@ɮօʊռċɛ օʄʄ it's about self-hatred and obsession, TR mentioned, I think. Of course, drugs and sex can relate to these topics, but they're not what the song is about, exclusively.
@@nickthompson9851 but then after his time on NIN he stopped playing and he isnt anymore involved in the music business! After NIN he suffered mental breakdowns
Underrated?!?! Where have you been? Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2020) Grammy Award (1995) Grammy Award (1992) Notable Works: “Broken” “Ghosts I-IV” “Pretty Hate Machine” “The Downward Spiral” “The Fragile” “With Teeth” “Year Zero”. In collaboration with Atticus Ross, Reznor also began to compose for motion pictures. Their music for The Social Network (2010) won the Academy Award for best original score, and their work on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) was honoured with a Grammy. Their score for Gone Girl (2015) was also nominated for a Grammy. The pair later provided the music for the climate-change documentary Before the Flood and the thriller Patriots Day (both 2016) as well as for the 2017 Ken Burns documentary series The Vietnam War. For the animated film Soul (2020), Reznor and Ross collaborated with Jon Batiste on the score, which won an Oscar.
@@leslieswiman7297 Well, that’s not really the case in this sense. The album is about his downward spiral. Hence the name “The Downward Spiral” and the entire album is about his self hate and him using her as an escape, and using her body to control himself. The line: “You get me closer to god” is literal, in the sense that he is suicidal and him using her just gets him closer to killing himself. It’s nothing about love, it’s about hatred, and shame, and all the bad things about himself.
Can't believe I've made it 20 years of my miserable existence before finding this incredible band and the incredible album that is 'the downward spiral' 💯
Dude same. I started listening to NIN in early 2018 and i can't believe how i didn't heard of this band before. They are actually my favorite band but also The Downward Spiral is my favorite album of all time.
3:38 Aaron's guitar playing is the coolest in the world. I saw NIN live in Japan on May 20,2007. At that time,I was very influenced by his play.Thank you.
I love the transition in 3:28 I mean the bass is sooo amazing Im digging this version. Freaking badass. "I want to feel you from the inside." Oh,hell,yeah.
Whoever decision it was to interpolate The Only Time in place of the original break basically reinvented the song for the better! This arrangement still persists to this day!
This is the best song ever written, lyrics, music, everything. I saw them in 94 at Maple leaf Gradens in Toronto, Canada. Closer was the encore, beat playing in darkness for minutes.....Manson and Jim's sideshow circus opened. Best concert I have ever seen..PERIOD!!!
The Downward Sprial is a concept album about a man who kills God and pays with misery, suffering and death. Closer is the point in the album where he realizes something terrible is happening.
Every time I listen to this I cannot control my urge to rock out and by the time the song is over I have to find and retrieve my glasses from my massive headbanging/air-guitaring. This song is truely one of my favourites. :D
I confess that I actually happened to hear this Nine Inch Nails classic earlier today via a local radio station app, though in the case of probably other multiple music listeners hear I was actually introduced to the radio version of this song from later in the evening Mtv watching as a 90s teenager, this live version of Closer definitely does justice to the radio version of Closer in a novel way .
The lyrics to this song get a lot of the attention but the main jist of it is the weird hypnotic beat. This song is demented and absolutely amazing
MC MLee I agree!
Me too!
Oh yeah!
yes indeed
Isn't it a sample from eurymythics or one of those 80s electro bands?
Sex was invented in 1994 when this song came out
@ɮօʊռċɛ օʄʄ it's about self-hatred and obsession, TR mentioned, I think. Of course, drugs and sex can relate to these topics, but they're not what the song is about, exclusively.
But Sex was invented since human life...
@@rblxmac jokes tho...
lol
When was sex invented? 1994.
People before 1994:
Imagine this in a super bowl halftime show lol
A lot of FCC complaints
America, freedom of speech but not if a few Christian moms are offended
@@tsfbaf303 considering last years halftime show, they have been offended already, what's one more year?
hell yes...but Reznor is too smart to be lowered too that level of entertainment...nfl is lame
I fucking wish
"I want to violate you", I whisper to the replay button.
Lmao
oh, a comment written before people knew about the loop option
LOLOLOLOL
Damn. It's really rare that I find a live version better than the studio recording. This is absolutely incredible.
so true
Absolutely!!
try the woodstock version . definitely better in energy and mixing
The guitar inclusion between verses elevates this song so much
Woodstock is even better.
fucking Christ this version is intense. gives me chills every time.
I've seen it live later, but I want an experience like this.
I think the song sounds so much better with big Trent's (IDK how else to describe it lol) deeper register
Fvcking LVCIFER
Aaron North absolutely killed it when he was touring with them, insane talent.
@@nickthompson9851 but then after his time on NIN he stopped playing and he isnt anymore involved in the music business! After NIN he suffered mental breakdowns
That breakdown at 2:48 with the synth goes so crazy
It’s the synth line from the song “The Only Time” from Pretty Hate Machine.
This song does a great job of making anyone feel dirty
Dirty in a good way though.
