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  • Reznor still needs Bowie to help this song out....

  • Reznor still needs Bowie to help this song out....

  • This is a "scandalous" video. =p

  • Could someone tell me what are the headbands that they're wearing?

  • Wait...David Bowie?

  • This video went viral on Bahrain

  • Nin is pretty tight live. Good line-up. Trent's short.

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  • 1:20 Now y'all put your hands together and clap like this.

  • 17 people are afraid of Americans

  • @ghostflyable23 17 people are not afraid of Americans

  • @MrJadeSegel look at the dislike bar then

  • Nothing beats seeing NIN and Bowie on the Outside tour in 1995 out of Chicago.

  • awesome! Trent Reznor and DAVID BOWIE

  • Got to see this song a few days before in chicago, what a great show.

  • 16 people are afraid of Americans

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  • Ever notice nobody from China comments on youtube? That's because youtube is not allowed in China.

  • You should be afraid of Americans. We control the world, and we will FUCK YOU UP.

  • Patronizing drivel to the ignorant crowd. Covering songs they think will get a cheer. Go ahead hate - i'm expecting it, but I've also been listening to NIN for decades -they're music still kicks ass, but they're lyrics, now copied, are so tired. Guess i'm just outgrowing them.

  • just a very bad metafor.. interests used the flag and the taxpayers to support and pay for resources to negotiate other countrie's goods, including going to war with Weaker countries just to impose systems that will favor these interests. Who gets "fucked"? the middle and the low class citizens( the weak)

    i hope i made it clear enough with my poor english

    Paz

  • @ykkyfranco You're very clear. You're a fucking idiot.

  • @MyAccount4TrollingU oh yeah why you say that Troll ? ... i didn't know you guys were sucking around NIN videos too.. aren't you supposed to be commenting on Justin Bieber videos and such?

  • Son of a bitch. I can't believe I never went to see them Live. I curse myself over and over. This was Literally just an hour and a half away and I didn't go. WHY! MUST! I! FAIL! AT! EVERYTHING!!!!

  • That's it. I am watching these guys in concert and turning into their in-audience gogo dancer before I die.

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  • dude trent your mic is too high!!JC this guy sucks & it used to be the best

  • this song is sickkkk, the bass is amazing

  • this band Rocks..  america the beautifull is being used as a condom to fuck upon the weak

  • @ykkyfranco

    How so?

  • This was at the molson amphitheatre. Its got to be one of the best places to enjoy a concert. Its not huge so moving is relatively easy, and theres a good 2 feet for your knees not to hurt in.

  • @alexnomore: thx for that comment....u made my day

  • in other news. I prefer David Bowie's version. That's my personal opinion

  • motherfuckers I am Greek and I think that you should be afraid of us right now

  • motherfuckers I am Greek and I think that you should be afraid of us right now

  • We need this in the white house. I can already see the posters. A stylised photo of Trent with " HATE 2012" on the bottom. 

  • i'm an american and i'm super scared.

    cool live version of this song. i like it.

  • Be Afraid!!!

    Be Very Afraid!!!

  • ahhhhh i was there i been lucky enough to get tickets to two shows for free lights in the sky was truly amazing best concert experience ive ever had and i fell inlove ! i had no idea about them before the first concert best discovery of my entire life

  • Wow - I kinda prefer the Bowie version...

  • This is the only "memorial" anyone gets next. Here's to 10 years of "terror" and the war on us. First time in 5 years I've been able to appreciate this song. Send the God of Fuck my regards.

  • americanTs

  • who's the guitarist?

  • @MartyrLoserKing Robin Finck ... Hes also in the march of the pigs music video. amazing

  • all canadians are afraid of amerikans

  • @MartyrLoserKing Good for you. And we don't even know you exist.

  • @MyAccount4TrollingU who do you mean by "we" and "you" I'm Amerikan myself, and I'm sure the whole world is aware of our existence.

