Lights in the Sky lights up my mind
The music of Nine Inch Nails has played some very important roles in my life. Pretty Hate Machine gave my formative years a voice. Years later, The Fragile helped me through some hard times. I don’t track everything Reznor does but regardless his music is very important in my life.
Tonight I had the chance to see them live. Trent and company did not dissappoint. If you are a NIN fan, you owe it to yourself to see them live. The set ranged from PHM tracks to new stuff and everything in between, including a few tracks from Ghosts (which included several complete instrument changes during the show, the unique multipanel display setup meant those could happen in realtime without stopping the show.)
While a concert is a shared experience, it affects everyone differently, and especially in this case since I’m so connected to the music I don’t feel I can really effectively give voice to my feelings about it. I will leave you with two thoughts:
Watching a whole floor turn into a mosh pit instantly with three words (if you were wondering, they were “STEP RIGHT UP!”) was incredible.
Experiencing “And you could have it all, my empire of dirt, I will let you down, I will make you hurt” live - even decades after the fact was one of the most powerful things I have ever had the fortune to witness.