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We did that after the record was finished. That was the very last song we did.
Listening to it, I couldn't help but wonder what Reznor might have accomplished on "The Downward Spiral" had he not been so preoccupied with his morbid lyrical fantasies.
Nine Inch Nail's "Big Man With a Gun" is actually a parody of hard-core rap – an antiviolence song. This is painfully obvious in the lyrics, with Reznor adopting the persona of a pathetic villain who thinks he's a big deal because he has a gun. Your average ninth grade English class could figure this out. But the satire apparently escaped Dole and Bennett.
Even though the group's latest CD comes with a sticker warning of explicit lyrics, Bennett uses words from the song "Big Man With a Gun" in a letter urging Time Warner's directors to stop the company from bankrolling vulgarity.
But musically, NIN's greatest work bypasses grunge in favor of subtle textures and mangled nods to the art-rock of Reznor's youth.