  • @MartyrLoserKing And I'm Canadian, you fucking asswipe.

  • @MyAccount4TrollingU Amerika's toupee :3

  • I'm not afraid of anything. And quite frankly, that has me a bit worried.

  • shit...i am actually afraid of the world

  • what is the thing on the back of trents pants and what does it do?

  • Saw this. So good.

  • That is some great camera work.

  • i love this version

  • such a great crunchy one... as far as all the politics, i do not want china or any other country or their people (though they should always be included shouldn't they?? ;0) - i just do not want to be indebted to them, or any country... any more than i should be as a person. although through life we meet special people who help us us to some other next stage, and inevitably we are 'indebted' to them... that is the way of it, and nothing to disparage... ;0 just 'ill indebtedness' we should avoid.

  • how about we quit talking about the corporate bullshit music so we can supress it from being heard so it can die off

  • I bet that once the song started, everyone held their breath waiting for Bowie.

    Man, that would have made your LIFE perfect.

  • ain't the same sans bowie, great live version tho ;)

  • ain't the same sans bowie, great live version tho

  • when are these guys coming back to america to play? oh that's right..they're afraid

  • Damn, I was hoping he got Bowie to come assist with the cover like he did with "Heart's Filthy Lesson", but still cool, thanks for posting!

  • yayaya fuck america! RIGHT? ...it was a good cover.

  • the 14 who dislike the video are afraid of the americans :)

  • You know what they say about opinions don't you?

  • I love this venue! more bands should film shows at Ampatheater!!

  • Reznor for Prezident

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  • @NELLA1680 Who's Robbin?

  • @NELLA1680 I was thinking more along the lines of Reznor Chomsky 2012!

  • Im an american, and it is appalling how the people vote for these idiots to be in charge. Too many americans want drama, and bullshit. They are the maury povich/jerry springer crowd that follows what the "news media" and all of the hogwash they speak. Look @ the Casey Anthony case, the media gets excited about this shit, and i dont get it, nor like it

  • omg stfu with your hippie crap and just enjoy a nin song. it has nothing to do with americans. hes talking about god. people are retarded

  • @smatter022188 This song was written by David Bowie, and his annoyance with American homogenized commercial culture invading every corner of the world. Specifically about the first McDonalds being established in Java. Personally, I think it's rather funny for a Brit to be annoyed with American culture invading the world (hello British colonialism), but I love David Bowie and NIN.

    And yeah it's a great song.

  • i was there it was amazing !!

  • excelente!!

  • I'm afraid of Members Only jackets.

  • i'm affraid of members only jackets

  • Most of the world stands in simultaneous awe and hate/fear of America. Americans are too simplistic when they bemoan "the world hates us", just as they were too simplistic decades ago when they thought the world regarded them as defacto-celebrities.

    Think of the outpouring of goodwill when Obama was elected (most americans don't realize that in far away places, like the Grenadines and Sweden, ppl stayed up all night to watch that election), vs. the anger and dismay during the Bush-years.

  • @faraway1nspace Fuck off, you stupid Canadian cunt. Do you REALLY think we give a fuck what you assholes think? We barely even know you exist. We run this world, because we are better than everyone else. You are but a piece of lint in our belly button.

  • @MyAccount4TrollingU Your comment is a perfect example of why everyone around us hates the U.S. Pompous and overzealous attitudes like this have gotten us into deep shit in the past. Just shut up and enjoy the music.

  • Very underrated Bowie Song!

  • The shit you don't write when you're drunk huh? 

  • Will they share the blood you have spilt? Off another human life? WILL THEY?!

  • I meant overseas! I support you no matter what! I support what you know is bullshi* Do you really want to kill another human being? NO! YOU do not feeel any kind of pride by taking a life! I LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT! BUT U DO NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS BROTHER! STOP THIS SHIT BROTHER! STOP IT! I LOVE YOU, EVEN IF YOU DO! I STILL LOVE YOU! I DON"T LIVE YOUR LIFE BUT I STILL LOVE YOU! SO STOP IT!!!

