Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral in 5 Minutes

Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral in 5 Minutes | Liner Notes

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The Downward Spiral helped turn Trent Reznor into one of the biggest rock stars in the world, and helped bring a new level of sonic experimentation into the pop realm. But its greatest accomplishment is showing what’s possible when an artist is willing to dig deep into the darkest corners of their psyche, and share with the world what they find there.
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Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral (in 5 Minutes) | Liner Notes

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@CineRage 6 жыл бұрын

Closer isn't about BDSM. It's the point in the album where the character is completely overtaken by the monstrosity of his actions. Reznor has confirmed this himself.

@soaribb32 6 жыл бұрын

I feel that too, like it's taking over and he asks for help like a werewolf transforming.

@katmannsson 6 жыл бұрын

I 100% believe that it would make an amazing bit of Cinema properly scripted in a format likened to Pink Floyd's The Wall. People would finally Understand what literally any of the songs are about with out Hundreds of Listens and Countless Hours pouring over the lyrics and reading Dissertations on the topic. What am I saying, No they wouldnt :x

@joshhuxleyisdead 5 жыл бұрын

yes! i got into a heated discussion about this and the other person wouldn't believe me.

@carldawkins6751 5 жыл бұрын

Its at the point where his self worth is at rock bottom and his self hatred is at it's peak. He has sex as one of the last ways to feel something (similar to Hurt), with a partner he doesn't respect. She's controlling him using sex. "It's supernegative and superhateful," he explains. "It's 'I am a piece of shit and I am declaring that and if you think you want me, here I am.'"

@denisenova7494 5 жыл бұрын

I think this song is VERY spiritual. It‘s the struggle of the earthly primitive Anima vs the higher self and the synthesis of both. This was my first thought.

@Someone-hv7tv 2 жыл бұрын

This album is insane. It’s one of those albums that people should experience but you don’t recommend. They have to discover it themselves.

@thosemonsters 10 ай бұрын

It’s a mainstream pop record. Not some hidden gem. Lmao

@BungleGrindClown 5 жыл бұрын

The concept of this album is basically an interpretation of the human mind going through insanity and leading eventually to suicide. This is one of the best albums of the 90s. Favorite Nine Inch Nails album next to The Fragile. My favorite tracks are Closer,Hurt,March Of The Pigs,Piggy,Big Man With A Gun,Reptile,and Eraser

@RhysGBiv Жыл бұрын

What about heresy?? GOODDD ISSS DEAADDDDDDDD, AND NOOOOOOOOONE CAARRRREEESSS Nice Mr bungle profile picture btw

@BungleGrindClown Жыл бұрын

@@RhysGBiv Bungle is my jam

@Spindles15 6 жыл бұрын

This is one of those timeless album's where nothing has sounded like it before, and nothing has sounded like it since.

@leopaschall4580 6 жыл бұрын

Spindles15 Broken

@watchmore4109 5 жыл бұрын

You need to listen more music

@vasvas8914 5 жыл бұрын

watchmore tell me an album similar to TDS with same darkness and quality material

@snowcardinal2632 2 жыл бұрын

@@vasvas8914 Swans - Filth Foetus - Nail Throbbing Gristle - Journey Through A Body Suicide - Suicide Einsturzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch

@olibarrett4283 2 жыл бұрын

@@snowcardinal2632 Not even similar each entry you just listed lacks a lot of what makes nine inch nails unique.

@mateosanchis5507 6 жыл бұрын

One of my fav albums ever.

@Loki.Lyesmyth 6 жыл бұрын

This and Antichrist Superstar are for sure the best out there aside from anything Maynard.

@iximusic 3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@age_of_reason 5 жыл бұрын

I remember buying the Downward Spiral in July 1994 and listening to it on my headphones at night from start to finish. It was a musical journey like no other. I had listened to Closer many times on the radio earlier that year when it first came out. It was an unorthodox and unapologetic sonic trip which transported me to another world. A world of darkness, despair and acceptance that echoed my own life at the time. I entered into adulthood by this album. I also entered a new state of consciousness. As I look back, now in my 40's, there was my life before TDS and life after. It is the single most significant piece of music I have ever experienced. I am thankful to Trent for making my life after so much more interesting.

