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  • So is the guitarist like broken? I love this song and I've looked at like 5 versions of the solo and I think I'm beginning to hate the guy, jesus I can play it better than 4 out of 5 of his attempts, really disapointed...album version rocks though...just a shame he cant play it....KNOB!

  • do you go to a concert to sing or listen. save that sad voice for the shower

  • Great Performance, Wish i could be there damn it!

  • That is one raw solo

  • you didn't hurt me_

    nothing can hurt me_

    you didn't hurt me _

    nothing can stop me now_

    BEST EVER!!

  • Just listen through the left headphone if you dont the guy XD

  • 2:54 onwards. holy mother

  • this is absolutely the best song on the best album trent ever did. something i can never have is my fav but this is a close 2nd!!!

  • HOLY FUCKING SHIT.  this is the song I used to play when we were pre-drinking to get to that special kind of fucked up stoked.

  • 0:01 OH MY GOOOD !! Same reaction

  • I'd like to get this concert on mp3. Anyone have any ideas?

  • @wbonfig

    Use VidtoMP3.com.

  • 4 people got their fucking world buried up inside thanks to Ruiner

  • I was 3 rows back. Probably the best concert I have ever been too.

    I was shocked and blown the fuck away.

  • AMAZING!!! I wish the audio was better. : ( but still AWESOME!

  • what an atmosphere!

  • One of the best NIN songs of all time

  • I love Robin Fink's dancing

  • good industrial/alt music has a way of getting inside of you like no other music can.

  • Maybe my expectations were way too high for my favorite song to sound live? I don't care, NIN is still my amazing, the whole concert was Godly, I just wasn't too fond of the performance of this song. Hopefully my mind changes.

  • @Squidpus There were a couple of hiccups to be sure. The breakdown in the middle was awkward. Trent started playing the piano from "The Only Time" as he has since the With Teeth tour, but kind of stopped abruptly when he realized the piano's "voice" didn't match. The pause between the end and the downward spiral piano riff) was awkward too. And of course the dude with the flashlight at the beginning.

    Having said that, I'd rather watch this than 99% of anything else on YouTube.

  • @KradProductions Wait. I thought I was watching Closer, and then it skipped to this video.

    Never mind, THIS is flawless.

  • @KradProductions whats the 1% .. I'm curious.

    Yeah and once i found this i was like, hell yeah awesome break down 70's solo [which i was going to wonder how it was going to pull of the reverse sound from it] .. what a let down :'( oh wells still crazy..

    but go on, whats the other 1%

  • I think the original recorded solo, as played by Slash, was far superior.

  • @herpesdemon Do you mean Slash played it on the record, I thought Trent Reznor did it.

  • Not sure where you heard that from. Reznor played most of the guitar for this album, though Adrian Belew played for Mr. Self Destruct and The Becoming. I've never read anything of Slash contributing to this album.

  • this is fucking cool

  • At least the guy singing along has the voice to fit the emotion of the song lol

  • Ruiner is the best song Trent Reznor ever wrote. I know he himself considered it a disappointment at the time, but like, jesus christ, so many awesome elements combined into this towering colossal rage. No other band could do it (even in industrial), no other person could do it, and what he thought was a throwaway in 1994 was way beyond what most good bands could do at their very best.

  • @ravenouscolonelhart This is all very true.

  • @ravenouscolonelhart I couldn't have said it better. this is a masterpiece. But I think The Becoming is his greatest musical composition. Industrial at its best. Ruiner would come in a close second.

  • @ravenouscolonelhart So true, he also thought the same about Last, which I find one of his best tracks, and Kinda I Want To, which got the worst from him, but I find it the best PHM track. I guess I can understand though, being an artist myself.

  • @ravenouscolonelhart

    my favorite

  • Respond to this video... my favorite song

  • I would go gay for trent

  • LMAO @ homie going OH-MY-GAWD!

