This Nine Inch Nails Woodstock performance is chilling. ANALYSIS of "Something I Can Never Have"

Since analyzing Nine Inch Nail's "Terrible Lie" on the channel, I have been increasingly craving more Trent Reznor on this channel. I find his vocal stylization and composition absolutely intriguing, not to mention the one live performance I witnessed. So, we gotta do it again. And again. What other Nine Inch Nails performances should I be analyzing?!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Nine Inch Nails perform "Something I Can Never Have" for the first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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[@aarongunstone6579]

NIN was my late wife's favourite band. We saw them many times together, including while she was pregnant with our eldest child. The day before our wedding, having been told about her illness, Trent was gracious enough to call her for a chat and to wish us well, which meant a very great deal to her. I played this song, as well as "The Day the Whole World Went Away", at her funeral. It still punches me in the gut every time I hear it, but I still love it. Makes me feel close to her again.

[@bailey3209]

Fuckin beautiful that he did that, sorry for your loss

[@summerbreezeNZ]

It's heart-warming to hear you had such incredible experiences together before her passing. So very sorry for your loss, and her own loss as well! xo

[@cnethery]

I am so sorry for your loss. Happy to know he is a good human being.

[@brodielynn5273]

How very beautiful…and so heartbreaking…much like how a lot of NIN feels 🖤. Very sorry for your loss….hope you and your children are all doing well 🖤

[@Amitabha108]

So sorry for your loss. Love is evergreen in our hearts, and those we love and remember are never truly gone.

[@joefedele6746]

This, honestly, is TRENT. When someone asks me what he actually sounds like, this goes from plaintive, to angry, to furious. He uses his breath, even his inhales to paint the picture. I've seen him do this live three times, and I've cried every time.

[@YasArc24]

I love that everytime Elizabeth reacts to Trent Reznor, she's like "talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before" and on top of that, calling him genius all the time, and it's great, because that's exactly what Trent Reznor is.

[@markvanderstelt8999]

is this Trent ?

[@YasArc24]

@@markvanderstelt8999 yep

[@GimmeJimmy23]

He's finally getting his due, all at once. 💪😎

[@EveryBodyHz]

To repurpose a compliment to give to Trent Reznor, that Frank Black from the Pixies purportedly received from an old-timer that heard him sing, "That boy sure can holler!"

[@amyaeschbach3581]

I entered this song by repeating it over and over in my headphones and loud in my car screaming along from the day it came out! Every sound resonated inside my troubled identity. Spoke so strongly to me. Was an unreal experience that connected to my tortured soul. 30 yrs ago

[@iamafieldonfire]

I love hearing you talk about NIN like this. I often feel on my own thinking that he's a genius, he is. I don't know any other artist that moves me the way he does. I love how geeked out you are over the "ugly" sound. I always think there is something so incredibly vengeful and sinister about NIN music, and at the same time he can write love songs that feel like they're whispered in your ear just for you, and I love it.

[@Atomic0range]

I recommend checking out “Reptile” if you want to hear the more industrial side of Nine Inch Nails. It’s sludgy, dark, melodic, and Trent goes from growling to screaming to whispering to …scatting? It’s my favorite NIN song!

[@AntonNidhoggr]

The Woodstock version of it is quite good! However I also like the 2001 version from the Fragile toor. I think the recording on the latter is somewhat better, but at Woodstock Trent is more crazy. Can't just pick one :-)

[@karlrobinson3608]

​@AntonNidhoggr have you seen the version with Peter Murphy in 06? That's my standout

[@AntonNidhoggr]

@@karlrobinson3608 it’s good but to me it looses the feeling of NIN a bit. Anyways tbh I think the Woodstock version is the best for reaction purposes out of them all.

[@matthewgoodA1206]

My favorite track on ‘The Downward Spiral’, so deeply industrial.

[@JesseKeith-jo6ro]

Reptile is in my top three nin songs

[@neclimdul]

You hit the nail on the head at the end there. Trent isn't singing, he's a sound in the soundscape. That's why the pitch doesn't matter, it's the sound and emotion. Glad you enjoyed this. I can't wait till you see something from the Fragile performances, they're equally emotional and maybe even more brilliant.

[@ashleyguffington5706]

Trent is seriously the GOAT of making you feel those dark emotions. This is one of my favorite NIN songs of all time. I appreciate that you can enunciate the subtle vocal and musical changes he used to hit in the feels every single time.

