Nine Inch Nails - Closer (Live: Beside You in Time - Unedited)

Music video by Nine Inch Nails performing Closer. (C) 2007 Interscope Records

[@joshpadgett4386]

Sex was invented in 1994 when this song came out

[@shiv_ring]

@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.

[@rblxmac]

But Sex was invented since human life...

[@LordCapsis]

@@rblxmac jokes tho...

[@iriefire6609]

lol

[@drperkyreal4686]

When was sex invented? 1994. People before 1994:

[@elroc1]

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

[@audz8219]

MC MLee I agree!

[@Blondinska]

Me too!

[@rubenbravo5143]

Oh yeah!

[@hiramestrada5823]

yes indeed

[@jeanyiyo5006]

Isn't it a sample from eurymythics or one of those 80s electro bands?

[@Cptidris]

This song does a great job of making anyone feel dirty

[@jessicametaneira7861]

Dirty in a good way though.

[@TheDystopianite]

Pp

[@xXxThelegend27xXx]

But like, it helps you embrace it. Or at least me

[@hicontact5232]

Speak for yourself, the elite fucks us like animals, that is what it is all about

[@diego-vx7vw]

Imagine this in a super bowl halftime show lol

[@liammcnicholas918]

A lot of FCC complaints

[@tsfbaf303]

America, freedom of speech but not if a few Christian moms are offended

[@AllHailTheNoise]

@@tsfbaf303 considering last years halftime show, they have been offended already, what's one more year?

[@fridayray8891]

hell yes...but Reznor is too smart to be lowered too that level of entertainment...nfl is lame

[@awsumperson115]

I fucking wish

[@blimunda.]

"I want to violate you", I whisper to the replay button.

[@efrainelsanchosanchez3139]

Lmao

[@JanJanNik]

oh, a comment written before people knew about the loop option

[@danimal097521]

LOLOLOLOL

[@danteconsonero2315]

Damn. It's really rare that I find a live version better than the studio recording. This is absolutely incredible.

[@sharkmug1583]

so true

[@mimilarue13]

Absolutely!!

[@DOWNPOUR_]

try the woodstock version . definitely better in energy and mixing

[@DRofLOLing]

The guitar inclusion between verses elevates this song so much

[@chadwertz9648]

Woodstock is even better.

[@benthomas6677]

That breakdown at 2:48 with the synth goes so crazy

[@MrAmc1291]

It’s the synth line from the song “The Only Time” from Pretty Hate Machine.

[@milotherussianblue3691]

Trent Reznor is one of the most underrated musicians ever. He puts everything into his music. Amazing talent.

[@jenlambert1259]

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.

[@milotherussianblue3691]

@@jenlambert1259 still underrated

[@jenlambert1259]

@@milotherussianblue3691 😂 Ok.

[@ScareglowSkull]

Sorry who underrates him?

[@milotherussianblue3691]

@@ScareglowSkull anyone born in 1990 onwards LOL

[@ashleyrichards6004]

fucking Christ this version is intense. gives me chills every time.

[@pesco7]

I've seen it live later, but I want an experience like this.

[@krspykreame1]

I think the song sounds so much better with big Trent's (IDK how else to describe it lol) deeper register

[@LordFokker1987]

Fvcking LVCIFER

[@nickthompson9851]

Aaron North absolutely killed it when he was touring with them, insane talent.

[@LordFokker1987]

@@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

[@Chris-dy2xf]

I love the transition in 3:28 I mean the bass is sooo amazing

[@pesco7]

It's musical perfection

[@KinkyOnkel33]

That fucking bass guitar during the chorus! :D

[@juanmillan2682]

Coolguy33 hell yeah! Rad as hell 😁

[@AlexandraPryakhina]

Wow, I absolutely love the lighting here.

[@Lewej1]

Ditto.

[@4amcripple]

I got to see this tour live and I think the whole crowd had an orgasm.

[@mdj2023]

"You let me complicate you" the most realistic way of saying "I 'love you" ....