Pp
But like, it helps you embrace it. Or at least me
Speak for yourself, the elite fucks us like animals, that is what it is all about
Trent Reznor is one of the most underrated musicians ever. He puts everything into his music. Amazing talent.
Underrated?!?! Where have you been?
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2020) Grammy Award (1995) Grammy Award (1992)
Notable Works: “Broken” “Ghosts I-IV” “Pretty Hate Machine” “The Downward Spiral” “The Fragile” “With Teeth” “Year Zero”. In collaboration with Atticus Ross, Reznor also began to compose for motion pictures. Their music for The Social Network (2010) won the Academy Award for best original score, and their work on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) was honoured with a Grammy. Their score for Gone Girl (2015) was also nominated for a Grammy. The pair later provided the music for the climate-change documentary Before the Flood and the thriller Patriots Day (both 2016) as well as for the 2017 Ken Burns documentary series The Vietnam War. For the animated film Soul (2020), Reznor and Ross collaborated with Jon Batiste on the score, which won an Oscar.
@@jenlambert1259 still underrated
@@milotherussianblue3691 😂 Ok.
Sorry who underrates him?
@@ScareglowSkull anyone born in 1990 onwards LOL
I love the transition in 3:28
I mean the bass is sooo amazing
It's musical perfection
That fucking bass guitar during the chorus! :D
Coolguy33 hell yeah! Rad as hell 😁
"You let me complicate you" the most realistic way of saying "I 'love you" ....
💕💕💕💕💕💕
🤣🤣🤣 ... *gasp* BA hahahahahaha
@@leslieswiman7297 Well, that’s not really the case in this sense. The album is about his downward spiral. Hence the name “The Downward Spiral” and the entire album is about his self hate and him using her as an escape, and using her body to control himself. The line: “You get me closer to god” is literal, in the sense that he is suicidal and him using her just gets him closer to killing himself. It’s nothing about love, it’s about hatred, and shame, and all the bad things about himself.
Can't believe I've made it 20 years of my miserable existence before finding this incredible band and the incredible album that is 'the downward spiral' 💯
i agree in every word you say
You're pathetic
Dude same. I started listening to NIN in early 2018 and i can't believe how i didn't heard of this band before. They are actually my favorite band but also The Downward Spiral is my favorite album of all time.
@@CrickeyNyan Dopplegänger, is that you? Well.. I found them in 2017 but still..
Wait until you hear what he put out after TDS. The Fragile is a God damned masterpeice.
Wow, I absolutely love the lighting here.
Ditto.
I got to see this tour live and I think the whole crowd had an orgasm.
I really don't want to die withou have seen a NIN, Rammstein and radiohead live at least once
That would be really cool. A NIN/Rammstein show. I wonder who would open for who.
3:38 Aaron's guitar playing is the coolest in the world.
I saw NIN live in Japan on May 20,2007.
At that time,I was very influenced by his play.Thank you.
JohnACorp782 There are many people who are better than him only in technique. But no staging guitarist like him.
3:06 when your essay lacks fancy words
are you still alive and well
Every NIИ lineup is great, every performance is awesome, every album is their best album.
NIИ can do no wrong.
I would say post ghosts is wrong but I'm also a diehard fan for life lol
@@nataliealtemose9191 I would say post Ghosts VI maybe, only because they haven’t done much :P
2:50 that switch between songs is awesome
That lil only time bit!! Very cute
This has got to be the greatest love song of all time.
its about obsession with someone and self hate but yes 😂
@@christianb1707 what is the wendigoon guy doing here? lol you have good taste
@@sneakerstring thanks 🤣
this performance was EPIC. Trent is also like a fine wine -more handsome as he ages
"I want to feel you from the inside." Oh,hell,yeah.
The live version's blending of the only time is my fav version of this song
I LOVE this version. I need to get to a concert. I miss the exhilaration of loud music and strobelights in my face.
I love the transition in 3:28
I mean the bass is sooo amazing
Im digging this version. Freaking badass.
"I want to feel you from the inside." Oh,hell,yeah.
Whoever decision it was to interpolate The Only Time in place of the original break basically reinvented the song for the better! This arrangement still persists to this day!
I love how they sandwich “The Only Time” in!! Sounds amazing
The arrangement persists to this day too :D
dat bass line tho
this man is so heavenly
This song will never got old, gets better every time I listen to it.
Still one of the best songs ever written. Trent 🤤 Reznor is a genius!
3:05
One of my favorite NIN moments ever.
Fucking chill-inducing
Bro fucking laid into the keyboard🤣🤣
Im digging this version. Freaking badass.
This is the best song ever written, lyrics, music, everything. I saw them in 94 at Maple leaf Gradens in Toronto, Canada. Closer was the encore, beat playing in darkness for minutes.....Manson and Jim's sideshow circus opened. Best concert I have ever seen..PERIOD!!!
for 2007 feels like yesterday!
That beat...and that last minute...incredible stuff. Enjoy it as much as I did when I first heard it.
Trent is one of the best live performers I have ever listened to. Most are better than the studio version.
