MOBSCENE

"mOBSCENE"
mOBSCENE cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	The Golden Age of Grotesque
Released	May 5, 2003
Recorded	2002–2003 at the Doppelherz Studio in Hollywood, California; The Mix Room in Burbank, California
Genre	Industrial metal
Length	3:25
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	John 5, Marilyn Manson
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold, Ben Grosse

"mOBSCENE" is the first single of the fifth album The Golden Age of Grotesque. Lines in the song chanted by female vocalists, "Be obscene, be, be obscene..." are remarkably similar to "Be Aggressive", a 1992 song by Faith No More that features the chorus "Be aggressive, B-E aggressive," also chanted by cheerleaders.

Appearances

Albums

• The Golden Age of Grotesque
• Lest We Forget

Singles

• "mOBSCENE"

Versions

• mOBSCENE — Appears on The Golden Age of Grotesque.
• mOBSCENE (Edit) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" promo single.
• mOBSCENE (Sauerkraut Remix) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" single.
• mOBSCENE (Overnight Mix - Reworked By Flint & Youth) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" UK single.
• mOBSCENE Replet (Mea Culpa Mix By Bitteren Ende) — Appears on the The Nobodies: Against All Gods EP and the "Personal Jesus" UK single.

DVD

A DVD single for "mOBSCENE" was released, including the audio track, plus three pieces of footage directed by Manson, one of them being a behind-the-scenes video for his role as Christina in Party Monster.

Vhs

A vhs tape of mOBSCENE was released exclusively in Mexico, Limited to 300 pieces, the tape included a Holy Wood era interview, plus mOBSCENE making of.

Trivia

A special edition of this single featured a patch and a pin.

Music video

Manson performing in the video

The music video, co-directed by Manson with Thomas Kloss, features a basic performance by the band in a Swing thirties-esque joint. The costumes worn by the dancers in the video were designed by Mason and then-girlfriend Dita Von Teese. Manson explains, "We took our inspiration from Busby Berkeley, U.S.O. shows, WW2 Berlin and Gottfried Helnwein's 'Macbeth.'"

Lyrics

    "Ladies and Gentlemen"
    
    We are the thing of shapes to come
    Your freedom's not free and dumb
    This Depression is great
    The Deformation Age, they know my name
    Waltzing to scum and base and
    Married to the pain
    
    Bang we want it
    Bang we want it
    Bang bang bang bang bang
    You came to see the mobscene
    I know it isn't your scene
    It's better than a sex scene and it's
    So fucking obscene, obscene, yeah.
    
    You want commitment?
    Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
    Now we're going down down down
    You want commitment?
    Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
    Now we're going down down down
    
    GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde):
    Be obscene, be, be obscene
    Be obscene, baby, and not heard.
    
    The day that love opened our eyes
    We watched the world end
    We have "high" places but we have no friends
    They told us sin's not good but we know it's great
    War-time full-frontal drugs, sex-tank armor plate
    
    Bang we want it
    Bang we want it
    Bang bang bang bang bang
    You came to see the mobscene
    I know it isn't your scene
    It's better than a sex scene and it's
    So fucking obscene, obscene, yeah.
    
    You want commitment?
    Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
    Now we're going down down down
    You want commitment?
    Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
    Now we're going down down down
    
    GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde):
    Be obscene, be, be obscene
    Be obscene, baby, and not heard.
    
    You came to see the mobscene
    I know it isn't your scene
    It's better than a sex scene and it's
    So fucking obscene, obscene yeah.
    
    You want commitment?
    Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
    Now we're going down down down
    You want commitment?
    Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
    Now we're going down down down
    
    "Ladies and gentlemen, be obscene! Be obscene!"
    GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde):
    Be obscene, be, be obscene
    Be obscene, baby, and not heard.
    
    Bang bang bang bang bang

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