[@leslieswiman7297]

💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@jtifflezmarie]

🤣🤣🤣 ... *gasp* BA hahahahahaha

[@Snoigel]

@@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.

[@higher5761]

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.

[@higher5761]

JohnACorp782 There are many people who are better than him only in technique. But no staging guitarist like him.

[@joexkid9059]

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' 💯

[@highspeedmaniac9762]

i agree in every word you say

[@sloan_9026]

You're pathetic

[@CrickeyNyan]

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.

[@lostmedia-e6p]

@@CrickeyNyan Dopplegänger, is that you? Well.. I found them in 2017 but still..

[@masseffectmafia]

Wait until you hear what he put out after TDS. The Fragile is a God damned masterpeice.

[@voltaspeeder17]

Holy shit this song is sex

[@DebraNormand]

no shit, just figuring that out. Little strange I might add. But at least he's honest.

[@zaltaire]

Reznor he said he wrote it about suicide. who knows what it's about

[@axewolfjack]

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.

[@bigguy1164]

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.

[@pepperj]

+big guy Really? I thought the song was about cake. I'm not really good at analyzing stuff so you're probably right

[@decx0326]

Im digging this version. Freaking badass.

[@mohdemir5778]

3:06 when your essay lacks fancy words

[@mud8723]

are you still alive and well

[@nakashima01]

Every NIИ lineup is great, every performance is awesome, every album is their best album. NIИ can do no wrong.

[@nataliealtemose9191]

I would say post ghosts is wrong but I'm also a diehard fan for life lol

[@nakashima01]

@@nataliealtemose9191 I would say post Ghosts VI maybe, only because they haven’t done much :P

[@marinal.a.4747]

This song brings out my inner stripper XD

[@yuhmuhfuhkuh]

crazymiles well it is literally about sex but it is metaphorically about control, religion, hate, and faith in my personal opinion

[@wordskillmistic]

The Great Shredman k

[@dylanfranklin5000]

Marina L.A. the song has nothing to do with sex

[@l1bby_the__cat_w0lf20]

So does my boyfriend

[@4amcripple]

@@yuhmuhfuhkuh Trent says it's about self hate and obsession

[@bobduncan939]

Did Reznor age in reverse?

[@Lunaticaceleste]

It seems so!!! Hahaha

[@destianpatrianagara1119]

dat bass line tho

[@crotalusatrox7931]

If you're just discovering Trent Reznor Welcome to the Rabbit Hole.

[@nicnin1832]

Trent Reznor, the only man I want screaming at me.

[@jessicametaneira7861]

I LOVE this version. I need to get to a concert. I miss the exhilaration of loud music and strobelights in my face.

[@deadmonaghan8471]

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.

[@kwizzeh]

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!

[@ThePiranhaman]

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!!!

[@flowder8]

The live version's blending of the only time is my fav version of this song

[@r.m.m.1333]

This has got to be the greatest love song of all time.

[@christianb1707]

its about obsession with someone and self hate but yes 😂

[@sneakerstring]

@@christianb1707 what is the wendigoon guy doing here? lol you have good taste

[@christianb1707]

@@sneakerstring thanks 🤣

[@carldawkins6751]

3:05 One of my favorite NIN moments ever.

[@Jlyblylvr]

Fucking chill-inducing

[@arloc357]

Bro fucking laid into the keyboard🤣🤣

[@jenlambert1259]

Still one of the best songs ever written. Trent 🤤 Reznor is a genius!

[@twiggy6591]

I love how they sandwich “The Only Time” in!! Sounds amazing

[@kwizzeh]

The arrangement persists to this day too :D

[@pesco7]

I just want that feeling from 3:28 and on to last forever. Is that too much to ask of life?

[@Jlyblylvr]

I think that this part of the song is the closest I will get to doing coke

[@Warpedcapricornqueen]

I love how the keyboardist went apeshit!

