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Head Like A Hole (song) (view source)
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The fifth track on the [[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]], this song is an instrumental composed of the background synths and various tribal rhythms and chants that compose the song. It's more or less a wordless "dub" version of the song and is notable for being the very first true [[Nine Inch Nails]] instrumental. The outro of the song is the actual intro to the original version of Head Like A Hole (This song is not to be confused with [[You Know What You Are?]], the second track off of the album [[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]])
==Music videoPerformed live==The video for "Head Like A Hole" was directed by [[Eric Zimmerman]], who also co-directed "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]." The Clay remix is used in place of the album version. The video contains three different sequences, used at different intervals of the song. During the verses, footage of tribal dancers is untercut with rotating cybernetic heads, creating a strobe effect. For the main chorus and instrumental interludes, the band is seen playing in a large cage with wires and magnetic tape at their feet. The sub-chorus features black-and-white footage of Reznor lowering his head into a tub filled with water and bringing it back up. At the end of the video, Reznor's feet have become entangled in the tape and wires as he is lifted off the ground, hung upside-down and writhes in mid-air. When the video was shown on "Beavis and Butt-Head" in 1993, the Copper mix was used in place of the Clay mix.
==Performed live=From [[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]===The 13th song on the CD (16th on the DVD/VHS versions), it trails directly after [[Closer]] and is the end of the regular set. The lights are bright and the LCD displays behind them show mostly interference snow in time with the music. At the end of the song, the band completely destroys all the instruments and the music melts into dissonance, hanging for a bit while the strobes increase in intensity (almost to the point where it's impossible to see) before the lights shut off completely. This minute delay or so gives the band time to prepare for the encore.
===General===
It has appeared in almost every concert that [[Nine Inch Nails]] has performed since its appearance and has become a staple part of the live set.
"Head Like A Hole" is usually the last song of the show (With Teeth era) or last song before the encore (Self Destruct and Fragility era). At the end, the band usually destroy their instruments.
==Music video==
The video for "Head Like A Hole" was directed by [[Eric Zimmerman]], who also co-directed "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]." The Clay remix is used in place of the album version.
The video contains three different sequences, used at different intervals of the song. During the verses, footage of tribal dancers is untercut with rotating cybernetic heads, creating a strobe effect. For the main chorus and instrumental interludes, the band is seen playing in a large cage with wires and magnetic tape at their feet. The sub-chorus features black-and-white footage of Reznor lowering his head into a tub filled with water and bringing it back up. At the end of the video, Reznor's feet have become entangled in the tape and wires as he is lifted off the ground, hung upside-down and writhes in mid-air.
When the video was shown on "Beavis and Butt-Head" in 1993, the Copper mix was used in place of the Clay mix.
==Covers==