They didn’t want kids listening to this cause everything about this song was about how the machine was trying to control you, and the machine hates that.
Funny story: I was the only family metalhead and this video came on Mtv during a get together. Everyone went dead silent, song ends, and every single person turned and looked at me. "Hey, that wasn't one of my bands... But it was badass!" 😂
Watching the faces you made during this reaction was a blast. I haven't seen the video in years, so it was nice to see pop up in my sub box. (I have an MP3 of the song reversed and it still sounds great.)
Pleeeeeeease more Marilyn Manson! Reactors only react to Sweet Dreams and The Beautiful people and he has such a phenomenal catalogue that never gets the recognition it deserves imo. Broken Needle or Running to the edge of the world or Coma white are some you gotta listen to or you just arent living. Great reaction btw!
I first heard this song back in grade school in the 90's. Whats funny is, I went to a Catholic school and all my friends listened to rock, metal, and everything in between. Thats what got me into what i listen to today. Korn, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam. The 90's were an awesome time to be alive for music.
I have been a MM fan since the release of this song and have been fortunate to watch a live show. The music, the lyrics, the visuals, it all fitted perfect with the "me" of the late 90s. And although I am not that me anymore I still love his music. By the way ... look up what the origin of the term " beautiful people" is. It might give some more insights to what these lyrics meant at the time he wrote it.
I rarely listen MM anymore but I grew up with first 4 albums of theirs. Music taste have changed drastically many times. Still a fan just like Linkin Park, but I just can't remember last time I played a song
I was a teen during the 90s, it was crazy how everyone lost their minds over Manson. You would have people protesting outside his concerts, and he used that publicity to his advantagem
I remember back when this was released, It was so far ahead of its time.. 🖤💀🤘 Amazing how well its aged, doesnt sound dated at all 💀👌 Marilyn Manson's music was so missunderstood.. it was deemed "Too Controversial" for the music Industry ( The World at that time )
Its still controversial to this Day. Usa/swastika flag is as controversial then like it now. Mansons lyrics are normal today? Really? Lyrics are as blasphemous today as it was then.
So I discovered Manson at 11 years old when I was sick one day and he was on a talk show. I became a fan of his as a person that day before I even heard his music which I LOVE!! I took one look at him and heard him talk and was like omg he's like me and I was a life long fan from that second on.
Thirteen year old me crept downstairs to watch mtv in the early hours of the morning when my parents were asleep and this was the video that greeted me. I had never been so fascinated/scared by anything in my life at that point. It was a real game changer
Whenever I hear the intro it reminds me of the intro to the 1997 MTV VMA skit with Chris Rock. Be sure to check that out! Loved this video as a kid, got to see him live in 99, one of my fondest memories.
Oh boy, this takes me back in time. High school was HELL for me and Marilyn Manson was one of those artists that spoke so very deeply to my teenage angst.
If you had the CD, you would have heard the UNCUT version, you noticed some few 4 or 5 words were cut here? My older Female Cousin used to like this and had the CD when i was around 8yo, i remember borrowing her CD to record that into a Audio Tape for myself😄
I have been a Marilyn Manson fan since I was 12 years old and my favorite song is the nobodies i am now 16so i know lots of Marilyn Manson's songs and the lyrics from Rh monster 💀💀💀💀 🤡
It would be awesome if you reacted and or listened to "Oomph!" Specifically the songs "Labyrinth" and "Ready or Not (I'm coming)". Both great and a great band in general.
man, this video is so nostalgic for me. was a huge Marilyn Manson fan when i was a kid. I was 9 when this album came out and my parents banned me from listening to it, but my older sister was 15 and she let me listen to it anyways lmao Marilyn Manson and Korn corrupted me lol Also god damn, "Capitalism has made it this was, Old Fashioned Fascism will take it away" What a line. That is so relevant today it hurts.
In the 90s it was the left against it and now they are for it. Like with censorship, it used to be mostly christian conservatives and now it's the most "progressive" ones.
Really? I would think that grunge music (NIN, MM, Alice n chains, nervana, ect were top tier back in the 90s and you were a cool kid. My parents certainly were and I have all there T shirts from the 90s concerts. Those kids were lame who bullied 💀
I remember watching the music video on much music when I was like 5ish with my parents and them being freaked out by it while I loved it.... This was the day we knew something was wrong with me, or right with me. Still unsure.
"The weak justify the strong" is such a good line. to me, what hes talking about is how those in positions of power, wealth and so on rely on the regular people tp stay in those positions. He's talking about how people idolize politicians, rich people or acedemics and blindly follow and defend them against those that might resist and thereby keep them in those positions. Manson's lyricism is fantastic, most of it I'm only starting to understand now, 15 years later. the best thing is that the way he conveys his message is pretty much timeless, he speaks in generalities not specifics, his message isn't right or left wing politically, its about liberty and not caring about haters.
I think what he means is "The weak are there to justify the strong" meaning that being strong has no value if there are no weak people so "It's not your fault that you're always wrong" or are weak because both have to exist for it to mean something or weakness damands strenght..or like the "Sweet dreams" song that goes like "Some of them want to use you, some of them want to get used by you", so there's no right or wrong, that's just the way raw existence works
@eliprime77dag95 I don't think that goes far enough, Mansons message is one of empowerment of the individual against the subjugation of society and just saying "its not your fault" is too passive, after all he later says "there is no time to discriminate, hate every motherf'er thats in your way". imo this entire song just says "fuck you, fuck this society, I do what I want and don't care what you think because youre no better than me". ("you cant smell your own shit on your knees/ when you live with apes its hard to be clean")
@@Killerbee_McTitties Yeah, it makes sense but still the first lines of the song I believe are from the perspective of the so called "beautiful people" meant to belittle the weak."It's not your fault" may mean: "Don't worry about it, loser.Don't try to ressist.Y'all are are the way you are so I can have my strenght and appear powerful by contrast"(so it justifies my own plush existence).But then Manson shows how the high society fools are short sighted and unclean
This album was produced by Trent Reznor, which I think is why it hits so much harder than Manson's previous work. I love this album, it's so dark, but I think Manson's best work is Mechanical Animals.