[@sparthacuster]

Lisa Anneliese Theron keyboardist lol 😂

[@isaiahanthony3358]

The god of fuck possessed him

[@tsfbaf303]

Darkknight Insomniac That’s the correct word

[@pameladevereux4294]

"I want to feel you from the inside." Oh,hell,yeah.

[@novia5211991]

Eargasm.

[@diego-vx7vw]

2:50 that switch between songs is awesome

[@nataliealtemose9191]

That lil only time bit!! Very cute

[@Goddesssrising]

this performance was EPIC. Trent is also like a fine wine -more handsome as he ages

[@esaemik]

This song will never got old, gets better every time I listen to it.

[@demonicar]

Trent is one of the best live performers I have ever listened to. Most are better than the studio version.

[@anonreeves9966]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@petersonmasoryde3163]

This makes me feel things I shouldn't discuss 😆

[@dragpagsh6322]

I really don't want to die withou have seen a NIN, Rammstein and radiohead live at least once

[@shawheenblount2685]

That would be really cool. A NIN/Rammstein show. I wonder who would open for who.

[@xoxgrrr]

this man is so heavenly

[@NinfosDe]

Raelly digging this live version :)

[@ccheatingandcooling1160]

I don't really care why he originally wrote it. If you're into "messed up" or "weird" shit, its an appealing and sexy ass song. Even if you're not, the song's beat and the way he sings it makes everyone think about sex. So those of you out there insulting other people because of they way they interpret his song can smd

[@johnnyboy2k12]

Man i think they might be better live

[@ElectricDachshund]

Everyone is fawning over Trent, but I'm here for my man Alessandro Cortini on the synth!

[@Pesco77]

I love how they brought it home from 3:31 on, but I have to say, 3:50 ftw...

[@kevinbrennan7733]

Pesco77 yes

[@ComaAlpha]

I saw them on the [WITH_TEETH_TOUR] and the light show was fucking AMAZING! ♫WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING REAL♫WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING TRUE♫

[@huantexas1]

No matter what I'm doing on KZbin I always come back to this lyrical and musical demonstration of genius. Simply fucking amazing---every time..

[@carriekmms]

Damn NIN had a song about incels before it was even a thing.

[@Zeix-uo1vf]

I don't care what anyone says about me hearing this song, I fucking love it.

[@hilariousgas]

holy shit this is fucking crazy brilliant i do not have words for this

[@luigiman09]

I love how there's a section of _The Only Time_ at 2:48.

[@ComaAlpha]

+luigiman09 because of that every performance of Closer from With Teeth on forward has been dubbed "Closer/The Only Time"

[@nic1514]

Because they didn't censor it

[@SplotchTheCatThing]

It's a good choice to mix in for sure. In a way it's about the same thing.

[@gildan]

Last time I saw them live the put in Sunspots, was amazing

[@liammcnicholas918]

nic15 Probably a good thing

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

I have this on the same playlist as That's How I Beat Shaq by Aaron Carter

[@Astro2168]

Coolbean94vevo hahahaha

[@Infametheus]

GOLD

[@pattykealey1783]

I’m a bleeding heart liberal and I could listen to this filthy song all day.

[@RhiG505]

Wow Trent sounds amazing live ...hope they tour this year 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@raechel0116]

They are touring. I just saw them at red rocks for their opening shows.

[@GodfamZeta42069]

Industrial metal at its peak

[@gooner03]

That beat...and that last minute...incredible stuff. Enjoy it as much as I did when I first heard it.

[@mayrarivera21]

Trent f*cking Reznor ❤️🖤

[@aciddementia]

The Only time fits here outrageously perfectly. ❤

[@Thorazine.]

for 2007 feels like yesterday!

[@jd737]

I like this version better than the original

[@julesrose7738]

WOW!! The best live version ever - Epic performance!!