  • OMG Robins little solo spot on......NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW great lyric

  • fuck those verses are just orgasmic

  • @MrHeavySpring what is the meaning? is it about rape? enlighten me.

  • that solo is so epic its beyond words

  • @Duhbearz1 for every time i've listened to ruiner, I've rewinded and listened to the solo again lol

  • The RUiner is the best song I have ever heard with my mortal ears

  • This song, I didn't even notice it the first time I heard it. Then all of a sudden it hits me right in the face and I love it. I love every Downward Spiral song, but this one is by far my favourite.

  • Amazing performance of my favorite song off of this album. Too bad it's completely ruined by the singing douchebag. I, unfortunately, Dislike :(

    *Please note that I'm in no way trying to diss the guys at ThisOneisOnUs. You guys did an amazing job with the video and you did the best that was possible with the audio. I do truly appreciate your dedication and hard work, but it doesn't change the fact that the singing douche completely ruins this video :( *

  • @thepenguin55 I dont think that that "singing douchebag" is going to give a shit if you complain about him or not. GTFO.

  • @merril78 You have to admit it is annoying. His singing is terrible. If i was there i would want to hear Trent, not him.

  • @voodoodolll Yah, that makes ense. However I think that disliking the video because of one small detracting factor is kinda pointless.

  • @merril78 I didn't know he disliked the video.. I disagree too.

  • @MrHeavySpring DEETS

  • I wish the people at this show would realize they will never sing as good as trent and if they want to try, that's what a car is good for. :P

  • its hard to understand whats his saying when he raps or what eva his doing..

    and im to stuborn to read the lyrics...

    :)

  • @FinalConflict99 you gotta read the lyrics. he's saying important stuff. I've been a fan of this band and album for 11 years and i just now got around to reading the lyrics for his rap verses on this song. lol

  • To matori tako se cepa :-)

  • the crowd knows every word!

  • Why oh why oh why was I not at this? Fucking amazing performance!!

  • Honestly, how dense are these people? Some twat at the start only seems to JUST understand the fact that they are playing the whole album. Clearly they don't deserve to live...

  • @boiler666 for real. he also continues to sing throughout the whole song... terribly.

    he needs a mute button or tongue amputation

  • The guy in the audience is RUINING it! Luckily Trent's amazing aura still makes this amazing.

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  • 3 retards didn't like this...Fuck those losers!

  • One of my favourite NIN song!!!!!!!

  • THATS WHAT SHE SAID

  • Guitar solo is orgasmic!

  • Would have been much better without the guys screaming the lyrics off key throughout the entire show.

  • @kolby386 i think its awesome, when you are on the live show you also hear guys screaming around you.. that makes that great atmosphere. There are other "polished" nin live videos if you dont like it. Im glad there is also one raw like this.

  • they need to play the pretty hate machine live. with all the good old songs

  • @seldomme14

    how can they if nIN live is deaded

  • @starstruckstarfuck what difference does it make, they should still play PHM live

  • @seldomme14

    what differance? NIN isnt gonna play live ever again

  • @starstruckstarfuck i know that nin is done playing live, it doesnt mean i cant be hopeful that trent will one day come back to playing live and play PHM

  • @seldomme14 Actually, he never said these were the LAST SHOWS EVER, he just said that he wont be playing live for a LONG WHILE. We can only hope its sooner than later

  • now if only he played the whole Broken album live......

  • The song of my life. Gossh,

    I can't believe I will never have the chance to see NIN live :(

  • @chaotickittie03 Don't say never dude! Trent will be bored in a few years and make a comeback!!!! I give him 5 years before he tours again... I can only hope anyways

  • @chaotickittie03 not even, probably after he tours with his new project group thing, he'll probably start new NIN material

  • @chaotickittie03 I'd freak the fuck out

  • The guitar solo sounded so awesome! I don't know if he did the screeching sounds on purpose, but either way it made this live performance on this song AMAZING!

