Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I - 2

[devinkulish]

Trent Reznor is a god, he should have his own hall of fame, just for all the wonders he has done for music alike, even movies have been made by his ear.

[SONBoomer]

"I never did saw any of those "trees" my parents spoke of.

Living in what they called, "The Concrete Jungle", all I could see was tall buildings. Skyscrapers in the distance where the city center was, pre-fabricated panel blocks and old tenements where I lived - interconnected by phone lines on different levels - and the bellowing smokestacks of the factories and power plants, again, in the distance, where the 'redundant' industrial area was. I've yet to see "the blue sky" mother told me of."

[RapLauzRec]

Dziś i ja jestem LekkoStronniczy !

[TainanRed]

WHO THE FUCK... Puts a britney spears ad on this Nine inch nails video?!

[frozenmoon999]

@TainanRed i got star wars

[mlopinto2k1]

Just put a banana in your ear!

[smashglasshouses]

@mlopinto2k1 I'd rather keep my ear clear!

[DarkCloud372]

here i am sitting in the darkness playing this album and just letting the music flow over my raw emotion and take me somewhere else

[perfectalt1tude]

damn...

[fogwatch]

To me, this particualr track makes me imagine standing on a deserted beach in the middle of winter staring out at the ocean under s teel grey day. Then the closing seconds is me slowly succumbing to drowning and falling deeper into the water while the bubbles rise to the surface . . .

[DrivingTheRange]

Like if Foundation Got you here :D

[Fpockets]

i wish this album was on iTunes !!!

[JordMcDrummer]

Hey i heard this on The Social Network when Sean discovered Facebook!

[oobaby85]

@JordMcDrummer haha I KNEW THIS WAS FROM SOCIAL NETWORK!

[doribooo]

@oobaby85 The Social Network is from this.

[oobaby85]

@doribooo kk

[MrFirstandonly]

heres a song he should play.  for you

[pato3mix]

wow, nin has some great fucking songs

[facecheek]

this makes me imagine...oh yeah, im not high

[TheNightsMoon]

This makes me think of black hills sprawling for miles and miles underneath ice so deep, it could never be broken.

[EdwardWouldNot]

This makes me think of the sun, but not the sun as we see it on earth - i mean the actual sun, a vast ball of nuclear activity, suspended in the huge black backdrop of space, a droplet of warmth in unimaginable cold.

[theawesometrain]

@EdwardWouldNot This makes me think I should be high when I listen to this >.<

LOL, nevermind me, I'm just being an ass =]

[DirtyDominick]

@EdwardWouldNot such elegant speech among these youtube comments is like a droplet of wine into a keg of unimaginable piss

[EdwardWouldNot]

@DirtyDominick I mistyped my comment - I meant to say "dis song suks der r no lyriks nd also y is duh name nyn inch nayls wen e iz onli one guy????????? so gay"

[Bozzy83]

@EdwardWouldN the last line made me feel an un imaginable and vast loneliness...............

[fogwatch]

This makes me imagine a person sitting on a barren beach in the middle of winter looking out over the sea, they walk towards the water and are lost within its waves as the bubbles of their breath reach toward the surface as they sink below . . .

[777colchado777]

Its raining upside down in the rainforest of the uncharted landmass invisable to those of the outside world.... Thats what i see when i hear this song.......

[Emper0rH0rde]

The Social Network.

[stupidjunk878]

@Emper0rH0rde gayness

[Emper0rH0rde]

@stupidjunk878 yakka foob mog

[LyricPhil]

@Emper0rH0rde Chumble Spuzz. :D

[Emper0rH0rde]

@LyricPhil grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork

[JackyBarf]

@Emper0rH0rde haha are you guys speaking Spaceman Spiff Alien?

[Emper0rH0rde]

@JackyBarf Close enough. It was what Calvin wrote when his school assignment was something like "explain Newton's First Law in your own words". So he explained it in his own words. :-D

[henrywicca]

Love this song. Great atmosphere, same with the rest of the album.

Some of the songs are great for meditation.

[MissStaleyHere]

is it just me or does the sound quality suck balls?

[vanfanel150]

@MissStaleyHere It's free. What the hell are you complaining about? Go buy the album for the best quality.

[hhlium]

if you enjoy ghosts you should give my song a listen:

watch?v=FqphyhJuS8Y

[DazzyCraggus]

FUCK VEVO

[mhintz34]

@DazzyCraggus Really? because this isn't even vevo....

