Editing Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (song)

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{{Song
| Name        = Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes
| Cover       = The-Last-Tour-On-Earth.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[The Last Tour on Earth]]
| Released    = November 16, 1999
| Recorded    = 1998–1999
| Genre       = Alternative metal
| Length      = 3:59
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson
}}
"'''Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes'''" is a b-side of the 1996 album ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]''. It was released officially on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]'' in 1999, and became a single and music video, the latter which featured the band as MTV ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' characters performing.

This is also the first song with a writing credit for [[John 5]], who did not initially write the guitar parts but re-worked them to become the current version of the song.

== Appearances ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]'' (1999)

=== Singles ===
* ''[[Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (single)|Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Disposable Teens (single)|Disposable Teens]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The Fight Song (single)|The Fight Song]]'' (2001)

=== Soundtracks ===
* ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' (1999)

== Versions ==
* Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes <small>— Appears on ''The Last Tour on Earth'', the ''Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes'', ''Disposable Teens'' and ''The Fight Song'' singles and the ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' soundtrack.</small>
* Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (Clean Version) <small>— Appears on the ''Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes'' single.</small>
* Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (Live) <small>— Appears on the ''[[Guns, God and Government World Tour]]'' DVD.</small>
* Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (Demo) <small>— Recorded in 1996 and appears on ''[[Antichrist Final Songs]]''. Never officially released but made available online by Daisy Berkowitz.</small>

== Music video ==
[[File:AstonishingPanoramaOfTheEndtimesScreenshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|A clay version of Marilyn Manson in the music video.]]

The music video was directed by Eric Fogel, showing the band performing as clay figures akin to the style of ''Celebrity Deathmatch''. Manson is dressed in the same outfit as he wore in the "[[Rock Is Dead]]" music video. The video begins as a standard performance by the band, but a pair of conjoined monkeys watching a TV with mechanical legs is then seen. The monkeys begin to run after the TV as it runs away from them, but later the TV runs after them, and eventually the monkeys' heads are replaced by a large television screen. The music video ends with the walking TV lying broken.

The first part of the video was used in the episode "Fandemonium II" right before a fight between Manson and Ricky Martin, of which, Manson is the victor.

== Lyrics ==
     the boy's got a head like an atom bomb
     hang him from a cross like the number one son
     and he's been waiting so long
     to get it on
     the boy's 15 but he's 16 gauge
     wants to break out from his Jesus cage
     he's already torn out the last page
     it's the "latest rage"
     violence for the people
     they always eat the hand that bleeds
     violence for the people
     give the kids what they need
     kill your god, kill your god
     kill your t.v.
     the boy's purified by the quitter gods
     burning up his cross like a revelation
     and his glass jaw opens
     like a puppet head
     this is what you should fear
     you are what you should fear

== Demo version ==
Though ''Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes'' was officially released in 1999, the song was originally worked on some time during the Antichrist Superstar sessions. This version's lead composer was [[Daisy Berkowitz]] and is musically quite different from the final version, being more in line with Daisy's signature style rather than the industrial metal style John 5 would eventually bring to the song. It is also interesting to note that the lyrics in this version are significantly different from the 1999 version.
This version of the song remained unheard until 2011 when Scott released it online through his Facebook account.

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=== Demo lyrics ===
     Would our Gods have left our grubsteaks cold 
     As advertised in Revelation?
     Glass jaw opens like a puppet head

     Sing the lullabies of iconography
     Sipping napalm, watching Jackie-O
     Scoop Johnny’s memories in her bony hands
     
     Violence for the people
     They always eat the hand that bleeds
     Fascism for the people
     Kill the king and break his wings
     
     We stuck our snouts in stagnant troughs
     In love with Auschwitz 
     We applauded performance art at Helter Skelter
     
     Violence for the people
     They always eat the hand that bleeds
     Fascism for the people
     Kill the king and break his wings
     
     This is what you should fear
     You are what you should fear
     
     Violence for the people
     They always eat the hand that bleeds
     Fascism for the people
     Kill the king and break his wings 
     
     Where are all the puritans come to wash our hands?
     Cute boys cry and shit their pants
     Saturday morning suicide
     
     Kill the king and break his wings
     
     Violence for the people
     They always eat the hand that bleeds
     Fascism for the people
     Kill the king and break his wings

== Trivia ==
* The beginning of the song includes a reversal of the sample "And to die with dignity, sing to the", from the film "1984" based on the book by George Orwell.
* During his appearance on BBC Radio's 6 Music on June 1, 2009, Marilyn Manson jokingly exclaimed that he likes Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee because "he likes [...] Astonishing Pamela Anderson Endtimes."<ref name="6 Music">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20090601_marilyn_manson.shtml Meeting Marilyn Manson]. BBC Radio. June 1, 2009.</ref>
* The song was nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy in 2001, but lost to "Elite" by Deftones.
* The line "This is what you should fear / You are what you should fear" first appeared in the song "[[Kinderfeld#Lyrics|Kinderfeld]]".
* The song features many stylistic similarities (including vocal delivery and guitar riffs) to the classic Ministry song "Burning Inside", released 10 years earlier.

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