@williammorin7076 6 жыл бұрын

Piggy is about Richard Patrick and his choice to leave the band in 1993 to start Filter, not about the Manson murders.

@MeatyController 6 жыл бұрын

It's this kind of darkness and aggression that's missing from the mainstream today.

@bencarlson4300 Жыл бұрын

The Closer music video is insane to this day. We watched it in an Experimental film class at college, it’s that out there. The visuals combined with those lyrics create one of the most uncomfortable feelings I’ve felt watching something I consciously know is brilliant.

@SonicKoolaid 6 жыл бұрын

One of the single greatest albums of all time

@BetaMentra 6 жыл бұрын

So true

@CME1124 5 жыл бұрын

not even the best NIN album imo. the fragile is way better (particularly the first disc)

@timothyakins4055 6 жыл бұрын

No mention of Reptile tho...

@eliash8903 6 жыл бұрын

Timothy Akins or Ruiner, The Becoming, Eraser ;)

@eliash8903 6 жыл бұрын

Souless Memelord Mine too. It’s the song that got me into NIN!

@grantgreider3413 6 жыл бұрын

REPTILE

@jasondemar9146 6 жыл бұрын

Samantha Donaldson that’s the best song on the album 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻

@awill891 6 жыл бұрын

This album is a MUST listen to in 5.1 audio, life changing!

@synvila 6 жыл бұрын

I agree completely! Trent should really remix/remaster all of the NIN back catalogue in 5.1.

@awill891 6 жыл бұрын

He's been teasing The Fragile in 5.1 for a decade now, I lost all hope.

@synvila 6 жыл бұрын

I still hold some hope. Or at least I would very, __very__ much like it to be released. I think the Fragile would sound amazing in 5.1.

@alecturcot4659 6 жыл бұрын

such an incredible and influential 90s record and its kind of haunting to listen to when you know where it was recorded

@UltraCodex66 6 жыл бұрын

it pisses me off how beautiful and legit it is but then you see people listening to Cash's version Cashing in on the success of it and as a NIN fan you can't even anymore god dammit CASH, ffs

@UltraCodex66 6 жыл бұрын

+MegaCrasherMusic I simply hate the fact that it is rarely recognized as Trent's song, not Cash's and he knew why he covered it and that pisses me of, I don't even care about CASH as a musician that meaning I have absolutely no opinion on his stuff in case you're already heating up, bruv oh and I steal memes, I don't "get" em subs not dubs xoxo

@morganstokes1930 6 жыл бұрын

cash version is amazing, but i prefer nins version. I get what you saying, and maybe trent was politicaly correct to ``give `` the song to Cash. Still the song was written by the genius trent, so he should take more credit. who gives a shit its just music in the end , and the world is unfair. well shit

@UltraCodex66 6 жыл бұрын

+joao faial too true bruv

@zer0953 6 жыл бұрын

won't give up it wants me dead and goddamn this noise inside my head

@lovesex18 5 жыл бұрын

zer0 95 insane fuckin track!

@tl_nik0n353 6 жыл бұрын

The man is a musical genius. He hasn't released a bad album in 28 years.

@spacealienjesus709 3 жыл бұрын

This album is up there with the greatest of all time...glad I was here for this one..

@YeahManMillionaire 4 жыл бұрын

Trent Reznor is a genius. There's no denying that. Period.

@jonathangillis4926 6 жыл бұрын

I've never been into NIN but I think I'll start listening to them!

@argetect2847 6 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Gillis highly recommended.

@DarlikaDor 6 жыл бұрын

Won't regret! ;)

@jonathangillis4926 5 жыл бұрын

@@DarlikaDor I haven't! The Fragile is now my favorite album of all time

@damando6631 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathangillis4926 still your favourite?