[@MPKD-ws8ng]

Hands down one the most amazing live acts throughout the entire 90s along with Pantera Tool, Rage Against the Machine among a few others, This was the best performance of Woodstock 94 even though it started off a bit rough during Terrible Lie with Trent practically losing his shit with his microphone cutting in and out,, That being said that was the only slight mishap though easily forgotten within Trent and Nails Outstanding and Powerful Performance here!

[@progunliberal]

If I had a million dollars, I'd send it to you to do the entire nin catalog from beginning to end.

[@emilywilhite5807]

She has 1.66 million subscribers. If we all pay $1…. :-D

[@__-e-__]

Godddddd me tooo. What a trip that would be for her and every one of the viewers

[@Kairos_kcs]

Damn I wish it was the “Still” version but still love seeing more NIИ. Trent is the perfect example of emotion and expression being the most important element of a vocal performance (or any performance for that matter).

[@christinesanders1546]

That version is amazing. Wish she would do that one as well.

[@patrickdunster1083]

Please look into “Arctic Monkeys”. Don’t worry about the song, you’ll feel it.

[@hereinsideisthemetal5841]

Those performances would be amazing to do. Woodstock is quite possibly their worse performance ever

[@Kairos_kcs]

@@hereinsideisthemetal5841 Ehm… I don’t think I’d say Woodstock were their worst performances at all. I wouldn’t even compare the “Still” versions of songs to Woodstock performances because they are VERY intentionally different.

[@sirshmiggins2786]

The whole Still album is amazing. I got The Fragile DVD and there was a advert to order Still inside of it. It wasn't even out yet so it took a long time to get it but the wait was well worth it.

[@oscardiggs246]

“You’re just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be.” The perfect dismissal for the person in all our lives who had been the “Pretty Hate Machine”

[@go-nogo1475]

And the coming-into the knowledge, hedged within the act of saying that, that you are no longer who you were either.... Not now. Never again.

[@prgx52]

preach

[@jakemidnight7458]

Damn - very very accurate description - we've all been there at some point

[@scootypuffjr.]

The version of "Reptile" from this performance is amazing

[@karlrobinson3608]

That's a great version but for me the one with Peter Murphy in '06 for the radio broadcast stands out for me.

[@scootypuffjr.]

@karlrobinson3608 I revisit that one occasionally. There is a version of it that was an Easter egg on the DVD version of NIN Live: All that could have been. That's probably my favorite. That whole DVD is a must-see.

[@NoahWolfe]

Reptile's placement in TDS makes it perfection to me. Sublime on its own for certain, but the impact of where it arrives in the context of TDS is another level. Consideration for the entire composition, never mind A / B sides is something lost in the streaming era.

[@Shortlovey]

I saw him do Reptile with Gary Numan in 2013. I listened to NIN at the time but the concert made me fall in love with the song and NIN in general and now Trent/the band are one of my favorites.

[@gemfyre855]

On TDS Reptile was just another song to me. Live, it's a monster of a song.

[@pk1up]

Trent Reznor is a legitimate musical genius, he never does anything by accident it is all by design. Whether its a straight up hard rock/metal tone like in Starf*ckers Inc or something moody and dark like this or Hurt he is one of my favourite musial artists ever..

[@jamiestetler1522]

NIN has been one of my favorites since I was 12 years old (I’m 47). I hope she appreciates it as much as I do.

[@Flagg795]

Same! I think I have been consistently listening to NIN just as long, if not more so, than just about any other artist. I picked up the Broken EP the week it came out & I have been hooked ever since.

[@MiniVanDan27]

Pretty Hate Machine grabbed me and never let go.

[@jyjjy7]

You were at least 13, no 12 year old was onto NIN before the Head Like A Hole single, at the least

[@mattjohn4731]

@@Flagg795 Cool, have you heard Pigface? Industrial supergroup formed by Martin Atkin, with Reznor as one of the rotating vocalist/writers. Atkins recently founded an industrial music museum in Chicago! Also I highly recommend Skinny Puppy, especially if you're into animal rights

[@Flagg795]

@@mattjohn4731 I have indeed! I had not heard of the industrial music museum, but that sounds bad ass & I will certainly check it out the next time I am in Chicago! Thank you for the heads up!

[@aephix73]

The Downward Spiral is a ground breaking album. It is a masterpiece. Range of emotions through each stage of the album is done perfectly.

[@claymccoy]

30 years later, he has an Emmy, multiple Grammys and multiple Oscars...

