Rock Is Dead (song)
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- This article is about the song. For the tour, see Rock Is Dead (tour).
"Rock Is Dead" is the third single of the third album Mechanical Animals. The line, "Amphetamines for boys, crucifixes for ladies" implies that society is being dumbed-down and controlled by drugs and religion and that rock music is dying from censorship.
Contents
Appearances
Albums
Singles
- "Rock Is Dead"
Versions
- "Rock Is Dead" — Appears on Mechanical Animals.
- "Rock Is Dead" (Edit) — Appears on The Matrix soundtrack and music video.
Music video
The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, features a basic performance from the band, intertwined with scenes from the film The Matrix, to which soundtrack "Rock Is Dead" was included on.
Track listing
UK, Pt. 1
- "Rock Is Dead" – 3:10
- "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) (Absinth Makes The Heart Grow Fonder) – 5:29
- "I Can't See Why" (Performed by Baxter) – 4:50
Germany/Korea/UK, Pt. 2
- "Rock Is Dead" (Album Version) – 3:10
- "Man That You Fear" (Acoustic Requiem For Antichrist Superstar) – 5:21
- "Television" (Radio Edit) (Performed by Baxter) – 3:09
Picture Disc
- "Rock Is Dead" – 3:10
- "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) (Absinth Makes The Heart Grow Fonder) – 5:29
Promotional, Germany
- "Rock Is Dead" – 3:12
Promotional, UK
- "Rock Is Dead" – 3:10
- "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" Absinth Makes the Heart Grow Fonder – 5:29
- "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" Every Day – 5:22
Promotional, Pt. 1, US
- "Rock Is Dead" (Clean Radio Edit) – 3:10
Promotional, Pt. 2, US
- "Rock Is Dead" (Clean Version) – 3:10
- "Rock Is Dead" (Album Version) – 3:10
Vinyl
- "Rock Is Dead" – 3:10
- "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" – 3:59
Lyrics
All simple monkeys with alien babies Amphetamines for boys Crucifixes for ladies Sampled and soulless Worldwide and real webbed You sell all the living For more safer dead Anything to belong Rock is deader than dead Shock is all in your head Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed So fuck all your protests and Put them to bed God is in the TV 1,000 mothers are praying for it We're so full of hope And so full of shit Build a new god To medicate and to ape Sell us ersatz Dressed up and real fake Anything to belong Rock is deader than dead Rock is deader than dead Shock is all in your head Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed So fuck all your protests and Put them to bed God is in the TV
Trivia
- The song was featured on the film soundtrack of The Matrix.