buzburbank posted:Two utterly random "The Slip" questions that have been on my mind:
1. Has anyone dissected whether the initial, 2-syllable utterance ("Am I..." ) on Discipline was intended or whether TR just mis-fired? I am sure all of the apologists will say, 'Of course he meant it...he's a genius, after all', but every time I hear it I get the unmistakable impression that he just missed his cue. This is not to say that it was subsequently overlooked during the mastering, because that would be plain dumb, but it doesn't strike me as something that a songwriter would deliberately put in there. Maybe it was an oops, but they kept the take going and decided to keep it when they heard it on tape? (Sorry if this is an old topic; I searched and couldn't find any previous discussion.)
2. Is anyone else as disturbed as I am that The Slip hasn't sold out? It was a limited edition of 250K individually numbered copies (collectible as hell), but here we are several months later and The Slip is collecting only dust on store shelves, often several copies per site. Yes - I know it was offered for free as a download, but has the venerable CD fallen so far that even the hardcore loyal NIN fans are unwilling to buy it? I don't do MP3's, but even if I did, I still would have bought a physical copy out of principle - and out of respect for and gratitude to my favorite band.
PLEASE DISCUSS AMONGST YOURSELVES. (I'll lurk in the background.)
1) after watching them all work so meticulously I reccon it was intentional, besides... his 'slip' ;p was repeated in the next line also. perhaps it was not originally intended but (maybe it happened in practise) and they decided to make it intentional.
2) y'know I don't have a 'hard copy' of 'the slip' myself because I assumed it *had* already sold out. *a ghost figure of lexi appears out of the dust left behind as she disappears out the door..... to the cd shop*
genDisaray posted:What kind of gun can blow your f'ing brains out but still leave you wanting more more more?
mmmm. What's more painful than death itself you say? Life.