[@JohnnyBNerdy]

We just need a Downward Spiral: The Musical so Trent can get his EGOT

[@Atomic0range]

@@JohnnyBNerdythe way Trent loves to carry through musical motifs in his albums is so perfect for a stage performance! Unfortunately it would be the most depressing play of all time…

[@drewstory2091]

It is only a matter of time before he joins the EGOT list

[@StevenP_462]

He wont do a Broadway show lol

[@davidpence3560]

And a Country Music Award too. The music for Old Town Road is from the Ghosts album

[@joemonroe6966]

Something I Can Never Have - Album: Still

[@thomasphillips468]

This is the best version imo

[@EzequielMeilij]

Oh, since you have already done Johnny Cash's cover for Hurt, you should definitely do the original by NIN.

[@mikehansen5356]

Unpopular opinion I like the NIN version better

[@jamiestetler1522]

Yes, absolutely! Please do this!

[@BrianKoppe]

​@@mikehansen5356Agreed. People connect with how Cash's history recontextualizes the lyrics, but the NIN version is more interesting and complex musically and still quite good in terms of performance and emotional resonance. And that's not even getting into its role as the conclusion to the journey on The Downward Spiral.

[@TheCharismaticVoice]

This is a great idea. I did listen to Nine Inch Nail's version before I listened to Johnny Cash's, but that was years ago and I've totally forgotten how it sounded.

[@LouLou-sl2yr]

Or even better, go for the live version with David Bowie. It's masterful 🤩

[@jduncanandroid]

'The Becoming', 'Reptile', 'Only', 'With Teeth', 'The Fragile', 'We're in this Together', 'Piggy'... and if you want a wild showcasing of his mixing and layering, check out, 'All The Love In The World''

[@johncondon4081]

The emotion of NIN is the silence between the notes

[@JH-ht8vr]

Trent is a genius, period. He early work was (and is) incredibly ground breaking. I was fortunate to see NIN in a small venue then they were just getting started, and it was a life altering experience. I'm so glad you reacted to this performance....there are many more of NIN songs that are worthy of your time.

[@chrisl7477]

Been a huge NIN fan since my youth. This song had a big part in my life after I tragically lost my wife 8 months after getting married. Trent Reznor is one of a kind, there will never be another.

[@bigd6398]

Yeah i have had a major connection to NIN for a similar reason, late 90s, my late wife passed, while pregnant. We met from her spotting me wearing a NIN concert shirt from Downward Spiral tour. No one captures the grit of emption like he does. Not a dig to any other artist but Trent has a unique ability to speak to your pain or loss. And sans the tragedy, his music is simply genius!

[@brianclift606]

I shred at least a couple tears EVERY time I hear this song. I had some dark times buried in my own head and this song was on repeat through a lot of it. Now I hear it with love and re-emergence instead of darkness. LOVE NIN!

[@likelemmyidabasest3882]

You just encapsulated what I wish I had the words for when I was 15 and listening to NIN albums on repeat. I found life hard as a kid/young man and this was the soundtrack, sadly most people I knew dismissed it as noise. It's great that Trent has vindicated himself to the ears of the masses with the scope and depth of his work. Watched the channel since the first few videos, your journey is satisfying and inspiring.

[@Atomic0range]

Another one to look into is “The Great Below” (from their And All That Could Have Been tour). Great example of Trent’s clean, but still emotional, singing. Beautiful soundscape too, it feels like being carried away by a giant wave.

[@The_Crab_Whisperer]

It's always so great to have those concrete reminders of how far you've come on this journey. A journey we've all joyfully gone along with you. The open-mindedness and willingness to explore is always such a breath of fresh air. Yours is hands down one of the best KZbin evolutions that I've ever witnessed. And it only promises to get better. Love from the UK to you and your family and all the fans 🇬🇧🤩

[@kemowery]

The mud was an accident, but a fortuitous one. Woodstock '94 is mostly famous, I think, for the terrible weather turning everything to mud. The live bassist for NIN pushed Trent Reznor into the mud right before they went on stage. This escalated and bassist, keyboardist, and drummer all ended up in the mud as well.

[@maineiacial]

we slang mud at every band. sometimes out of love as seen here, sometimes out of hate (spin doctors)

[@Sik-b]

There is a video on YT of the band talking backstage before the show and planning to get in the mud, but I do like the story of them having a mud fight better

[@SuzakuX]

Not actually an accident. Kate van Buren, the wife of the late James Woolsey, who toured with NIN as their keyboardist during that era, has been uploading a ton of the home video footage he recorded to her KZbin channel, including a bunch of Woodstock 94 behind the scenes stuff. The mud was 100% planned out, when they were getting ready to go on stage Trent had their PA trying to find a mud puddle they could walk by so they could stage a scuffle in it. Their whole plan was to upstage Metallica and show off what they were doing as the new cutting edge of aggressive rock/metal music, and it worked.