[DazzyCraggus]

@mhintz34 either way fuck vevo

[tallyhoman911]

@DazzyCraggus this isnt vevo.......

[GrantimusPrime90]

@F40PHR It's that exact scene.

[solidfreak123]

@prestoncantrell Smod Outbreak is awesome. But you're making yourself a thumbs up whore!

[prestoncantrell]

@solidfreak123 i do try :D

[hbwassermann]

I used to read the album cover for the lyrics and analyze them for meaning. But i learned that music as an art form is better when it is not easily understood. I used to listen to videos, music, and went to an NIN concert during the downward spiral tour.

I got to be a NIN head. Thankfully I have backed away from that. But Trent, as always, will find a way to make music that draws me back.

[hbwassermann]

Apparently, I feel the need to comment twice!

[hbwassermann]

I love the concept of these Ghosts but I REALLY like the idea of music sans lyrics!

[MrScottyd3186]

this work is very similar to the social network stuff

[buuski]

@MrScottyd3186

thats because it IS the social network stuff

this song was in the movie

[solidfreak123]

I heard a remix of this in a mod for HL2 called Smod: Outbreak

[7AntichristSuperstar]

Did Reznor use this song on "The Social Network"? It sounds very familiar to me.

[Mantooth901]

@7AntichristSuperstar Yep I was so pumped at the Movie Theatre when I heard it come on :P

[ollieroks]

industrial music was orginally with out words. nothing but noise really.

[centuryrunner]

my name is jake

[RetardedAndRandomTV]

@centuryrunner umm...

[001snipe]

@RetardedAndRandomTV - His Name is Robert Paulson...

[DPBdandan139]

@centuryrunner good for you

[heyitsfp]

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[fogwatch]

This track always makes me imagine the modern world for some reason. The coldness of it, how for me the world doesn't seem to have an identity anymore, merely a dark world filled with countless souls trying to make sense of a world cracked like a mirror.

[Camorr975]

@fogwatch

Yes

[madrailman91]

I have a wide taste in music, Ambient music with out lyrics has its own distinct 'flavor' so to speak, for any one else who is looking for ambient music, Stone Glass Steel, Magwheels, & Vromb are a few good groups, though they are more electronic ambiance than guitar, keyboard, or Piano, Still like the NIN's style though. Thanks for uploading mypassionfruit \o/

[spades4811]

I have had a really hard time finding other music like this album. Ive tried bands like m'um and boards of canada and ulvar, but it just feels like a completely different genre.

Any one know of any bands that do mostly instrumental work similar to this album or that have a one off album like this?

Thanks

[123AFTERMATH]

@spades4811 You should check out the "Book Of Eli" soundtrack. Atticus Ross blew my mind with that soundtrack. Atticus is usually the go to guy when it comes to dark ambient instrumental sounds. Thats why Trent Reznor collaborated with him for the "Ghost I-IV" album. Thank god Trent Reznor worked with him... people are starting to finally realize their is more to music than just lyrics. Atticus Ross is "THE FUTURE OF MUSIC"~

[JesusCristo2002]

What I love about Trent Reznor as a musician, is that psychologically and emotionally insightful brilliance his work possesses. Revealing the darkest depths of the human condition ("The Downward Spiral" and "The Fragile") as well as (although it may at times not be obvious) themes of cautious optimism and hope (the resolvement at the climax of "With Teeth" - "Right Where It Belongs").

[JesusCristo2002]

on that record. That anger, neglect, resentment, rejection, questioning the ideal "greater good"; is the definitive archetype behind Reznor's themes and concepts behind Reznor's music for the last twenty-one years. "Pretty Hate Machine" will always be my favorite because of it's everlasting relevance of the life of teenage youth - with materialism, consumerism, that absense of moral and civil standards and principles. Defining Trent making his mark, with one of the best debut albums ever.

[JesusCristo2002]

Although "Year Zero" had some excellent individual tracks like: "Vessel" (my favorite), "The Great Destroyer", "In This Twilight", "The Beginning of the End", "Zero Sum", "Another Version of the Truth", "Survivalism", "The Greater Good", "Me, I'm Not", and "The Warning" (which I consider the best off the album) - it got repetitive and was thematically overty political. "Pretty Hate Machine" on the other hand I absolutely loved and adored and felt ALMOST everything that Reznor was feeling

[JesusCristo2002]

For me, Trent Reznor exemplfied and defined what he was capable of artistically, aesthetically within the medium of music with two pieces of work: "The Fragile" and "Ghosts I-IV". If I recall correctly, the only albums I had of Reznor's was "Year Zero" and "Pretty Hate Machine". "Year Zero" (dispite possessing musical dimension and depth in it's production and "layering" (something that's progressed in Reznor's work since "The Fragile") I had some mixed feelings upon.

