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{{song| title =March Of The Pigs| album =Song''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''| length =2:58| BPM = 269| versions = March Of The Pigs<br>March Of The Pigs (Instrumental)<br>March Of The Pigs (Clean)<br>All The Pigs, All Lined Up<br>March Of The Pigs (Video Version)<br>March Of The Pigs (''Fortnite Festival'' Version)<br>March Of The Pigs (''Closure'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'')<br>March Of The Pigs (''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]'')| live =[[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] through present}}'''"March of the Of The Pigs" ''' is the fourth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It has one of the most unique unusual metres of any song to enjoy popular radio play, alternating three bars measures of 7/8 time with one bar measure of 4/4 time in the verses (in effect, a 29/8 time signature). The chorus is in the common 4/4 time signature. As a result, with eighth notes getting the count, the song has a BPM rate of 269.)

It The chorus of this song shares its chord progression with the bridge of "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]." The piano melody that closes out each chorus was originally a placeholder idea that [[Trent Reznor]] intended to go back and improve later on, but ultimately left it as is presumably about society..[https://www. or Trent's fansyoutube.com/watch?v=pSoiqjmgLiA]

===LyricsSong Credits===*Production: Trent Reznor*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]]

step right up==Meaning== march push crawl right up on your knees please greed feed (no time Lyrically, the song could be about society or [[NIN]]'s fans, but Trent Reznor has stated in the interview bootleg titled ''Disturbed'' that the "pigs" in this song refer mainly to "anywhere from the media to hesitate) i want a little bit i want people he thought were friends around him." Furthermore, he said, "The issue I was addressing was... when we attained a piece certain level of success, it i think he's losing it i want was surprising to watch it come down don't like see the look legion of it donpeople starting to fuck with you, can't like wait to see you fail, hoping that you'll fuck up, ripping you off, trying to use you... The fact that American media, in 'underground world,' you go from being the taste of it dondarling to 'well, we accidentally started selling some records,'t like the smell of it i want so they have to turn their backs on us." He also occasionally referred to watch it come downfans as 'pigs' at live performances.

all According to the pigs are all lined up i give you all that you want take Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist [[Richard Patrick]] reportedly received the skin nickname "Piggy" while in Nine Inch Nails. As well, "Piggies" is a song on The Beatles' 1968 self-titled (or 'white') album, a noted influence on Charles Manson, who scrawled the word "pig" in blood on the front door of the [[Le Pig|Sharon Tate mansion]] wherein he and peel it back now doesnhis 'Family't it make you feel better?killed Tate and several others on August 8, 1969. The mansion was also where Reznor recorded ''The Downward Spiral'' in 1993-4 and Reznor kept the Tate door when he moved to [[Nothing Studios]] in New Orleans. However, Reznor debunked rumors of song connections to the Tate murders in an interview[http://www.nin-pages.de/2003_Metal_Hammer_April_english.htm]:

shove <blockquote>I had "[[Piggy]]" written long before it up inside surprise! lies stains like was ever known that I would be in that house. "March of the blood on your teeth bite chew suck (away Pigs" has nothing to do with the tender parts) i want Tate murders or anything like that, I’m not going to break say what it up i want to smash it up i want to fuck it up i want to watch it come down maybe afraid is about, but it’s not about that. Yeah, the name of it let's discredit it let's pick away the studio being "Pig", that was a definite bad taste joke. It was written on the front door at it i want one time, I’ll admit to watch it come downthat.</blockquote>

all the pigs are all lined up==Appearances== i give you all that you want===Halos=== take the skin and peel it back*''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]''*''The Downward Spiral'' now doesn*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]''t it make you feel better?(Cassette release only) the pigs have won tonight*''[[Closure]]'' they can all sleep soundly*''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (CD/DVD/VHS) and everything is all right*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]''

==Music videos=Seeds===A music video was made for this song, directed by *''[[Peter ChristophersonCollected]] and released in March 1994. ''*''[[The video features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. This video was the last video to be played on MTV2Definitive NIN - The Singles]]'s '*''Increase the Beat[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the fastest tempo of the 400+ videos that were played that weekend.