[@thedutchdjentleman]

@@SuzakuX from what I’ve heard, the fact that it was sewage mud was definitely not planned.

[@leepatterson5710]

Also, I forget the years he was with Trent, but was that Manson on guitar?

[@icharuswing]

I love your love for him. You are such a cheerleader for talented individuals, and are clearly talented enough yourself to have released the jealousy that artists so often feel for each other. This is by far the best reaction channel on KZbin; your analysis, attitude, and skill with the youtube medium are top notch. Thanks for everything you do! P.s. please do jeff buckley!

[@SamVance]

My favorite NIN album & one I think you would love is The Fragile. What an amazing album, meant to be experienced front to back. Favorite tracks are “We’re in this together” “Into The Void” “The Day The World Went Away”

[@michaeldunwood5907]

would that i had more than one thumbs up to give

[@leepatterson5710]

My sweet spot on The Fragile is The Great Below.

[@juliagoatly5857]

The distorted wall of sound in “the day the world went away.”

[@Sandysmashfat]

'Where is everybody' from the fragile is 🔥🔥🔥

[@JD_Slacker]

The Great Below is my favorite track off this brilliant album.

[@BradEp3K20]

Iv seen a lot of NIN reactions and I gotta say a lot of them absolutely do not understand what he’s doing. It’s incredibly nice to see you actually able to understand what is going on here and with his music in general. His ability to convey the raw, tormented, pain and emotion just through is voice is unequaled. Then you throw the rest of the music on top of it and that’s where the genius of his music comes to fruition. It’s just nice to see a KZbin reactor realize and appreciate this. Oh and thank you for not reacting to closer like EVERYONE else.

[@willrock8369]

I was there, 1994. It rained and everything was muddy. NIN was in the audience in the mud before they went on stage.

[@maineiacial]

this was the most incredible energy ive ever felt in my life. the mud people. the abandoned tents. the cops drinkin beers at the gates

[@jasonwoods4272]

I was there also. 🔥

[@willrock8369]

@@maineiacial who could forget the mud people? I managed to avoid them. Did you see Primus? Someone threw mud on Les and he stopped the song “my name is mud”

[@diabel1969]

YUP!… under the “mystic” tent that was spraying water mist all day long…

[@oleksiistri8429]

@@willrock8369 lmao

[@Mike75W]

Thanks for reacting to this! I was actually at this show. At that time I was obsessed with Trent/NiN and their entire set was unreal. I was probably about 100 yards out dead center….covered in mud and drenched. The entire weekend was insane - but feel blessed I was there.

[@Rcprobot]

Nobody will ever accuse Trent of being the best singer but his emotion is top tier. The mud was also wreaking havoc on their equipment at this show.

[@PeterPounders]

I came here to post something similar. Trent is beyond a production\musical genius. But yea, not really a great singer.

[@marks9233]

I will accuse him of that. Bowie's side of their Hurt duet, at least, sounds like vibrato affectation in comparison to Trent. IMHO. Minority opinion, I'm sure. Bowie is wonderful doing Bowie of course, but he sounds like a visitor in a foreign country to me trying to do NIN. Depends on what we think makes a good singer. Is it self-expression, innovation, conventional melody or defying expectations. What do you like? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[@eboethrasher]

@@PeterPounders Listen to his background vocals on Past the Mission by Tori Amos and you might disagree. He CAN sing very well. It just isn't what his music calls for.

[@Neal73]

March of the Pigs next!! The official video version. Pure rage. Pure Anger. Pure disgust. I love it.

[@eboethrasher]

Live versions because they are extended. Trent usually goes ham on them.

[@tw1st3dw1ll7]

This song always hits me in the feels, it's a lot like REM Hurt. When you're just not feeling like being happy.

[@RickReasonnz]

That's the Downward Spiral in a nutshell :P

[@JDSCT]

I love Nine Inch Nails so much. Hearing The Downward Spiral in '94 literally (like, actually "literally") changed my life. They will always be my favorite band.

