Therapist Reacts to Closer by Nine Inch Nails
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Therapist analyzes the lyrics of Closer by Nine Inch Nails to discuss how often times when people are being excessively vulgar in their expression what they are actually saying is "help me" this song is a perfect example of how what is expressed is not often what is being felt. We can learn to listen for the whispered help me.
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The whole Downward Spiral album is amazing. It tells a story and should be listened to in its entirety.
Agreed. It's such an amazing and important piece of work. A literal descent of a man.
Totally agree and that applies to the majority of the NIN catalog. Really, NIN is one of those bands (I use the term loosely as it's just Trent until the later stuff) like Tool or Pink Floyd that writes albums, not songs. The Fragile, from my point of view, was an extension of The Downward Spiral and just had him expanding and building on that base. Luckily it takes me almost exactly the length of that whole album to mow my lawn so I just pop that on and can listen from start to finish otherwise I might never get the opportunity to experience it as often as I do! 🤣
Funny how people don’t get that, they don’t go below the veneer.
GREAT POINT!!!
Just like Pretty Hate Machine, and Broken
“It’s ‘I am a piece of shit and I am declaring that and if you think you want me, here I am.’” -Trent Reznor
On a serious note though. He was stating that he has to do these things to escape his depression. And even though after is degrading, but while he is in it he is perfect. So the song is a cycle.
Sounds lije push it feo Tool, hace you hear?
like a Downward Spiral, if you will.
You're a cycle
Don't get me wrong but I feel we should take a look into " " 9:35 Pretty Hate Machine" Is "Head like a Hole" Trent dealing with a Narcissistic relationship? Every song on this Album rocks! True breakup music for those of us who were discarded by a Narc...
the quiet lyrics at the end...
Through every forest
Above the trees
Within my stomach
Scraped off my knees
I drink the honey
Inside your hive
You are the reason
I stay alive
Thanks for sharing that, I could never figure that out.
My friend used to say "through the forest, and over the river to grandmother's house we go". and no matter how into the song we were, everyone in our goth/ metal head group would belt out laughing because of it.
This might be about Trent's heroin addiction. Within my stomach... that's where you feel it.
"No one tell her about Broken" had me literally laughing out loud 🤣😭💀
If you never heard the remix "Fixed" give that a listen sometime, I usually liked the remixes of NIN over the studio releases.
Oh, please watch Broken!!!
@@Krankensteinn No. no. no, do not watch the Broken video. I remember seeing it back in the 90s and it was f'in wild. A friend of mine threw watching it not knowing that it wasn't a snuff film.
I saw it in the 90s as well. Awesome.
@@Krankensteinn The 90s were great. All those rumors about the FBI investigating Trent over it, and no way to actually verify, hah.
NiN is great for this channel’s subject matter. It’s important to understand the context of the album “The Downward Spiral” which this song is in, it tells the story of a man slowly devolving into insanity and eventually doing something irreversible. At this point in the man’s journey he is trying to escape his problems by turning to… what is talked about in this song
Exactly this song is a piece of a much bigger puzzle.
'Further Down The Spiral" is worth a follow-up.
Trent is a genius. He has and keeps saving me since 1989. Help me get away from my horrible struggles. Masterpiece. Fun fact he wasn’t going to put this in the record. ❤More NIN please!!!!
Same!
I've been listening to this song for 30 years and you've had the most insightful response I've ever heard to it and the most accurate. Wow
Agreed
I've always found how people react to this song to be interesting. Good on ya for putting a positive spin on it.
Typically the reaction is just SHOCKED at the vulgarity ...
NIN- something I can never have (STILL)
Also would like to see her react to And All That Could Have Been from Still
So pumped you reacted to an NIN song! Trent Reznor, thru his music, helped me tremendously in my 20's and basically to this day understand what I was feeling and how to deal with it without ending me. Closer is a good song, but give "Gave Up", "Wish" or "Terrible Lie" to name a few a try.
This guy knows what's up.
Every Day Is Exactly The Same holds a lot of meaning for me. Love Now NIN!
Yes
The Fragile is overlooked Masterpiece
Seriously solid take. I’m so glad I found you on here. I’ve seen NIN in concert 7 times it is amazing. Now with kids I’m shocked we used to listen to this on the radio. It’s wild
Check out reptile it’s definitely worth a peek
Back in the 90s, this was the most unique music we heard. Still the jams!
