mOBSCENE
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"mOBSCENE" is the first single of the fifth album The Golden Age of Grotesque. Lines in the song chanted by female vocalists, "Be obscene, be, be obscene..." are remarkably similar to "Be Aggressive", a 1992 song by Faith No More that features the chorus "Be aggressive, B-E aggressive," also chanted by cheerleaders.
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] Albums
[edit] Singles
- "mOBSCENE"
[edit] Versions
- mOBSCENE — Appears on The Golden Age of Grotesque.
- mOBSCENE (Edit) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" promo single.
- mOBSCENE (Sauerkraut Remix) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" single.
- mOBSCENE (Overnight Mix - Reworked By Flint & Youth) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" UK single.
- mOBSCENE Replet (Mea Culpa Mix By Bitteren Ende) — Appears on the The Nobodies: Against All Gods EP and the "Personal Jesus" UK single.
[edit] DVD
A mObscene dvd single was released, including the audio track, plus 3 pieces of footage directed by manson himself, one of them being a behind the scenes for his role as Christina in "Party Monster"
[edit] Vhs
A vhs tape of mOBSCENE was released exclusively in Mexico, Limited to 300 pieces, the tape included a Holy Wood era interview, plus mOBSCENE making of.
[edit] Trivia
A special edition of this single featured a patch and a pin.
[edit] Music video
The music video, co-directed by Manson with Thomas Kloss, features a basic performance by the band in a Swing thirties-esque joint.
[edit] Lyrics
"Ladies and Gentlemen"
We are the thing of shapes to come
Your freedom's not free and dumb
This Depression is great
The Deformation Age, they know my name
Waltzing to scum and base and
Married to the pain
Bang we want it
Bang we want it
Bang bang bang bang bang
You came to see the mobscene
I know it isn't your scene
It's better than a sex scene and it's
So fucking obscene, obscene, yeah.
You want commitment?
Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
Now we're going down down down
You want commitment?
Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
Now we're going down down down
GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde):
Be obscene, be, be obscene
Be obscene, baby, and not heard.
The day that love opened our eyes
We watched the world end
We have "high" places but we have no friends
They told us sin's not good but we know it's great
War-time full-frontal drugs, sex-tank armor plate
Bang we want it
Bang we want it
Bang bang bang bang bang
You came to see the mobscene
I know it isn't your scene
It's better than a sex scene and it's
So fucking obscene, obscene, yeah.
You want commitment?
Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
Now we're going down down down
You want commitment?
Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
Now we're going down down down
GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde):
Be obscene, be, be obscene
Be obscene, baby, and not heard.
You came to see the mobscene
I know it isn't your scene
It's better than a sex scene and it's
So fucking obscene, obscene yeah.
You want commitment?
Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
Now we're going down down down
You want commitment?
Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
Now we're going down down down
"Ladies and gentlemen, be obscene! Be obscene!"
GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde):
Be obscene, be, be obscene
Be obscene, baby, and not heard.
Bang bang bang bang bang
