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"'''Pretty as a Swastika'''" is the second track from the 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on April 16, 2009, in an update on [[MarilynManson.com|the band's official website]]. While the song is given this name on the band's website, online retailers refer to it as "Pretty as a ($)." It is uncertain as of yet if this is how the title is printed on album pressings.
 
"'''Pretty as a Swastika'''" is the second track from the 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on April 16, 2009, in an update on [[MarilynManson.com|the band's official website]]. While the song is given this name on the band's website, online retailers refer to it as "Pretty as a ($)." It is uncertain as of yet if this is how the title is printed on album pressings.
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Reviewing for Thrash Hits, Hugh Platt criticized that "the Stooges-rattle of 'Pretty as a Swastika' beats its chest in a manner all too close to the controlled-chaos thrusts of [[Antichrist Superstar (song)|Antichrist Superstar]]."<ref>[http://www.thrashhits.com/2009/05/album-marilyn-manson-the-high-end-of-low/ Album: Marilyn Manson - The High End Of Low]. Hugh Platt. Thrash Hits. May 25, 2009</ref>
  
 
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]]
 
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Revision as of 15:13, 8 May 2009

"Pretty as a Swastika"
Pretty as a Swastika cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album The High End of Low
Released May 20, 2009
Recorded March 2008–January 2009 in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California
Label Interscope
Writer Marilyn Manson
Producer Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Twiggy Ramirez, Sean Beavan

"Pretty as a Swastika" is the second track from the 2009 release The High End of Low. Its title was revealed on April 16, 2009, in an update on the band's official website. While the song is given this name on the band's website, online retailers refer to it as "Pretty as a ($)." It is uncertain as of yet if this is how the title is printed on album pressings.

Music details

Reviewing for Thrash Hits, Hugh Platt criticized that "the Stooges-rattle of 'Pretty as a Swastika' beats its chest in a manner all too close to the controlled-chaos thrusts of Antichrist Superstar."[1]

Appearances

Albums

Versions

  • "Pretty as a Swastika" — Appears on The High End of Low
  • "Pretty as a Swastika" (Alternate Version) — Appears on pressings of The High End of Low shipped to independent record stores

Lyrics

The following can be heard from a 30-second sample of the song available on the iTunes Store:

    (...) down further inside
    Take it down, down further inside
    I die for your sins, and you kill me while I try and make real
    
    Let me show you where it hurts
    Let me show you where it hurts
    Let me show you where it hurts
    There's more than one way to make you cry

References

  1. Album: Marilyn Manson - The High End Of Low. Hugh Platt. Thrash Hits. May 25, 2009