The entire Album Pretty Hate machine is a masterpiece in ultra depressive episodes!
Yeah, they were one of my faves in high school because no one else was acknowledging how depressed I was. So validating
Terrible Lie!.....
BWAAAHAAAAHAA!
This is on Downward Spiral, Not Pretty Hate Machine.
Closer is not a PHM track
Sometimes the anger you think you see in someone's eyes, is actually pain.
One of the best concerts I have been to was Nine David Inch Bowie Nails.
They did both of their individual sets. Then did some songs together.
Friggin awesome!
I am very very jealous you got to see that tour!!! 😆
Wow, that must have been an awesome experience.
Feel so glad for you 🥳
Saw that tour in Toronto. Phenomenal!
@HeartSupport Other NIN songs to looks at my favorite of all time and most applicable to you. "The Big Come Down" The Fragile, "Right where it Belongs" (With Teeth) for existential crisis, "Becoming" (Downward Spiral), "Mr. Self Distruct" (Downward Spiral), "Gave Up" (Broken) your gonna need lyrics but it is a messed up song, "Something I Can Never Have".
Those are some great choices
Gave up and Wish. Broken is a great album.
oh that was a nice suprise. would like to see more Manson and NIN here! 😊
Definitely agree...long list of great music from both.
Manson appears to be a sex offender (according to some media sources). Not sure how that would fit into this channel? I listened to him constantly in the 90s though.
@@Fl4ppers I have some points to say about this. and I mean it in a very friendly type of way! 😀
1. we have to seperate art from artist.
2. Till lindemann also had such a case. and rammstein was also covered in this channel.
3. some of this will be more true and some will be less true, see Depp-Heard.
well thats all I can think of atm. but should be enough that I dont see any problem with him 😉
@@duckonlsd7706 The Till case seemed to be from one claim... the Manson one seems to be several people. That's what worried me as a fan. And yes I can and do separate the art from the artist (case in point is Led Zep)
No offence taken btw.
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I was looking into it since I wasnt up to date myself either.
it seems manson sued evan back for defamation. and some of the accusers have come forward saying they get pressured into making this accusations. but overall this case is still ongoing.
it also seems he is getting ready to release new music and go on tour.
thought id share 😀
I hope you do more Nine Inch Nails, not just the popular stuff, but the rest. The lyrics get dark, deep, and honestly very relatable to a lot of people.
I was at WOODSTOCK 94 when right after Melissa Etheridge left the stage, Nine inch Nails crawled up out of the crowd of "mud people" along the front right up on stage A and started in with playing. This song was awesome that summer.
I was there too. Next to two drunks screaming for Metallica at first, then four songs in they were down in it, so to speak. Killer weekend. Even did the vintage 69 thing and broke in rather than pay for the ticket😊
You absolutely nailed the theme here. This is about feeding an alter ego and putting your pain into (ew) someone else. The act in this song is closer to an expression of violence than love. The imagery of traditionally disgusting things being sexualised is confronting (the carcass being oddly yonic, the eel being phallic, the bound monkey, the lizards and birth etc). It mocks and even completely misunderstands something "sexy". Then there is the sounds... Heavy synth and bass that resembles a pulse drowning out tragic piano that finally breaks through at the end. In fact this whole album is a beast and helped me through the darkest of my days. The algorithm may not permit but this album from start to finish is amazing and tells the story of a depressed man creating an alter ego, succumbing to addiction and self loathing. Definitely check out the closing track "Hurt" if nothing else
Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll. I've done all 3. The whole "escaping myself" feeling is very, very real. When I had that rush on stage, when I sniffed a line, when I got with a woman, I'm not me for a while, I'm my own ideally perceived version of myself. A short while when I didn't need to be me. I was someone else. I acted different, talked different, moved differently. I was someone else.
Yeah. Being on stage is definitely a drug. It’s all just our brain chemically reacting to our environment. Stage. Line. Sex.
It’s not just the rush for me tho. It’s also about musicianship in a big way. Since I was 6, and saw “Help!” music was my life.
Never felt more like I was doing what I was meant to, being on tour. On stage. In studio. Rehearsals. I miss that.
I don’t miss drugs.
@Samthabutcha did em all. Except…. Meth. And Tranq. Oh! I see what I did wrong - should’ve specified hard, manly drugs like heroin and crack mixed and injected, I do not miss.😂🤷🏻♂️ imo marijuana is less a drug than a “confusing spice.” And psychedelics are our evolutionary accelerators.