A previous version of the video was partially shot but abandoned, and is included on the ===Video Games===*''[[ClosureRock Band]] '' DVD. The band performs the song (available for download)*''Fortnite'' (available as in a red cave-like set with water at their feet, and a midget appears.game purchase)

==LiveVersions=====March Of The Pigs===Being a staple NIN This is the original album version. Like much of the album, this song is structured around contrast: the loud and fast, oddly-metered and screamed verses are juxtaposed with its high energy segued the moodier, quieter bridge and piano-led chorus. It also [[samples]] buried screams from the films ''Sorcerer'' and ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''. ===March Of The Pigs (Clean)===The radio edit deletes the word "fuck," making it safe to air on American radio stations. ===March Of The Pigs (Instrumental)===Released by two piano breakdownsReznor through his [[remix.nin.com]] account, this is unmastered version is the same as the album cut, save the lack of vocals. ===All The Pigs, there All Lined Up==='''''Running Time: 7:25''''' This version is entirely in 4/4 and has en extended ending that incorporates the lyric "Don't you feel a whole lot better?" This version is also much less guitar oriented, with extra synth layers added as well as additional crowd noises and pig squeals not prominent in the original. It ends in a live loud, distorted drum pattern before collapsing to noise feedback, which segues directly into "[[A Violet Fluid]]." ===March Of The Pigs (Video Version)===This is the version used in the studio performance music video for the song. It can be found in audio form on the US cassette release of "Closer To God" and an Australian CD compilation entitled "Obdurate: The Best Music Around", billed as "March Of The Pigs (Live)." The music video itself can be found on ''Closure'' and the 10th Anniversary DualDisc version of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Unlike most live performances of the song since its release, this one does not include an extended ending, though it does feature new pig squeal samples at the beginning. ===March Of The Pigs(''Fortnite Festival'' Version)===This version only appears in the ''Fortnite'' game mode ''Fortnite Festival'' and differs from the album version in a few ways. The vocal track is the original as it appears on ''The Downward Spiral'', but it is clean, without any of the processing or distortion effects heard on the album version, probably to make it easier to play the game to. For censorship purposes, the two instances of the " on each take the skin and peel it back" lyric are removed entirely, and "I want to fuck it up" has been replaced with the preceding "I want to smash it up" lyric repeated. At the conclusion of the album version portion, there is an outro section attached. It contains a newly recorded studio version of their the "all the pigs all lined up" outro that is typically played in live releases: performances. The outro section ends abruptly. ===March Of The Pigs (''[[Closure ]]'')===Recorded in bootleg-like quality, this performance is featured on the first disc of ''Closure.'' It features the extended ending as has been performed consistently since its debut. ===March Of The Pigs (''[[And All that That Could Have Been'')===Typical of how the song has usually been performed live since the [[Self Destruct Tour]]'', and this live version incorporates an extended ending based on that of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up." ===March Of The Pigs (''[[Beside You in In Time]]''. In )===Like the version that appears on ''And All That Could Have Been,'' this live set, version incorporates the band extends the song by including an amped up version ending of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up." However, the introduction is arranged differently, and features different vocal improvisation during the ending. Aaron North takes a stage dive during said improvisation and crowd surfs back to the stage, creating lots of feedback noises. ==Music Video==[[Image:MOTPstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the " March Of The Pigs" video]]A [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] was made for this song, directed by [[Peter Christopherson]] and released in March of 1994. The video features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. Reportedly, around a dozen takes were done, and the final video take was the one that "did not suck." It's filmed in one shot, a rare occurrence for music videos. This video was the last video to be played on MTV2's ''Increase the Beat'', on Memorial Day weekend 2002. At 269 BPM, it had the fastest tempo of the 400+ videos that were played that weekend. ===Credits===*Director: Peter Christopherson*Producer: Scott Shapiro*Cameraman: Dick Buckley*Editor: Philip Richardson A previous version of the video was partially shot but abandoned, and is included in glimpses on the ''Closure'' DVD. The band performs the song in a red, cave-like set with water at their feet, with a dwarf in troll-like costume running in and out of the end of every performanceset.Photographer Joseph Cultice, who was on set to document the shoot, elaborated on the original video for ''Revolver'' Magazine:

