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"The Big Come Down" musical analysis with multitracks (Nine Inch Nails)

I may have more questions than answers but damn did I love trying to get to the bottom of this unique song. Would you like to see more videos about The Fragile? Because I would like to make them. ____________ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL- exclusive videos, livestreams, and covers, plus sheet music and educational content: https://www.patreon.com/iximusic TIP JAR (BUY ME A LIPSTICK): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iximusic DOWNLOAD multitracks: www.nindestruct.com ___________ SPECIAL THANKS to my Patrons, without whom these videos would not be possible: Victoria Hogg, Dario Cotti, Zachary Stevens, Darius McCaskey, John Kirkilis, Ada Cohen, James M. Bowers, Beguile, Philip Sharp, Kevin Meyer, Eric Blum, richchupac, JTScott Gentzen, Dustin Sinkey, Justin Owens, Ste McFreeman, Shane Gartner, Andrew Hussey, Jeff Hamm, Katie Murphy, Tyler Shaw, brandon, Tim Moore, Bradley Kemp, echothirteen, Fernando, John Schadegg, Brian Gunn, Jake Cole, Marc Jeray, Giorgio Tidei, Vesuvian, Luc De Brouwer, snettles1143, Justin Montgomery, Erik Hermansen, Jerry Langwell, Andrés Fernandez, Brian Hard, Travis Ames, Joseph Martin Giralt, Noah, Gaven Cornaby, Matt Shepcar, Midwinter Minis, Michael Thomas, Kent Oversteet, Sid Sothoth, Matt Standish, Toney Vecchio, Shane Welch, Michael Elliot, Brian, Stephen Marsh, Christophe, Simon Evans, Nick Teague, Sam, Daniel Baer, Chris Power, Matt Spurlin, Kai Ellis, Rory Wilson, Arenow, Forrest Karbowski, Dan Kelly, Skippityboo, Nate Beckman, Chrifis, Andrew Stimson, Joseph Souder, Konrad P-Kala, Brian Gunn, Jake Cole, Seth Startix, Etvid, Rick Grush, Rickard Enfors, Alexander Ekman, Josh Allard, Steve Bock, dreamsaremaps, Maze, HeliosVIII, Wayne Bristol, Dluck75, Jesse Russel, Marc Résibois, Joel, Samtallic, Filip Marcinowski, Josh Nobel, Black Magic Ti, Jerry Burch, Mark Olsen, Lon Farenwald, Dr. Jeff, andrea cerini, N0UGHT, Elle Lassiter, Jan Scholtz, Thomas Rishel, HeathSoSpooky, Ted Carrol, Travis Hyde, Sean Vaske, noah yagi, Jesse Russell, Kai Bertsch, Dream in Digital, LEBRUN Fabien, Anastasia Beaverhausen, Eugene Leeds, Cesar, Marl, Bryan Dych, Jonathan, A.David Silverman, madartichoke, Matt, Anthony Grant, Celeste Epstein, Kieran Yanner, Watch Clark, Brian Bitner, Mike James Gallagher, Sammantha L, Moritz Bunkus, JJ, Renaud Bédard, Stevie Sanchez, Blake Walker, dave, Tabitha Sheehan, Charnel Mansion, Atom Fellows,, Ben Wills, Richard Cortez, Mike Stanley, Shawboy278, Cameron C. Brown, Matt Munro, TrufflePig42, Sean Bowman, Melody Klein, Guillaume Pelletier Auger, Steve G, Gabriel, Paul Means, Jay Farris, Chad, Austin Amberg, fiarce, Nathaniel Garcia, Drew Celestino, Kevin Connell, Jessica Farrow, Liz Washer, Phrenological, Hovan Tajerian, Ericw1, Len Marchewka, Danielle, Colin Brockwiz, Alec Collins, João Veiga, SATAN OVISION, Robert Harrison, Erwin Hartenberg, Dylan Santurri, MC1017, Renn Brown, 5-MeO-DMT, Paul, Holly Kindsvater, Michael James Pettit, Telephone Sound, Keith Boucher, Tomasz Marciniak, Glenn Marmon, Anna S., Jacob Rush, A Traveler On The Sea, Eva, and Christopher G Maliszewski.

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Jerry Langwell

Awesome breakdown, this is one of my top tracks off The Fragile. So these loops actually came from a contest held in 2000 or so. The image you showed was the flash-based interface used to make a quick and dirty on-the-fly remix (or "eMix" I believe they called it) and the winner won (I think) a busted Yamaha DX-7 used on the Self-Destruct tour. Sorry my memory of the details are a little fuzzy.

ixi music

Ah ok, thanks for clarifying, Jerry! I'll put this info in the video description. what a prize!!

Matt Munro

Loved this analysis. I’d love to see an analysis of the song “The Fragile.” I always thought it sounded like the cd skipped in the chorus. I didn’t realize back then that it was some creative editing to make it sound, ahem, fragile. Surprisingly, I feel like this song gets overlooked in the narrative of the album but it was obviously pretty significant given that they played it on the MTV Awards before the album came out.

ixi music

Noted! I might do a The Frail re-analysis/The Wretched/The Fragile trio.

elise

That would be rad!

Holly

This track is my favorite…. Along with all the other songs on The Fragile! I think one thing that helped me understand it a bit better is an interview where one of the band members (Clouser? ) said they were experimenting with guitar tunings and this song has every string tuned to the note D. Robin Finck confirmed this in 2018 in a video with Premier Guitar (about his rig) - he has one guitar with that tuning specifically for this song. He gave it one strum and my mind was blown 😂

Etvid

The Fragile is where I always return to. Is home.

ixi music

whhaaaaa! That's crazy. Thanks for that tidbit!