But no I don’t miss the street drugs.
Tappin a vein while having sex was one of my bliss moments. The drug running through your body inside while your outside was wrapped in heat and just and pleasure. It was afterwards that was awful a cycle that only took you round and round yet you're trying to reach higher unable to because your only going round.
Tappin a vein while having sex was one of my bliss moments. The drug running through your body inside while your outside was wrapped in heat and just and pleasure. It was afterwards that was awful a cycle that only took you round and round yet you're trying to reach higher unable to because your only going round.
Tappin a vein while having sex was one of my bliss moments. The drug running through your body inside while your outside was wrapped in heat and just and pleasure. It was afterwards that was awful a cycle that only took you round and round yet you're trying to reach higher unable to because your only going round.......
I love the little piano piece at the end. I remember listening to this as a kid in elementary school.
I remember the day this was released... the music world went momentarily awestruck and then the all the discussions.
It was our ANTHEM! Omg!
The song is pretty straightforward and uncomplicated: it's simply about a guy with low self-esteem in a sexual relationship of some sort with someone, and uses it as an escape instead of dealing with his issues, at the expense of others. Also, this is the edited video because the unedited is filled with nudity and drawings of genitalia.
Watch it again, it is the uncensored version, she just blurred it out.
Yep
This is a fantastic album. This song is not for the faint of heart. Playing it in my car on 11. I like this loud.
I love how this song has a STRONG sexy vibe.
Yeah they channeled it so smooth
Trent was destroying himself with his addictions around this time iirc. The "help me" bit links in with many of the other tracks on the album... he became friends with Bowie around this time, and Bowie tried to help him off his drugs. Bowie went through the same spiral in the 70s.
It took quite a few years, an overdose that cancelled the rest of Tthe Fragility 2.0 tour and a close friend of his passing from an overdose that made him get his life together for the better and we're all glad he's out of it since 2004.
Whoever is analyzing the data of us for you to keep keeping it engaged to this content is the real winner, thxs dr we need more of these
Face (mind): utter disgust
Body: vibing and enjoying it
yeah, that's pretty much it
Well this should be interesting never saw this reaction coming,😂
I understand its sort of seemingly taboo song but artistically I kind of like the raw kind of slightly disgusting way this song makes me feel, it's got a great sound
Good point on noting the Help me cry. Downward spiral is a great album - as the title tells - its a downward fall of a man, whos struggling in life. Album ending with the song Hurt, which is covered by Johnny Cash. You have probably heard that one.
I've heard this song a million times and never thought about it like you explained. Wow. Thanks! ❤
You want to witness the journey of a man through his music. Go down the Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor rabbit hole. Trent transformed over the past 35 years
Thank you. Your perspective/commentary is therapy for me and helps me learn more about myself and others. You are one of the only people that I actually listen to and enjoy hearing your reaction commentary.
I remember this song being our ANTHEM when it came out mid 90’s.
NIN - All The Love In The World
Yes
Trent Reznor is a genius. He is the godfather of industrial metal music. He was one of the pioneers of taking electronic sounds and fusing a dose of heavy metal. The result is both catchy and terrifying at the same time. Add to it his lyrics that were generally shocking in some way, to force you to think and analysis oneself.
The entire album is a masterpiece, I would love to see more from it.
I love how immediately you got it!
This song /video hit so many NAILS on the head for the forefront when it comes to INDUSTRIAL music, but you hit the nail on the head with most of what you are listening to amd relating. I could go further... but I highly recommend you listening to the entire album of 'Downward Spiral.
Especially knowing the last track "Hurt" was eventually covered by Johnny Cash only about 10 years later, or so.
Ohh girl, I love how you got it right away, most of the time people just get shocked by the lyrics. You should listen to the whole album! I'd love to hear your therapist perspective on such a dark and intimate album.
And now he's doing soundtracks for Disney movies. Love NIN.
Thank you for doing this! I love these videos! This is extremely helpful in my own maze of life.
It would be nice to react to the whole album The Downward Spiral.
A really good video that depicts someone out of control is 'Wrong" by Depeche Mode. If I remember it was meant to portray their own struggles with addiction. In the video a guy is rolling backwards in his car, out of control, damaging everything that gets in its way. Only to come to at the end to scream for help, but it had become too late.
