Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (song)
- This article is about the song. For the single see Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (single).
"Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" | ||
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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.
Contents
Appearances
Albums
- The Last Tour on Earth (1999)
Singles
Soundtracks
- Celebrity Deathmatch (1999)
Versions
- Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes — Appears on The Last Tour on Earth, the Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes single and the Celebrity Deathmatch soundtrack.
- Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (Clean Version) — Appears on the Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes single.
- Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes (Live) — Appears on the Guns, God and Government World Tour DVD.
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".