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In '94 my angst was still accelerating. You're right that PHM contained expressions of anger and confusion. It just felt more whole than TDS. RE commercial s
by erikerikson 2y ago
In '94 my angst was still accelerating. You're right that PHM contained expressions of anger and confusion. It just felt more whole than TDS.
RE commercial success [0]:
> Nine Inch Nails' second studio album, The Downward Spiral, entered the Billboard 200 at number two,[57] and is the band's highest seller in the US, over four million copies, among five million worldwide.[58]
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails
- relaxing 2y agoThe album sold because he found a way to say “fuck you like an animal” and get it played on the radio. It has to be the least commercial-sounding record to chart that high by far.
- erikerikson 2y agoYes, sex and violence sell.
- prairiedogg 2y agoThe best way I ever heard this sentiment phrased was "the most radio friendly single on the album had the refrain 'I want to fuck you like an animal'".
- borgdefenser 2y agoYou also can't separate the song from the music video. It is a really catchy song, really cool video that got a ton of MTV air time, really interesting electronic music and he found a way to say “fuck you like an animal”. I was never a big NIN fan but I remember instantly loving that music video the first time I seen it on MTV.