Broken is NIN's masterpiece
Close tie with "Pretty Hate Machine" but I think Broken has the edge. There were a couple of great remix EPs that spun off Broken too.
Nine inch nails - lights in the sky.
Thanks for the video!
The lights in the sky tour was absolutely epic. I saw it on 2 dates, some of the best shows I've ever seen.
@@Mike4891w yeah, real, fantastic show!
Very good analysis!You totally get the meaning of the song, wich sadly , many other reactors don't!The song comes from a concept album that describes the complete downfall of soul.I really think an complete album analysis of 'The downward Spiral' would not only perfectly fit into this channel,you also would love the musical artistry and the very well written lyrics of it! It's nothing less than a masterpiece!
That whole album is a work of art! It's pure genius! Please do more of it!
you need to do the whole album. SOOOO much material for your analysis .It's like a concept album about self destruction .
3:19 - editor is wise. 😂
haha when I saw that note popup I was like "oh, a fellow traveler?" 😁
Lol fr, the broken short film gave me irreversible brain damage
🤣🤣🤣
The broken movie is a masterpiece by a certain Mr Peter Christopherson… of the Band Coil. . . Coil are mind blowing….🤯
I was seriously watching your channel yesterday and looking if you had made one on closer. And here we are!
Its amazing that the man did everything he could to not make this radio friendly and it still blew up!😅
I’ve enjoyed these videos and music breakdowns. Feel like some Pearl Jam would be relatable to people as well, rearview mirror, in my tree, and deep are a few tracks that come to mind. Thank you for doing these and I do believe this does help people out there either dealing with or folks that have overcome and help inspire them to help others and spread positivity, through the power of music.
Oh man the amount of emotion in the lyrics and imagery in so many of his works. Please do "Something I can never have" for more emotion from NIN
And pick the woodstock 94 version... There's just something about that performance that hits different
Trent has been filled with angst and anger for 30 years....thank god
I love the faces you make during this one 😂
I remember when this video first started playing on mtv. Good times, man. Good times 😂💜
God damn, I think you nailed it! Not just the song, but addiction in general!
Even as a therapist it does seem like you give off this genuine emotion of a reaction just like the rest of us can relate to because I find myself doing that all the time sometimes.
You can never go wrong with more NIN
"That's relatable. He's also floating - okay, here we go, et's go." 😅
Taylor, you're a genius! Great reaction to this video. You're also a feast for the eyes. May you have a great week!
5:23 everybodys face when the little girl pops up 😂 always hilarious
Was brought up on NIN since birth. Love/hate some songs/albums but I will always love "them". Trent is a genius
This man has always been well ahead of the curve, Legend
The whole album of Pretty Hate Machine and Spiral was EPIC
Trent Reznor the human disco ball of fuck it all, "take it all away" Loving the channel btw.....semi addicted for a minute.
Damn you are so good at figuring song meanings out. Kudos.
A ground breaking album and cinematography from floria
Love her work
How has a white 40ish y/o educated American woman not heard this song?
I just loved the analisys. I can relate so much with what you said. Thank you so much for this. And I want to share a thought that I personally had on the lyric of this song. When I've listened the entire "The downward spiral" album paying close attention to the lyrics and knowing that it is a conceptual album, I realized that in the song "Closer" he is talking about a very hard drug, and not about someone to have sex with. Is like he is saying: "I know that having you in my organism is breaking me apart... but oh my god, you're so delicious... I think I need help"
Everyone need a bad ass therapist like you .
Love the understanding of the song .. props to you for that. As for the vulgarity thing.. some of us grew up in an environment where vulgarity is the norm when it comes to speech or expression. Saying something vulgar is akin to saying the word 'cake' when speaking of desserts. I honestly am amused when someone gets offended by something I say. That's a them problem.. because being offended is a choice
I like how the bissected [pig?] behind him appears like bloody angel wings.
Brilliant, you figured the song out instantly!
Wow. I came here for the LOLs, but I left impressed by the analysis. Well done!
Wow, this is the most insightful reaction i've seen about this song. This song is in an album called 'Downward Spiral' about just what you're describing.
You’re so great at this!
The fact that this video comes up right under the video for the song tells you everything you need to know about this song.
