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Re: Nine Inch Nails and other sundries
Christian D Lindemer wrote:
> Testing the bounds of musical taste around
> here...who likes Nine Inch Nails?
i do, but most of his work post-Broken/Fixed
kind of sucks, IMO. the Downward Spiral didn't
keep me interested, beyond the great ending to
"Closer" (which I think Adrian Belew had a lot
to do with).
testing more musical bounds... who here likes
the band Death? Chuck Schuldiner died recently.
he was a mastermind, a la Trent Reznor; Death's
music far more intense, though. Symbolic was
a masterpiece in progressive death metal.
> I undertand if a member or two don't think
> NIN fits in with a Christian view, but then
> OtR doesn't always either. Nor does Bjork or
> many other commonly-mentioned bands.
this isn't a "christian listserv," so i don't
think you'll have too many problems posting
about such "nonchristian artists" as NiN, Bjork,
Over the Rhine. i guess it's primarily a forum
for Over the Rhine chatter, but it barely ever
holds true to that realm.
the "christian vs. secular" dichotomy seems
really pointless and futile anyhow, on many
levels.
> I am a big fan of Trent Reznor's work.
i'm a mediocre fan of his work. I respect him
tons, but haven't seemed willing to part with
my credit card number in order to procure any
of his recent stuff.
> He understand music and rhythm like few others.
there are a lot of people who understand music
and rhythms. even far better than Trent Reznor,
i'd wager. but, now i'm just playing devil's
advocate, or something... sorry if i seems like
i'm just picking on ya... :)
> If you have never listened to it, or got turned
> off by the rather abrasive nature of The
> Downward Spiral, give the newer music another
> shot.
TDS wasn't much more abrasive than much of the
nihilism on Pretty Hate Machine or Broken. TDS
just bored me, though. goddamn piggies.
> Of course, this all ties in to part of my view
> of music. Trent has said he feel there's
> something strangely musical about noise - he
> takes that noise and fashions it into a song.
music is noise. Trent isn't reaching too far.
check out Des Incurables "Disque 9" for NOISE.
worst $.50 i ever spent.
> Anyhow, this rambles on places I didn't expect
> it to go. let's recap:
> 1) I like Nine Inch Nails. Do you?
yeah, sorta.
> 2) Noise (in my opinion) can be musical.
yeah, sorta.
> P.S. - Weren't all musical instruments really
> just noise-making devices in the beginning?
yeah, sorta.
toot,
Dan
np: levin/portnoy/petrucci/ruddess - liquid tension experiment ii
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