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| BPM = 70| versions = video A Warm Place<br>A Warm Place (Instrumental)<br>A Warm Place (Natural Born Killers edit)<br>A Warm Place (Illum Tangendo)| live = [[Wave Goodbye Tour]]<br>[[Tension 2013 Tour]]<br>[[NIN + QOTSA Tour]] through [[NIN 2014 Latin America Tour]]<br>[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]]}}'''"A Warm Place"''' is the tenth track on ''[[ClosureThe Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].''| live = never}}

==About==The song bears some resemblance to "'''A Warm Place'''Crystal Japan" is the tenth track on ''by [[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward SpiralDavid Bowie]]''and "Tanz Der China Dolls" by The Legendary Pink Dots.

==About====="Crystal Japan" resemblance===Trent Reznor has been accused of ripping off the theme of "A Warm Place" from David Bowie's 1980 single "Crystal Japan". He did state that Bowie's album ''Low'' (1977) had the biggest influence in the making of ''The Downward Spiral,''[https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/articles/display/557] though ''ClosureLow'' videodoes not contain "Crystal Japan." Some have claimed that what is heard is deceiving; that from a musical theory point of view, there exist significant differences between the structures of the two melodies.====David Bowie Interview====Reznor himself recognised the accidental musical similarity in an interview with David Bowie:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RQCT69y5s&feature=player_embedded] <blockquote>'''Reznor''': There was one point when we were doing the record that I came up with this melody and I thought, "this is really good," and that I couldn't have written it myself. So I played it for Flood and he said "that's really good," and I said "that's gotta be somebody else's song." '''Bowie''': It's from a gin advert I did in Japan!Disc 2 of <br>'''Reznor''': So I played it for a couple other people and said, "I think this is something off ''Low'', this just sounds familiar...I don't know what it is." So we did it, record's out, and one day I was talking on the phone and I got ''Scary Monsters'', which came out on Rykodisc finally. And so I put that on and it's got bonus tracks at the end. And I'm listening and this song comes on that, to my horror, it's the same..."Crystal Japan."</blockquote> ==Appearances=====Halos===*''The Downward Spiral''*''[[Closure]]'' includes  ===Seeds===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Quiet Tracks]]'' ===Soundtracks===*''[[Natural Born Killers Soundtrack|Natural Born Killers]]'' ==Versions=====A Warm Place===This version is on both ''The Downward Spiral'' and ''Closure.'' Consisting solely of synthesizer chords and melodies, it remains quiet, tranquil, and reflective throughout. Its structure is very simple, containing only few different chord progressions and a video couple of different melody lines. Beginning directly after the sudden ending of "[[Big Man With A Gun]]," the piece ends by crossfading with the opening samples of "[[Eraser]]." ===A Warm Place(Instrumental)===Released by Reznor via his [[remix.nin.com]] account, this version is identical to the album version, except it does not contain the bits of "Eraser" fading in at the end. ===A Warm Place (Natural Born Killers edit)==='''''Running Time: 2:58''''' This version is essentially the same as the album version, but is shorter. Also, the straw sounds that lead into "Eraser" played over have been edited out. In the movie itself, the song served as a backdrop to the showdown between Mickey Knox and Jack Scagnetti after the first part of the prison riot scene. ===A Warm Place (Illum Tangendo)==='''''Running Time: 3:14''''' This is the original version of the song, but features new vocals and lyrics by Stella Katsoudas (aka [[industrialwp:Stella Soleil|Stella Soleil]] imagery), the lead singer and main force behind Sister Soleil, added on top. The track was uploaded by Reznor to remix.nin.com, where the description stated: "Reportedly scrapped from the soundtrack for the movie ''Stigmata'', Stella began giving this out to fans a few years ago." It is currently available from the Sister Soleil Bandcamp profile. Its title means "touching him" in Latin. The added lyrics are: Water rolls down the skin like tiny beads Eyes close so that they might see Illum tangendo This sun is a star in someone else's sky Illum tangendo This moon is making someone cry Illum tangendo Stella Soleil on the track: ''Editor's note: For better readability, paragraph breaks that were not part of the original text have been added.'' <blockquote>Originally, I wanted to sign a record deal with Nothing Records, which was owned by Trent Reznor and his ex-manager John Malm. I wanted to do this because, I was a huge NIN fan, but most importantly because I wanted Trent to produce my record. John Malm told my manager at the time, "Trent Reznor will never work with Sister Soleil. Stella is too pop for him." I was devastated. When I signed with Universal Records, Trent's manager had come out to Chicago, invited especially so that Universal could try to convince him to re-consider. Again, I was told I was too 'pop' for Trent.

===''Natural Born Killers'' soundtrack===I did something really stupid and risky then. I took the instrumental track of "A Warm Placea warm place" was included on the soundtrack to the 1994 Oliver Stone film actual release of 'A Downward Spiral'Natural Born Killersand brought it to Chicago Trax Recording studios and dumped it into pro-tools. I had written lyrics and melody to it, and i just, really wanted to see if it would work. I didn''. In t want anything to jeopardize the movie itselfpossibility of this working (for instance, if my lyrics really were "too pop"), so i broke the song served as words up into a backdrop kind of code, pronouncing the wrong syllables, etc. I had been listening to a lot of Hildengard Von Bingen's "A Feather on the showdown between Mickey Knox and Jack Scagnetti after the first part Breath of God". A lyric that had stuck with me, on that recording, was "illum tangendo' which is a very old form of Latin for the prison riot scenephrase "touching Him".

