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David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails- Hallo Spaceboy (live from 1995)
Pro-shot footage of the NIN/Bowie tour from 1995 has finally surfaced, and the duet performance of “Hurt” has been getting all the online hype. However, I find this performance to be much more interesting, because it sums up why the two acts together and Bowie’s diversion into industrial in the 90’s in general didn’t work. A lot of words can be used to describe Nine Inch Nails, but subtle isn’t one of them, and here the pounding beats intensify to create a wall of noise that would ultimately be cathartic if Trent were to scream over top of it. Bowie though is far too restrained and mannered in his performance style to deliver something like that, going for a more dramatic quiet intensity that usually serves him extremely well, (The man isn’t one of the most acclaimed live performers for no reason.) but doesn’t work here, because of the mismatch in tone. By the 90’s, Bowie was too mature in his musical approach to resonate with the kids and moshers in the NIN audience, even if he was performing great material (although let’s be honest, this song is faaaaaaaaaaaaaar from his best), and his audience had gotten old to the point that they didn’t want to thrash around.
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