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RE: Nine Inch Nails
i like some of what he does. he can certainly paint a sonic landscape,
that's for sure. like you said, some of the content is rather abrasive. but
he really has some very original tonal ideas. of you listen to a song like
Closer or I'm Afraid of Americans or The Perfect Drug his arrangements are
flat out amazing to me.
::chris::
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From: owner-over-the-rhine at actwin_com
[mailto:owner-over-the-rhine at actwin_com]On Behalf Of Christian D
Lindemer
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:39 PM
To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
Subject: Nine Inch Nails
Testing the bounds of musical taste around here...who likes Nine Inch
Nails? 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.
So, on to the music! I am a big fan of Trent Reznor's work. He
understand music and rhythm like few others. You all owe it to yourselves
to listen a bit. In particular, the album The Fragile is a masterpiece.
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.
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. Therein lies the artistry.
Anyhow, this rambles on places I didn't expect it to go. let's recap:
1) I like Nine Inch Nails. Do you?
2) Noise (in my opinion) can be musical.
P.S. - Weren't all musical instruments really just noise-making devices in
the beginning?
-Smitty
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BTW, FWIW, IMHO, AFAIK, yes. OTOH, AAMOF, maybe not. YMMV.
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