NIN at Hollywood Bowl...BEST. CONCERT. EVARRR..

    Last night my cousin and I went to the Hollywood Bowl to see Nine Inch Nails. By far this was the best live entertainment I've ever been do. I've never seen NIN in concert before, and this was a real treat.

    You could feel the buzz in the air. The set design was pretty amazing. They opened with this screen in front of the stage that was see-through and backlit so you could see the band's outlines from the lighting. Then it came up and I was just blown away.

    They played most of With Teeth, but threw in a lot from past albums. Just about every song kicked ass...and people were grooving, dancing, singing along. Seeing NIN in concert was pure joy. Highights of the songs the played:

    Opened with Pinion from Broken

    (and the following is not really in order and I am certainly missing some):

    You Know What You are / With Teeth

    The Hand that Feeds / With Teeth

    Only / With Teeth

    Reptile / Downward Spiral

    Hurt / Downward Spiral

    Head Like a Hole / Pretty Hate Machine

    Beside You in Time / With Teeth

    Closer / Downward Spiral

    Terrible Lie / Pretty Hate Machine

    March of the Pigs / Downward Spiral

    Eraser / Downward Spiral

    Sin / Pretty Hate Machine

    Only / With Teeth

    Wish / Broken

    There were more songs...it was just a blur and I had so much fun I'm still thinking about it.

    One thing I must say is that while any NIN fan knows Trent Reznor has some very deep, interesting thoughts about relationships, culture etc...I'm finding that I hear each song on multiple levels. If you listen from a perspective about relationships and women you hear one thing. If you from a perspective of culture, capitalism, corporate America (like me) you hear some other things. Seeing him perform live gave me new energy about his music and how far reaching his ideas stretch. He has never publicly discussed politics or anything, but I interpret him as someone who is deeply pained and saddened by the state of the world and wants to do something about it, but doesn't neccessarily know what to do. I think a lot of people identify with that and find self expression through his music.

    Kinda rambling, but I'm really glad I went to the show (not I had ever inteded not to once I bought the tix).

    I'd really like to see Nin aswell, I've heard lots of good stuff about it live.

    I haven't heard too much tho, but downward spiral is a great album.

    I saw them a couple fo years ago during the Fragility 2.0 tour. A perfect Circle openned and they were great but NIN was probably one of the best performances I've ever seen. The energy from the band was amazing.

    Quote from Minotauro

    All the bands I really wanted to see in concert dont exist anymore (alice in chains, rage against the machine, prodigy)

    indeed. Hence, you can understand how glad I am to have finally seen probably my favorite modern musical group of all time.

    Popular opinion of NIN's show is that it is among the best, I don't know myself as I've never seen them live, probably because I'm not a massive fan of them. I would certainly see them if it wasn't so much effort to make the venue.

    i love how people have made up all these cool words to call other people whose musical tastes they dont agree with. gj minos........

    and yeah. it's actually good music. if its your thing that is.

    Quote from kleinluka

    i love how people have made up all these cool words to call other people whose musical tastes they dont agree with. gj minos........ and yeah. it's actually good music. if its your thing that is.

    plz klein, I was kidding. I know lifehouse aint emo. And if it was, whats the problem.

    Quote from Izuno

    what's emo?and if Lifehouse isn't emo, what is Lifehouse? i've just never heard of it.

    http://lifehousemusic.com/

    it's a rock band. it's kinda soft which is why most people i know don't like them but i think they're awesome. the singer/songwriter jason wade also wrote a song for shrek.

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