Fuck the World...NIN IS BACK!!!!

lastexit78 wrote:

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

Has anyone been reading about how much Trent is doing for a huge NIN fan who has terminal cancer?

His name is Andrew, and he is a close friend of my wife.

Trent has invited him to rehearsals, dedicated songs to him during concerts, and even did facetime with him during the NIN show in Las Vegas this past Saturday.

Trent is a class act!

I was at the Vegas show last weekend when he called Andrew. It was pretty cool, probably the loudest the crowd got all night was for Andrew. Overall a lackluster crowd, we were in the balcony and NOBODY was even standing. The setlist was basically all of Hesitation Marks along with some rarities and the usuals like Hurt, Head Like a Hole and Wish. Overall a cool show in a small venue, not as amazing as Lights In the Sky was but I think he wanted to reinvent things a little.

I did read that the Las Vegas shows were different from the arena shows as they were unable to bring their full production in.

Hesitation Marks has an interesting new style and sound.

But...

There are some woeful songs on there. Everything is horrific in particular.

The Eater of Dreams, Copy of A, Came Back Haunted, Find My Way and Various Methods of Escape are the only ones I listen to.

The Fragile, it ain't.

It's a hideous song.

Satellite isn't very good either and All Time Low is awful too.

So I saw them last Thursday, and it was a really good show, but I found something REALLY strange. I don't think Trent or anyone else addressed the audience ONCE. Not a word. I guess I might be forgetting a "Hello Vancouver" or something, but I don't think so. So it was more like watching a movie in a way. There was ZERO connection with the crowd as far as I could tell. In fact, their special effect lighting screen or whatever actually dropped in FRONT of the stage and physically blocked them from the audience for a good part of the show. It was fairly alienating. So that is my complaint... and that's a pretty big one. Thinking about a main reason I love PJ live - that connection with the crowd and so much communication - I found the complete lack of any of that from NIN disappointing. Other than that, it was fantastic. Sounded great, looked great! And the crowd was pretty decent for Vancouver.

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

So I saw them last Thursday, and it was a really good show, but I found something REALLY strange. I don't think Trent or anyone else addressed the audience ONCE. Not a word. I guess I might be forgetting a "Hello Vancouver" or something, but I don't think so. So it was more like watching a movie in a way. There was ZERO connection with the crowd as far as I could tell. In fact, their special effect lighting screen or whatever actually dropped in FRONT of the stage and physically blocked them from the audience for a good part of the show. It was fairly alienating. So that is my complaint... and that's a pretty big one. Thinking about a main reason I love PJ live - that connection with the crowd and so much communication - I found the complete lack of any of that from NIN disappointing. Other than that, it was fantastic. Sounded great, looked great! And the crowd was pretty decent for Vancouver.

He thanked the crowd. He also introduced the band. But you are correct that it was more a production than an intimate evening.

That curtain they dropped in front of the band led to some great lighting effects!

Well, at least they said something, but still.... Yes, that screen did lead to some great lighting effects! It looked cool!.... But the cost of that was literally not being able to see the band at all for some parts of the show... I just found that odd.

Olivavu wrote:

Digital Twilight wrote:

EdLaw wrote:

I'm really loving it. Especially from Satellite onwards. I Would For You and In Two might be one of my favourite one-two punches in the NIN catalogue.

Everything is easily the weakest song, but it doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as it seems to bother everyone else.

I don't think Everything is the weakest song but I can see why people think that.

Hesitation Marks is a great album, so much depth to it and i'm still finding subtle textures lurking in the background. Satellite is a great anti pop song.

I'm really looking forward to the tour next year and what Trent comes up with.

Everything is the worst NIN song ever.

YUP!! It's horrible! The rest of the album is good, fortunately.

peacefrompaul wrote:

I'd take it over Perfect Drug and Starfuckers any day.

And I'm 100% serious.

Me too. The Perfect Drug is just overrated to my ears.

PJ_Soul wrote:

So I saw them last Thursday, and it was a really good show, but I found something REALLY strange. I don't think Trent or anyone else addressed the audience ONCE. Not a word. I guess I might be forgetting a "Hello Vancouver" or something, but I don't think so. So it was more like watching a movie in a way. There was ZERO connection with the crowd as far as I could tell. In fact, their special effect lighting screen or whatever actually dropped in FRONT of the stage and physically blocked them from the audience for a good part of the show. It was fairly alienating. So that is my complaint... and that's a pretty big one. Thinking about a main reason I love PJ live - that connection with the crowd and so much communication - I found the complete lack of any of that from NIN disappointing. Other than that, it was fantastic. Sounded great, looked great! And the crowd was pretty decent for Vancouver.

I know what you mean. At the Toronto show, Trent said thank you a number of times and the only time he really addressed to the audience was after the first song of the encore Even Deeper. He introduced the band members and he also joked that he's thinking of moving to Canada because the Toronto crowd was great. Less talking, more music. And I prefer it that way in my opinion.