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Revision as of 10:27, 15 October 2012
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | Antichrist Superstar | |
| Released | October 8, 1996 | |
| Recorded | 1996 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Genre | Experimental music | |
| Length | 2:44 | |
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Madonna Wayne Gacy | |
| Producer | Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson | |
"Cryptorchid" is the sixth track from the album Antichrist Superstar. While it was not a single for the band, "Cryptorchid" did reach #20 in German music charts and a music video was produced for the song.
Appearances
Albums
Singles
Versions
- Cryptorchid — Appears on Antichrist Superstar and the The Beautiful People single.
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Elias Merhige and co-directed by Manson. In 1996, Merhige was contacted by Marilyn Manson in regards to producing a music video for "Cryptorchid", the day after he saw Merhige's experimental horror film Begotten. Manson and Merhige met in Los Angeles, California where they would produce the video. Merhige also expressed interest in filming a video for "Antichrist Superstar", which would subsequently be rejected by Interscope Records.
The "Cryptorchid" video uses scenes from Merhige's 1991 experimental horror film, Begotten, with new scenes filmed including Manson to replace the original entity depicted in the film. It was meant to be screened at live performances, during costume changes and intermissions, but this plan did not suffice because the band fell through payment for the projection on the Dead to the World Tour. The footage of death and decrepit things shot in fuzzy black and white gave way for its ban from MTV.
Lyrics
Each time i make my mother cry an angel dies and falls from heaven when the boy is still a worm it's hard to learn the number seven but when they get to you it's the first thing that they do each time I look outside my mother dies, I feel my back is changing shape when the worm consumes the boy it's never considered rape when they get to you prick your finger it is done... the moon has now eclipsed the sun... the angel has spread its wings... the time has come for bitter things...
Trivia
- The song features a passage containing the same lyrics as heard in "Antichrist Superstar": "prick your finger it is done... the moon has now eclipsed the sun... the angel has spread its wings... the time has come for bitter things..."
- The song also employs the heartbeat-like bass drum thumps that later occur in "Antichrist Superstar."
- Cryptorchid refers to an abnormal medical condition of the male anatomy in which one or both testicles have failed to sink into the scrotum. In the song, the condition is employed as a metaphor for The Worm's (the concept album's protagonist and a metaphorical representation of the young Brian Warner) feelings of self-doubt and inferiority: at the end of the 2nd verse, Manson is heard singing "I wish I had my balls".
