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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 A Gun<br>Big Man With AGun (''The Downward Spiral'' DE)| live =[[Self-Destruct Tour]]<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 album~~throes of passion. The sound was reportedly run through a program by Tommy Lee, ~~and arguably, in NIN's entire discography~~who called the resulting sound "Steakhouse."

~~It is rumored that the sound effect at the beginning of the~~ The song ~~is an adult film actress in~~ 's lyrics were also the ~~throes~~ subject of ~~passion~~controversy when they were cited by conservatives William Bennett and C. ~~The sound was repotertedly run through a program by~~ Delores Tucker during their crusade against explicit lyrics in rap and hip-hop, egregiously mislabeling [[~~Tommy Lee~~Nine Inch Nails]]~~, who called the resulting sound "Steakhouse~~as one of these acts."

===Meaning===

On In the ~~surface~~March 1996 issue of ''Spin Magazine'', ~~it appears to be about a man forcing someone at gunpoint to fellate him, but~~ [[Trent Reznor]] ~~has~~ said ~~that~~ the following about this song:<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~~'s more~~ changes. That would be the last stage of ~~a commentary on~~ delirium. So the ~~glorification~~ original point of ~~violence in mainstream~~ "Big Man With A Gun" was madness. But it was also making fun of the whole misogynistic gangsta-rap ~~music at~~ bulls**t. ... I listen to a lot of it, and I enjoy it. But I could do without the ~~time~~degree 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

==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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