Anyway, I still think Mechanical Animals is great, and I still like parts of Antichrist Superstar, but that's about it.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 09:56 (six years ago) link
I hear he named the guns Kelbold and Harris...
Rock star @marilynmanson is being treated in hospital after a large prop fell on him during a concert in New Yorkhttps://t.co/Ze3uFkqVol pic.twitter.com/HZzG5TblF0— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 1, 2017
― pplains, Monday, 2 October 2017 02:31 (six years ago) link
I would love to know the demographics of a Manson show in 2017. Is it still mostly teenagers or now 30-something year olds?
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, September 20, 2017 8:41 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I saw Manson open for the Smashing Pumpkins 2 years ago on the "End Times" tour, I was close to the front & got there toward the end of Manson's set. it was all teenagers/young twenty-somethings in the front, who promptly left before the Pumpkins came on lol
― flappy bird, Monday, 2 October 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
Marilyn Manson: Give it to me straight, Doc. Is this the spookiest injury you’ve ever treated?Doctor (lying): Yes— Sixsixsixelated Boat (@pixelatedboat) October 1, 2017
Marilyn Manson: Tell me, Doc, has anyone ever died in this hospital?Doctor: YesMarilyn Manson: Woah ... gnarly— Sixsixsixelated Boat (@pixelatedboat) October 1, 2017
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 2 October 2017 11:42 (six years ago) link
lol
― Erotic Wolf (crüt), Monday, 2 October 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
the best part of his career arc is former associates and friends figuring out the "I'm so DAMAGED" shtick isn't something he's going to jettison at some point where he cleans up his personal life -- it's his core ethos, more so than making interesting music
then it's a matter of who actually can stand being in the same room with him for more than a half hour
― mh, Monday, 2 October 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
the last record was fairly solid and what i've heard from this one was good too. he's been working with the guy who did the music for JOHN WICK.
― maura, Monday, 2 October 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
he makes showtunes now! well, not of the stage variety but the type of theme/incidental music that fits pretty well with the movie soundtrack model. feel like that partnership is like him working with a dramaturge to craft new material for his persona
― mh, Monday, 2 October 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
The closer Marilyn Manson's music gets to "Rebel, Rebel", the more I like it.
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Monday, 2 October 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
DJP OTM
― maura, Monday, 2 October 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
So I guess this is what happens when one flicks Petridis' bollocks...
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 2 October 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
last record was NOT good and this one is fucking TERRIBLE and yah he's working with the dude that does the shitty music for Guardians of the Galaxy so it sounds like She Wants Revenge trying really hard with dubstep wub wubs and it's so bad and the lyrics are so dumb and he still brags about banging strippers like Bret Michaels or something this guy is the corniest worst idiot
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 2 October 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
I also liked the last album :/ but I'm not v impressed with the singles from this latest one
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 2 October 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
Anyway, I still think Mechanical Animals is great, and I still like parts of Antichrist Superstar, but that's about it.― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:56 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:56 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Actually, hang on, I liked Holy Wood too, it was The Golden Age of Grotesque where I stopped listening.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 2 October 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
lol I didn't remember what thread this originally was
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Monday, 2 October 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
I saw him on the Holy Wood tour, was pretty good. That's partly what makes him so lame, that he's pretty smart and can be compelling without the boringly transgressive garbage, but still feels the need to lean so hard on that lazy shit.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 October 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
enh, for all the image stuff there was nothing all that try-hard I can recall on the last album. pretty standard goth-rock themes.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 2 October 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
Well, it's not about the records, it's about the performance. That's where all the "transgressive" shit comes out. It's not like any of his songs are innately shocking or offensive. It's his stage show and persona that got him branded a boogeyman. The Bible ripping, the cartoon fascist costumes. Like, the piece of set that fell on him was two giant guns, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 October 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link