Industrial metal at its peak
I love how the keyboardist went apeshit!
Lisa Anneliese Theron keyboardist lol 😂
The god of fuck possessed him
Darkknight Insomniac That’s the correct word
I just want that feeling from 3:28 and on to last forever. Is that too much to ask of life?
I think that this part of the song is the closest I will get to doing coke
Trent's voice has aged like fine wine.
Eargasm.
2:45 the Down In It synth, love it.
it sounds so good in this song, but isnt it the synth from the only time?
@@bellamuertes yes
@@bellamuertes it is, but its a similar synth to the Down In It, so its easy to get confused lol
Down in it was fantastic though
This makes me feel things I shouldn't discuss 😆
This is divine
The Only time fits here outrageously perfectly. ❤
Everyone is fawning over Trent, but I'm here for my man Alessandro Cortini on the synth!
Wow Trent sounds amazing live ...hope they tour this year 🤘🏼🤘🏼
They are touring. I just saw them at red rocks for their opening shows.
God I want to see them live so bad
One of the realest songs ever written.
Raelly digging this live version :)
No matter what I'm doing on UA-cam I always come back to this lyrical and musical demonstration of genius. Simply fucking amazing---every time..
Holy shit this song is sex
no shit, just figuring that out. Little strange I might add. But at least he's honest.
Reznor he said he wrote it about suicide. who knows what it's about
I always viewed it as more of a serial killer thing. Ripping someone apart as a way of escaping the cruelty of the outside world.
The Downward Sprial is a concept album about a man who kills God and pays with misery, suffering and death. Closer is the point in the album where he realizes something terrible is happening.
+big guy Really? I thought the song was about cake. I'm not really good at analyzing stuff so you're probably right
I don't care what anyone says about me hearing this song, I fucking love it.
Trent Reznor, the only man I want screaming at me.
I love how this song fits so perfectly from the name to the music
If you're just discovering Trent Reznor Welcome to the Rabbit Hole.
This is easily the best performance of this that I have come across.
1:17 that G-tar sounds so SICK
🤘🔥😎🔥🤘 NIN is FOREVER
they're so good live
Every time I listen to this I cannot control my urge to rock out and by the time the song is over I have to find and retrieve my glasses from my massive headbanging/air-guitaring. This song is truely one of my favourites. :D
This is my favorite lineup of Nine Inch Nails
I love how there's a section of _The Only Time_ at 2:48.
+luigiman09 because of that every performance of Closer from With Teeth on forward has been dubbed "Closer/The Only Time"
Because they didn't censor it
It's a good choice to mix in for sure. In a way it's about the same thing.
Last time I saw them live the put in Sunspots, was amazing
nic15 Probably a good thing
I jammed and danced to this at 8am getting ready this morning... F*ing awesome and intense 🔥🔥
Best closer performance ever !
I love how they brought it home from 3:31 on, but I have to say, 3:50 ftw...
Pesco77 yes
Did Reznor age in reverse?
It seems so!!! Hahaha
WOW!! The best live version ever - Epic performance!!
Good stuff, saw these guys live in el paso around '94. This is music that will last forever
something about this song just hits the spot of that caveman instinct for danger and sex. best NIN song.
I never get tired of nine inch NAILS
Been hearing this song since I was born. Never gets old
They sound awesome live
this man is a genius
one of my all time favorite songs
They should have an audio version of this DVD; the performances of Closer and Hurt are just superb
I confess that I actually happened to hear this Nine Inch Nails classic earlier today via a local radio station app, though in the case of probably other multiple music listeners hear I was actually introduced to the radio version of this song from later in the evening Mtv watching as a 90s teenager, this live version of Closer definitely does justice to the radio version of Closer in a novel way .
just so cleanly executed
I love the sound in the second verse...
holy shit this is fucking crazy brilliant i do not have words for this
Love it can't get enough
My favorite live cut of Closer.
Trent Reznor still rocking like the big boss!!
The way they combined it with The Only Time towards the end was so fucking cool.
All time classic
THE LIVE VERSION IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE STUDIO VERSION, GREAT TRENT!!!
This song somehow utilizes the 1960’s Wilson Pickett progression formula perfectly. Plus it’s good fucking music ;)
Wow, I absolutely love the lighting here.
Raelly digging this live version :)
Still by LIGHT YEARS the best LIVE version of this song 🤘💪🔨😈
I’d say it’s the best version period
wow that crowd is pretty serene- in a good way, just jamming and enjoying the music
I mean...trent is simply amaziing!!! I love this song, is just, perfect!
The breakdown with The Only Thing is so good.
-I'm going to play at Nine.
-Oh yes? What instrument?
-Lights. 🤩😍
I have seen this video probably 1,000 times and i still can not get over how amazing they are
Man They know how to put on one hell of a show!
Pure passion.
bro I love this song
Awesome concert.
Dat bi lighting in the chorus 👀
Nice catch.
That drop in of 'The Only Time' is freakin $ik n@$ty!!!!
i love artists who are live even better than on cd