DJ Allyn – The Soundtrack for my Life | The Hand That Feeds ~ Nine Inch Nails

The Hand That Feeds ~ Nine Inch Nails

By DJ Allyn on July 22, 2008 at 12:01 am

The Hand That Feeds ~ Nine Inch Nails

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.

Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an American industrial rock act, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction. NIN’s music straddles a wide range of genres, while retaining a characteristic sound using electronic instruments and processing. After recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band to perform with him. The touring band features a revolving lineup that often rearranges songs to fit a live performance setting. On stage, NIN often employs spectacular visual elements to accompany its performances, which frequently culminate with the band destroying their instruments.

The Hand That Feeds

Nine Inch Nails was scheduled to perform at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, but withdrew from the show due to a disagreement with the network over the use of an unaltered image of George W. Bush as a backdrop to the band’s performance of “The Hand that Feeds”. Soon afterwards, Reznor wrote on the official NIN website: “apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.” MTV replied that it respected Reznor’s point of view, but was “uncomfortable” with the performance being “built around partisan political statements”. A performance by the Foo Fighters replaced NIN’s time slot on the show.

In 2006, after being alerted by a fan website, Reznor issued a cease and desist to Fox News Channel for using three songs from The Fragile on air without permission. The songs “La Mer”, “The Great Below”, and “The Mark Has Been Made” appeared in an episode of War Stories with Oliver North detailing the battle of Iwo Jima. A post appeared on Reznor’s blog, which read: “Thanks for the Fox News heads-up. A cease and desist has been issued. FUCK Fox Fucking News.”

http://djallyn.org/media/NIN-the_hand_that_feeds.flv

You’re keeping in step
In the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
Because you do
What you’re told
But inside your heart it is black and it’s hollow and it’s cold

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

What if this whole crusade’s
A charade
And behind it all there’s a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

So naive
I keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on

Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you stay down on your knees?
Will you stay down on your knees?

Post Information

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 am and is filed under Daily Music Picks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.