[666kevbo]

who the fuck need a record lable anyway they are the gods of music i feel something from every song i hear of NIN

[michellybaby]

so insanely beautiful 

[makaveli3900]

this is my favorite in the set

[gzp303]

goes great with my abandoned nursing home pics,check out gzp303

[jonezysan]

I'm not actually a big fan of Nine Inch Nails. But I am a big Ambient fan, and as Ambient music goes I can dig this. set

[FalconUploads]

@jonezysan This isnt really ambient...but I get your point anyway... I would dare to say is industrial post rock (this tune), if something like that ever exists.

[jonezysan]

@FalconUploads

I would have to politely disagree with you on that point. What exactly in this song would qualify as rock? It has neither blues tempos or chords, no guitars, no vocals to speak of, no percussion. And generally nothing but ambient sounds and gentle melodies

[LuciusMesserer]

at 0:57 -- goosebumps.

[RedRoomNW]

Sounds like 70s german band Cluster... good stuff

[SweetZombieJezus]

lol dude, how ironic that you can't even spell Retarded

[bravoKat]

I prefer 1 Ghosts I this one is retarted

[BoyfromSevilla]

this is music for the future, it is painful, and it shows anger and desolation, but unlike his other works, it shows a way out, it shows the future will be better, not this crappy shit we have now. cos it can't get worse than this.

[tseng61]

Actually, it can get MUCH, MUCH worse.

[PrimoVids]

I shed a tear, bro. That's deep.

[MrrANDOM34]

this is music to comprehend the universe to

[trainmandan05]

This song makes you sleepy.

[mrkeamo]

xD im high

[Stubbs1292]

@mrkeamo

xD roflmao lol lmao bro u so kewl

[MarcasusAngel]

@mrkeamo

yay me too!

[pitbulllover74]

A friend of mine died a couple weeks ago and I honestly hear this album in a diferent way now.... never realized how beautiful this is.

[ny5280]

Sorry to hear about your friend, this is the only NIN album i dont have, i think i need to buy it...

[pitbulllover74]

Thank you. You can download it free on their website... Nin. com ; I think its only 9 songs and not the whole cd but its free :)

[johnnyabr132]

sounds it should be from donnie darko

[marekfilms]

I just upload a short short experimental short film to this song.

[cnvshs]

Best out there

[PrimoVids]

Is it just me or would this music be perfect for the reactor level in HL2: Episode 1?

[svartehelll]

It would be perfect.

[PrimoVids]

How is this spam?

[svartehelll]

What is spam?

[PrimoVids]

Your comment got marked as spam.

[svartehelll]

That's strange..

[obscureface]

yes!

the whole album

[Lestat89]

The people who like this would enjoy early industrial bands like Nurse with Wound, Throbbing Gristle, and Cabaret Voltaire.

[snowdude107]

Man I'm high and this shit is boring me

[sephylafudge]

When I listen to this I imagine myself standing in a white room, eyes closed, with no sense of time or space.

[6loveof6death6]

i can see why this album is called ghosts... it kinda makes you think about things that haunt you... creepy, but really good!

[afixsxe]

So I'm really glad Trent decided to do this. Music without lyrics can be very beautiful, and not that many artists like him do these kinds of things. He's so talented in everything he does. And this track calls for alot of self reflection, in my opinion. Love it.

[BurnumBurnum123]

fuckin amazing, thats all i can say.

[barflaaj]

.............. Just great!

[cornfudgeycorn]

I love NIN's music, and its great that they don't have a contract with WMG or UMG, so their music can be publicly enjoyed on Youtube!

[carlosspiceyweener54]

@cornfudgeycorn yeah but its really strange cause some of their songs are silenced on youtube, and the user whom would post the song would explain in the desc box that WMG or UMG muted it because they said they owned. so it makes me really mad when they would do somthing like that

[Matazakage]

@cornfudgeycorn  NIN is only one person

[blakegriplingph]

@cornfudgeycorn - It's a good thing that Trent and his crew are staunch critics of commercialism in music. I guess it's about time that artists bring music back to its roots, which is free and universal entertainment for the people.

[theRevolutionKing]

Some parts are reminiscent of Skinny Puppy Last Rites.

[olf267]

it reminds me of idoser!