==Interpretation=="A Warm Place" is regarded as the turning point Without permission, I recorded vocals on top of the albumTrent's release. It is I didnt play it for anyone, until Bud Carr (the only instrumental, discounting music supervisor for the practically inaudible spoken words at Stigmata soundtrack) called me asking for submissions for the beginningmovie he was working on. Its tranquil and soothing nature highly contrasts I think I just wanted somebody to acknowledge that, working with the other Trent, could still happen (even though, everyone, was telling me to forget it. i could not forget it.) I submitted 5 tracks on the albumto Bud. Of course, he called me enthusiastic about 1 track, "a warm place'. I got scared. I explained that I did not get permission to do this, it was only a kind of test for myself, it was stupid, which all contain loud etc....Bud insisted that he would get it to Trent and angry partshe would like it.

The previous trackI got a phone call about a week later, "[[Big Man With A Gun]]"from John Malm saying that Trent wanted to speak to me. It did not sound good. I instantly regretted trying to go around him. About another week after that, Trent called me, is arguably the most chaotic and I remember spilling an entire gallon of milk on myself and the album. The narrator asserts his power hardwood floors in my friend's apartment as I braced for what could have been, and domination over samples of tortured screamsrightfully so, a very bad response. The last instance of He said "[[nothing can stop me now]]" in the album is shoutedI'm usually an asshole about people trying to use my music, and but I was pleasantly suprised when I heard this is perhaps his last straw (no pun intended). At just over a minute and a half, "Big Man With A Gun" suddenly collapses, and "A Warm PlaceDid you want to come to New Orleans to re-cut this?" starts immediately.

The narrator has begun I spent about 4 days at his studios. I met a drastic change in point of viewreally cool guy named "rave" that engineered this version. Trent produced it. He experiences I had a moment of clarity to truly consider his situation in a way unhindered by intoxicants, or perhaps enhanced by themblast. Backed by I stayed at the melancholy piano tunefamous Pontchatrain Hotel, he realizes who he has become and what he has donewhich sadly, I think, was washed away with Katrina. He had known subconsciously before, and he had voiced the varying attributes (the title of "[[The Becoming]]" being the most obvious example)I cried when I left, but he had not yet come to grips with the real consequences until I was out of sight. It was a kind of his character victory and actionsa dream, all rolled into one. A couple years ago, which differ from the extreme views someone told me that he had expressed previouslyposted it onto his remix site on nin.com. "Warm" contrasts with the cold, indifferent quality of machines, which are sampled throughout Now that was the albumcoolest thing ever. This "warm place" relate to the womb or I think he talks a little about what happened to the rise in body temperature during intercourse, where life beginstrack there. Apparently, the music is 'an inverted variation on the music in "[[Closer]]" and "[[The Downward Spiral (song)|The Downward Spiral]]'.[http://www.4degreez.com</nailz/ninterpretations/downspiral.html]blockquote>

With the breathing straw sounds at the end of ==Live=="A Warm Place"made its live debut on [[2009/08/23 New York, it segues into the next songNY|August 23, "[[Eraser2009]]", which begins as an instrumentalat Webster Hall in New York City. The straw sounds possess a sort Much of nasty texture, designating a change in tone. The heavy percussion beats permeate throughout: this is the rhythm required by his train song's live incarnation consists of thought. As more sound layers are addedpre-recorded samples, such as the narrator becomes increasingly disturbed by what he had realized in "A Warm Place". He begins an inner-battle on the only consequences constant tremolo guitar that matter now: what he should do next. He denies certain arguments and favours othersruns throughout, evident by while the periodic addition band members man keyboards to recreate some of more layers of mocking guitarsthe other melodies. Briefly, The song was also performed at the instrumental calms down a bit, and he lists the obvious in minimalistic terms ("Hollywood Palladium nine days later on [''verb''] me... [''verb''] you"). At the end2009/09/02 Los Angeles, CA|September 2, he has chosen a strongly desire for an end to the dilemma ("kill me"). A remix of "[[Eraser2009]]" being called "Eraser (denial; realization)" is evidence of this.

"A Warm Place" The song was performed in a special remixed version during the [[NIN 2013-2014]] touring cycle. [[Alessandro Cortini]] confirmed the unnamed live remix on twitter. More soft and "Eraser" may be considered two acts to one songsynthetic, it was played with the former being critical and necessary for the latternobody on stage except sometimes Cortini. When listening to This was done in a similar way again during the album[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]], one should avoid skipping "A Warm Place" to abruptly listen to "Eraserwith [[Atticus Ross]] also playing.

=="Crystal Japan" resemblanceSample==[[Trent Reznor]] has been accused A barely audible message is heard layered under the track in the very beginning of ripping off the theme of song (repeating approximately 6 times.) The words were long rumored to be "A Warm Place" from [[David Bowie]]'s 1980 single "Crystal Japanthe best thing about life is knowing you put it together"but this has been resigned to little more than an urban legend. He did state that Bowie's album ''Low'' (1977) had A user on SoundCloud isolated and filtered the portion of the biggest influence song in question, and while the making of speech still can't be made out, it'The Downward Spiral'',s clear that the line mentioned above is incorrect.[httphttps://9inchnailssoundcloud.com/articlesuser-838359530/articles.php?id=7a-warm-place-tds-nin-d26-clip] though ''Low'' does not contain "Crystal Japan". Some have claimed that what is heard is deceiving; that from a musical theory point of view, there exist significant differences between the structures of the two melodies.

==LyricsExternal Links==Maximize your volume and listen for something similar to the following, repeated 6 times according to *[httphttps://wwwsistersoleil1.wellnowwhatbandcamp.netcom/nintrack/awp.html rexerillum-tangendo-produced-by-trent-reznor Stella Soleil version]. the best thing about life is knowing you put it together

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