[@dmwalker24]

He is pitchy, and pressed, but all in service to the performance. For me the composition has always been the main point of interest in NIN, because a lot of it is transcendently good. Tool is probably the only other band I can point to from the same general era, that is as good at crafting these kinds of musical pocket dimensions.

[@VeriTasered]

NIN and Tool have been my favorite bands for years. we are blessed that they are both alive and putting out music/performing. out of all the 90s bands we lost, thankfully we still have them (and primus!)

[@Ovesicband]

Thank you! I'm so glad you felt this song. This is my favorite NIN song. It helped me during some hard times. It holds a very special place in my heart.

[@johncondon4081]

My mom got me the pay per view of this Woodstock. I watched this live and was jaw dropped. I’ve since seen NIN three times live. Love love love love love love love Reznor!!!!!!!!

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

What an awesome mom 🖤

[@jasonwoods4272]

I was there

[@johncondon4081]

@@jasonwoods4272 Awesome

[@digibirder]

Great reaction/analysis Elizabeth! This is why you're the best. You help me learn and appreciate more music!

[@logankerlee]

I have been WANTING a reaction for THIS PERFORMANCE for so long! MULTIPLE YEARS!! xD I'm BEYOND STOKED to be watching this now. :D

[@Darkwing35]

I was listening to this song the other day almost hoping that one day she might cover it for how eerie and simple and droning and brilliant Trent rezner is in this song

[@TheCharismaticVoice]

This performance is fricking RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME.

[@Darkwing35]

I don't think this man's moody brilliance will ever be appreciated enough

[@HarlowTheoryX]

Omg you get everything my love.. I know Trent hates his Woodstock set, I assume bad memories...but it's one of my favourite set's he's ever done. Thankyou for showing such love to Trent 🖤

[@mzak8410]

Raw emotion. Powerful. There's no band better than NIN. Thank you and please keep doing more. Reptile from Woodstock 94 is incredible.

[@jakeku2662]

A great selection. Thanks for covering!

[@iancoleman4232]

Fastest like of my life. Couldn't have picked a better NIN song to react to. Trent's rawness and intensity are tangible. Its so difficult to pick out my stand out songs from the performance. But Suck, Reptile and Head like a hole are definitely worth a listen.

[@doraherrington7270]

Omg I was hoping you would do this song....I love it! Thank you!

[@keithrussell6766]

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

[@celestinomoya4470]

Wow, Elizabeth! This was probably the best song reaction I’ve ever seen. Soooo few people even begin to process all the depth and detail, the manifold creativity, that goes into a NIN expression (song). That’s the thing that most people miss is that these songs aren’t intended to be songs, in the traditional sense, and that’s why people who measure them by those standards miss the genius. The NIN masterpieces are expressions of VERY specific emotions, and he pours every ounce of his creativity into capturing and communicating that emotion with full nuance and a depth that satisfies those who have been unfortunate enough to have been struck in that particular way. It’s not just rage. Or, betrayal. Or seduction. It’s situational. The songs are tweaked in such a way that they don’t remind you of every heartbreak you’ve ever had. They remind you of that ONE person that really kicked your heart in the balls. Ha. And, he digs and digs until it’s all carved out and left there in a big messy pile on the floor. And, strangely, you sometimes feel better. Ha. Of course, you can also OD on his music. Especially teenagers. It can paint a very bleak portrait for people who haven’t experienced enough of life for themselves. And, I think from the beginning, he understood that there are limits to what traditional composition techniques and instrumentation could convey, and that the talent of the past had utilized those tools to the full extent already. In order to push deeper, he needed to discover brand new sounds and techniques, and nothing was off the table. He was one of the original mic-droppers, only he didn’t do it as a flex. He did it as a way of saying, “I gave it my all. I have nothing left.” He would often drop the mic at the end of a particularly intense song, it would just fall out of his hand as he walked away, spent. So, he really did move music forward in some impressive ways, although most people never really got it. Furthermore, competing with him was kind of off the table for most musicians, due to their own artistic limits. Thus, he was one of the rare artists that essentially created his own genre, and subsequently also shut it down, once he got tired of delving into those various darknesses. It’s rare for someone to do something so well initially, that none of the would-be copycats could gain enough traction to even get noticed. He was grouped with “industrial” artists, because they also used alternative noises to construct songs, but anyone who loved the other industrial bands could easily see that he wasn’t just playing with the cool new toys, but that there was a higher artistic visionary at work. There is a scream in the song “Wish” on the Broken album, that I’ll just never get over. It just makes every other attempt at capturing that level of despair look like cheap community theatre. It’s not something that Dimash or Freddy Mercury could ever pull off, even though they are far superior singers by the normal metrics. Ha. So, yeah, thanks for this. It’s just cool to see someone as knowledgeable and as experienced as you getting hypnotized by the same things that blew the roof off my understanding of what music could be over 3 decades ago. Speaking of Freddy, NIN does a cover of Queen’s “Get Down, Make Love.” My GF and I requested that one at our prom. lol. It got cancelled about a minute in. Anyone who has heard it will know why😂

