Nine Inch Nails - Closer to God
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Free Music Review: Varied and interesting.
Hit: 4 Stars
The "Closer" single, featuring no less than six mixes of the title track (including the album mix), two other remixes and one unreleased cover. What is amazing is that while being longer 50 minutes and having a relative lack of variety of material, this one doesn't end up being terrible.
The "Closer" remixes seem to be exercises in mood-- "Closer to God" (mixed by Reznor, Sean Beavan, and Brian Pollack) takes some of the seductiveness out of the track and exchanges it for aggression-- Reznor's vocal sounds hopped up over a staticy, overfunked beat. This same funky feel is emphasized even further on the deviation mix (by Jack Dangers and Craig Silvey), which completes reconstructs the song around a funky beat and intermittent instruments and effects. The internal mix (both it and the further away mix are by a bunch of producers/engineers) feels the most like a remix-- the original song structure is nearly abandoned into one of those sort of danceish things that I largely find completely unlistenable, although this one is brief enough not to really get in the way. The further way mix is totally bizarre, moving from ambient modes to extremely heavy, in many ways it belies the mood of the original better than the rest of the remixes, capturing a subtlety and then moving into an aggressive strain. And check out the venom in Reznor's vocal on the second verse-- wow! Where did this go in the original? Muddled up with the music or just not there at all?
The problem is that while many of these are quite good, none of them match the strength of the original mix-- its no accident that "Closer" was a hit, the song is brilliantly constructed and
Dave Ogilvie's remix of "Heresy" is like a new song-- incorporating a number of vocals (including one that sounds lifted from the demo on the Deluxe Edition of "The Downward Spiral"), the thrashy guitars are replaced with bouncy, techno synths, and double tracking electronic vocals with the chorus takes the bite away. I'm not certain what the goal was, but while its extremely listenable, it seems to totally miss the point of the song. This does flow rather nicely into the cover of Soft Cell's "Memorabilia"-- this is an interesting piece, while the beat and backing track can get downright irritating after seven minutes, Reznor's vocal is brilliantly haunting. I just wish someone would remix out the backing track. Adrian Sherwood does a mix titled "March of the F***heads" that I suppose is theoretically "March of the Pigs", but is really just nearly five minutes of a beat.
Bottom line-- this is a great value for the money, and there's enough interesting stuff on here to make it worth getting ahold of.
Free Music Review: Trent Brings Us Closer
Hit: 4 Stars
Hey! Hey! Hey! It's time to review Halo Nine: Closer To God. The second single from the Downward Spiral era. This is a rather large single containing nine tracks.
1. Closer To God 9/10: A redone version/remix with slightly different lyrics in the chorus. An impressive song.
2. Closer (Precursor) 9/10:This is the remix that is found in the opening credits to the movie Se7en, one of my favorite movies. It's not the exact version, as the one in the movie is a spliced version of this remix taking the best parts, you can find that version by browsing the internet.
3. Closer (Deviation) 9/10: A very cool slow, relaxing remix.
4. Heresy (Blind) 8/10: very cool in comparison to the original. At times its like an anthem song.
5. Memorabilia (Soft Cell Cover) 7/10: A Soft Cell Cover. It's a good song but I think it drags on for too long toward the end.
6. Closer (Internal) 8/10: The shortest remix and is also mostly an instrumental. It leans more towards the heavier side.
7. March of the F**kheads 8/10: A weird instrumental remix of March of the Pigs. Fortunately it doesn't drag on for too long.
8. Closer (Further Away) 8/10: Takes a little long to get started and is another heavy version.
9. Closer 10/10: The awesome original and clearly the best version. The ending is actually 13 seconds longer than the original.
The price Amazon is asking for is actually really good for this single. I found it in a store and paid twice what Amazon is asking for so this is a good deal. The only problem preventing this from the five stars is that you can only listen to Closer so many times until you become a little bit bored. So it's a little difficult to listen to it the whole way through. If you like the song Closer, then you'll enjoy this single, otherwise the only ones who should be interested are NIN fanatics. If you dislike the song then steer clear of the single despite the three non-closer tracks. Otherwise pick this up.
Free Music Review: The one that all will know...
Hit: 4 Stars
Ok, let's face it, you're buying this disc for one of two reasons: a)you like NIN and this is a must own for your collection (and it IS) or b) you, along with those other people who like the song Closer, are just buying it because you don't want to get into NIN, but just want this one song, along with a few remixes, on a disc. Either way, the fan will be satisified. Closer to God, the opening track, is a remix of Closer. Not only is it a great track (my favorite of the cd) but it surpasses the original version. This one has a great, and catchy, drum beat, synth-lines, and guitar riff. Not only that, but some of the lyrics are different as well.
The other standout track on this single is Memorbilla, a great dance track.
Besides that, I won't be saying much else, because after the first listen, those tracks which I spoke of became my favorites on the single. Yet all in all, you will NOT be disappointed. But on we move...Further Down The Spiral...
Free Music Review: If you like the Song Closer, it's good.
Hit: 4 Stars
This single is just Closer in many different forms. If you think Closer on it's own is worth the $, it's worth it. I'd spend my money on some of the other NIN's albums though, rather than on this single. Buy The Fragile or Pretty Hate Machine before this.Free Music Review: Too Much Closer for my Taste, But It Has Some Nice Extras
Hit: 3 Stars
I'll just first state the obvious, this has too many remixes of Closer. And I'll state the obvious once again, why did I buy it to begin with if I didn't want a bunch of Closer remixes? Well let me tell you. I was obsessed with Nine Inch Nails for about a year and was one of those unfortunate souls that feels the need to "collect all the halo's". I've moved on now, honest I have, The NIN are still great, but hopefully now I can help you, the fledgling Nine Inch Nails fan, to not make the same mistakes that I did.Closer To God is a mediocre version of Closer. The only redeeming quality is that it at least took the song in a different direction. Personally I like the direction it had to begin with, so I don't care for this remix. Closer (Precursor/Deviation/Internal/Further Away) is a rather strange remix which I have to give merrit to for being extremely creepy at times. Heresy (Blind) is a great remix of Heresy. I almost like it better than the original if it weren't for the fact that the original is one of my favorite Nine Inch Nails songs. Memorabilia is an extremely repetitive cover of a great Soft Cell song, I usually skip this one. March of the F**kheads is a neat beat-driven instrumental which is somewhat awkward. It sounds as though Trent spilled some silverwear on the floor, just happened to record it, and then looped it to make a song. The final track, Closer, is about having sex with farmyard animals, but the music is neat.
It's a descent collection of songs, and I think it's worth getting if you're a big Nine Inch Nails fan, especially for the, what I like to call; F**king weird Closer remixes.