  • Sad but true! It makes me weep at most nights knowing what I know! But I support my brothers and sister seas! I have your back brothers and sisters! LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT! I AM HERE FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!

  • top comments... what do they have to do with NIN?

  • fukn fag0t dis is bowies's song, bowy teh true inspraytion for MARYLIN MANSON, sounds so so fkn weak when tront sings it ha well u can try, good luk to ya tront.......

  • @err0r try again

  • Don't be afraid of Americans unless we want your natural resources!

  • @shay33ish So nicely said... :)

  • @UlrikBay Right on brotha!

  • @shay33ish THANK YOU!

  • More like the worst part is -

    Money is just an idea you obey.

    Power is just another idea that you obey.

    not doing shit is something they want you to do.

    You're right where they want you.

    Fight it.

  • "Johnny wants to suck on the KOCH!" (Brothers)

  • great song, love both versions, with or without bowie

  • If I were part of Al-Qaeda or the Taliban - I would be afraid of Americans and afraid of the world.

  • @JesusCristo2002 obvious jokes are never funny

  • He's really quite a performer. He seems so focused on his audience. Like to see that in any performer.

  • He can't match Bowie's original voice, but a powerful performance nonetheless.

  • 14 people are afraid of Americans.

  • I just watched this video three times in a row...

  • 14 people are the kind of Americans he's talking about.

  • 14 people are the kind of Americans he's talking about

  • fuck its like i was there every time i watch this

  • I upped & faved this before the goddamn thing even started playing.

  • Do you know if there is a recording of this live? especially this version sung by NIN?

    I 'm afraid of ... not :c

  • @franklin13006 PM me with your email address and I can get it for you

  • If it would please the class, in cluding nanoSPAWN and darkestembers. I did some checking. nowhere have I found that Reznor had any real credit in writing the song. He was a producer of the music video, and he did a pair of remixes.

  • @LestatandBerial The original song has always been credited to Bowie. But Trent's remix (this version and the one in the video) actually ended up becoming more popular than the song off of the album. It's also on one of the Best of Bowie CDs. To be honest, I don't think the original song was very popular at all.

  • not the same without bowie :(

  • KICK ASS!!! this is the concert I was at, i believe i was behind the stage for this song!

  • wow... even better live

  • ahhhhh this brings back memories :)

  • All these people talking about war and invasions... As if world domination would happen through brute force... It's a slow process and it's too subtle to stop even if you could prove it.

    People talking about how "We wouldn't let them"... We're already letting them... Noone cares... How do you fight a tyrant in the shadows? The figurehead incharge is not the bad guy... It's the people telling him what to do that are the bad men.... It's the reasons... Either way... Bullshit on bullshit... Nite~~

  • iF i WAS TO EVER MASTURABTE, FROM THE MERE RUSH OF MUSIC....THIS WOULD BE THE TUNE.

  • Great Antiglobilization song!

  • Great Anti-Globaliztion song

  • Two of my favorite music musicians together orgasmX10

  • This is the best live video I have ever seen. Love the camera.

  • 12 people are americans

  • ilan is one of my favorite drummers. he's so smooth...

  • If i wasnt american, i would be afraid of america.

    We could own the entire world in a month if we wanted to.

  • @Kylef7735 you tard! china practically owns us right now! we're so deep in the hole it's not even funny. go do some homework before you get all patriotic. also, pull your head out of your ass.

  • @kevinbothwell Well Kevey.

    Just because we owe china some money, doesnt mean we arent the military superiority in the entire world.

  • @kevinbothwell dont call me kevey. listen, we dont owe them SOME money. we owe them TRILLIONS. and here's the thing...when they can buy us, they can shut us down. they can shut down our military, they can buy us, they can buy our military. they can do anything they want. dont be naive.