[@christinesanders1546]

You should check out his live intimate version on this song called “Something I can never have (Still) “ it’s just him and the piano and his guitar player. If you really wanna hear the pain on this song and Trent true power vocals, you need to check that out.

[@compujohn96]

You gotta listen to the album with cans!!! This WHOLE album is a RARE RARE moment of perfection. I don't think there is a bad note on the album and the mix is ALIEN! ..and the "Box" sound has always reminded me of a train leaving the station.

[@TheJimmiececil]

I was at this performance in 1994. I also believe Trent Reznor is a genius. The decision of NIN to cover itself with mud was made in unity with the audience, which was also mud covered. The whole Woodstock '94 performance was something very special.

[@Octodeth]

I was at that Woodstock performance at the heady age of 14. (My friend's hippie parents took us and pretended to be my parents when asked about allowing the 'minors' into the show.) Listening to this again after so many years, is still both haunting and soothing. 'I still recall the smell of the mud; An intriguing mix of scents just like angst, booze, and blood.' 🤘💀🤘

[@SuzakuX]

I always heard that the flooded latrines also contributed some material to the odor.

[@oryzomyspalustris4593]

@@SuzakuX My first thought on reading @Octodeth's comment was "That wasn't mud..."😉

[@jefferyadams6150]

I love your reaction, it's good to know that you have an appreciation of Trent. Dito

[@unknownuser3000]

Please, please, please start doing vocal performances for skinny puppy. Ohgr is one of the greatest musicians of our generation. Just do spasmylotic, killing fields or anymofmthe big music videoe, hell just listen to too dark park. One of the best albums ever.

[@scottsommer8382]

It's hard to do that for Puppy considering how much Ogre uses a vocoder

[@HammerGoatRex]

I see that someone has already mentioned their performance of Hurt with David Bowie, which I absolutely love and recommend. But if you do check out that one, realize that it's musically way different than the original recording. I really dig the slow, syncopated guitar tapping in the version with Bowie.

[@azureskys]

I'm truly grateful for your journey to understand this type of music and performance! Raw emotion through music is so incredibly powerful.

[@relic2860]

Crowd atmosphere and live spontaneity have their charms, but if you haven't heard the studio version of this, you should check it out-and as you mentioned, preferably on headphones. It's hopeless despair explored while sitting next to a subterranean river in the pitch dark of a deep cave in which you're trapped.

[@wysockib]

I agree, this isn't really a song that benefits from the concert atmosphere. A quiet room is best.

[@misterwirez7731]

​@@wysockibTrue but, it is a different perspective live with a huge crowd... But I do agree the studio version perhaps first, then the live version, would have been perhaps a better listening experience for her first trip down the rabbit hole.. ✌️

[@vokzhen]

I feel that way about most NIN songs. They do a remarkably good job of capturing a song's sound live, and this being a vocal analysis channel there's definitely a reason to prefer live performances, but still, the production on the albums is always so immaculate. Where things are placed in the mix, how some things overpower everything else and then fade into the background, things moving around the stereo field, whatever dark arts he uses to make instruments sound like each other so you can't even tell what you're hearing, the vocal effects, the often strange but amazing harmonies he gets by layering his voice. They sound great on live recordings, and I'm sure it's phenomenal to be in the crowd, but there's only so much you can do live, and there's only a few songs I've heard where I'd say the live version is as good or better than the album one.

[@joannak5505]

It's me again- watching NIN Woodstock 94 performance during ovulation.

[@hotrod2893]

When you are in a place in life that is as dark as this song....you are normally very lonely. A song like this helps you not feel so alone. When listening to this you feel someone is with you and that gives you strength.

[@PaulBuckner-c8h]

If you ever consider doing a whole album, PRETTY HATE MACHINE would be a good one.

[@jennifercortijo9490]

Thank you for this analysis and for treating Trent and NIN as the serious, intentional musicians they are.

