Someone, I think Churchy, asked if I've ever been happy with the results of a certain election, and I have to say the results for The Slip [exact top three], With Teeth [same top two] and The Downward Spiral [same top two] are my favorite and my least favorite results are that of Year Zero [only ITT in my top three] and The Fragile [only WITT in my top three]. Broken, PHM, Misc. and Non-Album elections were already too much of a consensus to really be surprised or sad about.


My List including the ones that have been eliminated:


1. "In This Twilight"
2. "Head Down
3. "Right Where It Belongs"
4. "The Great Below"
5. "Ruiner"
6. "And All That Could Have Been"
7. ["Now I'm Nothing"]
8. "Last"
9. ["31 Ghosts IV"]
10. ["Head Like A Hole"]


Therefore my vote this round is for Last



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2010 12:58PM by jgrizzy89.

god mother fucking dammit, you fuckers made me as soul-less as yourselves. and even worse, another vote has to be made. my vote is for ITT, only because i want to save the mighty head down.


my top three for this election is actually easy. these are all great songs but the songs that i think best represent these albums (my top choice) are NOT here except for ruiner, head down, and AATCHB. 31 and 28 (my heart and soul) are forever joined at the hip for me and thus 31 could be also considered my top choice. I didn't vote in PHM but Terrible Lie would be my top choice, then Suck, La Mer, TLBTB, vessel, and metal.

so my top three are: 1. ruiner 2. 31GIV 3. head down.

ETA: once these elections are over, what is our little group of misfits who can play nice with each other going to do? I for one really don't want to enter the yard with the rest of the general population. It tends to end in bloodshed and i don't have my shiv ready. we have to come up with a new round of topics / games to amuse ourselves and talk about our true passion without all of the bullshit.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2010 07:59PM by fleighing.

Last

Ruiner

Last

My vote: In This Twilight

scott_pawsey posted:

Driver Down
Videodrones - Questions
Quake OST (10 tracks)
The Social Network OST (19 tracks)

Anything else?

I don't know, do I get this? If so, what about NBK, Deep (Lara Croft)?


My tops here:
1. Ruiner (really the best for here)
2. Right where it belongs
3. Head Down
4. AATCHB

Who let "Last" win the Broken election? There are "Suck" and "Happiness in Slavery" and "Wish".
And "The Great Below" for The Fragile? No, no.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2010 06:35AM by xcore.

Remaining Tracks this election:
"Last"
"Ruiner"
"The Great Below"
"Right Where It Belongs"
"In This Twilight"
"Head Down"
"And All That Could Have Been"

VOTE: "In This Twilight"

See?! Don't worry so much Fleighing! And for the rest of you in this NINocracy of victims...




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2010 02:52PM by votiVe.

Newbie here. (Newbie to the site/forums, but a rabid NIN fan since summer of 1991.) Hope yall don't mind if I join the party.

My vote is for The Great Below.

My list (please forgive the commentary; can't help myself; what you all have created here is way too fun):

1. And All That Could Have Been (my favorite album; my favorite song; perhaps I can't separate myself and look at it objectively any more)
2. Ruiner (so many, many layers, dropped on top of each other, then pealed away, then back; a Nine Inch Nails archetype; even has a horn section )
3. Last (call me childish and hyperbolic, but I don't think there will ever be a better metal/industrial song; opening is like running full speed into a wall)
4. Right Where It Belongs (somehow simultaneously an anthem and anti-anthem)
5. In This Twilight (such beauty, yet with pounding drum and Jesus and Marychain guitars)
6. Head Down (I like Discipline more, but HD rocks, and shows what he can still achieve in terms of violent sound with the most minimal production)
7. The Great Below (pure beauty; would have charted higher but not a fan of it's outro)
8. [31 Ghosts IV] (never really gave this song thought until seeing it on your list; I'm more of a 26 Ghosts III guy)
9. [Head Like A Hole] (seminal, classic, perfect, tired)
10. [Now I'm Nothing] (had missed this before; glad you guys introduced me to it; as someone else said, I'm surprised Metal didn't take this category)

Thanks.

the sun is setting on In This Twilight.

of Churchy's above potential themes, an album cover and official video election would both be pretty ace.

