Nine Inch Nails Live:With_Teeth
The Nine Inch Nails concert in Montreal was amazing! I knew it would be good, but I had no idea how awsome it was going to be. Without a doubt, the best concert I've ever seen, and I don't see how anything can ever top it...until the next time I see NIN play live, and after seeing them once I'm definitely planning to see them again.
Death From Above 1979 were the first opening act. I didn't know alot about them. A couple of friends like them but they just never caught on with me. They were pretty good, but myself and about 1/2 of the crowd were more interested in getting t-shirts and posters than watching them.
Queens of the Stone Age came on next, and the crowd was a bit more interested in them. I kind of like them, kind of don't like them. Their singles are pretty good, and I own their last two albums, but aside from the songs that are on the radio and tv I really don't get into them that much. There were better than Death From Above 1979 at least, and the crowd seemed pretty into their set. I did notice that no one was standing up or getting into the music, which either ment they wern't there for Queens of the Stone Age and were saving their energy for NIN, or they were just a tame crowd.
There was about a 20 minute intermission between Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails, but it felt like an hour. The excitement was building, and I just couldn't wait. Finally the lights went down, the music hit, the crowd stood up and wouldn't sit down again until nearly two hours later.
There they were, Nine Inch Nails, live!
They played for nearly two hours, played 22 songs, and it was amazing. Aside from the great music, there's a visual and light show that has to been seen to be believed. It's hard to explain, but there's a screen over the stage for some songs that they project visuals on. It's something that has to been seen and it really adds to the show. Between the songs and the screen there's points where you get chills and almost break into tears, it's that powerful.
Everything sounded great live, and Trent Reznor seemed to be having the time of his life. I've never seen NIN live before, but from what I saw in the past he sang his songs, wrecked the stage and left. This time around, he seemed to be having fun, playing guitar or piano the whole show and at times smiling when the crowd cheered. The crowd was awsome, full of energy and would start cheering at random times just to show appriciation for the fuckin awsome show we were seeing.
Right Where It Belongs was one of high points of the night. The rest of the band left the stage and let Reznor play it on his own, just him and his piano. This is where the projection screen really came into play. While Reznor sang, the screen showed images of soldiers going into Iraq...and as the song went on, it showed what became of the soldiers. It was hard to look at, and graphic, but it gave me chills and I was blown away at what I was seeing. It's a sad song to start with, but when you add that it just takes your breathe away.
Hurt was the song I was looking forward to the most. Long before Johnny Cash covered it, Hurt was my favorite song. It still is ...The crowd was great for this song to. The place was in almost darkness expect for thousands of lighters being held up accross the arena. The crowd sang every word of the song, but not in a loud, wanting to be heard type way. It was more of a soft chanting as we all sang the song to ourselves, and the sound of thousands of people quitely signing that song to themselves was something I will never forget ...For me personally, it's been my favorite song since I was 15, both because I love it and I hate it. I love it because it's a beautiful song, and I hate it because it reminds me of so many shitty times in my life. There's been so many times when things have happened, I put that song on and almost felt like it was about me...As the song played, memories raced back, I started to think of the first time I heard it at Morleys playing video games in junior high and all the times in my life I related it to. The people in my life who "went away in the end" (you know who you are), and the people I "let down". It was an emotional experience. You probably don't understand, and that's fine. But it was a once in a life time experience for me.
They played Dead Soulswhich was cool because it's one of my favorites and they rarely play it live.
March of the Pigs, The Hand That Feeds,Wish, Closer, Terrible Lie and Love Is Not Enough were great "rock n roll" type songs that just made you want to jump and scream out the words, which I did. Oh yes, I did.
I loved the new guitar driven version of Only. Definitely one of my favorite songs of the night. I didn't like You Know What You Are that much, but chanting the courus of "Don't you fucking know what you are?" with nearly 18,000 people was an experience. Although Only's "There is no you there is only me, there is no fucking you, there is only me!" was fun to sing to.
They didn't play With Teeth the last couple of show, so I wasn't expecting it to be played in Montreal. But I was singing it all day for some reason and was hoping I'd get lucky and they'd throw it in the set...and they did! The courus was really catchy to sign out loud, with that "ahhh-with-ahhhh-teeth-ahhhhhhh" hook. Great song!
There were two songs from the new album that I didn't like that much, but sounded great live. (The Line Begins To Blur, Beside You In Time). Even older songs that were never favorites of mine had me signing out loud, like Last and Suck.
Burn sounded really good live, as did The Hand That Feeds. Both were really good. Even Deeper was a bit of a slow spot. It's a great song, I love the lyrics, but it just wasn't a great song to play live, it's kind of slow.
The show ended with Head Like A Hole, the song that made Nine Inch Nails. It was a great way to end the show. It's an upbeat, rock n roll type song, and sent the crowd home on a high note. In the past, Hurt ended the show, which probably left everyone in the building depressed and sad as they left. I think it's just another subtle differance between the old Trent Reznor and the new Trent Reznor. You can definitely notice the enjoyment he's getting out of playing music again.
There were a couple of song I was hoping to hear live but they didn't play (The Day The World Went Away, The Great Below, Deep, The Becoming), but I got 22 songs and the best concert I'll ever see...Can't complain there.
When the show was over, I walked out with my voice shot, almost completely gone.
Over all, seeing Nine Inch Nails live was a great experience. I met a couple of girls in my hotel who went to the show in Toronto the night before and told me it was a powerful show that they had to see twice...once I saw it I knew what they were talking about. There might be another tour next year sometime, and if there is, I'm there. This time around I think I'll do that Toronto/Montreal thing and catch them twice...seeing them once just left me wanting more.
