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| Released = November 13, 2000 | | Released = November 13, 2000 | ||
| Recorded = 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California | | Recorded = 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California | ||
| − | | Genre = Alternative | + | | Genre = Alternative metal |
| Length = 4:18 | | Length = 4:18 | ||
| − | | Label = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | + | | Label = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] |
| Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | | Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| Composer = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]] | | Composer = [[Twiggy Ramirez]], [[John 5]] | ||
| Producer = Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | | Producer = Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | ||
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| − | "'''Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)'''" is the fifth track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song is for the majority, a pun utilized to mock the media's sole interest in ratings. | + | "'''Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)'''" is the fifth track on the 2000 release ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]''. The song is for the majority, a pun (Narcissus relating to narcissism, and Narcosis relating to narcotics, roughly meaning "getting high on yourself") utilized to mock the media's sole interest in ratings. |
| − | + | ==Analysis== | |
| + | Confronting "all the old deceivers" with an unsympathetic catalog of their worst crimes and failures - the Kennedys, Booth, Oswald, Huxley, all of "your crucifixion commercials"-- Manson taunts them with the one they let get through ("you never checked the bag in my head for a bomb"), refuses to be ashamed of his life, and defends Shakespeare along with all the "young believers" and back-stabbed babies the above-named bankrupt elders have targeted. | ||
| − | == Appearances == | + | ==Appearances== |
| − | === Albums === | + | ===Albums=== |
* ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]'' | * ''[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]]'' | ||
| − | == Versions == | + | ==Versions== |
| − | * Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis) <small> | + | * Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis) <small>— Appears on ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''.</small> |
| − | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
Am I sorry your sky went black, | Am I sorry your sky went black, | ||
put your knives in babies backs? | put your knives in babies backs? | ||
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you're just a copy of an imitation | you're just a copy of an imitation | ||
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[[Category:Songs from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]] | [[Category:Songs from Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)]] | ||
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