[@andrewstarman7485]

Still by LIGHT YEARS the best LIVE version of this song 🤘💪🔨😈

[@arloc357]

I’d say it’s the best version period

[@rayromero815]

1:17 that G-tar sounds so SICK 🤘🔥😎🔥🤘 NIN is FOREVER

[@Kyle3LB]

God I want to see them live so bad

[@somedude5817]

This song somehow utilizes the 1960’s Wilson Pickett progression formula perfectly. Plus it’s good fucking music ;)

[@wisfanzshawn]

Love it can't get enough

[@soaribb32]

2:45 the Down In It synth, love it.

[@bellamuertes]

it sounds so good in this song, but isnt it the synth from the only time?

[@mlgmemes1063]

@@bellamuertes yes

[@tristanraine]

@@bellamuertes it is, but its a similar synth to the Down In It, so its easy to get confused lol

[@nataliealtemose9191]

Down in it was fantastic though

[@SamVarvodic]

Trent's voice has aged like fine wine.

[@nicolecelic]

I really love the guitar version of the most epic loop of this song

[@djanzon]

Twiggy Ramirez!!!!!!!!

[@05hipkinja]

something about this song just hits the spot of that caveman instinct for danger and sex. best NIN song.

[@lnfreeman]

Dat bi lighting in the chorus 👀

[@asadali7738]

Nice catch.

[@thegriffinnews]

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

[@haztelo80]

Trent Reznor still rocking like the big boss!!

[@roninfyi]

Good stuff, saw these guys live in el paso around '94. This is music that will last forever

[@briannasain6957]

I have seen this video probably 1,000 times and i still can not get over how amazing they are

[@kevinc3344]

3:05 -- Me whenever my laptop crashes.

[@coko124]

I love how this song fits so perfectly from the name to the music

[@rhystyler7132]

The lyrics. The sound. This album - The Downward Spiral. Galaxies, aeons and epochs ahead of its time. Beautifully mesmerizing! Trent deserves a knighthood for his plethora of artistic contributions not just to the music industry but film too. Never gets old. So uplifting. They inspire.

[@alexlimadias]

This is divine

[@YourFriendTheSkeleton]

(groovy techno rock music)

[@TIKOREX]

Best closer performance ever !

[@simonepereiradefigueiredod473]

Perfect sound ,very good.Great music.Trent Reznor is an incredible musician.

[@Arthaius]

This song has always inspired me >:D No need to go into details at to what I'm inspired to do, lol

[@HeavyMetalMushrooms]

@TheAndiePerson yeah but Trent could be up there in yellow pants, a tye dye shirt, and a helicopter cap and he would still look fuckin' cool.

[@Brandon84J]

Fuck it, I'll buy a new keyboard tomorrow

[@Sunshineboy4eva]

the audio here is the best quality , rest of the "hq" version have a hiss

[@sjgargis]

Where is Aaron North? I can't be the only one that misses the feedback and show1

[@maxgallagher2535]

www.spin.com/2013/09/aaron-north-nine-inch-nails-icarus-line/

[@3third3eye3]

I mean...trent is simply amaziing!!! I love this song, is just, perfect!

[@kevinbarry1764]

This is probably my favorite live NIN lineup. Trent, Jeordie, Josh Freese. I’d take Robin Finck over Aaron North though...personal preference. Awesome version/concert though!

[@balladofcoseypolar4711]

Wait, was Twiggy Ramirez on bass or keyboard on this video?

[@Qliphirot]

@@balladofcoseypolar4711 his on bass, on the keyboard is Alessandro Cortini

[@aidan6083]

The way they combined it with The Only Time towards the end was so fucking cool.

[@Desert_Sirens]

I jammed and danced to this at 8am getting ready this morning... F*ing awesome and intense 🔥🔥

[@rideofthefrequencies1871]

This is easily the best performance of this that I have come across.

[@redcosplay]

Trent makes me feel fucking things 🖤

[@matthewtownsend2368]

Best fucked up song of all time

[@irisdaniels2318]

industrial really doesnt get enough attention as a subgenre but its amazing.