Pino Palladino playing fretless on this. Blimey.
he gets everywhere, I tell you...
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 9 Jun 2022, 12:59,
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I listened to Pretty Hate Machine the other day, for the first time in YEARS
A couple of tracks still sound alright, the rest has aged really badly.
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The music
or the production? Because I do think the songs are well written, but Trent Reznor was very much in the thrall of the tech of the time.
I used to love the Seinfeld-Style-Sampled-Slap of the original, but fuck me Sanctified is in another realm with Pino playing on it.
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 9 Jun 2022, 14:49,
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with that stuff the music is inseparable from the production really, innit
Sin sounds very 80s, and Down In It was always a bit shit; it's a ripoff of Skinny Puppy with a godawful attempt at rapping.
Something I Can Never Have is one of the tracks that's aged well.
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God, I thought it was garbage the day it came out
Some record shop guy said "Hey, you like industrial stuff - you'll love this." I took it back.
They got better. Usually it's the other way round "I liked their early stuff" beard-stroking.
Still, they're one of the only bands I've ever walked out on - shite live experience. I'd far rather hear them in a club.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Thu 9 Jun 2022, 16:13,
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nine inch nails weren't really industrial when they started out, I reckon
Obviously clear influences from Ministry, Depeche Mode etc, but not 'industrial' in the same way as Throbbing Gristle or Skinny Puppy.
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Exactly -
I was most upset. Where's my screeching dalek vocals and fuzzy horror film samples?
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Thu 9 Jun 2022, 16:55,
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We didn't walk out, but yes, probably the worst gig I've been to.
Awful sound, drawn out meandering versions of the less "danceable" tracks, and a few black silhouettes standing in front of a red screen for the entire thing - could have been anyone up there.
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Thu 9 Jun 2022, 19:47,
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I still reckon he did the deed with Brian back in the day
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Thu 9 Jun 2022, 22:47,
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I seem to recall
that the digipack of 1996's antichrist superstar contains a photo of him with a tube going from his dick to twiggy's mouth
And now people have started accusing him of being a pervert
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 10 Jun 2022, 12:22,
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the only MM album remotely worth listening to is Portrait of an American Family
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