  • @kevinbothwell Calm down kevey, money is just money, its nothing physical, just because they can, doesnt mean we will let them.

    They cant do anything they want, because some of the things they want will get them glassed.

  • @kevinbothwell So true. It's not just China we are in debt to either. The worst part is that despite all of this, the US Government continues needless spending. Our country is falling apart at the seams and people don't seem to care. I honestly don't think the country will last too much longer...

  • @koolaid5929 we'll last. we just wont be the power house of the world anymore.

  • @koolaid5929 What's worse than that is that our Pride will never let most of our citizens see that. Alot of us do but there's still a huge number of ignorance. Not that we should be better than any country, and historically speaking we're not at all. But we are truly paying for our father's sins now

  • @koolaid5929 most of our debt is actually to America itself, not foreign countries (that's not to say that we don't have a sizeable debt to countries like China)

  • @koolaid5929 enjoy the fall of the u.s. empire. like all empires they fall from within, yours is no different except its been done financially and electronically. you were all too quick to jump on the warpath post 911 following that fuckwit G.W.Bush that it has broken you to the point of default, you played right into the terrorists hands with draconian laws introduced through fear and now you are broke. a master stroke from an inferior enemy. i hope you can recover from this though unlikely.

  • @thx1103n LOL. We have been far more broke (great depression) and far more divided (civil war) than this, and have always risen to the challenge. If you have ever bet against America in the past you have lost every time.. This will be no different. You are from Australia, which is a joke. You contribute nothing to this planet and never have, except for men at work... maybe. Kangaroo fucker.

  • @MyAccount4TrollingU lol u idiot. the u.s has never been in as much debt as it is now, ur uninformed comments prove u don't do your study and just jump on the patriotism bandwagon like the rest of the ignorant imbecile rednecks that preach the same crap. sure oz is a small country, but we contributed to more than u will know for u are too ignorant to even look it up fuckwit. as for your comment about kangaroo fucker - well it shows your schoolyard mentality if thats the best u got - sepppo cunt

  • @koolaid5929 gaw damn it, forget about the world for a sec and listen to the song!

  • @koolaid5929 you are an idiot. every country is falling apart, the european union is about to dissolve because germany is picking up the pieces for portugal, spain, greece, soon to be italy and maybe france. Japan is in a black hole since their collapse 2 decades ago, when our markets failed, the world slid with us. If we go down, everybody goes down.....you can go back to your tenth grade history class now. China oh yeah, with the US their is no CHINA. Our USA rice feeds half of china.

  • @Kylef7735

    A nation already tried this in the 40's. Didn't work out too well for them.

  • @brockhemming What are you smoking? Germany was half the country America is now, and they single handedly devastated Europe and were very, very close to winning the war. Though I doubt America could win in a month, they would do so very well.

  • @kaskie12 See above comments, and next time read the whole post.

  • I'm not afraid of anything.

  • well many other countries will follow americans because they are the best and 2 they just dont give a shit look the candians in this video are either jamming or pissed because they are afraid GO USA cant wait to go south and be american canada with no identity as its own country should be afraid

  • @dloc231 someone is a bit of a crybaby

  • @dloc231 shut the fuck up

  • i'm afraid of humanity!

  • puta som desta banda, adorooooooooooooooo

  • @LestatandBerial Oh right, because Manson collaborated with Depeche Mode on the original Personal Jesus.. What? Oh that's right, he didn't...

  • @LestatandBerial Man... this song was made by Bowie AND Reznor, check the credits of the original, and watch the original video, Reznor is the man chasing Bowie in that videoclip... It's like if you said that Reznor is copying himself when he sings "Hurt" or "Closer"...

  • @nanoSpawn "...NO. Trent is copying Johnny Cash when he sings "Hurt". Don't you know anything? Johnny Cash performed Hurt FIRST. In, like 1964. It was the song that INSPIRED The Downward Spiral..."

