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| BPM = 113| versions = Pinion<br>Pinion (''And All That Could Have Been'')| live = [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] through [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[NIN + QOTSA Tour]] through present[[NIN 2014 Europe/UK Tour]]}}"'''"Pinion"'''" is a very simplistic track that begins the ''[[Broken|Broken EP]]''EP. A pinion is a gear with a small number of teeth, often engaging a larger gear. It features 's also a bird's wing or flight feathers. To pinion someone is to bind their hands and feet in such a pulsing series manner that they cannot be used. An example of chords which eventually picks up and leads into "[[Wish]]"this last definition can be seen in the music video to the song.

This is the only version presently available. It features a pulsing series of short, ascending, distorted guitar power chords and a collage of atmospheric loops, including a reversed sample from the end of [[David Bowie]]'s "It's No Game" [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327], which eventually give way to the guitar riff once more before leading into "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]." These last chords are looped several times to lengthen the music video soundtrack. ===Pinion (''And All That Could Have Been'')===A live performance of the guitar riff is combined with many elements of "[[The New Flesh]]" (at 107 BPM) to form the introduction of the DVD and VHS versions of ''And All That Could Have Been'', frequently used to begin many dates of both [[Fragility]] tours.

[[Image:Pinionstill.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "Pinion" video]]The video for "Pinion," released in 1992, was directed by [[Eric Goode ]] and [[Serge Becker]], who also directed "[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]." The video was filmed entirely in black-and-white and starts in a restroom. The camera focuses on a toilet containing a dark substance, typically assumed to be blood. The water and the substance are flushed down as the camera follows. As the viewer is led through the pipes to see where the water is going, the camera cuts between exterior views and interior views of the pipes. As the music crescendos, the water pressure increases. Finally the camera comes to a white room as water is pumped through a pressurized machine, which is forcing the water into the mouth of a figure that is blindfolded, bound completely in vinyl (or patent leather) and strapped to the wall.

The video was filmed entirely in black-and-white and starts in a restroom. The camera focuses on a toilet containing a dark substance, typically assumed to be blood. The water and the substance are flushed down as the camera follows. As the viewer is led through the pipes to see where the water is going, Because of the camera cuts between exterior views and interior views disturbing nature of the pipes. As the music crescendoesvideo, the water pressure increasesMTV would only play it late at night before removing it altogether. Finally the camera comes to a white room as water is pumped through a pressurized machineHowever, which is forcing part of the water into video's finale became an integral part of the mouth of a figure that is blindfolded, bound completely in vinyl (or patent leather) and strapped to opening sequence for the wallnetwork's ''Alternative Nation.''

Because of the distubing nature of the video, MTV would only play it late at night before removing it altogether. However, part of the The same videois featured both on ''Closure''s finale became an integral part of the opening sequence for and the network's ''Alternative NationBroken Movie.''

Recordings of this song have often been played as the in introduction as the band takes the stage, sometimes with live vocals a looping, backwards vocal sample that resembled the word "FLUSH! FLUSH! FLUSH! FLUSH!flush." It was resequenced, bent, distorted and combined with the beat opening loop of "[[Terrible Lie]]" to open [[Woodstock '94]]. It was and most other dates on the [[Self Destruct Tour]], and combined with "[[The New Flesh]]" to open all [[Fragility]] Tour shows. When preceding "Mr. Self Destruct" and "Somewhat Damaged," noise samples operated as connective tissue between the final notes of "Pinion" and the opening of the first song. A very short version began [[KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas]], presumably because they were behind schedule in setting up the stage. The full studio version was also used to bridge the quieter, ''[[Ghosts I-IV]]''-focused section of the [[Lights In The Sky Tour]] setlist (the end of "[[The Greater Good]]") with the faster-paced second half (beginning with "Wish").

==External Links==*[http://vimeo.com/3607256 "Pinion" music video]<BR>{{succession box | title=[[Broken#Track listing|Broken]] | before= N/A: First Track | after= [[Wish (song)|Wish]] | track= 1}}[[Category:NIN Songs]][[Category:NIN Instrumentals]][[Category:Music Videos]]