@soaribb32 Жыл бұрын

U should

@rybo0072 6 жыл бұрын

Dude you got this all wrong the downward spiral has nothing to do with violence at all its about escapism from depression as it follows a tail of a man going on a DOWNWARD SPIRAL to suicide and the pigs are representations of the thoughts that plague his mind. None of this album is related to the Manson murders as he stated in many interviews and fyi the broken EP came before TDS

@lawsonashurst7314 5 жыл бұрын

Music is subjective. I see it as a man's descent into the depths of the human condition, using this it tells the tale of a broken man warped by greed, society, and lust for sexual pleasure, eventually culminating with his suicide on "The Downward Spiral" track. Hurt then serving as a heart wrenching post-mortem/suicide note or such. However I can see both your interpretation as valid and Pitchfork's

@denisenova7494 5 жыл бұрын

This.

@linglingjr 6 жыл бұрын

So poorly researched and such little effort put into making this.

@uglyposterboy 6 жыл бұрын

linglingjr Thank you!

@accordingtohonda4308 6 жыл бұрын

Yea, I've got to agree with you

@nidhikih2451 6 жыл бұрын

It's Pitchfork, they initially gave The Fragile a 2.0 out of 10, what else could you expect of them when doing a video about NIN?

@michaelotis223 6 жыл бұрын

linglingjr I was thinking the exact same thing.... Wasn't as in depth as I expected

@fungifago 6 жыл бұрын

Nidhikih2451 seriously? That's just plain wrong and a little stupid tbh

@wolfaiden 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to al involved for making this series. I love it

@kaisamsa 6 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done, Pitchfork. Exile On Main St. next. Pink Moon wouldn't be bad, either.

@grantgreider3413 6 жыл бұрын

kaisamsa PINK FUCKING MOON

@Bandstand 6 жыл бұрын

Avalanches - Since I Left PLEASE MOTHER OF GOD

@mocassinionline 6 жыл бұрын

you are here too wtf

@saturatedneowax 5 жыл бұрын

he’s everywhere

@olibarrett4283 2 жыл бұрын

You managed to talk about everything around the album without talking about the album.

@luke9947 Жыл бұрын

Because It’s pitchfork

@lillithyukiutacrow2532 6 жыл бұрын

Your editing style really fits nin good job ^_^

@Brakish33 6 жыл бұрын

I don't remember Trent ever denying he knew the history of the mansion.

@astrozombie2816 6 жыл бұрын

Best fuckin album! I still remember getting into nin & listening to it on repeat at a time in my life when everything was going to shit & getting worse, i was sad, angry & careless

@jeffwalker6815 6 жыл бұрын

Neither Piggy nor March of the Pigs were about the Tate murders. He admitted that calling his studio 'Le Pig' WAS a tasteless joke and apologized but those songs are clearly about something else.

@thebiggusdonnus8453 3 жыл бұрын

I've always interpreted Piggy as being about his abuser, or somebody who was consenting/able to be affected by his abuse. March Of The Pigs kind of follows this, by the protagonist realizing that others in society are (in his view) sexually dominated and restricted by morals and humanity. This sets up the stage for the Eraser to infect him and kill what little humanity remained in him.

@troythomas5803 2 жыл бұрын

An absolute masterpiece.

@ANIpJs 6 жыл бұрын

Downward Spiral is my all time favorite album, hands down.

@dartande 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best albums of all time

@patrickmcwilliams2111 6 жыл бұрын

Plz do - Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children

@katmannsson 6 жыл бұрын

Nah Geogaddi all day~

@ferrioseco5139 6 жыл бұрын

Please do Remain in Light by Talking Heads or Odelay by Beck next!

