Difference between revisions of "Memorabilia"

Latest revision as of 05:48, 25 July 2025

Album:Closer To God

Length:7:21

Tempo:134 BPM

Versions:Memorabilia

"Memorabilia" is a Soft Cell cover that appears as the fifth track on Closer To God. The Soft Cell original was released as a non-album single.

Other nods to Soft Cell's influence on NIN include the names of "Mr. Self Destruct" and its remixes, and the incomplete or simply unreleased cover of "Sex Dwarf".

Appearances

Halos

The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)
Closer To God

Versions

Memorabilia

This is the only version currently available. It contains audio samples that include a prank phone sex call made by Robin Finck, and other samples that may have come from pornographic sources. Video of the group listening to the prank call can be seen on the DVD version of Closure.

Live

"Memorabilia" has never been played live.

Lyrics

    Wherever I go
    I take a little piece of you
    I collect
    I reject
    Photographs I took of you
    
    The towns I passed through
    So many faces
    So many places
    I have got to have a memory
    Or I have never been there
    I have never had you
    
    I can't remember
    Give me a reminder
    I collect
    I reject
    
    Memorabilia
    (Now girl… only it's flavor… bow down here)
    
    Keychains and snowstorms
    The taste of your sweat
    The look in your eye
    I have been inside you
    I know what it feels like
    (Wet as it is… the whiter the honey)
    I collect
    I reject
    
    Memorabilia
    (Goodies come in here all day)
    Give me a reminder
    I can't remember
    I collect
    I reject

The lyrics above are different from the original lyrics, and reflect the fact that there are various spoken word samples scattered throughout the cover version.

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 {{song
-| title="Memorabilia"
+| title = Memorabilia
-| album =''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''
+| album = ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''
 | length = 7:21
+| BPM = 134
 | versions = Memorabilia
-| live = N/A
+| live = [[NIN songs never played live|Unperformed]]
-}}'''"Memorabilia"''' is the fifth track on ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]].'' It's a cover of a [[Soft Cell]] song. This version contains audio samples that include a prank phone sex call and other samples that seem to have come from pornographic sources. Video of the group listening to the prank call can be seen on the DVD version of ''[[Closure]]''.
+}}'''"Memorabilia"''' is a Soft Cell [[Cover Songs|cover]] that appears as the fifth track on ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''. The Soft Cell original was released as a non-album single.
-Other nods to Soft Cell's influence on NIN include the names of "[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" and its remixes, and the incomplete or simply unreleased cover of "Sex Dwarf."
+Other nods to Soft Cell's influence on NIN include the names of "[[Mr. Self Destruct]]" and its remixes, and the incomplete or simply unreleased cover of "[[Sex Dwarf]]".
 ===Song Credits===
 *Written by David Ball and Marc Almond
 *© 1981 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
-*[[Trent Reznor]], [[Robin Finck]], [[Sean Beavan]], [[Chris Vrenna]], [[Brian Pollack]], [[John Van Eaton]], Sugar and his friend
+*[[Trent Reznor]], [[Robin Finck]], [[Sean Beavan]], [[Chris Vrenna]], [[Brian Pollack]], John Van Eaton, Sugar and his friend
 ==Appearances==
@@ Line 21: / Line 22: @@
 ==Versions==
 ===Memorabilia===
-This is the only version currently available. Footage of its production can be found in the bonus video on Disc One of the ''[[Closure]]'' DVD.
+This is the only version currently available. It contains audio [[samples]] that include a prank phone sex call made by Robin Finck, and other samples that may have come from pornographic sources. Video of the group listening to the prank call can be seen on the DVD version of ''[[Closure]]''.
 ==Live==
-"Memorabilia" has never been played live.
+"Memorabilia" [[NIN songs never played live|has never been played live]].
 ==Lyrics==
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       (Now girl… only it's flavor… bow down here)
-      Keychains and snowglobes
+      Keychains and snowstorms
       The taste of your sweat
       The look in your eye
@@ Line 64: / Line 65: @@
       I reject
+The lyrics above are different from the original lyrics, and reflect the fact that there are various spoken word samples scattered throughout the cover version.
 [[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:NIN Songs Never Played Live]][[Category:Covers]]