  • All hail Robin and his fucking awesome dreadlocks!

  • OH MY GAAD!!!!!!!

  • fucking amazing

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  • Best fuckin song on the album

    And awesome live damn I miss

    Seeing them live

  • just amazing come back to argentine! just fucking love ya nin

  • does anybody know if Robin Finck uses any effects during the solo and if so which ones?

  • @bullsfan93

    Sounds like straight up distortion. He does turn on a pedal a little bit into it, which I guess is a overdrive pedal to add a little more ooomph to the sound. I know he has a Boss BD-2, that could be what he turns on.

  • God I fucking love you Nine Inch Nails. You are like no other.

  • i came

  • thank you so much for all the effort and the vids and and and ..everything

    5***

  • Fuck I love this song.

  • Ruiner is one of the most unique songs on the album. I find it harder than some of you to be able to compare it to anything else. Comfortably numbesque? Don't see it.

  • @hatfisc

    agreed....

  • yes, the comfortably numbesque solo. i love it.

  • Also, the filthy sounding guitar solo in this song was always the highlight to the Downward Spiral IMO. Im not let down by the live version. Good stuff Robin.

  • Never noticed it before, but the opening drumbeat to this tune is like The Clash's "Train In Vain" on crack. Good stuff Trent.

  • fucking awesome,goosebumps ....for the next years

  • OUch the bridge of this song is so awesome! Each instrument is perfect, loud drum, great and aggressive bass line, keyboard are beautifull, Finck is the best guitar player NIN had and Trent... as usual GOD!

    Thanks to the thisoneisonus project, i can't stop watching this show and the gift... So impatient for vegas :D

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  • this is my favorite album.

  • The drumming is suberb in this song. Fantastic on the album and even better live! I could watch this all day.

  • A shame half of the song is sequensed :/

    kickass solo though!

  • nice

  • Damn, I wish it were last June again

  • I came

  • It's hard not to ejaculate during this song. It's just too goddamn good.

  • i can't get enough of tds live..can you say NINgasm!

  • DIDN'T YOU!

  • @yna

    nice one man, i neverf got too close to him on the 6 or so times i saw them, ruiner still gives me the bumps to this day, never get sick of it. What a great live recording...same with piggy..

  • AWESOME

  • Fuckin best performer ever hands down!!

  • @ynattirbelise

    Me too.. goosebump all through

  • 0:31 to 0:50 is full of so much win.

  • Love the OMG at 0:01

  • @NaminatoR1254 It's great listening to these guys on every video from this performance. None of them can believe that they're hearing the entire Downward Spiral haha.

  • @NaminatoR1254 It's my second favorite audience moment in the whole thing. I also love that he rattles off the lyrics around :50 no problem. Dude is a fan. Even if I couldn't go he at least served as a fairly good proxy for the rest of us.

  • @leghump Oh, if I could be there... I'd be singing along with him word for word!

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  • There is a part of this song that competes with the beauty in the live Lights in the Sky performance of In This Twilight; When he sings the second "what you really are". That is incredible. Trent is incredible.

  • Honestly got my heart rate up. The energy is unbelievable.

  • this is by far the best live version I've

    heard of this song. I like his HEY!'s.

    sounds like he is giving all the energy he can. It's easy for people in their 20's to criticize especially after not doing this for 20 yrs. He wanted it to be special & it is. Thanks Trent!!! Greatest Musician.

  • This is without a doubt an amazing performace of ruiner! I wish more than anything that I could've been there. NIN forever!

  • fuckinamazin!!!

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  • @lendude1 Definitely. Finck is sick! I was so happy when I heard he was coming back for lights in the sky. I strongly believe that the sound/edge/style he brings as a guitarist suits Nine Inch Nails best.

  • Holy shit.. Nine Inch Nails isn't known for their guitar solos, but the one in Ruiner is just a shred show. Even more powerful live, of course.

