For someone who gets so much credit for being shocking and orginal, I seem to find "borrowed" ideas left and right. In his defense, I like Manson, once you get past his stupid STUPID image. "ooOoOOoh, I represent everything that's wrong with america." Didn't Gwar do that first. There's one. He started off a huge ALice Cooper ripoff, especially his live shows, there is two. Here's a general one, his overall sound, it seems too, I wanna be Trent Reznor. Except the Mechanical Animals album. I was listening to that a little while ago looking for ripoffs, but then I was like, "This is a fairly original album!" Then I don't like the drugs, but the drugs like me came on... It's "Fame" by David Bowie. Dead ringer. Listen to the verses, you'll see. Lets not forget his recent hit. The name escapes me... mobscene? He uses pretty much the same cheerleaders that Faith No More used in the way more awesome song "Be Agressive." Anyone have any other borrowed ideas I missed?
I have never wanted to hear any of his stuff due to his image. It always just seemed so contrived and fake. I did hear his sweet dreams cover on VH1, once. That pretty much confirmed it for me.
his real name is brian he used to work at peaches in ft lauderdale he'd roll his eyes no matter what you bought his band sucked then and they suck now
It must kill you that he's rich, famous, and gets to date hot chicks, then. Every generation has to have the "Rock Star" that parents fear and politicians point to as the "Decline of Western Civilization." Now that Ozzy is making Diet Pepsi commercials, and Alice Cooper is hosting charity golf tournaments, someone had to pick up the mantle, right? I mean, in the age of Clear Channel Corporate Rock, Marilyn Manson is the best they can come up with, I'm afraid. Try not to waste too much energy on him.
sells alot of records tho no? so he cant be doing ThAT much wrong. he is a stage act, in the same way alice cooper is. i dont hate him. he writes quite catchy tunes imo. dont think he isnt in on the joke. he fully understands the irony of his show.
Every generation has its own Alice Cooper type(Little Richard). And the youngsters these days are going after what's seems accessable. Most youngins aren't going to do "rock research" to see who was "the first" or the "original".
Alice Cooper on Marilyn Manson: "I think he's great, with the female first name and everything. I wish I had thought of that."
I like Manson well enough, once you get past the image. And his adolescent ramblings. And failed attempt to be intelligent. And his botched try to be meaningfull. And his attempt to pass for an artists. And his attempt at being controversial. And now his attempt to remain semi-relevant. And his horribly derivitave peseudo goth industrial. Wait a second...
Well, at least he said the one intelligent sentence in Bowling For Columbine. He may be your PE #1 but he's intelligent and eloquent in interviews, which is more than you can say of others
but twiggy........*dies* *insert long witty, informative and intelligent comment here, while i think of twiggy* *dies again*
Damn right. The image is going a bit far now with the chrome teeth or whatever they are, but I think he's a very intelligent man from everything I've seen of him. I own the Antichrist Superstar album, while it's not incredible it's certainly not horrible. I respect his views and opinions a whole lot more than his image or music though.
Having seen the scene over the decades, I agree with JMX. He may be a distillation of Cooper, but he has enough marketing savvy to realize there's a whole generation or two who have no idea of the Cooper phenomemon when it was truly shocking. Too bad the original Cooper band could take Manson's band to school in terms of talent and songwriting prowess.
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