Re: Does Trent Reznor *ever* have an original idea in his head?

For Phone wrote:

On Monday, June 13, 1994 at 7:41:17 AM UTC-4, Greg Earle wrote:

While channel-surfing late last night, I came upon some old geezer whose last
vital record was released in a decade that isn't the current or most recent,
sitting on a chair with silly horn-rim glasses on and saying "Here's the new
Nine Inch Nails video, `Closer'" ...
With that, we plunge head-long into Trent's newest video opus, and immediately
several things become evident; the most telling is that this guy wouldn't
know a new video idea if it kicked him upside the head.
Can we play "Name that influence"? Let's ...
First up, we've got a monkey on a cross! Good, Trent, my wife's album cover
("Stereotaxic Device", Kk Records) only beat you to that concept by, oh, 4
years now. Next?
Oh look, a severed rotating pig's head! Been hanging out with Foetus, I see?
Hey look! A still-life with Trent's head depicted in a gross fashion as if he'd
been decapitated! The general sepiatone etched-plate motif! Guess you really
liked that Joel-Peter Witkin exhibit that's in L.A. now, eh Trent?
Why look, the whole thing's filmed in sepiatone with lotsa dust and then
there's the creaky pulley bit ... guess the video store finally got that
Brothers Quay compilation video in for Trent to rent ... and I'm sure watching
those Tool videos didn't hurt, either ...
The scary thing is that some kids out there might actually think this stuff
is "new" and "original" or something ...
Not amused,
-- - Greg Earle
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 Not to mention "Closer" sounds musically pretty similar to Severed Heads' "God Song"...hmm...
 Coming from 30 years in the future
 

I've been going through my records and destroyed the downward spiral.  I had to.  It just wasn't interesting anymore.  I listen to an all over the place mix of dark industrial with the occasional Aqua or Marcy Playground when I am feeling overwhelmed by morbidity.  But the downward spiral had to go because it wasn't interesting.  I feel this is justified.  Any thoughts?