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The song is written in drop D tuning and is built primarily out of the notes of a diminished triad, each made into a power chord. It also incorporates extensive guitar distortion, and the use of palm muting creates a highly rhythmic, driving style which is amplified by a heavy percussion track. The song's characteristic element is its repetitive drum track, a five-beat common time pattern played on floor toms, in which swung notes create a jazzy, triplet feel. | The song is written in drop D tuning and is built primarily out of the notes of a diminished triad, each made into a power chord. It also incorporates extensive guitar distortion, and the use of palm muting creates a highly rhythmic, driving style which is amplified by a heavy percussion track. The song's characteristic element is its repetitive drum track, a five-beat common time pattern played on floor toms, in which swung notes create a jazzy, triplet feel. | ||
| − | Hard rock producer | + | Hard rock producer Sean Beavan, a musician with a close connection to jazz guitar, also appears on the track. Credited with "descending horn guitar", Beavan can be heard playing a repeated descending figure using a guitar effect which produces a brass instrument-like tone. |
Lyrically, "The Beautiful People" is intertwined with the ''Antichrist Superstar'' album's overarching theme, a semi-narrative examination of the Nietzschean Übermensch. Within this context, the song deals explicitly with the destructive manifestation of the Will to Power: "There's no time to discriminate", sings Manson, "hate every motherfucker that's in your way". A strong anti-capitalism sentiment stems from exploration of Nietzsche's view of master-slave morality ("It's not your fault that you're always wrong / The weak ones are there to justify the strong"), along with its connection to Social Darwinism. | Lyrically, "The Beautiful People" is intertwined with the ''Antichrist Superstar'' album's overarching theme, a semi-narrative examination of the Nietzschean Übermensch. Within this context, the song deals explicitly with the destructive manifestation of the Will to Power: "There's no time to discriminate", sings Manson, "hate every motherfucker that's in your way". A strong anti-capitalism sentiment stems from exploration of Nietzsche's view of master-slave morality ("It's not your fault that you're always wrong / The weak ones are there to justify the strong"), along with its connection to Social Darwinism. | ||
