Man, I paused the episode twice during that. I thought I accidentally hit play on my music library, especially when the music kept going after they cut away from the living room.
Man, I paused the episode twice during that. I thought I accidentally hit play on my music library, especially when the music kept going after they cut away from the living room.
So, I was thinking that the quiet angsty girl has a similar face to the girl who is very prominent in the comics right now. After tonight's episode... there are even more parallels. Very interesting...
Well that was a horrible use of NIN material.
I'm not sure about the use of NIN in this scene, it kinda felt out of place. But it might be just me having heard that song thousand times and never really see it as something that could be used in a TV show. It's definitely great to show NIN to wider audience though
For me, nin is always distracting in cinema. As soon as I hear it, i think I'm going a little crazy like I'm the only one who hears it. Then I want everyone to know "omg you guys! This is nin!!!!111"
Edit: I do think lyrically the song has a place in last night's episode.
This is killing me - I really want to watch this, but we've got a whole series behind on the Walking Dead and I don't want to spoil it, so I'm going to have to wait god knows how long!
NIN makes everything better...
The entire time I was watching The Jinx I was thinking to myself... "This would be much better with some stuff off the Ghosts album". Then in the last episode my wife turns to me and says, "They should have gotten Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to do the music".
Just don't fucking spoil stuff in this thread, I beg everyone.
Somewhat Damaged was the perfect choice for the intro of the Walking Dead. Good thing they chose that song though.
I was actually on twitter when NIN were trending in the UK because the Walking Dead was on TV here which was nice to see
Can anyone explain what the significance of the "run mix" was and why those characters were listening to it?
Here's a breakdown of the opening scene from TWD, from the author's point of view
http://radio.com/2015/03/22/music-of-walking-dead-nine-inch-nails-somewhat-damaged/
During the show’s fifth season, we’ll be talking with Thomas Golubic of SuperMusicVision, who helps choose the show’s music, to get the scoop on what you heard on the latest episode.
Golubic says, “Trent Reznor’s music has been a running influence on The Walking Dead and our team was thrilled to feature one of his songs.”
Sorry, @fillow .
EDIT: Moved to TWD thread.
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With_Teeth has probably the best list NIN of songs to run to, in my experience.
(moved from NIN spotting)
I'm assuming you don't watch the show. Basically, what happened is...
a character died last episode, and the mix CD was that character's mix CD. The people listening to the CD are the family of the character that died, shortly after finding out. I interpret that scene as being sort of one of those awkward grieving moments where something is a reminder of someone that died even though the that thing isn't really "appropriate" for the moment. Also, as others said, the lyrics are strangely fitting for the episode, and, judging by his choice of music, the person that died seemed to have a weird sense of humor about the zombie apocalypse, although he was also just kind of a military-wannabe douchebag bro.
It wasn't a playlist for running. It was a playlist for making supply runs. He listened to it in a van.
Imagine the uproar if Beth were still alive and did a folksy cover of somewhat damaged.
RIP Beth.
I wonder if The Collector was on that mix
Speaking from personal experience, Somewhat Damaged works perfectly when you're jogging or exercising.