[lady_styles]

Awhile ago, I read that Samantha Sprackling or Saffron (female vocalist of Republica) worked with NIN. I've never been able to find anything supporting this- I love her voice, but are there any female vocals in any NIN song? None that I can identify- anyhow, anyone know anything about this? Tak.

This post has been edited by lady_styles: 10 August 2006 - 08:08 PM

[tpd]

haven't heard that before. interesting.
maybe someone else here knows more.
i'm guessing it had something to do with that female vocalist project, from 2002 or so, that never came to light.

[space_ryerson]

well, if it exists, it would have to be 1000% better than 'just say yes', her collaboration with the cure. I still haven't blotted it out of my mind.

[lady_styles]

space_ryerson, on Aug 10 2006, 11:33 PM, said:

well, if it exists, it would have to be 1000% better than 'just say yes', her collaboration with the cure. I still haven't blotted it out of my mind.

yeah, it wasn't the greatest... ok, that's putting it kindly. but her collab with the prodigy was kickass.

[Kay]

TPD, on Aug 10 2006, 09:44 PM, said:

haven't heard that before. interesting.
maybe someone else here knows more.
i'm guessing it had something to do with that female vocalist project, from 2002 or so, that never came to light.

I’ve read several interviews where Trent touches on the whole female vocalist subject. The names he mentioned were: Erykah Badu, Sade, Lauryn Hill. These women have an R&B/Soul type feel to them. He has mentioned being very impressed with Erykah Badu. I think he saw her in concert when he lived in New Orleans, and he mentioned liking her “vibe.” I don't recall reading anything concerning Samantha Saffrom though.

Here are some interview excerpts concerning "female vocalist project."

Good Vibrations?
Written by Robert Cherry
2001

Q: Is that why the idea of a project with a female singer attracted you in the first place, because it would instantly distinguish it from Nine Inch Nails?

A: What attracted me was-if you could juxtapose the soulfulness of an Erykah Badu or Sade or Macy Gray with an alien landscape-if you could put that on Gary Numan's Telekon album-it could either be the worst thing ever created or it might sound like much more soulful and aggressive like Portishead...that's not a great example...just something that's not going to be someone like me singing over music I wrote. There aren't that many male vocalists I find exciting right now that aren't from the Eddie Vedder School of.... whatever fuck kind of singing that is. And I just thought it would be interesting to have a feminine sensibility in here. It’s at the conceptual stage right now; it could easily be a disaster and never be heard. I just thought it would be cool to do a project that was two worlds of music that haven't been together, done well.


AUSTIN SCAGGS of RollingStone.com
2005-11-03

Q:You've spoken for years about taking a female singer under your wing. Who'd work best with you?

A: Sade would be at the top of the list. Or someone raspier, like a Lauryn Hill type, minus the personality.

** "La Mer" has female vocals by Denise Milfrot.

Kim Prevost (jazz vocalist) did backing vocals on “Into The Void.”

This post has been edited by Kay: 10 August 2006 - 09:55 PM

[rynne]

The only NIN tracks with female vox are on The Fragile; and none of them are Samantha Sprackling. Aside from the ones Kay mentions above, there’s the Buddha Debutante Choir (read: drunk ladies from the bar across the street) on “The Day the World Went Away.”

If Samantha did work with Reznor & Co. (I can’t say one way or the other), I’d suspect that she was recording for Tapeworm and not Nine Inch Nails. That’s just total speculation on my part, however.

This post has been edited by rynne: 11 August 2006 - 09:30 AM

[luna]

ah trent and his many unfinished projects...