[santichrist]

Why are people acting like music without words is new or original? Regardless, I definitely think this is quality. I really like it.

[deadpisser88]

Because some people have become too conditioned with lyrical content.

[minamur]

@santichrist especially when you consider every nin album i can think of off the top of my head has had at least a few instrumental pieces. i've been wanting a nin album that was was all instrumental for, i don't know, a decade now.

[TheCruddyBug]

@santichrist

Yeah some people really don't know that there is modern music without words.

[mewca]

This song made me think about a lot of stuff, regardless of words or none. It's so tranquil and somewhat disturbing...

[TheSuperG77]

I agree

[Alternate2GOP]

Like the horizon is just closing in on you...

[interpolnyc99]

remember pretty hate machine, broken,downward spiral..and then what started this/the change, the fragile,with teeth,year zero, ghost I-IV and now the slip...trent is evolving and being aware..trippy

[obscureface]

and how skinny he was!

:O

[KaysanHermit]

im very new to NIN. im liking the sounds though of Ghosts. its going to be intresting listening to all of this.

oh, what songs by NIN do you recommend as well?

[nehemiasz1]

start with browsing the web, and see for yourself what you like. To have a good view on Nine Inch Nails history I would recommend to start with the 1st official full album - pretty hate machine. The new albums are totally different from what it was at the beginning. Try all the main albums you can find on official website or wikipedia but do not hesitate to reach out for the remixes, like "things fallin apart", only then you will get the clear image of the music Trent Reznor is creating. :)

[KaysanHermit]

thank, thats really helpful :)

[nehemiasz1]

Well it depends on what you were counting for. You want the list of tracks I like the most ? De gustibus non disputandum est. I can't tell you what you are going to enjoy ? I'm just saying that the best point to start from is the beginning, but don't go to deep and don't reach for the "purest feeling" album. I like "and all of that could have been" album the most, and "things falling apart", as long with the "further the downwardspiral", but it just depends on personal taste.

[KaysanHermit]

my personal taste is music that makes me think, and is able to be interpreted in any way.

[hoes87]

Anything from downward spiral and the fragile...and the quake soundtrack is amazing too (and has similar sounds to this). Depends what type of music you prefer.

[lucas0908]

boring...i know music is not just about technique but even my little brother can do this at the piano...

[Herbalaussie]

It's not about who can outplay who. If your brother can play this, congratulations. Your brother can play a moving piece. Music shouldn't be who can be the loudest, have the most record sales, etc. It should just simply be about music that touches you and becomes a part of you. I don't want to just hear music. I want to experience it.

[lucas0908]

i totally agree man...i've my own project and it's totally about this thought...sinestesy ans stuff...but for me NIN music is just too bad...just it.

[Herbalaussie]

Well, everyone's free to express their opinion. I personally think that this album is a masterpiece, but I know that not everyone is going to agree. That's the great thing about music. There's something for everybody.

[lucas0908]

yeah...agree

[royalslump]

lol... gonna have to agree with you on this one. i personally am not liking NIN from what ive heard so far.

. overrated .

[deerkilla777]

why don't u just go listen to some guitar wanking then

[TrentsRuiner]

MAN this is Harmony!

[0044024456]

its great that we can all listen to this for free, especially for enemployed deadbeats such as myself.

that being said, i personally own every halo(except ghosts) and have an extensive collection beyond cd's. as soon as i can i am going to pay trent his money and i hope you will all do the same.

[artman4444]

I'm not really into this kind of NIN...I understand they're doing a competition for fans, but for some reason these songs don't inspire as much inspiration as their earlier work...

[dtc5793]

its a different type of inspiration but i know what you're talking about. It doesn't give you that depressing feeling like Still did but it's still awesome

[MrBobosan]

actually for me, as an aspiring filmmaker this kind of tracks bring soooo much imagery to my head.

actually im working on a video/visuals for this song.

[chelseable]

wow

[oasisfancortes]

at first i didnt see much in Reznor, but now over the year, and the fact that he made s cuh a HUGE impact on me last year, hes left a benchmark on me.

such fuckin amazing musical direction

[guziel123]

This is my new favorite album of this type of music. Drukqs by Aphex Twin and Brian Eno's Music forairports.

[treganalbers]

its modern impressionism

[ZeroSk8nForLife]

its good i guess

[sueshafer242]

Agree with tokinwalrus. This one - hell the whole album - is what I would imagine heaven is supposed to be. ahh

[tokinwalrus]

Trent Reznor is my God

[brettrick98]

This song rocks!!!