The message of Help Me make so much sense especially when you take into consideration other songs that Trent has written such as "Hurt"
Pleeeease do more Nine Inch Nails!!!!!🖤🖤🖤
Head Like A Hole is my personal favorite, but this one is very iconic as well
I wish other nin songs would get requested for these videos. Songs like "right where it belongs" " the great below" "every day is exactly the same" and "something i can never have" would do more to get people interested in Mr. Reznors music than the harder favorites like "closer" or "wish".
It can be a bit much for some at first.
Wow. Amazing analysis. Help me is the most repeated line..New perspective on this song now. Thank you
Another NIN music video that's interesting from a psychological perspective is the music video for Burn which was recorded for the soundtrack of Natural Born Killers.
65 year old white woman. During covid I took the opportunity to try to listen to music I have not heard before they have been popular or talked about over the decades. One of my first discoveries was nine inch nails the immediate reaction was profound. Anyway this song hold me in yet tore at me. I stumbled on your site today no idea where I was going at that point.. but what caught my eye was that someone anyone had done a reaction of some kind of that song. After listening on top of it... It was a non-judgmental therapeutic look at the depression and addiction and all the things that are so covered up... Lights to think about but I wanted to let you know how grateful I am to discovered someone you can analyze something the other glance repelled so many. That right there is the story it needs to be told. So much incredible pain and indescribable horror I think... The underlying current is trying to find a way to say help me.
First time hearing this song was a wild ride of emotion for me.
3:50 compulsion
This was an insane album listening as a 16 year old, went to the tour in 1994. The last album, Pretty Hate Machine is an industrial masterpiece in my book
How has this channel not listened to Johnny Cash's "Hurt" yet? Perfect song to explore! Def recommend next!
I love your reactions, they feel so genuine. I would have originally not liked this song but your explanation actually makes the song more relateable. Although I am not a particular fan of it, I am not hating it. The lyrics are deeper than the vibe the video gives. If you read this, could you react to Citizen Soldier - "This Is Your Sign"? I think you would have a lot to say about it too. Although I wish I could help others, I am still not in a good place myself. A lot of shit has happened to me. But I know that others out there have it worse. I know I am not supposed to feel that way but I do. I know my situation could have been worse. However, that does not make it any better. It makes me feel weak. And I feel so disappointed in myself that I am the way I am compared to what my mother went through. She had it far worse than me but she pulled through. Although she has some issues still remaining, she pushed through it and became a woman I truly admire. However, I am also disappointed of the way she acted when something happened to me. I felt no one around me exept my mother's friend who came to visit saw straight through me and knew that something was wrong. Although I wasn't close to her than I wanted to be, she was able to tell when no one else in my family could. I am still affected by the way my mom handled the situation. I can no longer open up to her about what I am going through, and it hurts cause she used to be my rock. Right now, all that is keeping me here is my fur babies and the music I have discovered. I have so many problems that I can't fix alone with effort. There is a band that has helped me let off steam or relate to. I discovered it last year and every time they post a new song, I have to listen to it. The band is called Citizen Soldier. The singer is a therapist, who attempted suicide but was reborn in 2016. I love that his songs, even if they have no correlation to me, feel so relateable. One of my favorite songs of theirs is "This Is Your Sign". This was the song that was able to make me cry when I thought I couldn't. And now every song I have listened to has gave me emotions I thought were long dead. If anyone needs a good song to listen to I would highly recommend this song. Not only that, I would highly recommend sharing it with others as the message in this song can bring someone from the edge.
I love your stank face when you start vibing to the song.
I like your interpretations, of my favorite 90’s songs…like Dragula and Closer!
You should try Somewhat damaged by Nine Inch Nails as well, really amazing.
One of the best songs to watch certain, athletic, women, dance to while tackling a pole obstacle....
Love your reactions 😊
I know I've met these certain women. In fact I'm going to see them challenge a pole obstacle in about 2 hours
You let me violate you
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you - My favourite four lines of lyrics of all time from my favourite musician of all time, Trent Reznor.
An industrial masterpiece. The Downward Spiral and The Fragile are amazing albums. Almost all of NIN stuff is great. I really like their second album Broken. This came out in 1994 that was a GREAT year for music. 1991-2000 were the best music. Really 92-99 but I say 91 because Pearl Jams first album technically came out in December 1991 and Mother Love Bone was pre 1992.
If you like weird industrial music with heavily analyzable lyrics, please do Skinny Puppy. It’s… beautiful
terrible lie is great one of my fav songs ever