Just Like You Imagined

Song_infobox
Name = Just Like You Imagined


Artist = Nine Inch Nails
Album = The Fragile
Released = September 21, 1999
track_no = 7
Recorded = Nothing Studios, New Orleans
Genre = Instrumental rock
Length = 3:49
Label = Nothing Records
Writer = Trent Reznor
Producer = Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder
[ Chart position = ]
prev = "The Fragile"
prev_no = 6
next = "Even Deeper"
next_no = 8

"Just Like You Imagined" is an instrumental by Nine Inch Nails from their 1999 album "The Fragile".

It features on piano Mike Garson, known for his work with David Bowie and The Smashing Pumpkins. Additional layers of guitars are performed by Danny Lohner and Adrian Belew. [Reznor, Trent (1999). "The Fragile" (last page) [CD liner notes] . New Orleans: Nothing Records.] There is a thick buzz texture to it. [cite news
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title = This side up Nine Inch Nails' "The Fragile" exhibits a refined formula
author = Derek Donovan
work = The Kansas City Star
date = 1999-09-29
accessdate = 2008-02-21
format = fee required] The song's time signature is 4/4 in the intro but once the drums enter it changes to 10/4 (4 + 6).

A live video of "Just Like You Imagined" appears on the DVD version of "And All That Could Have Been", [cite news
url = http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/archives/2002-02-01/ae07.htm
title = Reznor and co. shine with new live album
author = Ted Reinert
work = The Bowdoin Orient
date = 2002-02-01
accessdate = 2008-02-19
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title = Live Nails anything but rusty
author = Mark Brown
work = Rocky Mountain News
date = 2002-01-25
accessdate = 2008-02-21
format = fee required
cite news
url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-49725277.html
title = DVD Review: Nine Inch Nails DVD a Reznor D.I.Y. project
author = Clint Zavodny
work = Daily O'Collegian
date = 2002-01-24
accessdate = 2008-02-21
format = fee required] with the piano line substituted by a theremin played by Charlie Clouser. There is a video of live rehearsal footage at Nothing Studios in New Orleans from 2000 on the [http://nin.com/visuals/ Nine Inch Nails website] . The song was played during the encore in the Fragility tour. [cite news
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title = 'Fragile' not the word for Nine Inch Nails Reznor and company blast into centrum
work = Telegram & Gazette
date = 2000-05-03
accessdate = 2008-02-21
format = fee required]

While "Just Like You Imagined" was never released as a single, it was used in [http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/ trailers] for the 2007 film "300", [cite news
url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30016194_ITM
title = Dominic West bats '300' in new flick: 'The Wire' actor to answer questions from audience at the Senator tonight
author = Tim Swift
work = Baltimore Sun
date = 2007-03-17
accessdate = 2008-02-21
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title = Word of mouth feeds record debut for '300'; The Spartan-heroism epic scores the highest March opening ever, grossing $70 million
author = Josh Friedman
work = Los Angeles Times
date = 2007-03-12
pages = C1
accessdate = 2008-02-21
format = fee required
cite news
url = http://www.liberation.fr/culture/cinema/240773.FR.php?rss=true
title = Puissance «300»
author = Sébastien Delahaye, Bruno Icher
work = Libération
language = French
date = 2007-03-14
accessdate = 2008-02-21] for which the song became the unofficial theme and has become synonymous with the film among pop culture. The song was parodied along with "300" in the episode "Moesha Poppins" of Robot Chicken. It was also parodied along with "300" in the South Park episode 'D-Yikes'.

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