[@davidaustinjr.3138]

I was born in 1986, began working with music in a professional capacity in '94 at the age of 8....and Trent Reznor has been my biggest influence since '95. So it is nice to hear someone I respect as much as Elizabeth truly understanding the depth of his live performances!!!

[@kevinspalding3072]

The Woodstock performance was iconic because of the mud and the way NIN especially embraced the mess that festival became. Also, for Trent getting pissed at the equipment malfunctions and literally destroying it onstage. I hope you'll consider reviewing the "still" version of this song. Just piano and acoustic guitar. It's a much quieter rendition, but I think that lets the simple beauty of the song really stand out.

[@dylanmalek5846]

Lol, it didn't take mud messing up the equipment to make Trent smash the equipment. Every time I've seen them, many, many keyboards are smashed.

[@StevenMoses-h3v]

I've become obsessed with your metal/rock reviews, and this one is a master class in technical musical review with honesty and real emotion.

[@SAYoung15]

I am SOOO happy you get Trent. You nailed it and I love you even more for it!! NIN has been a favorite since the beginning. Well done ❤

[@macronencer]

Pretty Hate Machine is one of my very favourite albums. I've never heard anything that so effectively embodies bitter, smouldering anger. It's a masterpiece.

[@shaboom420]

The closest thing to hearing and experiencing these songs my first time. Watching Elizabeth’s reactions of wonderment and simultaneously analyzing all the moving parts. She encapsulates this sense of naivety but wields wickedly musicality. Hate Reaction channels. But the Charismatic Voice is not that. It’s…Awesome. Ty for being you Lady!

[@TheErikBallew]

God bless the person that hurt Trent so bad he wrote this masterpiece of an album!!!

[@bplivingston]

You are a gem and love that you keep diving deeper and deeper into the rock world !! Keep on trucking

[@Rompler_Rocco]

"...Joanna tried to sing one day and heard a pop and a hiss emanate from her throat, like opening a soda can. Turns out she had developed nodes on her vocal chords from extensive touring without proper vocal training..." Joanna Newsom has such a jarring, childlike, and divisive voice, especially early on before she adjusted her singing style. I would LOVE to hear your perspective about this on something from her "Milk-eyed Mender" album- perhaps the track "Sadie" or "This Side of the Blue"? The great Steve Albini who just passed away, who recorded literally thousands of albums (not just Nirvana), considered her among the topmost talented artists he had ever recorded. LOVE your channel!

[@astrolopitekos]

Pulling this intensity and intimacy in a festival still boggles my mind to this day

[@hisk7263]

So, Trent Reznor also worked with Josh Homme, just as Dave Grohl, Josh Freese, John Paul Jones, PJ Harvey, Billy Gibbons, Mark Lanegan and Elton John. Maybe it is time for some Queens Of The Stone Age.

[@Maxostos6429]

Trent never seems to repeat himself in live performances. There's always a new spin on an old song.

[@RobTaylor-cs3bz]

Industrial rock, metal, grunge- with apparently more heavy metal to come- I get the feeling the channel is becoming more narrowly focused. I know, Elizabeth, you like these styles of music- and obviously many subscribers do too. That's fine, but aren't we missing out on other kinds of music? Suggestion: "Beware My Love" by Paul McCartney and Wings from the live album "Wings Over America". Just good old fashion rock would be nice.

[@darthsimian2196]

When it comes to McCartney live the 70’s performances of Wildlife and Maybe I’m amazed are tough to beat.

[@RobTaylor-cs3bz]

@@darthsimian2196 Yes, McCartney's live performances in the 70's were insanely good!

[@Foolsjoker]

I grew up with NiN, and I think most people who don't understand how much "depression" has been packaged and sold to them. Reznor has always been able to capture the emotion raw, and wrap it in expression. True pain, if you have ever felt it, isn't supposed to be on key, practiced, and touched by 100 different people to be this shiny object. It is from the depths of your darkest moments, and that is what he has always been able to portray, and why he is one of the musicians that deserve the title 'Artist'.

[@joergojschaefer3521]

A nailing reaction to nine-inch nails from Elizabeth? #letsnailit

[@numptyed1]

pretty much one of my favorite songs of all time, NIN blew my mind when i first heard them 🤘

[@cnethery]

I love watching you listen to music. It always makes me smile and teaches me something.

[@Creationeer]

I grew up on RnB and gospel style singing, then Foo Fighters, Deftones and NIN as my early vocal inspirations. Trent is amazing with delivering tortured vocals, absolutely masterful. An excellent breakdown from you as always :) thank you

[@amandakennedy6348]

Ah lady.... You get him. ❤ Thank you.

