trent on closer
One of the songs, "Closer", was about sex. Those words that they holler at him-out of imitation and, sometimes,
invitation-weren't really ones of lust but of self-hatred. "It's supernegative and superhateful," he explains. "It's 'I am a
piece of shit and I am declaring that and if you think you want me, here I am.'" And now it's a modern nasty-as-nice
catchphrase. "I didn't think it would become a frat-party anthem or a titty-dancer anthem," Trent Reznor snorts, and it's
hard to tell whether his principal emotion is pride or embarrassment or despair. Oh well. "I think my next album is going
to be called "Music for Titty Bars"."
details april, 1995 the art of darkness