TSN is to new, I think. Not everyone has involved it enought, to vote on the songs. Give it its time.
Album art competition would be cool.

fleighing posted:

ooh, i like the idea of album art, BEST TOUR!!!!!!!, best video, best opening track, and best ending track a lot. i've got lots of opinions about these that i wanna share. jgrizzy and ssquirrel?????

We still have 2 or 3 elections left before we were going to be calling things done anyway. We'll keep track of this stuff and discuss it. I don't mind keeping stuff going so long as we'll keep getting turnout and it won't be like those first several rounds of Ghosts where no one bothered showing up.

xcore posted:

My vote: In This Twilight

scott_pawsey posted:

Driver Down
Videodrones - Questions
Quake OST (10 tracks)
The Social Network OST (19 tracks)

Anything else?

I don't know, do I get this? If so, what about NBK, Deep (Lara Croft)? - 1


My tops here:
1. Ruiner (really the best for here)
2. Right where it belongs
3. Head Down
4. AATCHB

Who let "Last" win the Broken election? There are "Suck" and "Happiness in Slavery" and "Wish".
And "The Great Below" for The Fragile? No, no. - 2

1. I'm pretty sure only songs credited to Trent Rezor are eligible for that election. Deep and such are credited to NIN.

2. I agree. I love The Great Below, it's amazing. But I don't feel it best represents The Fragile the way a song like The Way Out Is Through, The Wretched, Just Like You Imagined or La Mer does.

Churchy posted:

I vote Last

James2005 posted:

Not this time, no, you don't!

I guess this is what I get for voting off La Mer

Very clever! If you actually did vote off La Mer then I'm sorry to say you are just another part of the frail with your head down wearing your ringfingers.

fleighing posted:

god mother fucking dammit, you fuckers made me as soul-less as yourselves. and even worse, another vote has to be made. my vote is for ITT, only because i want to save the mighty head down.

ETA: once these elections are over, what is our little group of misfits who can play nice with each other going to do? I for one really don't want to enter the yard with the rest of the general population. It tends to end in bloodshed and i don't have my shiv ready. we have to come up with a new round of topics / games to amuse ourselves and talk about our true passion without all of the bullshit.

Hey I didn't vote it off! I'm just trying to get Last off!

We could always set up our own community forum, although they probably wouldn't allow it. The Election Veterans has a nice ring to it! But as for other games or elections if everyone wants to continue it then here's a few ideas:

- Most popular album art
- Most popular band member (besides Trent)
- Most popular live tour/Best era
- Most popular official Video
- The Social Network
- Quake soundtrack
- Most popular opening track
- Most popular ending track

LOL! Best play on words ever!

fleighing posted:

SSquirrel posted:

fleighing posted:

but as the grand poobah who has seen 68 shows spanning each and every tour

Have I mentioned I hate you? That's a lot of fuckin shows. I'm just glad for the times I've gotten to go.

Hara Arena, Dayton OH, Self Destruction Tour 12/29/94
Madison, WI Fragility 2000
Congress Theater Chicago, With Teeth Theater leg IL 2005
Rupp Arena Lexington, KY LITS 2008
Noblesville, IN NIN/JA 2009

Once for each album from TDS onward. Not nearly enough, but given my lack of disposable income, I did alright

i'd hate myself, too but i have been very fortunate to be old enough (never thought i'd utter those words) to have caught NIN as opening acts in early 1990 and have always had the income and flexibility of schedule to see multiple shows on each tour leg. i recognized my one true love in life and fully indulged while i could.

btw, i was there too in IN for NINJA and at the Congress in Chicago in 2005! i caught that TDS tour leg a few days after you on new years eve in detroit (my second NYE NIN show), and although i saw 11 LITS shows i stopped at IN

You're so lucky. I only got to see NIN 3 times. I mean, I love every time I saw, but 11 LITS shows? I am jealous.

fleighing posted:

btw, i was there too in IN for NINJA and at the Congress in Chicago in 2005! i caught that TDS tour leg a few days after you on new years eve in detroit (my second NYE NIN show), and although i saw 11 LITS shows i stopped at IN

Nice! Yeah my wife was 5 months pregnant w/our first daughter at the Congress theater show. We sat 2nd row balcony. It was our intro to the Dresden Dolls and we bought their disc before we left. I grabbed the mp3s of that NINJA show and listen to them occasionally. It's cool that you can pick up the sirens from the nearby tornado on the audio. It was like Trent called down, then scared off that storm. So powerful.