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{{song
| title =Big Man With A Gun
| album =''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''
| length =1:36
| BPM = 100| versions =N/Big Man With AGun<br>Big Man With A Gun (''The Downward Spiral'' DE)| live =[[Self-DestructTour]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]}}'''"Big Man With A Gun"''' is the ninth track on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''.
==About==""Big Man With A Gun"" It is rumored that the ninth track on [[The Downward Spiral]] and is sound effect at the beginning of the most violent song on is an adult film actress in the entire albumthroes of passion. On the surface, it appears to be about The sound was reportedly run through a man forcing someone at gunpoint to fellate himprogram by Tommy Lee, but [[Trent Reznor]] has said that it's more of a commentary on who called the glorification of violence in mainstream rap music at the timeresulting sound "Steakhouse."
It is rumored that The song's lyrics were also the sound effect at subject of controversy when they were cited by conservatives William Bennett and C. Delores Tucker during their crusade against explicit lyrics in rap and hip-hop, egregiously mislabeling [[Nine Inch Nails]] as one of these acts. ===Meaning===In the beginning March 1996 issue of ''Spin Magazine'', [[Trent Reznor]] said the following about this song is an adult film actress in :<blockquote>"The record was nearing completion. I had written those lyrics pretty quickly and I didn't know if I was going to use them or not. To me, ''Downward Spiral'' builds to a certain degree of madness, then it changes. That would be the last stage of delirium. So the throes original point of passion"Big Man With A Gun" was madness. The sound But it was repotertedly run through also making fun of the whole misogynistic gangsta-rap bulls**t. ... I listen to a program by [[Tommy Lee]]lot of it, who called and I enjoy it. But I could do without the resulting sound "Steakhousedegree of misogny and hatred of women and abuse. Then, my song got misinterpreted as exactly that. It was probably a lack of being able to write. I've been taken out of context, and it's ridiculous."</blockquote>
===Song Credits===
*Additional guitars: [[Danny Lohner]]
*Steakhouse: Tommy Lee
 
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''The Downward Spiral''
*''[[March of the Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]'' (UK version, pt.1 of 2 disc set)
 
==Versions==
===Big Man With A Gun===
This is the original version. Short, fast, violent, and energetic, this song contains many layers of different distorted guitar riffs, and features Reznor nearly speaking most of the lyrics with an equalizer filter on his voice. On the "March Of The Pigs" single, it does not contain the ending clip of "[[I Do Not Want This]]," as it does not transition directly from any other song.
 
===Big Man With A Gun (''The Downward Spiral DE'')===
In the 5.1 surround edition of the 2004 re-release of ''The Downward Spiral'', the sample heard at the beginning is replaced with a lower-pitched, distant wail, which echoes around the speakers.
 
==Live==
"Big Man With A Gun" became a semi-frequent encore on the [[Self Destruct Tour]], and had not been played live since until its appearance at the [[2009/08/23 New York, NY|Webster Hall]] performance with the rest of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Rehearsal and live footage of the song appear in brief on the leaked ''Closure'' DVD appendage.
==Lyrics==
I like to have fun
Held against your forehead
I’ll I'll make you suck it Maybe I’ll I'll put a hole in your head
You know, just for the fuck of it
I can reduce you if I want
I can devour
I’m I'm hard as fucking steel, and I’ve I've got the power I’m I'm every inch a man, and I’ll I'll show you somehow
Me and my fucking gun
Nothing can stop me now
Shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot
I’m I'm going to come all over you
Me and my fucking gun
Me and my fucking gun
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xint8a.shtml "Sympathy for the Devil"] interview in Spin Magazine, March 1996
 
{{Succession box
| title=[[The Downward Spiral (halo)#Track Listing (original release and DVD-A release)|The Downward Spiral]]
| before=[[I Do Not Want This]]
| after=[[A Warm Place]]
| track=9}}
[[Category: NIN Songs]]
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