    I have actually heard people tell me that before, word for fucking word. Which usually ends disastrously for them, because I was a Cash fanatic long before I was a NIN fanatic, and I know both worlds like the back of my hand.

  • @HoleHeadedLiar I'd like you to show me that original 1964 "Hurt" you're talking about. In interviews and whatnot it's always been said the same: A friend of Cash suggested the song to him, he loved it and they asked Reznor for permission. Look for the interviews and declarations of Reznor and Cash.

    Also, in the official presentation of the "Hurt / Personal Jesus" single credits fully went to Trent Reznor, some google will show.

    Look at the credits.

  • @nanoSpawn Look at the bottom half of my comment:

    "I have actually heard some people tell me that before, word for fucking word. Which usually ends disastrously for them, because I was a cash fanatic long before I was a NIN fanatic, and I know both worlds like the back of my hand."

    ^ would indicate that the top half was said SARCASTICALLY, and I know that people who think that are FULL OF SHIT. Sorta like the people who actually think Cash was actually incarcerated at Folsom.

  • @HoleHeadedLiar My apologies, then. Didn't get the sarcasm. And maybe because I was not grown in the USA, I never heard about that (false) story of Cash being incarcerated anywhere...

  • @nanoSpawn No biggie. But, yeah SEVERAL people have operated LONG under the assumption that Cash did indeed "Do time in Folsom", and this theory goes all the way back to the "Folsom Prison Blues" single release. The theory was propagated even further when Cash recorded "Live at Folsom Prison"; the general consensus among the otherwise intelligent, but uninformed masses being that the album was recorded while Cash was serving his sentence. That's not to say that Cash was never in jail, however...

  • @HoleHeadedLiar You think "Hurt" was written and performed in 1964 by Cash...? You sir, are a complete dipshit.

  • @CSGProductions13 You sir, are the complete dipshit. Read the whole fucking comment. Dumbass.

  • @HoleHeadedLiar I did.. and I'm failing to see the sarcasm?

  • i like robins voice

  • Trent's jacket is great I want one.

  • @Drewmachine Trent is great I want one.

  • I was at this show...I almost missed it because the pain in the ass border patrol. We got held up there for 2 hours..I cought this song..Missed the first few songs of NIN. Fucking sucked.

  • @CSGProductions

    thank god, I almost thought the song was meant to sent white people into final circles of hell. couldn't help it, it was all so clear. brown people everywhere, but even more white people at event horizons. americans at the gates of heaven, one big family, went out of the world in tiptoes. i almost took "god is in america" by word, thank you for preventing me sucking up in lilith's alley.

  • I am.....

  • I <3Trent. Hell, I <3 NIN

  • great song, great cover!

  • Sweet vid, great HD quality too, gg.

  • ИIИE IИCH ИAILS is the greatest musical expierence of my life.

  • where can i buy this song of this concert as mp3???

  • @dereineohnebeine I do it the old fashion way, i dub it. If you have a recording device on your computer you can record it to a wave then change to an mp3.

  • OMG I just saw myself in the audience. First vid I found yet that i can see myself in.

    This concert was amazing, and they opened with now i'm nothing.......... I'll miss these live treasures, thank god for Youtube!!!! RIP LIVE NIN !!!!

  • omg ... i'm truly lovin' ninofficial channel!!!!!

    LOVE this song by Bowie but for my taste ... NIN does it better.

  • @30fuVkingdollars It was always a Bowie/NIN duet. They created and did this song together.

  • @Augur thanks for the info! i recalled Trent remixed the song & worked together on David's vid.

  • @Augur

    Wrong. At the beginning, it's a song by Bowie on his Earthling Album. After that, with NIN they worked on a remix.

  • @wyattscurlock The version of the song that really hit it big though was actually the NIN remix. It's even on one of the "Best of Bowie" cds. That's why you can hear Trent singing in the background of the "god is an American" part.

  • @wootslap "God is an American" appears in Watchmen. It's a reference to Dr. Manhattan.