@Goatchild90 4 ай бұрын

Happy 30th anniversary to a classic album

@xxAM93xx 6 жыл бұрын

Get chills every time I hear hurt goddamn

@ThatOneGuy7550 6 жыл бұрын

still one of my favourite albums of all time

@th-uc8or 4 жыл бұрын

favorite album of all time, nothing else like it

@Nofun1 Жыл бұрын

2002 , My moms friend had this CD hidden in the car. I remember how serious of a light they painted it in . After that it was set, there was no way we weren’t hearing it . I remember waiting weeks for the perfect time to be left alone in the car long enough to fish it out and figure out what all the fuss was about. One of those visceral moments that warmly stays with me . We were directly parked in front of a job they were doing . Through glass we were watching them eviscerating gigantic trees with big commercial saws and trimmers . to hear that album on the Volvo s90 Harman k speakers while watching that through glass in the broad stark daylight stuck with me.

@vishekdutta8621 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this

@TheVinylBroadcaster 6 жыл бұрын

You COMPLETELY misunderstand the album. It's a concept album, based on a guy who'se given up on the world. He has given up on society--authority, religion, and everything else that controls an individual. His girlfriend cheats on him (Reptile) and then he kills himself. Hurt isn't about addiction or anything else--it's the regret of a dying man who has put a bullet in himself (in the track before Hurt), and he's singing away his last moments.

@The90sGamingGuy 6 жыл бұрын

This use to be my favorite NIN album and i still enjoy it very much. The Fragile is a master piece an album that new and old NIN fans are starting to realize its beauty. Could you do a video about The Fragile.

@TheSpelledMilk 6 жыл бұрын

PearlJammer07 The Fragile, is the best NIN by far. A complete masterpiece

@jrzdvl3542 3 жыл бұрын

Listen to downward spiral to hesitation marks as it was written as the sequel to downward spiral

@FatAcrobat 6 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was a kid and first heard Johnny cash’s version of hurt with my parents I told them it was an NIN song but they wouldn’t believe me lol!!

@youfeartomorrow 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe Antichrist Superstar by Manson next? A lot of crazy stories behind the recording of that album.

@CineRage 6 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah. They stuck needles under their fingernails while performing and went days without sleeping.

@TheSpelledMilk 6 жыл бұрын

Lil Penis He has done Marilyn Manson A Superstar

@mrclaytron 6 жыл бұрын

I still think this is the best album ever recorded

@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn 6 жыл бұрын

Clayton Wakefield true

@empress9554 6 жыл бұрын

One of em for sure

@treystephens4490 6 жыл бұрын

Clayton Wakefield , I think Rammstein's 1997 Sehnsucht is the best.

@Seth6581 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought the track “Piggy”.Was about Richard Patrick...

@the72u7h4 5 жыл бұрын

At the time it came out, I just listened to it and enjoyed it. Long time passed, it was only within the last 10 ish years or so that I started really listening to it and getting the meaning of it, and that's only due to some tragic / terrible things that happened in my life. The album I believe flies by people as just 'music' and they don't think about it. To me, it really tied together and now I can see how each album has it's own theme and purpose. Last thing: this video is a bit trash, as the research is all off. Listen to Reznor talk about the album, he lays it out for you.

@djcj 6 жыл бұрын

such an underrated series

@humanlikeee 6 жыл бұрын

MARILYN MANSON - MECHANICAL ANIMALS PLEASE DO THIS BOI

@JiveTrtle 6 жыл бұрын

Nice presentation!

@Spectresilencer 5 жыл бұрын

Are we just gonna ignore that the downward spiral is a story about a character and a damned good one at that

@Muskateering 6 жыл бұрын

2:02: Trent looked pretty evil at one time.

@suicideking3065 6 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece.

@dante224real1 5 жыл бұрын

this is one of the most important albums ever released but its.... its so much better live.

@renapeppers20 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!! NIN are one of my favorite bands EVER and this record is just a masterpiece. These guys are legendary. One of the best!!

@ZolaDeLacey 6 жыл бұрын

I shared this video. That's how good it is!

@YungZaraki 3 жыл бұрын

The thing is: I can't figure out Nine Inch Nails, & I think that's why I like them so much.

@S1ckbassplayer 4 жыл бұрын

You should double-check the meaning of "Piggy"

@adamlee3789 5 жыл бұрын

Piggy is about Richard Patrick, NIN's former guitar player/backing vocalist that went on to start the band Filter.

