Ah, yes, that’s my shit. An all-time-great goofy radio edit. The delicate elision. The dead space. The offending word just snipped out of the fabric of existence. So chaste. Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” is a transcendent pop song as well: hooky, mesmerizing, and deliciously subversive. You know what’s more subversive than writing and singing this song, though? Playing this song on the radio. The first DJ who cued up “Closer” violated more taboos and shattered more sociocultural norms than the guy who wrote and sang it. I don’t care what radio edit you use. The chorus still says what it says and
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