unfortunately those are my beliefs. I really envy those that are religious and everthing, but I'm not one of those...
I’m just now discovering “The Fragile” in 2022 and the second time I heard this track I literally lost it. I couldn’t explain the emotions I was feeling. This is an interesting remix, but the original is like floating through time and space.
Still great, so many years later. Trent has changed, we have changed, the whole world DID go away in 2020, then it came back, and now it is no longer real anymore....
One day.... I will be away from this miserable place we call earth. And be reunited with my daddy again ...Life is pain. Love is pain. Life just hurts too much. I’m at my wits end. I just can’t do this anymore.
Trent is the only artist that can describe inner struggle so well and accurately, along with Maynard.. But to me, Trent is the best. My top five would be: 1. Trent. 2. Maynard. 3. Marilyn Manson 4. Morrisey (I know, different genres) 5. Placebo's writers.
so that one day our children will experience the love we have felt for life. It is worth every ounce of pain to watch a child grow and experience that love and joy.
This song means to me a delivred-from-the-flesh-soul happily seeing their relatives at her on Funeral. Balancer between the sadness of the family and the apparently-happyness of this soul. Two worls wich communication is.impossible, wich don't.undrstand each other
I named my son after trent Reznor. Well trenton. Or trent for short of course he has my last name . But I love this band that much. I used to listen to their albums when I was 16 on headphones every night at bed time. I love this group gotta give trent props. He has lost alit of band members and keeps it going beautifully. He really is nine inch nails
this is my favorite version. I like the guitar rift in the begining of the first one but this one matches the tone of the lyrics the feeling of sadness and regret this one gets the lyrics message accross more powerfully
Quite literally. Interesting to note whatever you choose to see from your side is what appears to be life, from the narrow view of the world at any one point. But hey, we got to connect here with his music so we must not be doing too bad right? It's beautiful.
You can dive and plumb the depths of language in order to describe this.....but you can't - Trent has hit a limitation with this, real recognition of the artist.
Music provides light to the darkest times in our lives. If you look at someone with a sad song, that isn't darkness. It's communication of feelings and thoughts. The story goes, Trent was in love with a woman, and she broke his heart. Thus, you have....NIN. So it's easily understood because even someone in love knows what it's like to have a broken heart. That's just the time when the other person is somewhere else.
Amazing how Reznor completely rearranges his own song, keeping the apocalyptic vibe but going all minimalist instead of blasting big shoegazing guitars. The "na-na-na" melody played by the piano is godlike, is that despair or hope?...
Last Winter... I would randomly go outside just to walk... Aimlessly... Thinking... Remembering... iPod on, with this song on repeat... The coldest season, and the coldest time of my life. and just in the nick of time.. this song gave me that unique warmth in my chest. it blanketed me from all of the sheer cold. and I will never lose respect for it.
I remember in my film production class we had to make a movie trailer with stock action footage. I used this song version and had it transition into the terminator salvation version towards the end. I'm sure it wasnt the greatest high school project but I do remember the light to heavy guitar transition was awesome and wish I could find a copy of the project
Still here, waiting, watching, knowing that my whole world has been gone for over a decade. I’ve been living half a life for so long that I just want to sleep the other half away and it’s hard not to sleep the other half as well. Just want to feel appreciated for what I do at this point but that will never happen.
legacy, some people will always be remembered, because they were always there, you hear the stories about the loner, the outcast, if only he reached out everything would have been better, right? but with the fear and alienation, things go wrong, an endless spiral, tunneling downward. most times, the introvert just wants something to be remembered by, because otherwise, did they exist.
This song catch me since Terminator: Salvation, then after years without hearing i download a radio mod for Fallout 4, to me this song is become the post apocalipse song.