@ChristianBoragine Жыл бұрын

"Piggy" is not about the murders but about Richard Patrick.

@dante224real1 5 жыл бұрын

how dare you not touch on the concept of the character of mr. self destruct that reznor portrays and we follow through with? he has spoken to a generation of kids and adults alike with these important words of power aggression and emptiness and hopeful change. he designed a mood of being. a religion almost.

@Reprodestruxion 6 жыл бұрын

Ya should do Blackstar

@death5056 6 жыл бұрын

Nin ♥♥♥

@EenMagnetron 6 жыл бұрын

4:06 A grammy nomination tells us nothing about quality though. It just means the song was popular at the time, which is a worthless statement imo.

@EenMagnetron 6 жыл бұрын

Mark Andrew Nordstrom Im merely pointing out a Grammy doesnt tell you anything about the quality of an album; it just simply tells us it was popular at that time. And uhm.. where exactly did I ever stated this was my channel? If that was what your whole point was about: Good job, Captain Obvious!

@bjdehut 6 жыл бұрын

Westside Connection sampled Hurt in the song The Gangsta, The Killa, & The Dope Dealer

@DemonSlide 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Do "Aenima" by Tool next. Or something Tool related for that matter.

@anandyqadarsyah3762 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Echávarri Lateralus much better

@DemonSlide 6 жыл бұрын

Anandy Qadarsyah As long as it is Tool, I'll be pleased.

@zirtapot57 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Echávarri Pitchfork hates Tool though. They infamously gave Lateralus a 1.9 as far as I remember.

@HenryGuckes 6 жыл бұрын

I swear if they do tool i will be so happy

@DontJinxItYet 5 жыл бұрын

They gave lateralus a 1.9 10k days a 5.6 And gave aenima a 2 but deleted the review

@BeyondDictation 6 жыл бұрын

Pig or Piggy was also the nickname of Richard Patrick who had left NIN to start Filter

@pimpapotimus 6 жыл бұрын

I am not sure if this has been pointed out before, but wasn't Broken his 2nd album?

@pimpapotimus 6 жыл бұрын

I should google before commenting. Broken is considered an EP even though it is entirely new music. I always thought of it as the 2nd album, but it technically isn't.

@juancho1002 6 жыл бұрын

Please do a Deftones one

@drgonzo9148 6 жыл бұрын

Jagged yes, bump this comment

@alphaomega6023 6 жыл бұрын

White Pony is a classic.

@dannyprovolone1234 6 жыл бұрын

None of their albums are old enough to be considered "cool" by the hipster elite at Pitchfork. Give it another 10 years.

@Hexspa 6 жыл бұрын

Adrenaline came out the year after this and Manson's Portrait and they've covered both of those.

@Pinhead101 4 жыл бұрын

Deftones has no substance. Might as well do Korn

@andresaguilar327 6 жыл бұрын

WELL DONE.

@coreyfellows9420 6 жыл бұрын

If this album was released today it would still be relevant. Its really a timeless album. It can't be pigeonholed because it doesn't sound like ANYTHING before or since.. The only thing close would be Ministry or AntChrist Super Star.. But Reznor had his hands all over that album too so really Ministry's "Psalm 69" is the only thing even "kinda" close in sound..

@gustavttt4148 6 жыл бұрын

do some pavement stuff

@BensCoffeeRants 6 жыл бұрын

0:35 apparently he had no clue it was the 'Manson house' not sure if I believe it. I guess you get a good deal on murder houses though.

@musicalidiot1813 6 жыл бұрын

I liked this video even before I watched it!

