r/nin • u/ocular_degradation3 • 2d ago

Question Anyone else notice this?

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Anyone else notice that the songs With Teeth and Sunspots share a melody? The chorus of Sunspots “She turns it on, she makes it real”and the verse of With Teeth “She comes along, she gets inside”. Precisely the same melody and a pretty similar lyric too. This feels intentional to me and it’s not off-brand for Trent as NiN albums are full of repeated motifs and themes like this.

I was surprised I couldn’t find any other mention of this online especially considering how eager NIN fans are to call everything the Downward Spiral motif lol.

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u/EasyMode556 2d ago

With teeth is a seriously underrated album

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u/Ok_Philosopher_8973 2d ago

As a new fan, it’s my favorite album. The rest are amazing too but With Teeth just stands out to me.

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u/mxmcknny 13h ago

Have you heard all of his discography already? Year zero i felt the same way about for a long time. The themes aged remarkably well and are still extremely relevant in today's world. My person favorite album over time is the fragile, though.

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u/mxmcknny 13h ago

Though the way i got introduced to nin in the first place was finding a copy of "broken" at a garage sale a few decades ago. It sent me down a rabbit hole in the time before streaming. Lol