Down In It

I dunno, two months ago or so, this song was featured in the music round at The Castle Quiz, and Carl, the Quizmaster, wrongly attributed it to Rage Against the Machine. Our team, the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, knew better.

Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Year: 1989
Rating: Lukewarm

Closer

I haven't been a big radio listener for a long time, so '90s and '2000s radio-hit bands and songs remain obscure to me unless they've been burned onto a CD for me by a friend or I've had a pre-'90s fascination with the band already. There was a time during the mid to late '90s when I was a canvasser and we'd listen to the radio in the crew car on our way out to turf, taking turns picking stations. This song was in constant rotation on Live-105. I hated it then, but I've slightly warmed to it, for its dramatic flair. I think I was also too vanilla then to "get" the lyrics. The video, however, is just not my thing.

Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Year: 1994
Rating: Lukewarm