Voodoo Music Fest Day Two New Orleans, LA 11/2/13

Day two of fall break was something that I have waited for since I was probably six or seven years old. It was the day I would finally get to see Nine Inch Nails. My early teenage self was also as excited for Paramore as well. Paramore was up first for my night. Like I implied earlier, I have listened to them since my tween/early teen years, since their first album. They played

Fast In My Car

That's What You Get

Decode

Ignorance (My jam)

Now

Daydreaming

Last Hope

Brick By Boring Brick

Ain't It Fun

The Only Exception (Hayley played piano)

Pressure

Misery Business

Part II

Still Into You

Then, it was finally time for my childhood dream of seeing Nine Inch Nails. I was on the barricade too, so I could see! When Trent Reznor walked on stage, all I could do was stare at him. It was one of those surreal moments that is hard to put into words. The lights were trippy. If you are prone to seizures, I do not recommend going to see NIN. The whole stage setup is way ahead of its time, technologically speaking. Pictures do not do it justice and from where I was standing, I could not see the whole thing. I could barely see Trent once the show started because the fog was so thick and the lights were so bright and flashy. They played

Copy Of A

1,000,000

Terrible Lie (Yeah!)

March Of The Pigs

Piggy

All Time Low

Disappointed

Came Back Haunted

Find My Way

Various Methods Of Escape

The Frail

The Wretched

The Big Come Down

Survivalism (ONE OF TWO SONGS THEY PLAYED OFF MY FAVORITE NIN ALBUM)

A Warm Place

Wish

I'm Afraid of Americans (David Bowie Cover)

Only (YES! ONE OF MY FAVORITES)

The Hand That Feeds

Head Like A Hole (The first NIN song I remember hearing. Best crowd response of the night)

(Encore:)

Reptile

Even Deeper

In This Twilight (THE OTHER SONG THEY PLAYED OFF MY FAVORITE ALBUM)

While I'm Still Here

Black Noise

Hurt (Cue my tears)

The only question that was left on everyone's minds including my own, was "Why in the hell did they not play Closer?" That did not affect my NIN experience though. The only thing (for me) that could have made it better would have been if they played "Capital G." But that's ok. You cannot always hear them all. :)