  • yeah, and check out the ruiner solo live at the echoplex.

    imo thats the best live version of it. these vids are awesome

  • @14murh and of course I only see Robin Finck able to deliver.

  • My favorite song live, so amazing

  • This album has such a phenomenal power to it. I love it. It also started my CD collection of good music that it is now.

  • I remember when my parents were going through their divorce, feeling isolated in school and watching everything fall apart around me.. this song was the only thing keeping me in step. There is only a handful of songs in my life that when I listen to is like picking a old scab, and this is one of them

  • The best song on Downward Spiral, hands down.

  • @youknowwhoyouare8 You wanted it, you have it. Dude, I have to use three accounts to handdown your comment. You´re welcome. People, now handdown me, please. We're the wretched ones. Life is pain.

  • me & my induztrial band r gonna cover this but were gonna sing da lyrics in german, its fucken sick song.

  • where's the "oh god" part?

    love TR's rock god moves at 3:09 - 3:11!

  • In the first few secs of the vid

  • It's the "oh my god!" that makes this.

  • No spam can detail how much I love this fucking song.

  • talk about putting 150% into a performance, fucking amazing

  • Ok Robin considerably changed the second part of the solo this time!!

    I wonder if Trent got pissed off.

  • Isn't that the whole point of a guitar solo?

  • My guess is you don't like jam bands

  • 2:10

    until

    2:20

    one of those moments you never forget

    like when you first catch your penis

    in your zipper

  • Rofl. You good sir are a god

  • omg at 2:16 trent is the best

  • Fuck that was beautiful!

  • 2:10

    until

    2:20

    one of those moments you never forget

    when the artist grabs the perfect color

    or the most intricate detail

    the exquisiteness of human expression

    and if it was 10,000 years ago

    or you were right there something moves from the artist's soul to yours

    this is one of those moments

  • This is the best instrumental of all time. Out of all the thousands of times I've heard this song, I still get a chill from this music.

  • ... Do the lyrics ever take away from it being your favorite instrumental?

    ;P

  • The lyrics are good, so no, they don't.

  • Yeah. I'd have to agree.

  • "OHHHHH GOD"

  • yes sir!

  • LOVE THIS SHITT BABY!!

  • nine inch nails foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!­!!

  • Thank you so much for uploading this.

  • fantastic!!!!!!!!!

  • 2:54

  • 'OH MY GOD!' sweet

  • i like the dudes reaction in the very beginning

  • Boy...that guitar solo kicks ass

  • what you gave to me, my perfect ring of scars, you know i can see what you really are...

  • HOLYYYY SHITTT!!!!

  • holy shXt! Ruiner live!

  • i've waited a long time for a decent-quality recording of "ruiner" being played live. ;D

  • Thank you!

  • you didn't hurt me NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW

  • Amazing performance of this. The solo sounds incredible live

  • My neck is starting to hurt! But i dont give a fuck! feels like being there, and the beer is cheaper at my house! Thank you so much! This is fucking great!

  • cool, but this asshole singin like a girlie fan pisses me off and kills everything.this is not the jonas brothers and i don't fucking understand why you want to sing along, do you want to hear yourself or nine inch nails when you go to their shows?

  • well if you get really excited you can't help but to sing a long, its kind of natural, you don't think about it, unless of course you go to a show strictly to hear the band, not to live the concert, get my point? I'm not saying that it's not wrong. It sucks! I'm just saying.

  • 1st you can't really help but sing along, the crowd just does it

    2nd It's a form of respect to the band. It's such a cool feeling when the crowd sings along. Some bands use this to do pauses in the songs where just the crowd sings and it just sounds epic.

  • Ilan Rubin was killin' it on the drums!!!

    Nine Inch Nails freakin' rawks!!!

    Redzombie13

    Hallandale Beach, Florida

    Saturday, October 24, 2009

    8:14 PM (EST)