[@devinr8278]

Also, "Ted, Just Admit it", by Jane's Addiction, changed music forever

[@eboethrasher]

Three Days blew it out of the water.

[@MTLUVR]

This entire CONCERT is GENIUS

[@Madame_Ilex]

My all time favourite NIN track, it’s literally perfect

[@TheErikBallew]

The soundscape he made on the album version of all these songs is really amazing stuff!

[@rockon2963]

I WAS THERE! 🤘 I am about 100 ft from the stage almost straight in front of Trent. I have seen 100's of shows, The Biggest and Best around, BUT this show is etched in my mind, The most intense personal performance I've ever seen Anyone do. It may not show on video, but as the wet mud dried from the heat of the stage lights, it started to dry and turn to dust and fall of them, combined with a slight breeze or maybe some stage fans, it was like they were disintegrating the whole set! It was mind blowing visually to see as well hear!

[@chadmanfredo9174]

This wasn't a performance. This was therapy for Trent.

[@jaredmotopnw]

One of my favorite NIN songs for sure.

[@lwwells]

A lot of Trent feels like poetry on top of movie soundtracks. Even when tormented, it’s beautiful.

[@derekthiem4604]

This is wonderful. More from NIN and specifically from this concert.

[@lordgrendell]

A brilliant performance; a brilliant analysis. Thanks for getting it. 🙏🙏

[@Uriel77200]

I was at the NIN concert at Riverport St.Louis MO on Valentines day. Concert was great....but Trent said at the end of it that he was a little let down ....he heard St.Louis fans were hard. HEAD LIKE A HOLE started to play. I was w a group. I was hyped. Yelled stage rush. My group of 8 headed down. EVERYONE followed. It was the coolest thing of.my life. The entire stadium stage rushed past the bouncers. The lights went nuts. The sound went up x10. The next 20 minutes was intense and ended w Trent bowing to the crowd and asking forgiveness....that we fuckin rocked. I was so happy that night.

[@SamSquanch66]

I could listen to you gush about NIN without end. Ready for another whenever you are.

[@TheChronicKarma]

The mud is because during this woodstock it rained a bunch and the entire festival was a giant mud pit, looks like they chose to embrace that and use it to add to the ambiance of the performance which is freaking awesome!

[@Juan0003]

Thank you for walking us through this performance. Trent Reznor's performance, and Nine Inch Nails in general, is always personnal and visceral. There aren't many performers that can convey emotions like he can. And, yes, I do enjoy the perfect pitch and timber, but they never reach my soul like his delivery does. Maybe that's why he's such a great film composer now! He understands how to convey the required emotion. Reznor has been an inspiration of mine on so many level. And he's been an conduit for my anguish and emotions. I will always hold him in high regards. Thank you again! Edit: Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention, the mud in that show was sort of improvised. It had been raining for a while and there was a big puddle at the entrance of the stage. Reznor though it would be cool if they drenched themselves in mud for their stage appearance. Many members of the band later remember it as the worst idea ever. Not only were they freezing cold during the performance, but, like you said, the mud and water went everywhere, shortcicuiting many of the boards and instruments. It only to their honnor that they were able to render such a memorable performance under those conditions!

[@GothDuck]

I know Trent isn’t every vocalists cup of tea, but NIN as a whole and the feelings of the songs deserve way more reaction videos.

[@thefizz85]

Fun fact (as I remember it): Billy Howerdel was a NIN guitar tech. Trent gave Billy one of his guitars that had a broken head. Billy repaired it and something about the repair caused APC's signature guitar tone.

[@maskmedusa]

Again, welcome to the genius that is Trent. So great to see an opera singer so enthralled by performances like this, and extolling the values of rock and metal. You really need to listen to the first three albums entirely, but at least, Downward Spiral from beginning to end. It’s so haunting and spooky and raw, and real.

[@sophiamay3437]

Really agree with your analysis! I love his extra additions of audible breaths and sounds. Would love to see your thoughts on Vessel!

[@Exurbanite]

I loved the bit about hearing it properly with good cans. I first heard this song played on a boombox on a school bus, and it was still an amazing experience.

[@izik30]

Seeing this performance live as an 18 year old, new high school graduate was amazing! The whole band crawled out of the muddy pit in front of the stage as it was starting. Trent destroyed a couple keyboards during the show because they were having technical issues. My ears never noticed any issues. The whole show was spectacular.