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* The song was nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy in 2001, but lost to "Elite" by Deftones.
 
* The song was nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy in 2001, but lost to "Elite" by Deftones.
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* The line "This is what you should fear... you are what you should fear...." were previously appeared on "[[Kinderfeld#Lyrics|Kinderfeld]]".
  
 
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Revision as of 00:52, 9 May 2009

This article is about the song. For the single see Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (single).
"Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes"
Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album The Last Tour on Earth
Released November 16, 1999
Recorded 1998–1999
Genre Alternative metal
Label Nothing, 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

Singles

Soundtracks

  • Celebrity Deathmatch (1999)

Versions

Music video

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

Trivia

  • 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...." were previously appeared on "Kinderfeld".