Difference between revisions of "Not So Pretty Now"

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Album:NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP

Length:3:50

Tempo:148 BPM

Versions:Not So Pretty Now
Not So Pretty Now (Demo)

"Not So Pretty Now" is an outtake from from the With Teeth sessions, which also included another track called "Non-Entity". During a chat with fans in the official NIN fan club, The Spiral, Trent Reznor stated that studio recordings of them might one day surface. March 20, 2009, Reznor released the long-awaited studio versions of "Not So Pretty Now" and "Non-Entity" as part of the NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP via ninja2009.com.

Song Credits

Production: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Alan Moulder
Mix: Alan Moulder
Mastering: Tom Baker

Appearances

Seeds

NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP

Versions

Not So Pretty Now

The studio version of the song was finally released on March 20, 2009 as part of the NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP. The recording dates back to the With Teeth era. Texturally and melodically, this song has a somewhat similar feel to both "The Collector" and "Getting Smaller", but with a more upbeat garage rock style. It is driven by a chunky, distorted bassline and a post-punk revival type drum beat. The choruses during the second half feature richly layered harmonies.

Not So Pretty Now (Demo)

A demo for "Not So Pretty Now" evidently exists on a pre-release version of With Teeth that has not been shared.

Live

This song made its live debut on September 19, 2005 and was played once during the Wave Goodbye Tour in 2009/05/12 Austin, TX

Lyrics

    You like to open it up real wide
    Then you let everyone come inside
    There's always something you've got to hide
    So you lied and you lied and you lied
    Make sure you grab everything that you need
    You got a hole that you've got to feed
    Keep trying to fill it all up with your greed
    But it bleeds and it bleeds and it bleeds
    
    Well go take a little more
    We'll scrape you off the floor
    We love you anyhow
    But you're not so pretty now
    A great big superstar
    Is what you think you are
    We love you anyhow
    But you're not so pretty now
    
    Nobody burns quite as bright
    Well goddamn, maybe you're right
    There's always battles left for you to fight
    And you might, you might, you just might
    But there is something I've got to say
    There is a price you're gonna pay
    Try as hard as you can to stay
    You're just fading and fading and fading the fuck away
    
    Well go take a little more
    We'll scrape you off the floor
    We love you anyhow
    But you're not so pretty now
    A great big superstar
    Is what you think you are
    We love you anyhow
    But you're not so pretty now
    
    Well go take a little more
    We'll scrape you off the floor
    We love you anyhow
    But you're not so pretty now
    A great big superstar
    Is what you think you are
    We love you anyhow
    But you're not so pretty now
    Better turn the lights down low
    The cracks begin to show
    We all love you anyhow
    But you're not so pretty now
    Well soon you will be gone
    And we will all move on
    You never mattered anyhow
    And you're not so pretty now

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 {{Song
 | title=Not So Pretty Now
-| album=N/A
+| album=''[[NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP]]''
-| length=N/A
+| length=3:50
-| versions=N/A
+| BPM = 148
-| live=[[Live: With Teeth]]
+| versions=Not So Pretty Now<br>Not So Pretty Now (Demo)
-}}'''"Not So Pretty Now"''' is a song that was part of the set list on the [[Live: With Teeth]] tour. The tous also included "[[Non-Entity]]," another song from the ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' outtakes. During a chat with fans in the official NIN fan club, [[The Spiral]], Reznor stated that these songs were outtakes from the ''With Teeth'' sessions, and studio recordings of them might one day surface.
+| live=[[With Teeth Fall Arena Tour]]
+}}'''"Not So Pretty Now"''' is an outtake from from the ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' sessions, which also included another track called "[[Non-Entity]]". During a chat with fans in the official [[NIN]] fan club, [[The Spiral]], [[Trent Reznor]] stated that studio recordings of them might one day surface. March 20, 2009, Reznor released the long-awaited studio versions of "Not So Pretty Now" and "Non-Entity" as part of the ''[[NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP]]'' via ninja2009.com.
+==Song Credits==
+*Production: Trent Reznor, [[Atticus Ross]], [[Alan Moulder]]
+*Mix: Alan Moulder
+*Mastering: Tom Baker
 ==Appearances==
-"Not So Pretty Now" is not on any commercial release.
+===Seeds===
+*''NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP''
 ==Versions==
-"Not So Pretty Now" is not on any commercial release.
+===Not So Pretty Now===
+The studio version of the song was finally released on March 20, 2009 as part of the ''NINJA 2009 Summer Tour'' EP. The recording dates back to the ''With Teeth'' era. Texturally and melodically, this song has a somewhat similar feel to both "[[The Collector]]" and "[[Getting Smaller]]", but with a more upbeat garage rock style. It is driven by a chunky, distorted bassline and a post-punk revival type drum beat. The choruses during the second half feature richly layered harmonies.
+===Not So Pretty Now (Demo)===
+A demo for "Not So Pretty Now" evidently exists on a pre-release version of ''With Teeth'' that has not been shared.
 ==Live==
-Coming soon.
+This song made its live debut on [[2005/09/19 Phoenix, AZ|September 19, 2005]] and was played once during the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]] in [[2009/05/12 Austin, TX]]
 == Lyrics ==
-      You let them open it up real wide
+      You like to open it up real wide
       Then you let everyone come inside
-      There's always something you got to hide
+      There's always something you've got to hide
       So you lied and you lied and you lied
       Make sure you grab everything that you need
-      You got a hole that you got to feed
+      You got a hole that you've got to feed
       Keep trying to fill it all up with your greed
       But it bleeds and it bleeds and it bleeds
-      Go take a little more
+      Well go take a little more
       We'll scrape you off the floor
       We love you anyhow
@@ Line 38: / Line 48: @@
       Nobody burns quite as bright
       Well goddamn, maybe you're right
-      There's always battles all for you to fight
+      There's always battles left for you to fight
       And you might, you might, you just might
+      But there is something I've got to say
-      But there is something I got to say
+      There is a price you're gonna pay
-      There is a price you're going to pay
       Try as hard as you can to stay
-      But you're just fading, and fading, and fading away
+      You're just fading and fading and fading the fuck away
-      Go take a little more
+      Well go take a little more
       We'll scrape you off the floor
       We love you anyhow
@@ Line 55: / Line 64: @@
       But you're not so pretty now
-      Go take a little more
+      Well go take a little more
       We'll scrape you off the floor
       We love you anyhow
@@ Line 63: / Line 72: @@
       We love you anyhow
       But you're not so pretty now
+      Better turn the lights down low
-     Go turn the lights down low
       The cracks begin to show
-      We love you anyhow
+      We all love you anyhow
-     But you're not so pretty now
-     Soon you will be gone
-     We will all be torn
-     We love you anyhow
       But you're not so pretty now
+     Well soon you will be gone
+     And we will all move on
+     You never mattered anyhow
+     And you're not so pretty now
-Sometimes [[Trent Reznor|Reznor]] would sing the last line of the second verse slightly different:
+==External Links==
-     But you're just fading, and fading, and fading the fuck away
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr1F0VK58pQ "Not So Pretty Now" live at the KROQ Breakfast With Nine Inch Nails]
+*[https://archive.org/details/NINJA_Tour_Sampler ''NINJA 2009 Summer Tour EP'' at archive.org]
-[[Category:NIN Songs]]
+[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:Rare NIN Songs]]