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| title = March of the Of The Pigs| album = ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''

| BPM = 269| versions = March of the Of The Pigs<br>March Of The Pigs (Instrumental)<br>March Of The Pigs (cleanClean)<br>All The Pigs, All Lined Up<br>March of the Fuckheads 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 = 1994 - [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] through present<br>almost every show}}'''"March Of The Pigs"''' is the fourth track on 1994's ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' It has one of the most unusual metres of any song to enjoy popular radio play, alternating three measures of 7/8 time with one 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.

==About=='''''March The chorus of this song shares its chord progression with the Pigs''''' has one bridge of the most unique metres of any "[[Wish (song )|Wish]]." The piano melody that closes out each chorus was originally a placeholder idea that [[Trent Reznor]] intended to enjoy popular radio playgo back and improve later on, alternating three bars of 7/8 time with one bar of 4but ultimately left it as is.[https:/4 time (in effect, a 29/8 time signaturewww. The song has a BPM rate of 269youtube.)com/watch?v=pSoiqjmgLiA]

It is presumably about society or NIN's fans.===Appears OnSong Credits===*Production: Trent Reznor*Mixing Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]]

Versions of ==Meaning==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 appear refer mainly to "anywhere from the media to people he thought were friends around him." Furthermore, he said, "The issue I was addressing was... when we attained a certain level of success, it was surprising to see the legion of people starting to fuck with you, can't 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 darling to 'well, we accidentally started selling some records,' so they have to turn their backs on:us." He also occasionally referred to fans as 'pigs' at live performances.

*According to the Filter biography on their official website, former live guitarist [[March Of Richard Patrick]] reportedly received the nickname "Piggy" while in Nine Inch Nails. As well, "Piggies" is a song on The Pigs Beatles' 1968 self-titled (haloor 'white')album, a noted influence on Charles Manson, who scrawled the word "pig" in blood on the front door of the [[Le Pig|March Of The PigsSharon Tate mansion]]*[[wherein he and his 'Family' killed Tate and several others on August 8, 1969. The Downward Spiral (halo)|mansion was also where Reznor recorded ''The Downward Spiral]]*'' in 1993-4 and Reznor kept the Tate door when he moved to [[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To GodNothing Studios]]*in New Orleans. However, Reznor debunked rumors of song connections to the Tate murders in an interview[[Closure]]*[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]*[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]http://www.nin-pages.de/2003_Metal_Hammer_April_english.htm]:

==Music videos==A music video was made for this song, directed by <blockquote>I had "[[Peter ChristophersonPiggy]] and released " written long before it was ever known that I would be in that house. "March 1994. The video features the band performing the song live in front of a white wall backdrop. This video was the last video Pigs" has nothing to be played on MTV2's ''Increase do with the Beat''Tate murders or anything like that, on Memorial Day weekend 2002I’m not going to say what it is about, but it’s not about that. At 269 BPMYeah, it had the fastest tempo name of the 400+ videos studio being "Pig", that were played was a definite bad taste joke. It was written on the front door at one time, I’ll admit to that weekend.</blockquote>

A previous version of the video was partially shot but abandoned, and is included on the ==Appearances=====Halos===*''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]''*''The Downward Spiral''*''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'' (Cassette release only)*''[[Closure]] '' *''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (CD/DVD. The band performs the song in a red cave-like set with water at their feet, and a midget appears./VHS)*''[[Beside You In Time (halo)|Beside You In Time]]''

==Performed Live=Seeds===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: *''Closure[[Collected]]'', *''And All That Could Have Been[[The Definitive NIN - The Singles]]'', and *''Beside You in Time[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]''. In the live set, the band extends the song by including an amped up version of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up" at the end of every performance.

In most(?) performances in the pre-===Video Games===*''[[With Teeth (halo)|With TeethRock Band]] eras, the songs starts with the same high pitched squeal it does in the performance video '' (available for the song. Since the start of the [[With Teeth Tour]], the song now starts with a synth line that matches the one played behind the second set of measures for the song originally download)*''Fortnite'' (this section now completely omitted from the song, the guitars coming available as in completely along with they synth after the first drum run through.-game purchase)

==Versions=Lyrics====March Of The Pigs=== 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 This is the look original album version. Like much of it don't like the taste of it don't like album, this song is structured around contrast: the smell of it i want to watch it come down all the pigs loud and fast, oddly-metered and screamed verses are all lined up i give you all that you want take juxtaposed with the skin moodier, quieter bridge and peel it back now doesnpiano-led chorus. It also [[samples]] buried screams from the films ''t it make you feel better? shove it up inside surprise! lies stains like the 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 letSorcerer'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 it make you feel better? the pigs have won tonight they can all sleep soundly and everything is all right'The Exorcist II: The Heretic''.

===Live lyricsMarch Of The Pigs (Clean)===* ''and all you miserable muddy The radio edit deletes the word "fuck heads... are alright'' ([[woodstock]] '94)* (after unsung first refrain) ''hey can someone fucking turn the microphone''<br>(second verse) ''maybe afraid of ," making it, let's di.safe to air on American radio stations.. 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)

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 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 "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 the "all the pigs all lined up" outro that is typically played in live 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 Could Have Been'')===Typical of how the song has usually been performed live since the [[Self Destruct Tour]], this live version incorporates an extended ending based on that of "All The Pigs, All Lined Up." ===March Of The Pigs (''Beside You In Time'')===Like the version that appears on ''And All That Could Have Been,'' this live version incorporates the 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 set. Photographer Joseph Cultice, who was on set to document the shoot, elaborated on the original video for ''Revolver'' Magazine:  <blockquote>It looked too much like a video they'd done before with the director [Peter Christopherson]. So we stayed [in the studio] the next day and they shot that 'March of the Pigs' [performance] video. They came up with the idea at night: a one-camera shot. And they shot it maybe five times all the way through, and that was it. Trent's in a big black plastic pool they made, basically a kiddie pool. What was supposed to happen in the 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 that. And underneath him is a guy in a black outfit that you can barely see him, but [those are his] hands. That water was really really warm, it was like a Jacuzzi. It's inside this, like, cave they built inside with water and smoke machines. They just jumped around there really, really loudly to 'March of the Pigs' for 20 million takes.[https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/nine-inch-nails-march-pigs-scrapped-original-video-iconic-final-cut]</blockquote> ==Covers=="March Of The Pigs" has been covered by a variety of artists. More information can be found [[Covers Of NIN|here]]. ==Live==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. 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 the drum pattern before the band launched directly into the first verse. Reznor typically starts the song with the spoken lyrics "C'mon you pigs... march!". Since 2009, [[Ilan 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. ==Lyrics== 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 Pigs" music video]*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjX7yXA_fL0 "March Of The Pigs" live from ''Beside You In Time'']*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSDbeGnCg14 Snippet from the original music video] {{Succession box| title=[[The Downward Spiral (halo)#Track Listing (original release and DVD-A release)|The Downward Spiral]]| before=[[Heresy]]| after=[[Closer]]| track=4}}[[Category:NIN Songs]][[category:Music Videos]]