In most(?) performances <blockquote>It looked too much like a video they'd done before with the director [Peter Christopherson]. So we stayed [in the pre-With Teeth eras, studio] the next day and they shot that 'March of the songs starts Pigs' [performance] video. They came up with the same high pitched squeal idea at night: a one-camera shot. And they shot it maybe five times all the way through, and that was it does . Trent's in a big black plastic pool they made, basically a kiddie pool. What was supposed to happen in the performance video scene was there's creature hands that come up and grab his head and pull him underwater. So he's laying there getting ready for the songthat. Since the start of the [And underneath him is a guy in a black outfit that you can barely see him, but [With Teeththose are his]] tourhands. That water was really really warm, the song now starts with it was like a synth line that matches the one played behind the second set of measures for the song originally (Jacuzzi. It's inside this section now completely omitted from the song, the guitars coming in completely along like, cave they built inside with they synth after water and smoke machines. They just jumped around there really, really loudly to 'March of the first drum run throughPigs' for 20 million takes.[https://www.revolvermag.)com/culture/nine-inch-nails-march-pigs-scrapped-original-video-iconic-final-cut]</blockquote>

===Live lyrics=Covers==* ''and all you miserable muddy fuck heads"March Of The Pigs" has been covered by a variety of artists... are alright'' (More information can be found [[woodstock]Covers Of NIN|here] '94)* (after unsung first refrain) ''hey can someone fucking turn the microphone''<br>(second verse) ''maybe afraid of it, let's di... hey fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK... can you say '''fuck'''?'' (Tokyo 2000-01-11 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVoRm0QCnO4 YouTube video])* ''and every little fucking pig... is alright'' (numerous shows)

==Albums it appears onLive==Being a staple NIN song with its high energy segued by two piano breakdowns, there is a live performance video of "March Of The Pigs" on each of their live releases. In the live set, the band extends the song by including an amped up portion of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up" at the end of almost every performance.

Versions In most performances in the pre-''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' eras, the songs starts with similar high pitched squeals as it does in the performance music video for the song. The [[Live: With Teeth]] arrangement started with [[Alessandro Cortini]] playing the synthesized bassline twice, stopping for eight bars of this the drum pattern before the band launched directly into the first verse. Reznor typically starts the song appear on:with the spoken lyrics "C'mon you pigs... march!".

*March of the Pigs*Since 2009, [[The Downward Spiral]]*[[Closer To God]]*[[Closure]]*[[And All That Could Have Been]]*[[Beside You In TimeIlan Rubin]]has left the drum set to play the song's two keyboard interludes before rushing back to continue on drums when the song kicks back in.

==VersionsLyrics== Step right up march push Crawl right up on your knees Please greed feed (no time to hesitate) I want a little bit I want a piece of it I think he's losing it I want to watch it come down Don't like the look of it don't like the taste of it don't like the smell of it I want to watch it come down All the pigs are all lined up I give you all that you want Take the skin and peel it back Now doesn't that make you feel better? Shove it up inside surprise! Lies Stains like blood on your teeth Bite chew suck away the tender parts I want to break it up I want to smash it up I want to fuck it up I want to watch it come down Maybe afraid of it let's discredit it let's pick away at it I want to watch it come down All the pigs are all lined up I give you all that you want Take the skin and peel it back Now doesn't that make you feel better? The pigs have won tonight Now they can all sleep soundly And everything is all right

==External Links==*[http://vimeo.com/3554852 "March of the Of The Pigs" music video]*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjX7yXA_fL0 "March of the Pigs (Clean)*All Of The Pigs, All Lined Up" live from ''Beside You In Time'']*March of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSDbeGnCg14 Snippet from the Fuckheads original music video]

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