[r00]

space_ryerson, on Aug 10 2006, 09:33 PM, said:

well, if it exists, it would have to be 1000% better than 'just say yes', her collaboration with the cure. I still haven't blotted it out of my mind.

lol I think Turtle saw her once at a party and she was playing the part of a Hoover on the glass table all night. ;-p

[space_ryerson]

r00, on Aug 11 2006, 12:20 PM, said:

space_ryerson, on Aug 10 2006, 09:33 PM, said:

well, if it exists, it would have to be 1000% better than 'just say yes', her collaboration with the cure. I still haven't blotted it out of my mind.

lol I think Turtle saw her once at a party and she was playing the part of a Hoover on the glass table all night. ;-p

Have you seen the video for 'just say yes'? Well, lets just say, perhaps the 'Hoovering' is the only explanation. ;P

[lady_styles]

Yeah, I know I'm new but I don't suppose it would be too much to ask to keep the subject to that of her vocal abilities or other female vocals in NIN as opposed to her oral abilities in terms of sucking cock, unless there's some other meaning behind Hoover that I'm just not aware of. Thanks.

This post has been edited by lady_styles: 11 August 2006 - 12:14 PM

[chimera]

I believe they're referring to her cocaine habit. And it is rather difficult to keep ancedotal tangents from arising since no one here has been able to definitively answer your question.

*edit*
Well, in terms of the original question, that is. And the additional insights have already been exhausted, conversationally speaking. So therefore, if you expect justification of your opinion I don't think that's going to happen. We don't specialize in that sort of thing here.

This post has been edited by chimera: 11 August 2006 - 12:25 PM

[lady_styles]

Ah well. I suppose it's more interesting than this fantastically stimulating insurance spreadsheet I've been working on.

[chimera]

I remember the slang differential now:

Hoover = specifically a drug reference, i.e. sucking stuff up your nose
Electrolux = sucking at most things, but most often used as an oral sex analogy.

[lady_styles]

chimera, on Aug 11 2006, 02:46 PM, said:

I remember the slang differential now:

Hoover = specifically a drug reference, i.e. sucking stuff up your nose
Electrolux = sucking at most things, but most often used as an oral sex analogy.

I've never heard Hoover used as a reference to coke. Now that I'm up on my drug lingo for the month...

[kristin]

Hoover to me = BJs

[tpd]

yea, same here, but given its context in the aforementioned sentence, it's totally about coke.

[space_ryerson]

lady_styles, on Aug 11 2006, 02:48 PM, said:

chimera, on Aug 11 2006, 02:46 PM, said:

I remember the slang differential now:

Hoover = specifically a drug reference, i.e. sucking stuff up your nose
Electrolux = sucking at most things, but most often used as an oral sex analogy.

I've never heard Hoover used as a reference to coke. Now that I'm up on my drug lingo for the month...

the glass table is the giveaway.

[lady_styles]

space_ryerson, on Aug 11 2006, 10:15 PM, said:

lady_styles, on Aug 11 2006, 02:48 PM, said:

chimera, on Aug 11 2006, 02:46 PM, said:

I remember the slang differential now:

Hoover = specifically a drug reference, i.e. sucking stuff up your nose
Electrolux = sucking at most things, but most often used as an oral sex analogy.

I've never heard Hoover used as a reference to coke. Now that I'm up on my drug lingo for the month...

the glass table is the giveaway.

whatever, i've had many public sexual escapades on glass tables.

[chimera]

That's a bit risky, eh? I mean, I've screwed on tables, sure, but they were sturdy tables. Mostly conference tables. You could hide under those puppies in an earthquake and likely survive falling debris and whatnot. But a glass table. . .well. . .you're never quite sure how much jiggling they can withstand, you know?

[TheMadHatter]

space_ryerson, on Aug 11 2006, 10:15 PM, said:

lady_styles, on Aug 11 2006, 02:48 PM, said:

chimera, on Aug 11 2006, 02:46 PM, said:

I remember the slang differential now:

Hoover = specifically a drug reference, i.e. sucking stuff up your nose
Electrolux = sucking at most things, but most often used as an oral sex analogy.

I've never heard Hoover used as a reference to coke. Now that I'm up on my drug lingo for the month...

the glass table is the giveaway.

Ya, it was the mention of the glass table helped me figure out which HOOVER function was going on.

Hmmm, I have not had any sexual escapades upon a glass table. Not that I never had the opportunity, since I used to own a glass dining room table, but people eat there later!