@Knifymoloko 6 жыл бұрын

Do The Fragile next

@samuelblinne6040 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@matthewjames206 6 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful, wonderful album by one of my all-time favorite bands 👍👍🍻

@josemiguelmaciasvocar2690 6 жыл бұрын

plz do A Love Supreme or Giant Steps

@nigelalicetufnelbowie3899 6 жыл бұрын

Bad Timing - Jim O'Rourke Venice - Christian Fennesz The Shape of Jazz to Come / Dancing in Your Head - Ornette Coleman I Talk With the Spirits / The Inflated Tear - Rahsaan Roland Kirk Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk A Rainbow in Curved Air - Terry Riley Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint - Steve Reich Yanqui U.X.O. - Godspeed You! Black Emperor Left Hand Path / Clandestine - Entombed Severed Survival / Mental Funeral - Autopsy A Blaze in the Northern Sky / Goatlord - Darkthrone () / Takk... - Sigur Ros The Poll Winners - Barney Kessel Junkyard - The Birthday Party Seventeen Seconds / Faith - The Cure

@DerpyDosh 6 жыл бұрын

It's funny to think Pitchfork used to hate NIN and now they're being generous enough to do a Liner Notes on them.

@prestonperkins8468 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@tacticalcenter8658 4 жыл бұрын

Piggy refers to Filters lead singer, who was really great friends with Trent until they fell out. not about the house. in anycase, he called him piggy.

@xSuckMaDikx 6 жыл бұрын

plzzzz do spooky by lush

@jhonnycagexrage7458 6 жыл бұрын

I'm actually surprised about how many people has his mind open with NIN electronic-metal music, i'm proud :v

@klorglork6917 6 жыл бұрын

The remastered version of this album sounds fucking (good)ridiculous.

@katmannsson 6 жыл бұрын

Have you Heard it on Vinyl, I assure you, a Remaster wasnt necessary. Just a Vinyl Copy.

@klorglork6917 6 жыл бұрын

I know there was a huge difference in the Pretty Hate Machine(2010 remaster vs OG) vinyls. I don't have an original Spiral vinyl just the reissue.

@kingloser4198 6 жыл бұрын

So... when was Broken released? Oh... And Piggy was a song about old guitarist Richard Patrick, which was his nickname and he/Filter wrote Captain Bligh about Trent Reznor in response. - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMWBaNyprJ61k3k.html

@AILDDuckTeo 6 жыл бұрын

Song at 1:07? Sounds like something off of Broken

@melancholy-6352 5 жыл бұрын

"Mr. Self Destruct"

@jayt7178 6 жыл бұрын

FUCK YES

@johnnyscifi 4 жыл бұрын

I dudnt know about the Interscope ties with Warner...no way!!!

@getathan 6 жыл бұрын

Do the Doors please!!!

@Hardbody94 6 жыл бұрын

classic

@dannyprovolone1234 6 жыл бұрын

After a decade of a half of shitting on NIN and giving high praise to utter garbage such as Vampire Weekend, it's nice to see Pitchfork coming around and recognizing how great of an album the Downward Spiral is. I guess the album is now old enough to be considered "cool" by the hipster elite running the show.

@aaronzywicki3891 6 жыл бұрын

Danny Provolone Fucking Right !

@worrywirt 6 жыл бұрын

Vampire Weekend is good tho. Why do people constantly feel the need to tear down other bands when talking about how good one band is. Both nin and vw are amazing in their own ways

@dannyprovolone1234 6 жыл бұрын

Because Pitchfork and hipsters sweated VW hard and shat on NIN.

@norlanderduwallis9074 6 жыл бұрын

objectively.

@yuniergonzalez493 6 жыл бұрын

Please do misfits static age

@ram-4 2 жыл бұрын

´March´ is NOT ´269 BPM´. It´s 135 BPM in 7/8.

@another1914 6 жыл бұрын

Trent Reznor just looks so much better today. Like some guy who got rich building a gym chain but great nevertheless

@denisenova7494 5 жыл бұрын

Prizrak2084: I am so sorry to say this but I honestly believe he looks best when he was depressed and did H. He obviously wasn‘t fine and he wasn‘t healthy but he seems the most creative to me in this time period. He looks hot af in the „Closer“ music video. It really makes my pantie melt. Also in „The perfect drug“. I don‘t like tanned gym Reznor. He looks more masculine now. But I prefer vulnerable and artsy.