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This article is about the song

• for the single see Slo-Mo-Tion (single)

"Slo-Mo-Tion"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Born Villain
Released	April 25, 2012
Recorded	2009–January 2011 at Zane-a-Due in California
Genre	Glam rock, alternative rock
Length	4:24
Label	Hell, etc., Cooking Vinyl
Writer	Marilyn Manson
Composer	Twiggy, Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna, Fred Sablan
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Chris Vrenna

"Slo-Mo-Tion'" is the fifth song on Marilyn Manson's eighth studio album, Born Villain. The title of the song was revealed when Marilyn Manson appeared on That Metal Show in December 2011.^[1]

Versions[edit]

• "Slo-Mo-Tion" — Appears on Born Villain.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion (Radio Edit)" — Appears on Slo-Mo-Tion.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion (Dirtyphonics Remix)" — Appears on Slo-Mo-Tion.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion (Instrumental Version)" — Appears on Slo-Mo-Tion.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion (Proxy Remix) - Appears on Slo-Mo-Tion Remix EP.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion (Sandwell District Remix) - Appears on Slo-Mo-Tion Remix EP.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion (Proxy Dub Remix) - Appears on Slo-Mo-Tion Remix EP.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion (Sandwell District Dub Remix) - Appears on Slo-Mo-Tion Remix EP.

Music Video[edit]

On June 27, 2012, it was revealed via Marilyn Manson's official facebook that shooting was in progress for the Slo-Mo-Tion music video. The music video, directed by Marilyn Manson, was released on August 21, 2012^[2] on Vevo. On August 22, 2012 discretionary viewer advisements and advisories were added to the video.

Lyrics[edit]

    You’ve got your
    Hell’s teeth
    Smiling at you.
    It keeps your brain safe,
    As it all eats at your face…

    But don’t worry,
    We’ll ‘blur it out’
    And no one
    Ever will know,
    Oh
    No, oh oh oh

    This is my beautiful show
    And everything is shot
    In slo-motion
    This is my beautiful show
    And everything is shot
    In slo-motion

    SLO-MO-TION

    Pump in the laughter
    Of dead-audience applause
    And TEENAGE RAPE candidates
    I think we got ourselves
    A ‘real hit’
    Don’t we wish
    That we had something
    More than hate
    And morbid panic?
    Morbid panic.
    Hate and morbid panic

    This is my beautiful show
    And everything is shot
    In slo-motion
    This is my beautiful show
    And everything is shot
    In slo-motion

    SLO-MO-TION

    I’m the host with Vaseline
    I hide behind bullet-proof glass
    And I can feel your tits
    With my brand new camera
    (Equipped with a flash)
    Fast-food-nude
    I hate you all
    But somehow
    You find me…
    Incredibly charming

    This is my beautiful show
    And everything is shot
    In slo-motion
    (Incredibly charming)
    This is my beautiful show
    And everything is shot
    In slo-motion

    SLO-MO-TION
    (Incredibly charming)
    SLO-MO-TION
    (Incredibly charming)

    This is my beautiful show
    And everything is shot
    In slo-motion

Trivia[edit]

• The song was used on the American version of the television dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance.
• On August 15, 2012 Marilyn Manson posted a Slo-Mo-tion Dubstep remix by Dirty Phonics^[3] one day only free download offer on his facebook.
• On August 22, 2012 Marilyn Manson posted a new Slo-Mo-Tion website (URL shortcut that refers to slo-mo-tion.com).
• In a September 2012 interview Manson said he thought up the visuals of the music video first and built the song around the images in his head.
• Manson revealed the song was a mock on television shows where any inperfection is "blurred out in post" and how people will stab each other in the back in the industry to get ahead. He also included the comparative imagery of a cameraman "shooting" with a gun instead of a camera.
• "Slo-Mo-Tion" uses rhythmic and riff patterns very similar to "Hang Me Up to Dry" released 5 years earlier by Cold War Kids.

External links[edit]

• Slo-Mo-Tion music video outtakes

References[edit]

1. ↑ That Metal Show. December 10, 2011.
2. ↑ Revolver Magazine
3. ↑ Premiere: Marilyn Manson "Slo-Mo-Tion" (Dirtyphonics Remix)