Oh, yea, I turned 23 on Sunday. 23, where did that come from? It still feels like I should be 20...where have I been the past few years?
Death From Above 1979 were the first opening act. I didn't know alot about them. A couple of friends like them but they just never caught on with me. They were pretty good, but myself and about 1/2 of the crowd were more interested in getting t-shirts and posters than watching them.
Queens of the Stone Age came on next, and the crowd was a bit more interested in them. I kind of like them, kind of don't like them. Their singles are pretty good, and I own their last two albums, but aside from the songs that are on the radio and tv I really don't get into them that much. There were better than Death From Above 1979 at least, and the crowd seemed pretty into their set. I did notice that no one was standing up or getting into the music, which either ment they wern't there for Queens of the Stone Age and were saving their energy for NIN, or they were just a tame crowd.
There was about a 20 minute intermission between Queens of the Stone Age and Nine Inch Nails, but it felt like an hour. The excitement was building, and I just couldn't wait. Finally the lights went down, the music hit, the crowd stood up and wouldn't sit down again until nearly two hours later.
There they were, Nine Inch Nails, live!
They played for nearly two hours, played 22 songs, and it was amazing. Aside from the great music, there's a visual and light show that has to been seen to be believed. It's hard to explain, but there's a screen over the stage for some songs that they project visuals on. It's something that has to been seen and it really adds to the show. Between the songs and the screen there's points where you get chills and almost break into tears, it's that powerful.
Everything sounded great live, and Trent Reznor seemed to be having the time of his life. I've never seen NIN live before, but from what I saw in the past he sang his songs, wrecked the stage and left. This time around, he seemed to be having fun, playing guitar or piano the whole show and at times smiling when the crowd cheered. The crowd was awsome, full of energy and would start cheering at random times just to show appriciation for the fuckin awsome show we were seeing.
Right Where It Belongs was one of high points of the night. The rest of the band left the stage and let Reznor play it on his own, just him and his piano. This is where the projection screen really came into play. While Reznor sang, the screen showed images of soldiers going into Iraq...and as the song went on, it showed what became of the soldiers. It was hard to look at, and graphic, but it gave me chills and I was blown away at what I was seeing. It's a sad song to start with, but when you add that it just takes your breathe away.
Hurt was the song I was looking forward to the most. Long before Johnny Cash covered it, Hurt was my favorite song. It still is ...The crowd was great for this song to. The place was in almost darkness expect for thousands of lighters being held up accross the arena. The crowd sang every word of the song, but not in a loud, wanting to be heard type way. It was more of a soft chanting as we all sang the song to ourselves, and the sound of thousands of people quitely signing that song to themselves was something I will never forget ...For me personally, it's been my favorite song since I was 15, both because I love it and I hate it. I love it because it's a beautiful song, and I hate it because it reminds me of so many shitty times in my life. There's been so many times when things have happened, I put that song on and almost felt like it was about me...As the song played, memories raced back, I started to think of the first time I heard it at Morleys playing video games in junior high and all the times in my life I related it to. The people in my life who "went away in the end" (you know who you are), and the people I "let down". It was an emotional experience. You probably don't understand, and that's fine. But it was a once in a life time experience for me.
They played Dead Soulswhich was cool because it's one of my favorites and they rarely play it live.
March of the Pigs, The Hand That Feeds,Wish, Closer, Terrible Lie and Love Is Not Enough were great "rock n roll" type songs that just made you want to jump and scream out the words, which I did. Oh yes, I did.
I loved the new guitar driven version of Only. Definitely one of my favorite songs of the night. I didn't like You Know What You Are that much, but chanting the courus of "Don't you fucking know what you are?" with nearly 18,000 people was an experience. Although Only's "There is no you there is only me, there is no fucking you, there is only me!" was fun to sing to.
They didn't play With Teeth the last couple of show, so I wasn't expecting it to be played in Montreal. But I was singing it all day for some reason and was hoping I'd get lucky and they'd throw it in the set...and they did! The courus was really catchy to sign out loud, with that "ahhh-with-ahhhh-teeth-ahhhhhhh" hook. Great song!
There were two songs from the new album that I didn't like that much, but sounded great live. (The Line Begins To Blur, Beside You In Time). Even older songs that were never favorites of mine had me signing out loud, like Last and Suck.
Burn sounded really good live, as did The Hand That Feeds. Both were really good. Even Deeper was a bit of a slow spot. It's a great song, I love the lyrics, but it just wasn't a great song to play live, it's kind of slow.
The show ended with Head Like A Hole, the song that made Nine Inch Nails. It was a great way to end the show. It's an upbeat, rock n roll type song, and sent the crowd home on a high note. In the past, Hurt ended the show, which probably left everyone in the building depressed and sad as they left. I think it's just another subtle differance between the old Trent Reznor and the new Trent Reznor. You can definitely notice the enjoyment he's getting out of playing music again.
There were a couple of song I was hoping to hear live but they didn't play (The Day The World Went Away, The Great Below, Deep, The Becoming), but I got 22 songs and the best concert I'll ever see...Can't complain there.
When the show was over, I walked out with my voice shot, almost completely gone.
Over all, seeing Nine Inch Nails live was a great experience. I met a couple of girls in my hotel who went to the show in Toronto the night before and told me it was a powerful show that they had to see twice...once I saw it I knew what they were talking about. There might be another tour next year sometime, and if there is, I'm there. This time around I think I'll do that Toronto/Montreal thing and catch them twice...seeing them once just left me wanting more.
Oh, yea, I turned 23 on Sunday. 23, where did that come from? It still feels like I should be 20...where have I been the past few years?
posted by JB at 9:23 PM
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