Being 50 i grow up when this stuff was live in real time and let me tell you it was THE SHIT - i was into classic hard rock before that but when i discovered Manson i realized industrial was even heavier. I'm just learning now how much of the heavy sound comes from synthetic sound (synthesizers). This album was produced by Manson's erstwhile (no longer) friend Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails - and both bands were heavily influenced by Industrial pioneers Ministry - check them out too. But Manson had some supremely good industrial metal from 1994-2003 - a full decade (then in my opinion jumped the shark - no shame in that - happens to every band eventually if they stay around a very long time). The highlight was the 1996-2000 trilogy Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, Holywood - about 35 songs over the 3 albums - probably 20 of which were real killers and a dozen or so were absolute nuclear bombs - to this day some of the best heavy music of all time in my opinion - and I still listen to it all quite often. IMO highly under-rated - the shock factor unfortunately often distracted rather than emphasized the music - but there's nothing an artist can really do about public ignorance.
Peak Marylin Manson…everything after this was more or less heading into mehhhh. The aesthetic, the creativity, the shock value and the music was just perfect 👌🏻 The band members at this time were also all perfect and then it just became Manson and friends about a decade or less later
I sang so loud during a live venue that I nearly screamed a lung out when he performed Heart Shaped Glasses, so when the time came for The Beautiful People...I sounded like a cat that's been run by a lawnmower)))
He may have had a very storied and successful career, but this album will always be his masterpiece. Mechanical Animals is a close second... But this album made me who I am. He was the first artist I listened to that wasn't accepted as "good music" by my circle of friends, and showed me that the less I cared about others opinions, the happier I was. And as another commenter said, it really was ahead of its time.
@@sumonjamal1653 John5 was on mechanical animals too, no? And yeah HolyWood was great... But time and place... Mechanical Animals resonated now for me in my headspace at that time
@@TehZombish No, John 5 did not play on 'Mechanical animals' (he did the tour)... Guitarist Zim Zum (who toured w/ the band in 1996 to '97) did the record. Respect to (late) guitarist Daisy Berkowitz aka Scott Putesky who played on 'Antichrist Superstar'.
As a born again Christian in high school in the mid/late 90s....this song/video absolutely seized my brain. It was 100% everything I was taught to abhor, and yet...I was immediately captivated and adored it. But what really hooked me was the next album, Mechanical Animals. It's not as abrasive, atonal, or industrial. It's this weird 90s glam rock concoction. Aggressive _and_ incredibly catchy...full of hooks. The fact TRL would play The Dope Show and I Want It That Way back to back is a perfect summation of what was so incredible about music culture in the 90s. It was the beginning of genre-liberated music taste...yet there was still enough of a mono-culture for an artist like Manson to actually, ya know, make the news. But beyond all the headlines, the _music_ on those first 4 Manson albums is impeccable.
Hey you, what do you see? Something beautiful or something free? Hey, you, are you trying to be mean? If you live with apes man, it's hard to be clean... I wish I listened to this 20 years ago. Beautiful lyrics. You can tell from her reactions, she does not relate. Rachel has awesome teeth. She would still be gorgeous if she were angry :) I live with apes. And its hard to be clean. People seem to prefer dirt and filth. I live as clean as I can. "Hate every hater thats in your way"..Not sure about that mantra.
The shock thing worked really well for him in the US to get attention and free PR but here in Europe people didn't care. So the covers he did were the main thing to get attention here. Sweet Dreams and Tainted Love. Same thing with Disturbed actually
The creepiness of all the songs in the first half of the album is doubled if you listen to the full album and see it as a big picture. Each song has it's own message, but the album is a scary rock opera. Scar grooms the worm. The worm cannot really escape, even after becoming the angel with the scabbed wings. At the end, the protagonist gets stoned to death. It's sad and disturbing. But I love the story, lol.
I absolutely love Marilyn Manson and it looks like we'll be getting something new soon and I can't wait definitely check out more songs by this band such *Saint* & *This is the new shit* 🖤🤘
In the same twitch session as this you did a song by Muse and you might want to take a listen to the ‘Will of the people’ title track from Muses last album which is a thinly veiled reference back to this song.
the shock value were more focused by media back in the day than the deep meaning of the lirics always was that with Marilyn Manson by them despite he's controversial as person himself.
You have some great reactions. I'd love to see you react to a super group that actually is super...specifically the song "Dream Gone Bad" by Killer Be Killed.
"Sweet Dreams" was one of the first songs I learned on guitar, "Smoke on the Water" and "Come as you are" I couldn't believe those sounds were coming from me! "He took a girl's name as his first and wears a hell of a lot of makeup. I wish I'd thought of doing that." - Alice Cooper
going back and piecing the lyrics together to what Donald Trump want's America to be 'old fashion fascism will take it away' rings a bell.Listen to this song and tell me it's not ringing true today!He's nogoing to get his chance.